Showing posts with label hard rock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hard rock. Show all posts

Friday, May 22, 2020

Pretty Maids

Horsens, Denmark
Heavy metal, hard rock, glam metal

studio albums:
Red, Hot and Heavy (1984)
Future World (1987)
Jump the Gun (1990)
Sin-Decade (1992)
Stripped (1993)
Scream (1995)
Spooked (1997)
Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Overdoing (1999)
Carpe Diem (2000)
Planet Panic (2002)
Wake Up to the Real World (2006)
Pandemonium (2010)
Motherland (2013) Japan edition
Louder Than Ever (2014) Japan edition
Kingmaker (2016) Japan edition
Undress Your Madness (2019)

live albums:
Screaming Live (1995)
Live at Least: Europe and Japan 2001-2002 (2003)
It Comes Alive: Maid in Switzerland (2012)
Maid in Japan: Future World Live 30 Anniversary (2020)

compilations:
The Best of...Back to Back (1998)

EP's:
Pretty Maids (1983)
Offside (1992)

Friday, February 21, 2020

Ozzy Osbourne

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Heavy metal, hard rock, blues rock, doom metal

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which he adopted the nickname the "Prince of Darkness". Osbourne was fired from the band in 1979 due to alcohol and drug problems, but he went on to have a successful solo career, releasing 12 studio albums, the first seven of which were awarded multi-platinum certifications in the US. Osbourne has since reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions. He rejoined in 1997 and helped record the group's final studio album 13 (2013), before they embarked on a farewell tour which culminated in a final performance in their home city, Birmingham, England, in February 2017. His longevity and success have earned him the informal title of "Godfather of Heavy Metal".

Osbourne's total album sales from his years in Black Sabbath, combined with his solo work, is over 100 million. As a member of Black Sabbath, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame as a solo artist and as a member of the band. Possessing a distinctive singing voice, Osbourne, as a native of Birmingham, is known for his strong Brummie accent – he has a star on the Birmingham Walk of Stars in his hometown as well as the Hollywood Walk of Fame. At the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards, he received the Global Icon Award. In 2015, Osbourne received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.

In the early 2000s, Osbourne became a reality television star, appearing as himself in the MTV reality show The Osbournes, alongside wife and manager Sharon and two of their three children, Kelly and Jack. He currently co-stars with Jack and Kelly in the television series Ozzy & Jack's World Detour. The show's third season debuted in June 2018.

Studio albums:
Blizzard of Ozz (1980)
Diary of a Madman (1981) original + 2011 deluxe edition
Bark at the Moon (1983) UK+US edition
The Ultimate Sin (1986)
No Rest for the Wicked (1988)
No More Tears (1991)
Ozzmosis (1995)
Down to Earth (2001) Japan edition
Under Cover (2005) covers album
Black Rain (2007) tour edition
Scream (2010) deluxe edition
Ordinary Man (2020) Japan edition

Live releases:
Speak of the Devil (1982) recorded Sep.26/27.'82.
Speak of the Devil (1982) Japan album, recorded Dec.6, 1982
Randy Rhoads Tribute (1987) Live '81/'82
Just Say Ozzy (1990) EP
Live & Loud (1993)
Live at Budokan (2002) Japan edition

Compilations:
The Ozzman Cometh (1997)
Prince of Darkness (2005) box set

Singles:
Crazy Babies (1988)
Mama, I'm Coming Home (1992)
Perry Mason (1996)
See You on the Other Side (1996)
Dreamer (2002)

Other:
No More Tears Demo Sessions (1992)


Friday, December 13, 2019

Stone Sour

Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Alternative metal, heavy metal, hard rock, alternative rock

Stone Sour is an American alternative metal band formed in Des Moines, Iowa in 1992, performing for five years, before disbanding in 1997. They reunited in 2000 and since 2006, the group has consisted of Corey Taylor (lead vocals, Slipknot), Josh Rand (guitar) and Roy Mayorga (drums, Nausea, Thorn, Crisis, Soulfly, Abloom, Black President, Amebix, Channel Zero). Longtime members Joel Ekman (drums, percussion), Shawn Economaki (bass guitar), and Jim Root (guitar, Slipknot) left the group in 2006, 2011, and 2014 respectively.


studio albums:
Stone Sour (2002) special edition
Come What(Ever) May (2006) special edition
Audio Secrecy (2010) deluxe edition
House of Gold & Bones: Part 1 (2012) Japan edition
House of Gold & Bones: Part 2 (2013) Japan edition
Hydrograd (2017) Japan edition

live albums:
Hello, You Bastards: Live in Reno (2019) 

EP's:
Meanwhile In Burbank... (2015)
Straight Outta Burbank (2015)
Hydrograd Acoustic Sessions (2018)

singles:
The Dark (2015)
Song #3 (2017)

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Band-Maid

aka: Band-Maid® *, Band-Maiko **
Japan
Hard rock, heavy metal


studio albums:
Maid in Japan (2013)
New Beginning * (2015)
Just Bring It (2017)
World Domination (2018)
Conqueror (2019)

EP's:
Brand New Maid (2016)
Band-Maiko ** (2019)

singles:
愛と情熱のマタドール * (2014)
YOLO (2016)
Daydreaming / Choose Me (2017)

Friday, November 22, 2019

Tygers of Pan Tang

Whitley Bay, England
Heavy metal, NWOBHM, hard rock

studio albums:
Wild Cat (1980) 1997 remaster
Spellbound (1981) 2006 remaster
Crazy Nights (1981) 1997 remaster
The Cage (1982) 2006 remaster
The Wreck-Age (1985)
Burning in the Shade (1987)
Mystical (2001)
Noises From the Cathouse (2003)
Animal Instinct (2004)
Ambush (2012)
Tygers of Pan Tang (2016)
Ritual (2019)

live albums:
BBC in Concert (1981)
Live at Wacken (2001)
Live at Nottingham Rock City (2001) recorded 1981
Live in the Roar (2003)
Leg of the Boot: Live in Holland (2005)

EP's:
The Wildcat Sessions (2010) re-recordings
The Spellbound Sessions (2011) re-recordings

compilations:
First Kill (1986) '78-'80 demos
Big Game Hunting: The Rarities (2005)
Detonated (2005) + re-recordings

Friday, November 15, 2019

Bombus

Gothenburg, Sweden
Heavy metal, hard rock

studio albums:
Bombus (2010)
The Poet and the Parrot (2013)
Repeat Until Death (2016)
Vulture Culture (2019)

singles:
Call You Over (2017)

Monday, November 11, 2019

Shark Island

Los Angeles, California, United States
Hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal


studio albums:
S'cool Buss (1986)
Law of the Order (1989) original + 2004 remaster
Gathering of the Faithful (2006)
Bloodline (2019)

Friday, November 08, 2019

Otherwise

Las Vegas, Nevada
Hard rock, alternative rock, alternative metal

studio albums:
Otherwise (2006)
True Love Never Dies (2012)
Peace at All Costs (2014)
Sleeping Lions (2017)
Defy (2019)

EP's:
Some Kind of Alchemy (2009)
Enjoy the Pain (2013)

Quiet Riot

Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Heavy metal, glam metal, hard rock

studio albums:
Quiet Riot (1977) Japan only
Quiet Riot II (1978) Japan only
Metal Health (1983)
Condition Critical (1984)
QR III (1986)
QR (1988)
Terrified (1993)
Down to the Bone (1995)
Alive and Well (1999)
Guilty Pleasures (2001)
Rehab (2006)
Quiet Riot 10 (2014)
Road Rage (2017)
Hollywood Cowboys (2019)

live albums:
One Night in Milan (2019)

compilations:
The Randy Rhoads Years (1993)

singles:
Bad Boy (1984)

Friday, October 25, 2019

Saint Asonia

Toronto, Canada
Post-grunge, hard rock, alternative metal, nu metal

Saint Asonia
(stylized as SΔINT ΔSONIΔ) is a Canadian-American rock supergroup consisting of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Gontier (ex-Three Days Grace), lead guitarist Mike Mushok (ex-Staind), bassist and backing vocalist Cale Gontier, and drummer Cody Watkins. In 2017, the band's original drummer, Rich Beddoe, left the band and was replaced by Mushok's Staind bandmate Sal Giancarelli, and one year later bassist and backing vocalist Corey Lowery left the band to join Seether and his place was taken by Gontier's cousin Cale Gontier.


studio albums:
Saint Asonia (2015)
Flawed Design (2019)

Phil Campbell

Pontypridd, Wales
Heavy metal, hard rock

Philip Anthony Campbell (born 7 May 1961), better known as Phil "Wizzö" Campbell, is a Welsh rock musician. Campbell is best known as the guitarist in Motörhead from 1984 to 2015. The band disbanded due to the death of founder and frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister.


studio albums:
Old Lions Still Roar (2019)

Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons:

studio albums:
The Age of Absurdity (2018)

EP's:
Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons (2016)

Bad Wolves

USA
Heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock, metalcore

Bad Wolves is an American heavy metal supergroup formed in 2017.
The band consists of vocalist Tommy Vext (ex-Divine Heresy, ex-Snot), drummer John Boecklin (ex-DevilDriver), lead guitarist Doc Coyle (ex-God Forbid), rhythm guitarist Chris Cain (ex-Bury Your Dead, ex-For the Fallen Dreams) and bassist Kyle Konkiel (ex-In This Moment, Vimic); and is managed by Zoltan Bathory of Five Finger Death Punch.


studio albums:
Disobey (2018)
N.A.T.I.O.N. (2019)

Friday, October 18, 2019

Michael Monroe

Helsinki, Finland
Glam punk, hard rock, glam rock, glam metal, punk rock

Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm (born 17 June 1962), better known by his stage name, Michael Monroe, is a Finnish rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who rose to fame as the vocalist for the glam punk band Hanoi Rocks, and has served as the frontman for all-star side projects, such as Demolition 23 and Jerusalem Slim (with Steve Stevens).


studio albums:
Nights Are So Long (1987)
Not Fakin' It (1989)
Peace of Mind (1996)
Life Gets You Dirty (1999)
Take Them and Break Them (2002)
Whatcha Want (2003)
Sensory Overdrive (2011)
Horns and Halos (2013)
Blackout States (2015)
One Man Gang (2019)

live albums:
Another Night in the Sun: Live in Helsinki (2010)

Santa Cruz

Helsinki, Finland
Glam metal, heavy metal, hard rock


studio albums:
Screaming for Adrenaline (2013)
Santa Cruz (2015)
Bad Blood Rising (2017)
Katharsis (2019)

EP's:
Anthem for the Young 'n' Restless (2011)

Alter Bridge

Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Alternative metal, hard rock, heavy metal, post-grunge

studio albums:
One Day Remains (2004)
Blackbird (2007)
AB III.5 (2011) special edition
Fortress (2013)
The Last Hero (2016) limited edition
Walk the Sky (2019)


live albums:
Live from Amsterdam (2009)
Live at Wembley (2012)
Live at the O2 Arena + Rarities (2017) limited edition
Live at the Royal Albert Hall featuring the Parallax Orchestra (2018)

EP's:
Fan EP (2005)

singles:
Open Your Eyes (2004)
Watch Over You (2007)

Friday, October 11, 2019

Eclipse

Stockholm, Sweden
Glam rock, hair metal, hard rock


studio albums:
The Truth and a Little More (2001)
Second to None (2004)
Are You Ready to Rock (2008) original + MMXIV edition
Bleed & Scream (2012)
Armageddonize (2016) deluxe edition
Monumentum (2017)
Paradigm (2019)

singles:
Bleed & Scream (2012)

Life of Agony

Brooklyn, New York, United States
Alternative metal, heavy metal, alternative rock, hard rock

studio albums:
River Runs Red (1993)
Ugly (1995)
Soul Searching Sun (1997)
Broken Valley (2005)
A Place Where There's No More Pain (2017)
The Sound of Scars (2019)

live albums:
Unplugged at the Lowlands Festival (1997)
River Runs Again: Live 2003 (2003)
20 Years Strong, River Runs Red:Live in Brussels (2010)

compilations:
1989 - 1999 (1999)

Michael Sweet

Orange County, California
Christian rock, Christian metal, hard rock

Michael Harrison Sweet (born July 4, 1963) is a singer from Whittier, California; he is the co-founder, writer, lead guitarist, lead singer and front man of the Christian metal band Stryper. He was also singer and guitarist for Boston from 2007 to 2011.


studio albums:
Michael Sweet (1994)
Real (1995)
Truth (1998)
Him (2006)
Touched (2007)
I'm Not Your Suicide (2014)
One Sided War (2016)
Ten (2019)

Sweet & Lynch (with George Lynch):
Only to Rise (2015) Japan edition
Unified (2017)

demo:
Unstryped: The Post Stryper Sessions (2000) 1992. recordings

Wednesday, October 09, 2019

Vinnie Moore

New Castle, Delaware, United States
Neo-classical metal, hard rock, heavy metal, instrumental rock

Vincent "Vinnie" Moore (born April 14, 1964) is an American guitarist and a member of the English hard rock band UFO. Moore is one of the most influential and important guitarists to emerge from the virtuoso boom in the mid to late eighties.


studio albums:
Mind's Eye (1987)
Time Odyssey (1988)
Meltdown (1991)
Out of Nowhere (1996) Japan edition
The Maze (1999)
Defying Gravity (2001)
To the Core (2009)
Aerial Visions (2015) Japan edition

live albums:
Live! (2000)

appeared on:
Smoke on the Water: A Tribute to Deep Purple (1994)

Friday, October 04, 2019

The Darkness

Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Hard rock, glam metal

studio albums:
Permission to Land (2003) Jap.Ed.
One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back (2005)
Hot Cakes (2012) Del.Ed.
Last of Our Kind (2015) Del.Ed.
Pinewood Smile (2017) Del.Ed.
Easter Is Cancelled (2019)

live albums:
Live at Hammersmith (2018)