ATLAS are a British, Manchester-based AOR band formed in 2017 by keys player James Thorley with the intention to create signature music that focused its roots around the 80s AOR, Prog, and melodic rock genres. James is joined by Craig Wells (lead vocals), Howie Little (lead guitars), Chris Redfearn (bass guitar), and Ryan Briggs (drums), and together they've previously released..
Melodic rockers ATLAS release “Just Like That” single and music video from new album “Built To Last”
British melodic rock band ATLAS are pleased to announce the release of their third single Just Like Thattaken from their highly anticipated third studio album Built To Last. The new single is released Friday 15 September and is available from Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer HERE. Watch the lyric video for Just Like That on YouTube below. The new album, released by Metalapolis Records on Friday 20th..
British Progressive Melodic Rock Band ATLAS Announce New Album “Built To Last” to be Released in October
British progressive melodic rock band ATLAS are pleased to announce the release of their highly anticipated third studio album Built To Last. The new album will be released by Metalapolis Records on Friday 20th October and is available to pre-order HERE. The first single All Or Nothing is available to stream HERE.Watch the All Or Nothing music video below! ATLAS is comprised of five musicians, Craig Wells (lead vocals), James Thorley (keyboards), Howie Little (lead..
Memoria Avenue – Memoria Avenue (Frontiers)
If you are a fan of AOR or melodic rock then you are in for a treat as there is a new contender in town and they are Memoria Avenue, a fresh outfit from Norway with a classic AOR sound and with a fully rounded and perfectly developed melodic rock debut album that provides an..
Iconic Eye – Back From Behind The Sun (five track EP)
Back From Behind The Sun is the new release from British rock band Iconic Eye. They arrived on the scene in 2015 with their self-released debut album Hidden in Plain Sight, and quickly progressed to festivals circuit that year and the following. A new female lead singer led to further expansion of their style and a..
Light Engineering – The Ghost in the Studio (Northern Soundscapes)
Light Engineering is another project from the prolific singer/songwriter Tim Hunter, a Yorkshire-based musician but also script-writer, actor, music-producer and record label owner (Northern Soundscapes). Tim describes Light Engineering as a side project, although given the above litany of skills he is clearly a restless creative sort! The name Light Engineering originated as a spin-off..
Perfect Plan – Time For A Miracle (Frontiers)
This is the second album by Perfect Plan, a quite splendid melodic rock band from Örnsköldsvik in Sweden, which formed in 2014 and released the fully developed and devastatingly mature debut, All Rise - an absolutely top rate melodic rock album - in 2017 - and was about as perfect as a first album could..
FM – Synchronized (Frontiers Music)
If you are a fan of melodic rock then you will know that the name of FM is one that is synonymous with the genre and a moniker that always guarantees sublime, quality AOR. Synchronized is the band’s twelfth album (this number also includes the re-recorded Indiscreet 30 version of their debut from 1986) and..
VEGA – Grit Your Teeth (Frontiers)
British rock band VEGA (not to be confused with the Turkish alt-rock band of the same name!) will release their new album Grit Your Teeth on Friday 12th June 2020 via Frontiers Records. It's VEGA's sixth album, and the band are (not so quietly!) confident that this will be their career-defining work. Working with producers..
Return – V (AOR Heaven)
Another quick jump in the time machine takes us back to the '80s when several fledgling Norwegian bands were just starting out with bands like TNT and Stage Dolls gaining international recognition but it just did not seem to happen for Return, a melodic rock band out of Stange, Hedmark. Whilst not gaining the recognition..