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The production values are very high here, the whole album feels really tight, and sounds clear and crisp - a lot of time went into the making of this album - it was even recorded and mixed by the drummer, now that's dedication. Regardless of all that though, it's a great sounding album, and a pleasure to hear a band that you can tell loves what they do.

A long lost album from the outlaw sideproject of Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider joined by ex-Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr and ex-Gillan guitarist Bernie Torme! This almost lost classic was recorded in the early 90s on a major label budget but then shelved by Elektra, and receives its first official release here! This is classic, supercharged 80s metal, the kind that major labels were hesitant to release in the 90s, but has recently made a massive comeback! --Cleopatra Records

"Raw Sugar" Live is Sugar Blue's 7th album, and was recorded during their 2011 US Tour. It consists of 13 Tracks of which 7 are originals either written or co-written by Sugar Blue, under the name he was born with, James Whiting. Sugar Blue was a name he decided to call himself after looking through a bunch of 78's that were discarded in a dumpster, from which one was called Sugar Blues by Sidney Bechet.

Eye Empire is an American rock supergroup, formed in 2009, consisting of former Dark New Day members Corey Lowery and B.C. Kochmit as well as Donald Carpenter formerly of Submersed. Garrett Whitlock, formerly of Submersed, and Dixie Duncan were Eye Empire's drummer and guitarist respectively from their formation until 2010. Drummer Will Hunt, Lowery and Kochmit's band mate in Dark New Day, joined the band in 2010 before departing in 2011, replaced by Ryan Bennett formerly of the Texas

Hippie Coalition.

2010 release from the Alt-Rock band. Drowning Pool's tale of perseverance is just as inspiring as their music. The all-American anthemic rock band has persevered through the death of their first singer and losing their second, emerging a stronger unit than ever before. From presenting the Lane Evans Health Act to Barack Obama, while senator, and coming back with their first consecutive album with a singer, vocalist Ryan McCombs, Drowning Pool continue to survive.

In the annals of rock music, you'd be hard-pressed to find a band that's been championed by both Pete Wentz and Bret Michaels. You'd also be hard-pressed, at least nowadays, to find a rock band that possesses a guitar hero for the next generation, a sexual swagger and an actual sense of fun.

Graveyard of Empires is the fourth album of Canadian rock band Evans Blue. It was released on April 17, 2012. The album has two singles thus far, "This Time It's Different" and "Halo". The official tracklist was released February 9, 2012.

By 1993, major labels were tending to favor alternative rock over corporate metal. But at the dawn of the decade, majors were signing corporate headbangers left and right. And at Arista, one commercial metal/hard rock band that enjoyed a big promotional push in 1990 was Every Mother's Nightmare. This self-titled release left no doubt that Motley Crue was EMN's primary influence, and it was no secret that EMN wasn't exactly the most original band in the world. EMN's detractors denounced the outfit as a poor man's Motley Crue, a criticism that isn't without merit. But be that as it may, some of the album's tunes are catchy enough -- namely, "Hard to Hold," "Listen Up" and "Walls Come Down."

Denmark-based symphonic metal band EVIL MASQUERADE will release its fifth album, "Pentagram", on May 21 via Dark Minstrel Music. The CD was once again produced by guitarist Henrik Flyman and mixed byTommy Hansen (JORN, HELLOWEEN) at Jailhouse Studios in Denmark.

Without a doubt, GRAND PRIX was one of the finest UK acts of the eighties. Commonly praised for their 3rd and final album (close to perfection) 'Samurai', the band's second effort "There For None To See" - often ignored in everyone's favorite lists - is a brilliant one too.