Obsession are back, for the attack with yet another album after their rather successful reunion in 2004, that bore a single album that was however re-released twice with slightly different covers making certain people believe they had released actually 2 albums. A complication that followed a couple of years later didn’t help things either coupled with certain re-releases of the old albums that according to the band were unsanctioned. Phew! Oh well. Fast forward to 2012 and “Order of Chaos”, hits the waves, stores, the net, your local record shop.
 

The beginning: in mid 2007 Gold Coast, Australia based guitarist Casey Jones, who had been uploading solo guitar performance videos successfully for several years on Myspace and Youtube, crossed paths with reputable Auckland, New Zealand based hard-rock vocalist Roxxi Catalano. 

 

Hi Gianni… I think it was a great idea to re-record and re-arrange your debut album. Finally, the people will have the chance to get it more easily and enjoy the updated & dynamic sound.
 
G: Hello Thanos. Yes, in fact we also believe that the idea was right. The first edition has a bad recording quality. Now finally the listener can appreciate every detail! In any case it was nice to taste the flavors of music that we did not play for 25 years... many memories of those years... every note is a picture of the past... believe me...
 
 

17, 18, 19, 19. No, that’s not today’s lottery numbers, but the age of the band members of Finland’s most promising contemporary newcomer combo. Founded early 2010 in Jyväskylä by thrash/speed metal enthusiast Samy Elbanna, the front man gathered an ensemble of passionate allies around him to establish a band that soon should become known as the most energetic up-and-comers Scandinavia had seen in years – LOST SOCIETY! 

 

I’m sure that the elder metalheads will have nice memories from Dave Starr and his former band Vicious Rumors back in the day. Dave created Wildestarr along with the singer London Wilde a few years ago. Of course, Dave isn’t just the band’s bassist but also the guitarist & the songwriter. “A Tale Tell Heart” is the band’s sophomore release which continues delivering pure heavy metal music right from the 80s. Did you think of something else just for a moment? No way!
 

Swedish melodic rock legends Treat are celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2013 and announce some mouthwatering news for all their fans. Treat will release a special 30th anniversary edition package, containg a best of-album with two brand new songs and two previously unreleased songs, and their latest album “Coup de Grace”, regarded as a "masterpiece" by Classic Rock Magazine and voted “Melodic rock album of the year 2010” with an extra track.

 

With its reboot of classic ’70s /‘80s jazz-funk, Rock Candy Funk Party (RCFP) delivers a sound that’s as celebratory as the name suggests. The group is powered by a line-up of world renowned players—album producer Tal Bergman (drums), Joe Bonamassa (guitar), Ron DeJesus (guitar), Mike Merritt (bass) and Renato Neto (keyboards)—who came together for the sheer fun of making music, and a mutual love of genre-blurring grooves.

 

I’m sure it’s not a surprise to see new bands coming from Sweden anymore. This time we have Nubian Rose which are fronted by the charismatic vocalist Sofia Lilja. Having built a strong sound with influences from the 80s bands like: Vixen, Lita Ford, Romeo’s Daughter, Whitesnake, Scorpions, Joan Jett, Kiss, Doro, Saraya and so on, Nubian Rose are not trying to copy/paste the above-mentioned bands; they are rather presenting their own music proposal with various 80s references. They have also embellished their music with several AOR/melodic rock elements.
 

Haven’t we had enough with all those 80s metal bands that reunited sometime in the 00’s or even before the new millennium, trying to renew (?) themselves or the music genre they were/are serving? I didn’t get why & how they got split in the first place and what they have (if they do so) to offer nowadays, especially when album by album they present the same ol’ boring things.