09 OCTOBER

GARY HUGHES:
Frontiers Records is pleased to announce all details surrounding the release of the highly anticipated new album from Gary Hughes “Veritas”. Gary Hughes established himself as one of England 's premiere singer Melodic and Hard Rock songwriters. He was involved in Bob Catley solo albums (both as a producer and songwriter), Hugo's solo debut (as a producer) and not to mention his albums with the band Ten plus three solo albums and one rock opera in 2 chapters! The new cd marks his long awaited return to Melodic Rock which truly feels like the natural successor to "Precious Ones", Gary Hughes' last solo output dated 1998.
Final tracklisting will include the following songs:
Veritas; See Love Through My Eyes; In My Head; Time To Pray; Wide Awake In Dreamland; I Pray For You; Synchronicity; Strange; All I Want Is You; I Know It's Time; The Emerald Sea ; The Everlasting Light.

TIMO TOLKKI – SAANA WARRIOR OF LIGHT:
Since Timo Tolkki had the idea for a Rock Opera two years ago, a lot has happened. After signing the record deal with Frontiers Records, he has been working hard on this project. It has been a monumental task that has just been getting bigger and bigger. “Composing, writing the story, casting from hundreds of people, and putting this all together has been very refreshing and interesting for me, says Tolkki. “I think it is the next logical step for me and I am really interested in combining music, graphics and film”, he continues. “This album has just basically one long song, but there are 18 themes that are bound together by a story in which I have used my longtime interest in philosophy, psychology and spirituality. At the end of the day it really has just two main themes: Love and the fight between good and evil. As the name indicates, there will be another part to this saga. It really is a very interesting story about an old theme, but I think I have managed to take it somewhere that no one has been before. I am also very happy that I have the chance to direct the film for the music as well, because I think it really needs it. It’s like a combination of a musical, music video and regular film”, Tolkki finishes.
Featuring the vocal talents of Jennifer Sowle, Aino Laos, Heikki Poyhiä and Janette Sainio, this album is a breathtaking experience of emotions. The singers were each carefully chosen for their respective roles and they will enhance the musical journey in a way that has never really been heard before. Timo Tolkki calls it “A Classical Rock Opera”.
We are proudly presenting : “Saana-Warrior of Light part 1: Journey to Crystal Island ”. It is a multimedia adventure  containing almost one hour of music and comes with a full all region Bonus DVD that contains the whole story in film format as well. It also has lots of other extras and a brand new interview of Timo Tolkki about his past, present and future. The scheduled release date is early 2008.

SHYLOCK:
Shylock definitely were born to play live! They played headliner shows, performed at a couple of open air festivals and supported bands like BONFIRE, GOTTHARD, JBO, JADED HEART, SHAKRA, ROGER CHAPMAN, U.D.O., AXXIS, KROKUS, CRYSTAL BALL, PRIMAL FEAR, VANDEN PLAS, and others. Listen to their new album "Devotion" and you will know why. These guys really know how to rock the crowd with powerful and melodic in-your-face hardrock, intense riffs and hook-laden choruses! The album features the bonus track "Farewell" in dedication of world known football player Thomas Hassler.
Final Tracklist: 01. Eternal Life, 02. Things Like That, 03. MUSIC, 04. U Feel, 05. The Rain, 06. Ocean, 07. Castaway, 08. Again, 09. Fading Memory, 10. New Attraction, 11. Anybody Out There?, 12. I Wanna Live, 13. Farewell (To The Champion) (bonus track).

DANGER DANGER:
Frontiers Records is truly excited to announce the signing of DANGER DANGER for the release of a brand new studio album during 2008!
Formed in 1987 by Bruno Ravel and Steve West , and rounded out by Ted Poley, Andy Timmons and Kasey Smith, it didn't take long for the band to be noticed by Epic Records' Lennie Petze, the guy who had earlier discovered Boston, Cyndi Lauper and Aldo Nova, to name a few. Released in 1989, the self-titled release struck gold. After releasing another amazingly successful album such as “Screw It” in 1991, D2 recorded a third disc for Sony entitled “Cockroach” which, due to legal wrangling, wouldn’t see the light of day until eight years later. Upon completion of the album, the band parted ways with lead singer Ted Poley. Needing a replacement, friend and former Elektra recording artist, Canadian Paul Laine stepped in, releasing “Dawn” as the band’s independent album in 1995. Two more successful studio albums came out later: “Four The Hard Way”, the band’s triumphant return to the original melodic rock roots , and “The Return Of The Great Gildersleeves”, both greeted with stellar reviews from critics and fans the world over, further helping cement the band's reputation.
2004 saw the official return in the line-up of the original singer Ted Poley after an 11 year absence and this forthcoming album will be the band’s first studio effort with Ted since the “Cockroach” sessions! “”We are very excited to be recording with Ted again, as I know our fans are, as well”, says drummer Steve West who announces that “the new one will be a true Danger Danger record: a present for the fans who will surely be pleased”. DANGER DANGER line-up today includes also the other original member Bruno Ravel and guitarist Rob Marcello. The band is looking forward to enter the studio, right after the special gig that DANGER DANGER will play in Ludwigsburg ,  Germany at the UNITED FORCES OF ROCK FESTIVAL next Sunday, September the 30th, where they will perform together with JOE LYNN TURNER , STAN BUSH , WHITE WOLF, SOUL DOCTOR, LAST AUTUMN’S DREAM and HUMAN ZOO.
“We're looking to have the record finished by the end of the year and we’re also looking forward to meet all our European fans in Germany ” concludes Steve West! So be there and let’s all wait the new year to rock again with DANGER DANGER!

NEGURA BUNGET:
Romanian band Negura Bunget and Lupus Lounge have agreed upon an encompassing collaboration. Among other things, Lupus Lounge will re-release "From Transylvanian Forests" as well as the albums "Zirnindu-Sa", "Maiastru Sfetnic" and "Sala Molksa" with extensive bonus material. The band is also planning a new recording of the album "Maiastru Sfetnic" featuring a traditional Transylvanian orchestra. Negura Bunget are going to fulfil their contract with the label Code666, but have voiced their trust in Lupus Lounge in that a contract on future releases after the cessation of the cooperation with Code666 has already been signed. In its music, this ambitious and challenging (their listeners as well as themselves) band unites original Black Metal atmospheres with many-layered arrangements deeply inspired by local Transylvanian spirituality and folklore. The band garnered much praise for their last two albums, "'N Crugu Bradului" and "Om", and their concert audience agrees that Negura Bunget's music is a law unto itself.

WORK OF ART:
Work Of Art guitarist Robert Sall posted the following message on the band’s Myspace site: “ So finally, our debut album is Done! We been working very hard this past 5 months writing, recording and mixing our album and we are very pleased with the result! For all of you who has been digging our demo, you know what you're in for! In other words, more classic sounding AOR/Westcoast! We don't know the exact release date yet but we'll announce it as soon as we get the word from Frontiers! For us as a band, these past couple of months has been quite an experience. In February we still considered WOA just a "side project" having only a 3 song demo and here we are now 6 months later, signed to our favourite record label with a completed debut album soon to be released! We're totally excited about this since this is not what we'd expected (or dared to dream about) when we first release our demo. Quite honestly, we didn't know what to expect at all! I want to take the opportunity to thank All Of You who have been giving us so much positive feedback, Thank You”!

LIQUID HORIZON:
Powerful and with a pumping beat, melodic vocal lines, heavy guitar riffing, spheric keyboards and above all, played on highest technical level - that's how Liquid Horizon present themselves a.d. 2007. The concept album "Revolutions" tells a story about the struggle for freedom -- including a trilogy about the French Revolution. Liquid Horizon's sound is fresh, it is heavy and they show us that there is more to come...
Final Tracklist: 01. Welcome To The Revolutions, 02. Battle Entrance, 03. Sacred Ground, 04. Freedom, 05. Resistance, 06. Sacrifice, The French Revolution Trilogy, 07. The King ? Part 1 , 08. Revolution ? Part 2 , 09. System Of Terror ? Part 3, 10. Last Stand.

SILENT RAGE:
Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the signing of Silent Rage for the release of the band’s fourth studio album. Silent Rage formed in 1985 and became immediately well-known in the Californian scene, thanks to the captivating vocals, their style of blending guitar and bass and signature song writing. Their debut album “Shattered Hearts” was produced by the legendary Paul Sabu in 1987 and gained immediate attention from the Hard Rock fans all over the world. One year later, Gene Simmons signed them to his own label and in 1989 “Don’t Touch Me There” followed up. This album reached #1 on European Import charts and is still today regarded as one of the top examples of Melodic Hard Rock sound of the late 80’s.
The band finally came back with a third studio album “Still Alive” in 2002. In the summer 2007 the band featuring founding members by EJ Curse on bass , Jesse Damon on vocals and guitar, Mark Hawkins on guitar and with Rodney Pino on drums, went back to the studio to give birth to their long awaited new cd.
The guys are right now recording the new songs at Redrum Recording Studios in Los Angeles with former Guns n Roses & Rockstar Supernova guitarist, Gilby Clarke producing and mixing. Having mid-summer pre-production behind them, the band is well into tracking new songs for the latest CD and they're anticipating a completion date by the end of October. Look for some very interesting special guest appearances.
Jesse Damon states: " It's a great time for the band right now, we're all very excited about signing with Frontiers Records and being in the studio recording new songs with Gilby Clarke as our Producer! Everyone in the band is focused and giving 100 % to this new CD. Expect strong performances with a classic Silent Rage style rock"! Lookout for Silent Rage new album in the shops in early 2008!

TWINBALL:
"What is Twinball? A damn fine melodic rock band that should be sitting on the top of the global modern rock charts. The band is a Swedish outfit sporting their newest record, a sophomore effort entitled "Slave". The band originally started as a Thin Lizzy cover band known as Bad Reputation. In 2002 the group released their debut album, "Remnants Of A Broken Soul", on Sweden Rock Records. Those of you who enjoy the likes of Winger, Pink Cream 69, and Fozzy should find plenty of freedom with "Slave", an album that is soaked in twin guitar melody, ascending leads, and one fantastic vocalist in Daniel Samuelsson.
Final Tracklist: 01. Freak Of Nature, 02. Never Alive, 03. Heroes, 04. Slave, 05. Rain, 06. Puppets, 07. Faces, 08. Mockingbird, 09. Burn, 10. Sorrow, 11. Blind My Eyes, 12. Promises (Jap. bonus track).

01 JULY

TRIBUZY:
"Execution Live Reunion" feat.: Bruce Dickinson, Michael Kiske, Mat Sinner, Ralf Scheepers, Roland Grapow, Roy Z a.m.m.! The Brazilian metal band Tribuzy, formed and headed by singer Renato Tribuzy released their studio debut "Execution" with a `heavy-metal-allstar-team/ feat. Bruce Dickinson, Michael Kiske, Mat Sinner, Ralf Scheepers, Roland Grapow, Andreas Kisser, Kiko Loureiro and Roy Z. The musical influences used by Tribuzy during the writing process were the great classics such as Powerslave (Iron Maiden), And Justice For All (Metallica) and other 80's heavy music. The album "Execution Live Reunion" has 11 tracks in total and features all of the guests from the "Execution" studio album in a special performance onstage with Tribuzy. The album was produced by Roy Z and Renato Tribuzy, and mixed by Roy Z at Mountain View studio, in LA, USA. 
Line-up:
Renato Tribuzy - Vocals, Gustavo Silvera - Guitars, Frank Schieber - Guitars, Ivan Guilhon - Bass, Flavio Pascarillo - Drums.
Guests: Bruce Dickinson (vocals), Michael Kiske (vocals), Kiko Loureiro (guitar), Mat Sinner (vocals), Ralf Scheepers (vocals), Roland Grapow (guitar), Roy Z (guitar).
Tracklist:
01. Intro 02. Agressive 03. Divine Disgrace 04. The Attempt 05. Forgotten Time (feat. Kiko Loureiro) 06. Nature Of Evil (feat. Kiko Loureiro, Mat Sinner) 07. Absolution (feat. Ralf Scheepers, Roland Grapow) 08. Web Of Life (feat. Roland Grapow) 09. Execution (feat. Kiko Loureiro) 10. Beast In The Light (feat. Bruce Dickinson, Roy Z) 11. The Means (Bonustrack)
The release is scheduled for July 27th, 2007.

STARBREAKER:
New Starbreaker with Super-Voice Tony Harnell to be released 2008... It is with great pride we announce the continuum of the Starbreaker saga... There has been much speculation as to what Tony Harnell ’s next move would be after leaving TNT in April 2006; we can now reveal that Tony will be teaming up with the Starbreaker gang for the creation of Starbreaker II. The line up has gone through a change and on this new release we introduce Swedish bass player Tomas Johansson (Lizette&, Scaar). Together with the rest of the band: Vocals - Tony Harnell (TNT, Westworld, Morning Wood, Guitar-Magnus Karlsson (Last Tribe, Allen/Lande, Bob Catley), Drums - John Macaluso (Union Radio, Ark, TNT, Yngwie Malmsteen), an album will be ready for release early 2008.
The album will be written and co-produced by Tony Harnell & Magnus Karlsson and both are excited to take Starbreaker to the next level: Tony comments: “After having taken some valuable time off with my family I am ready and excited to jump into this project. As I really enjoyed the first Starbreaker album, it felt only natural to do a second one. In addition to Starbreaker, the song writing for my first solo album is well under way and I have some killer tracks I am absolutely thrilled with”!
We can expect more fantastic vocal work with deep and thoughtful lyrics by one of the most respected and revered singers today backed by one hell of a band. Guitarist Magnus Karlsson continues to be a major force on the European music scene with his fiery fretwork and classy song writing skills. John Macaluso is fresh off his critically acclaimed solo release “Union Radio”, and Tomas Johansson is a long time veteran of the Swedish metal scene, his latest work can be heard on “This Is” by Swedish Industrial rockers Lizette&.
With a unique hard-hitting sound that marries modern progressive metal with sing-able songs, we are all in for a treat. The band will follow up the album release with some high profile appearances. Look out, Starbreaker II is on its way!

KATAGORY V:
Katagory V has posted the cover artwork that will appear their 4th album, "Hymns of Dissension", and have announced that recording and mixing is now complete. Bassist and founder Dustin Mitchell had this to say concerning the completion of the album and the artwork.
"The new album is complete and the final mix has been sent off to the record labels, so now it is in their hands, and we all get to wait just a few more months for the final product. At this point everyone in the band is happy with the end results, and with hearing the final mixes, in my opinion, it's going to be fairly colorful in musical styles, and maybe even a bit more retro-metal sounding compared to the previous album. 
"We once again ran into a few bumps toward the end, and basically slid into home base with our deadlines. Once again that black cloud was looming over our band, and we had another computer in the studio freeze up and die, a different one, but the most crucial one needed, and it happened at the tail end of mixing. It was touch and go for a while; fortunately we were able to resurrect it after a few days of trial and error, just in time to get the album done. And the problem?
Dust and dirt, that's it! Once we did everything possible externally and were ready to give up and take it to a technician to retrieve the songs off the hard drive, we then blew the computer out with compressed air, which exploded out of that thing like a car spinning out on a gravel road. We gave it one more shot, booted it up, and the damn thing buzzed and hummed back to life. I'm not the most tech- oriented guy on the block, but I guess you have to give those things a bath sometimes? How quaint. It's a good thing we got it working, or the end results of getting the album done on time, or even at all, would have been extreme. In cases like this, it makes me miss the days of analog and reel-to-reel recording!
"So, to commemorate the completion of the album, we have decided to release the cover art for `Hymns of Dissension' for your viewing pleasure. Mattias Noren did a wonderful job in capturing exactly what we were looking for in both mood and concept, and it most certainly fits the vibe of the album in our opinion. Absolutely fantastic, See for yourself"!
The album cover can be viewed by clicking here.
As previously reported, Katagory V are scheduled to release their 4th album, "Hymns of Dissension" on October 16th through Nightmare Records (USA/Canada) and Burning Star Records (Europe/Asia), and each release will include two exclusive bonus tracks.
In other new, three more last-minute live dates have been added to the Katagory V calendar, be sure to visit the "shows" page for details!

PRIMAL FEAR:
Frontiers Records is excited to announce all details for the highly anticipated studio album from the mighty German Metal Masters Primal Fear entitled “New Religion” to be released in Europe on September 21st 2007. Primal Fear started the songwriting for their new cd in October 2006 and the recording started shortly later, at the House Of Music studio with engineer & co-producer Charlie Bauerfeind (Blind Guardian, Saxon, Hammerfall) and longtime producer and band member Mat Sinner.
“I really feel electrified”, says Sinner “I never had such a feeling since the release of the first Primal Fear album in 1998. We never worked harder on an album before”, while singer Ralph Scheepers adds: “New Religion is definitely the start of a new chapter in the history of Primal Fear. The fact we’ve signed with a new record company and bringing back our good friend Henny Wolter into the band sets more energy free than the launch of a rocket. The band is in the best mood since many many years! Can't believe that? Listen to the album”!
The line-up on the album saw Randy Black proving again, that he’s one of the world class drummers at the moment and singer Ralf Scheepers delivered his most exciting and outstanding vocal performance in his career. Most of the guitars were played by Stefan Leibing. Starbreaker and Allan/Lande producer/guitarist Magnus Karlsson helped out with two stunning guitar solos, before Henny Wolter rejoined the band and played some more lead & rhythm guitars on the album. Epica's lead singer Simone Simons was invited to studio to sing the first duet in Primal Fear recording history, the song “Everytime It Rains” which seems to be the next hit in Fear's recording career. For the first time, the band moved to the Galaxy Studio in Belgium , to work with award winning engineer Ronald Prent (Rammstein, Iron Maiden, Manowar) on the mix of the album. Mat Sinner states: “We are totally satisfied about the result and the final sound. Ronald did a great job. In my view, New Religion sounds more powerful than the predecessor, even you can hear every single tone crystal clear”.
Another very surprising song, with a huge wall of atmosphere and drama “Fighting The Darkness” is divided in 3 different sections: the first part 'Fighting The Darkness' is, according to Mat Sinner “the best sounding tune the band has released so far”, followed by a huge instrumental 'The Darkness' and a ‘Reprise’. Primal Fear improved their sound to the max and again the orchestra arrangements by Matz Ulmer and Mat Sinner reached a incredible new heights. But not only this part of Primal Fear's music sounds reloaded today and more powerful than ever before. The album opener “Sign Of Fear” metals like hell with extreme and very sovereign vocals by Ralph, followed by the cool paced melodic highlight “Face The Emptiness”. More typical songs like “Blood On Your Hands”, “Psycho” or “Too Much Time” will please Fear's “Nuclear Fire” fans, while the title track “New Religion”, “The Curse Of Sharon” and “World On Fire” show Primal Fear at their best, with a combination between powerful riffs and fantastic melodies. “The real metal songs like “Sign Of Fear”, “Blood On Your Hands” or “New Religion” are sounding 100% like Primal Fear, but still different” explains Mat Sinner, “I really love the vibe and that I feel a progress in our work, that there is still space for a new step into creativity. Even the fast, but very melodic tracks like “Face The Emptiness” or “The Curse Of Sharon ”sounding fresh, new and exciting”!
The album's final song “The Man (that I don't know)” is a very strong and outstanding ballad, with superb vocal and guitar performances! Two video clips were produced for “Fighting The Darkness” and “Sign Of Fear” which appear as bonuses for the album’s limited edition in digipak. In Ralph Scheepers’ words: “Sign Of Fear’ shows the powerful side of Primal Fear in a raging performance clip, while ‘Fighting The Darkness’ is more like acting on a crime scene. After the night shot of Sign Of Fear until 5am in the morning, we were all tried to death, but the concept of “Fighting The Darkness” was such a great challenge for everyone, we really gave more than 200% to look & act good”. Mat Sinner announces: “We will start our tour in the US this time and co-headline the Progpower Festival in Atlanta. For the first time, we will perform a bunch of songs from the new album on stage ! Then we will embark on a double headliner tour together with our friends of U.D.O. through Europe , plus a yet undecided special guest. In December we will tour Japan and Korea, plus some more Xmas shows in Europe . Then we’ re working on dates in South America, the US & Canada for early 2008”!
The album will include the following tracklisting:
Sign Of Fear; Face The Emptiness; Everytime It Rains; New Religion; Fighting The Darkness: a) Fighting The Darkness b) The Darkness c) Reprise; Blood On Your Hands; The Curse Of Sharon; Too Much Time; Psycho; World On Fire; The Man (That I Don’t Know).
“New Religion” will be released on September 21st in Europe with domestic releases settled in Japan (through King Records), Russia, Mexico, Korea, Brazil, Taiwan and Argentina. US release date TBA.

07 MAY

GRANDE UPDATE:
New update with  two very interesting interviews one with Threshold and another with Kidd Havok. Some new album reviews can be found on the CD Reviews section... the Surprise Album of April, the Best Album of April and the Best Album of May is already online. Have a great time... {Important note: the problems with the e-mail still exists so please send your e-mails to: <grande-rock(@)lycos.com> (delete the () from @... it’s for the spam there)}.

MICHAEL THOMPSON BAND:
Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the reissue of MICHAEL THOMPSON BAND’s masterpiece “How Long” on June 8th 2007. In order to coincide with the release of Michael Thompson’s new band debut album TRW’s “Rivers of Paradise”, Frontiers and Michael agreed that it was a perfect time to re-release this masterpiece on the same day. In 1988, after working to try and get a deal with his band Slang for several years, Thompson got signed by Geffen Records to  release one album entitled "How Long", under the Michael Thompson Band (MTB) monicker.
The singer for this group was Rick 'Moon' Calhoun, previously front man for the AOR cult band THE STRAND, Michael's long time friend. Completing the line-up were another bunch of highly respected studio professionals such as: John Andrew Schreiner (on keyboards), Leon Gaer (bass), John Keane (drums).
On "How Long" more musicians appeared, in particular drummer-maestro Terry Bozzio, Pat Torpey (of MR BIG), bassist Jimmy Haslip, ex KANSAS vocalist John Elefante, TOTO's Bobby Kimball and GREAT WHITE associates Michael Lardie and Wyn Davis (who also produced the album).
As of today “How Long” is regarded as one of the highest examples of hi-tech AOR / West Coast, with a superb production and immaculate songwriting. During the years it became more and more of a collector’s item and the prices paid on E-bay exceeded 80 dollars!
This 2007 reissue comes completely remastered and adds two songs which were recorded during the original sessions and the first fruit of a reunion between Michael, Moon Calhoun and songwriter Jeff Paris entitled “Wheelchair”: an appetizer for an upcoming brand new album to be expected sometime in 2008!
Final tracklisting of “How Long” reissue shall be:
Secret Information; Give Love a Chance; 1000 Nights; Wasteland; Never Stop Falling; Can’t Miss; Gloria; Stranger; Baby Come Back; How Long; Right To Be Wrong (bonus track); Love Goes On (bonus track); Wheelchair (new song).
In the meanwhile tracklisting for the highly anticipated album from TRW (the new alliance between Michael Thompson with former BRIDGE 2 FAR members and top-session players John Robinson and Mark Williamson) has been finalized.
The album “Rivers of Paradise” will include the following tracks:
Set My Spirit Free / Rivers of Paradise; Hold On; Indiscretion; Gonna Be Some Changes; Only a Letter; Hard Time Love; One Good Woman; Love Comes Callin’; Alimony Blues.
Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to welcome back some great AOR heroes!!!

DOMAIN:
No sooner the 20th anniversary album STARDAWN (LMP) has been released, DOMAIN started to work on the upcoming album, henceforth with the new line-up Chity Somapala (voc) and Steven Wussow (bass). The album will be released at the beginnig of 2008.
Guitarist and producer Axel Ritt used an opportunity while a break of the intensive songwriting- and rehearsal works to visit the Musikmesse Frankfurt, which resulted in a personal invitation for the Warwick Award party at the Maritim hotel Frankfurt. There, the newly added FRAMUS endorser partied with with such famous artists like Kerry King (Slayer), Yenz Leonhardt (Lacrimosa), bass legend Jonas Hellborg and the son of bass-godfather Jaco Pastorius, Felix Pastorius.
Two live-shows will mix up the pre-production of the upcoming DOMAIN album:
May 13th, DOMAIN will headline the 3rd festival day at the "Rock am See"-Festival / Schotten-Rainrod / Germany (www.rockamsee.org). The two days before among others, acts like GRAVE DIGGER, U.D.O. as well as DORO will performe live on stage.
At July 21st, DOMAIN will be a part of the "Angeldays-Festival" / Greuthalle Aalen / Germany. Among DOMAIN, bands like SHAKRA, FREEDOM CALL und PINK CREAM 69 will help to collect money for the child hospice "Sternenbrucke", one more good reason to buy a ticket!
Until then, you will be informed by www.domainband.net or www.myspace.com/domainband. There you can not only download the newest banners, but also read an ever-actual blog, which will be updated regularly.

SEVEN TEARS:
Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the signing of Swedish Melodic Metal hopefuls SEVEN TEARS! Previously known as ATLANTICA (their demo received a great review on SWEDEN ROCK Magazine in early 2006) the band is now formed by Jonathan Carlemar on guitars, Fredrik Lager on bass, Kristofer von Wachenfeldt on keyboards (PLATITUDE), Michael Sjoo on drums (SPEARFISH) and singer Zoran Djorem. With this line-up SEVEN TEARS recorded the demo "The Story Unfolds" which was sent in early 2007 to the attention of Frontiers Records who immediately liked the music and offered a recording deal to the guys in February 2007.
“It is absolutely fantastic to get a deal with Frontiers. A dream come true!” said guitar player Jonathan Carlemar, who presents SEVEN TEARS music as “Evergrey meets Journey: an unique mixture of Melodic Metal and an AOR-feeling with some prog-elements. The mixture of different styles from the members musical past gives the band a unique sound towards today's rock/metal bands”.
SEVEN TEARS are currently busy recording the debut album under the direction of Peter Lundin (SPEARFISH) at Teknik Kompaniet Studios in Vetlanda, Sweden. Frontiers hopes to release the album during the fall 2007.
Weblinks: www.myspace.com/seventearsmusic / www.frontiers.it.

MELDRUM:
Michelle Meldrum sent us her track x track comment off of the forthcoming MELDRUM album “Blowin’ Up The Machine” to be released on Frontiers Records on may the 11th 2007. Enjoy the read!
Purge:
Is about purging yourself of negativity, whatever it maybe that’s haunting you and holding you back in your life.
Down Your Throat:
A nice little love song from a guy to a girl…Ha…No actually a song about other peoples beliefs, politics, religion that are not your own being shoved Down Your Throat…
Scar:
Facing your demons & sins, loving them for who they are…they deserve love too…ya know…
Hang Em’:
Ya know the story “Give em’ enough rope and they will hang themselves”, about exposing liars, thiefs, back stabbers and those that try and knock you down. 
Creme De La Creme:
About Starfuckers !! People who are so hung up on being famous for the sake of fame and hung up on those who are famous... Starfuckers !! Fake Fucks !!! Oooops not supposed to say that !?!?
Miss Me When I’m Gone:
A song Lemmy of Motorhead wrote about Moa….
Another Kind:
A song about individuality and not being like everyone else, blazing your own trail, staying strong and fighting your own fight. 
Exploited:
Another crazy song about being exploited in some sick ritual and liking it !
Get Yours:
About Getting Your Own
Get Me Outta Here:
About getting gout of a shitty situation or relationship.
Bite The Pillow:
About a guy who fantasizes all the time online and has crazy sexual rendezvous and then gets busted by his significant other, and there’s hell to pay… a love story!!!

FREDERIKSEN / DENANDER:
Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of the long awaited FREDERIKSEN / DENANDER album “Baptism By Fire” on June the 8th 2007! Best know for his role as lead vocalist in TOTO’s “Isolation”, Dennis “Fergie” Frederiksen is undoubtedly one of the most gifted singers in Melodic Rock history. He left his mark also on timeless albums such as Trillion’s debut, Le Roux “So Fired Up” and more recently singing on the awesome Mecca project.
Hot on the heels of that recording Fergie, took the chance to work with Swedish guitar player Tommy Denander on his very popular Radioactive albums. Tommy is a very clever and respected musician and producer who has worked with an amazing number of artists and played on an equally impressive number of records (with more than 1000 albums on his credit list that can boast such names as Paul Stanley, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Richard Marx, Desmond Child, TOTO and many more).
Getting to know each other better and better, the guys started to focus on the idea of working on a full album together with Tommy working on the songwriting and production and Fergie offering his incredible vocal and of course songwriting skills. But of course when you have such amount of talent involved you can’t help but call… even more talent to help! Fellow Frederiksen buddy, Ricky Phillips (with whom Fergie released the successful Frederiksen / Phillips album in 1995) of Styx, Jim Peterik of Pride of Lions and Tommy’s songwriting partner on many albums Bjorn Lindbom – among others - offered their songwriting contributions to the project, while Michael Thompson (TRW), Steve Porcaro (Toto) appeared on guitars and keyboards respectively (completing the line-up on the record is NY session drummer Eric Z Daniels whose recent work include coming albums for Robin Beck, Radioactive and Jimi Jamison).
After 3 long years of work, now the wait is over and the album is ready to be unleashed. This is an unashamedly, straight ahead Melodic Rock album with plenty of magnificent hooks and brilliant musicianship. Everyone who’s dreamed to listen again Fergie’s voice singing on material that can live up to the levels of the Le Roux or Toto classics, can now safely add this incredible record to his collection.
Final tracklisting includes:
Let Him Go; Right Heart, Wrong Time; Silver Lining; Crossing Over; Written In Stone; Saving Grace; Baptism By Fire; Can't Get Enough; Never Try To Love Again; Dead End; Keep A Light On; Left With Nothing.
“Baptism By Fire” is a true Melodic Rock gem which just waits to be discovered on June 8th on Frontiers Records with a Japanese release on King Records.

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