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8 Is - 2010 Frame Of Us
 | | 8-Is deliver classy AOR, west coast, ballads, and there's enough here to suggest these guys have a big future ahead of them. |
Accept - 2010 Blood Of The Nations
 | | In a year that's thrown up some tremendous comebacks by veteran acts, Accept have now joined the list and in convincing fashion. |
Air Supply - 2010 Mumbo Jumbo
 | | Air Supply return with the strangely titled 'Mumbo Jumbo', what is less confusing is the typical soft rock/balladeering style of these former Aussies, still alive and well in 2010. |
Airbourne - 2010 No Guts No Glory
 | | While Jimmy Barnes is off covering 1950's and 60's songs we can be thankful that we have Airbourne flying the flag for Australia, otherwise I might had felt that the Aussies have gone all soft on us. |
All I Know - 2010 Vanity Kills
 | | This band deliver very melodic songs that will strike at the heart of the GDAZE audience with ease. Singer Ward Dufraimont sounds like a young Kevin Cronin in places, not that everything on here sounds like REO, but it surely adds a classic rock veneer to what is a undeniable modern hard rock album. |
Amethyst - 2010 The Maze Of Destiny
 | | If Queensryche circa 'The Warning' or debut album Crimson Glory is your bag, then Amethyst might very well be on your shopping list. |
Angeline - 2010 Confessions
 | | Named after that classsic Paul Sabu track, Angeline have been in business since 1987, with more ups and downs than Aussie soccer star Harry Kewell's football career. |
Armored Saint - 2010 La Raza
 | | 'La Raza' is a totally engaging album, and you needn't feel threatened that this is a HM extravaganza. It isn't. It's a cool sounding disc, with loads of different features. |
Asia - 2010 Omega
 | | Many of us have been fans of the band since day one, and 'Omega' captures a sense of style from their past, plus where they sit now in the present. |
Astral Doors - 2010 Requiem Of Time
 | | Astral Doors is a band I've enjoyed in the past, the new one is classy but very derivative, and with not much in the way of variation, 'Requiem Of Time' could be pushed to the back of the class by the time we finish up the year 2010. |
Auras - 2010 New Generation
 | | Does the world need another Journey? We ask the question of Brazilian copy-cats Auras. |
Bachman Turner - 2010 Bachman Turner
 | | Earlier in 2010, we took a look at the promo CD 'Forged In Rock', released as a giveaway with Classic Rock magazine. The big kahuna CD was official released in September 2010, and though it's taken a while for us to get to it, the CD is surely worth a look. |
Bachman Turner - 2010 Forged In Rock [promo]
 | | As a prelude to their Sept 2010 full length CD 'Bachman Turner', the duo released a promotional EP called 'Forged In Fire', which was bundled with Classic Rock magazine earlier in the year (issue 148). |
Best Of Decade 2000-2009 - englandashes
 | | Here are some of Chris' picks of the just completed decade. |
Best Of Decade 2000-2009 - 2010 Dangerzone
| | I'd be lying if I said finding ten albums to fill this list was easy; it wasn't. I ended up basing my choices on the albums I listened to most over the last ten years, ones that I still give a spin today. |
Best Of Decade 2000-2009 - 2010 Eric
| | Ten years is a long time and like most of us, I've heard more music this past decade than I did the previous three for better or worse |
Best Of Decade 2000-2009 - 2010 gdazegod
| | Well folks here it is. A ten year summary of some of my picks of the just completed decade. |
Best Of Decade 2000-2009 - 2010 jeffrey343
| | Better late than never, I guess. Coming in two years after most everyone else's list, here is mine. But I do have a good excuse. |
Black Majesty - 2010 In Your Honour
 | | I have enjoyed all the Black Majesty albums up to this point, but 'In Your Honour' tops the list. |
Bogaert, Jane - 2010 5th Dimension
 | | The 'Fifth Dimension' after all is said and done is a pretty catchy album, the backbone is pure 80's, and it's easy to hear how Jane has encapsulated the essence of past female greats into her voice. Very likeable and if you're a female fronted AOR/hard rock fan, then you don't need any invitation. |
Boys Of The Band - 2010 Does I Can
 | | Finland's BOB, or Boys Of The Band may have seen Eurovision glories come and go, but they have landed one very hook laden melodic pop/rock opus to sink your teeth into. |
Brendel, Doris - 2010 The Last Adventure
 | | 'The Last Adventure' is a very pleasant listen, well suited to the GDAZE audience as it straddles the fence between Doris' past influential eras of the 80' and 90's with the trends and styles of today. |
Brock, Terry - 2010 Diamond Blue
 | | 'Diamond Blue' is a reasonable album, but is let down by a few issues. |
Bronz - 2010 Carried By The Storm
 | | It's taken 25 years, but finally, the unreleased Bronz album 'Carried By The Storm' gets a private release. |
Charlotte (USA) - 2010 Medusa Groove
 | | Another of the L.A brigade which tried to put a different spin on their hair metal influence back in the 80's. |
Chriss, Anders - 2010 Volatility
 | | Swedish singer/songwriter Anders Chriss is no chip off the old block. This guy lives in the outside of left field, and if you enjoy running up hills backwards, or driving around roundabouts the wrong way this maybe right up your street. |
Crazy Lixx - 2010 New Religion
 | | Crazy Lixx. Crazy name huh? From the Scandi sleaze skool of hard rock, these guys combine all that was good (and bad) about 80's glam and metal and put a 21st century spin on it. |
Damien, Dannie - 2010 The Boxer And The Boozer
 | | Don't be thinking that this CD is camped well inside the Glam circus-ring because it isn't. Fans of many of the other hard rock sub-genres may enjoy this outing as much as I did. Another solid effort from this promising Italian artist. |
Degreed - 2010 Life Love Loss
 | | One of the new arrivals to the new Melodicrock Records roster is Swedish band Degreed. At first appearance, their name, image and album title might have you thinking this is dark and dirgy stuff - and wondering what the heck is Andrew McNeice thinking? Fear not my melodic friends, Andrew has selected wisely and surely, Degreed being a class melodic act that has taken ownership of the year 2010 as a breath of fresh air from the Nordic North! |
Elvenking - 2010 Red Silent Tides
 | | Definitely, 'Red Silent Tides' is a very melodic album, and an appealing one at that too, but judging from what I've heard of their earlier material, those too are ripe for investigation. |
Enforcer - 2010 Diamonds
 | | Those of you tiring of Iron Maiden's ability to bore you with long-winded epics should check out Sweden's Enforcer for a short and shrill blast of maiden-esque metal! |
Enuff Znuff - 2010 Dissonance
 | | So long as bands like this, plus Cheap Trick are still in operation, I am a happy man. |
Exciter (Canada) - 2010 Death Machine
 | | I have a feeling this one will rate high in my end of year list, simply because it is straight down the line heavy metal. |
Faithealer - 2010 Welcome To The Edge Of The World
 | | I like what Jason and Ivan are doing here, and as this is their first CD they've delivered a pretty good album. My only bug-bear are those guitar solos. |
Fenrik Lane - 2010 317
 | | Fans of modern pop/rock should investigate, and if Poets Of The Fall and/or Melee are on your playlist already, then Fenrik Lane will make a welcome addition. |
Fire (Malta) - 2010 Ignite
 | | Personally, I think this is one of the better bands doing the rounds in Europe at the moment. Their high-octane brand of rock is well suited to the live/arena environment, and I would love to see them get an opportunity to play a few select gigs on the mainland. |
Firecracker - 2010 Born Of Fire
 | | Firecracker is the melding of personnel principally from two other Swedish bands. Stefan Lindholm is from melodic prog metallers Vindictiv, while singer Tommy Karevik is well known to GD readers as being the voice behind Seventh Wonder. |
First Signal - 2010 First Signal
 | | First Signal to my way of thinking is definitely in the top 3 Frontiers releases for 2010.. |
Flag - 2010 Perihelion
 | | This is the third instalment of the Arthur Offen Flag project - Perihelion. Fantastic pomp! |
FM (UK) - 2010 Metropolis
 | | I can't recommend this more, it's one of the best releases so far in an unusually above average year for melodic rock. A real triumph for the veterans. |
Foghat - 2010 Last Train Home
 | | The material on this CD has blues and classic rock written all over it, but I'm thinking that much of the appeal that Foghat had in the 70's and 80's is now lost. For true blues fans only I would suggest. |
Ghost (Norway) - 2010 The Engraving
 | | Norwegian metallers Ghost are a band that are new to me, unlike their musical style which has a very familiar ring to it. These guys are playing old school heavy metal in the vein of Iron Maiden, Accept, Savatage and Armored Saint, and have a firm steely grip on precedings. |
Giant - 2010 Promise Land
 | | Sorry to say, but at the end of the day - to me Dann Huff is GIANT. End of story, despite what others will tell you |
Gorden, Keith - 2010 A Place In Time
 | | If you're a fan of Chicago (the band not the city), then this 5 track CD is for you. |
Grand Illusion - 2010 Brand New World
 | | One of my favorite bands, I am over the moon with their reunion, but less enthused about the end result.. |
H.E.A.T (Sweden) - 2010 Beg, Beg, Beg [ep]
 | | 2008 was the start of a love affair with Swedish band H.E.A.T. While everyone was still agog the following year, the band consolidated their credentials with a solid round of live gigs, and in 2010 they give us a prelude of things to come with a three-track EP titled 'Beg Beg Beg'. |
H.E.A.T (Sweden) - 2010 Freedom Rock
 | | Are these Swedish boys taking over the mantle of Europe? As the former 80's hair melodic rockers continue to dwell in alternative rock, H.E.A.T take the reigns.. But for how long? |
Halford - 2010 Halford IV - Made For Metal
 | | A great return to form for Halford, although this would have been even better with Priest on board. This is what Halford excels at, traditional heavy metal.. It's yet another excellent release in what has been an unusually above average year for heavy metal.. |
Hansel - 2010 Never Say Die
 | | Hansel quite clearly dispel the notion that there's more to Australian rock n roll than AC/DC. With newish bands such as Hansel, Airbourne, Koritni and White Widdow, there is hope yet from the land Down Under that a new legacy is being written. |
Hatchery - 2010 Forced To Fight
 | | No, we are not talking about some highly questionable Fish Farm. For those of you stuck in an 80's thrash timewarp, Hatchery are a German band that belong.. It's all here, denim and leather, bullet belts, Z grade production, speed of light riffs and crude vocals.. |
Helloween - 2010 7 Sinners
 | | I was ready to be bored by this album, but I was anything but. This is metal through and through and this is the best album I've heard from the band. It's good to hear Helloween in such fine form and in a year full of quality releases here's yet another, joining fellow German legends Accept as one of 2010's best. |
Hogjaw - 2010 Ironwood
 | | This is a solid CD from start to finish. A collection of songs rich in powerful riffs and and vocals. A great mix of southern, country and classic rock. |
Howe, Brian - 2010 Circus Bar
 | | What do you get when you cross a classic rock vocalist with a set of punchy and catchy modern rock tunes? Brian Howe's 'Circus Bar' is the answer. |
Hungry Heart - 2010 One Ticket To Paradise
 | | Mostly this is an enjoyable album, and if I was to say, I found it a tad better than the debut CD, which can only be a good thing. |
InTensity - 2010 Times [ep]
 | | InTensity take their calling from technical progressive metal bands such as Porcupine Tree, Pain Of Salvation, a little bit of Pagans Mind too. They not quite at the same level as those outfits, but there is enough here to suggest that InTensity have a future.. |
Iron Maiden - 2010 The Final Frontier
 | | Aptly named 'The Final Frontier' may spell the end. If this is it for Maiden then I won't be complaining. A staggering flop. |
Issa - 2010 Sign Of Angels
 | | I know we have a load of fans of the female fronted AOR/rock sub-genre. So in that case, you should all be listening to young Norwegian goddess Issa |
Jimi Jamison And Jim Peterik - 2010 Extra Moments
 | | No doubt for many Jamison fans, this would make the ideal companion piece to the 'Crossroads Moments' CD, and completes the picture on a productive session between these two Survivor greats. |
Kareli, Fabri (F.EA.S.T) - 2010 Rise
 | | Italy has sprung many surprises over the last year or so. I mean - who hasn't been impressed by the many good bands coming out of that fair country. Shining Line, Myland, Markonee, HungryHeart, Fabbox, the list goes on.. Adding his name to the ever growing pile is a chap called Fabri Kareli.. |
Keel - 2010 Streets Of Rock And Roll
 | | Like a few of the new 2010 releases, this one is not really well suited to me, but I appreciate what they are doing, and they're well worth having a listen to. |
Krokus - 2010 Hoodoo
 | | After a couple of dodgy releases in the past decade ('Rock the Block' and 'Hellraiser'), Krokus have returned with their best album since 1999 and one which reunites the vintage 'One Vice At A Time' lineup from 1982. |
La Famiglia Superstar - 2010 La Famiglia Superstar
 | | La Famiglia Superstar are a band that have been around since 2008, and their lineup is a dream team of rockers which fit the supergroup tag easily. |
Larsson, Sven - 2010 Sunlight And Shadow
 | | 'Sunlight And Shadow' is an apt title for a guy who can kill the listener with devastatingly melodic and haunting guitar lines, or superfast licks that defy the speed barrier. |
Legacy - 2010 Legacy
 | | Columbus Ohio was the hot-bed for this very good but totally underrated and criminally ignored white metal band: Legacy, now resurrected in full digital and digi-colour glory! |
Line Of Fire - 2010 Momentum
 | | Considering that Canadian band Final Frontier are a favorite of mine, I feel there's more than a few tracks on 'Momentum' that would fit perfectly on any of their albums. |
Little Caesar - 2010 Redemption
 | | Little Caesar, those Rough and ready tatts and biker rockers from the late 80's, return with a album full of sweat and soul, blues and booze. This lot are seeking 'Remdeption'.. |
Lucid Legend - 2010 Lucid Legend
 | | This is pretty reasonable stuff. The guitar work is fantastic and if this is what Lucid Legend are capable of on their own, then I wonder what they would sound like with a big production budget behind them. |
Mars - 2010 Metaldrome
 | | Another obscurity dragged out of the long closed 80's HM closet, this band have seen their material unmercifully dragged into the 21st century - by hook or by crook. |
Marseille - 2010 Unfinished Business
 | | Is 'Unfinished Business' a kind of redemption for Brit rockers Marseille? Most definitely yes. |
Mass - 2010 Sea Of Black
 | | There are a lot of good moments here, and it's one of Escape Music's better releases for 2010. |
Mastercastle - 2010 Last Desire
 | | From our perspective at GDAZE, it's very easy to recommend 'Last Desire', in fact, it becomes our album of the month for August 2010. |
Melodramus - 2010 Two: Glass Apple
 | | From the metal hot-bed of Utah (yeah right) come Melodramus, combining prog metal and pop much to everyone's surprise! |
Molly Hatchet - 2010 Justice
 | | While Dave Hlubek remains the only original member of Hatchet still in the band, this lineup is more enduring than some of its more famous incarnations. |
Motorhead - 2010 The World Is Yours
 | | There is nothing to suggest this is better than 2008's 'Motorizer' and in fact it could be worse. Therefore to be consistent I'll have to rate this as a '2' also. I said it two years ago and I'll say it again - it truly is over. This is the most tired recording the band have ever conjured. |
N.O.W - 2010 Force Of Nature
 | | In keeping with recent Brazilian projects from Auras and Highest Dream, we have another very good package from the project band called N.O.W. |
Neil, Vince - 2010 Tattoos And Tequila (covers album)
 | | If anyone could find a reason to listen to this more than once then I'd love to know how. Neil adds some interesting choices and is backed by half of Slaughter, but in the end I can't help but feel this must have taken a weekend to conceive, record and release. |
Nelson - 2010 Lightning Strikes Twice
 | | If you're looking for a Nelson fix or something akin to 'After The Rain', then this is probably the album to do it. Not quite as polished as ATR, but that's to be expected, and this one has a little bit of dirt under the fingernails that gives it a rough edge. |
Norum, John - 2010 Play Yard Blues
 | | While it may not top 'Total Control', one of the albums considered in this trio of articles, it does come considerably close and compared to 'Face The Truth', the singer to song ratio of 'Play Yard Blues' is heavily in favour towards John, which I feel is not bad thing. |
On-Off - 2010 Ribcrasher
 | | Given the impressive sterility the world of rock'n'roll music currently finds itself in, On-Off have delivered a platter which, if not groundbreaking in terms of originality, is certainly worth a mention here on G-D. |
Orleans - 2010 '75 Live Harvard Square
 | | Coming up in 2012 will be the 40th anniversary of Orleans as a band and it's hard to believe it's been that long. So much good music in four decades with '75 Live Harvard Square' a welcome addition to their wonderful and evergreen catalog of American pop music at it's very best. |
Osbourne, Ozzy - 2010 Scream
 | | Despite the significant PR given this album prior to release, it's the songs which ultimately count, and there's not enough mojo here to warrant giving Viagra completely away just yet. A bit of a disappointment really. |
Overkill - 2010 Ironbound
 | | One of the best thrash albums of the year without question and Ellsworth proves that age doesn't make any difference in this game. |
Percudani, Mario - 2010 New Day
 | | Despite the hard rock pedigree, Percudani is versatile enough to try his hand at the soft pop/rock genre, as evidenced by his first solo CD 'New Day'. |
Perfect View - 2010 Hold Your Dreams
 | | When I first listened to this band, I was unaware how good this would be in the overall scheme of things. An Italian band, Perfect View present themselves to be a grand combination of Journey of modern day Toto, perhaps with a hint of Frontline and Myland when they heavy things up a bit. |
Poets Of The Fall - 2010 Twilight Theater
 | | If you haven't checked out Poets Of The Fall yet, and you are curious, then there is every good reason for you to investigate one of the finest pop/rock bands going around at the moment. |
Preacher Stone - 2010 Uncle Bucks Vittles
 | | Listening to 'Uncle Buck's Vittles', which incidentally is named after their favorite watering hole, Preacher Stone is very much in the vein of Molly Hatchet and Doc Holliday. |
Pretty Maids - 2010 Pandemonium
 | | Even though the band took a four year vacation, they've come back with tsunami-like vengeance, and not since 'Sin Decade' have the band sounded so good. |
Prime Suspect - 2010 Prime Suspect
 | | Prime Suspect deliver what is an OK album, but not striking any real killer blows either. File away under disappointing. |
Push (UK) - 2010 Strange World
 | | Former 80's British band Push become the first band to be released on brand new label AOR BLVD Records. |
Ransom - 2010 Better Days
 | | Carved in the same tradition as Blanc Faces, the duo of Tommy Girvin and Don Cromwell return after a thirteen year absence as RANSOM! |
Ratt - 2010 Infestation
 | | As long as Pearcy, Blotzer and DeMartini are around there will always be Ratt. This is an essential listen for any rock fan. |
Reckless Love - 2010 Reckless Love
 | | Reckless Love, great name, great band, great album. Buy or die! |
Rockets, The - 2010 Re Entry
 | | San Francisco band The Rockets were a veritable supergroup back in the early 70's, despite never actually releasing an album at the time. For trainspotters, this was the band that featured Eddie Money prior to his solo career. Now in 2010, The Rockets have been resurrected.. Well on CD at least.. |
Saker - 2010 Saker
 | | Nicknamed Tone Junkie Saker, Dave has been rockin' the northern parts of San Fran for years, and without hesitation, Retrospect have labelled 'Saker' as one of the best CD's of their entire catalogue! |
Scorpions, The - 2010 Sting In The Tail
 | | 'Sting In The Tail' may appear to be the final hurrah for German rock giants The Scorpions.. |
Sedona - 2010 Golden Valley
 | | A lush album, it borders West Coast and AOR with ease, with more of a cosy-up to the West Coast side of the sofa. |
Serpentine - 2010 A Touch Of Heaven
 | | A new band out of the UK Midlands has appeared in 2010. They are Serpentine, a young band, with a cool name, cool album cover, and a musical style that reminds me of some of the 90's output from British bands such as Passion Street, Burn (UK) and Shy (understandably). |
Shaffer, Nathan - 2010 Come Back America
 | | It's clear that this is a very personal album for Nathan, combining his disdain for the political world around him, along with the tragic loss of family. Also, this is less about his iconic days as a 70's and 80's rocker, it's more about a contemporary look at the world as it is in 2010. |
Shining Line - 2010 Shining Line
 | | Milanese residents aren't likely to change their football shirts for black leathers anytime soon, but they should take a shine to the latest project emanating from that fair city: Shining Line, featuring the two Monti's, Pierpaolo and Amos.. |
Silver Shadow - 2010 Silver Shadow
 | | If you were a teenager growing up in Orange County, L.A during the late 70's and early 80's, chances are you may have encountered the band Silver Shadow on your travels. |
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