В 1999 году у Royal Hunt вновь сменился вокалист. На место ДиСи Купера взяли оригинальнейшего и сильнейшего (по мировым меркам и меркам Royal Hunt) Джона Веста (ранее известного в нешироких кругах, как вокалиста исключительно студийной группы Artension). Итак, первая работа Джона в Royal Hunt, альбом Fear получился...вновь потрясающим! Это третья полуконцептуальная работа Андре Андерсена (после Paradox и Changing Skin), на этот раз она посвящена человеческим страхам.

«Почему концертный альбом и почему именно сейчас? «Просто мы не выпускали никаких живых записей уже около десяти лет, — говорит клавишник и основной автор песен "Royal Hunt" Андре Андерсен. – [Концертный альбом] «2006 Live» [2006] был великолепным, и многие поклонники до сих пор считают, что это наша лучшая работа. Живых записей не было довольно долго, поэтому мы предположили, что будет интересно проверить наш «новый свинг». Только вдумайтесь: Последний раз мы записывали вживую альбом «Paradox» почти 20 лет назад! Добавьте несколько новых песен, волнующее выступление на фестивале, пару новых участников — и вуаля – материал звучит совсем по-другому. Мы хотели бы сказать, что группа звучит свежо, но давайте дождемся вашего мнения».

Слушать этот диск я начал почти сразу, как он вышел. Тогда он мне нравился просто безумно. По прошествии стольких лет я могу оглянуться назад и сказать, что альбом выдержал испытание временем, ибо сейчас я от него получаю удовольствие почти такое же, как и тогда. По моему мнению, это - лучший альбом у Рапсодии. Шедевр от начала и до конца - единственный идеально сбалансированный диск у них - симфоничность, помпезность, тяжесть, скорость и техника сочетаются здесь единственно возможным способом, порождая действительно великую вешь.

Немцы продолжают уверенно идти к своей цели. На этом альбоме это отчетливо видно. От альбома к альбому звучание их композиций становится напористей, хитовей и более запоминаемой. Релиз 1989 года порадовал еще более жесткой и мелодичной лид-секцией. Больше запоминаемых проигрышей и четких ритм-риффов. Стиль можно охарактеризовать, как полноценный speed-power без каких-либо нареканий. Вокал Пиви здесь еще в форме фальцета, но уже достаточно выразителен и разборчив. Можно сказать, что в вокальном плане заметен некоторый прогресс. Возможно, это связанно с улучшением качества записи - звук действительно стал плотнее и чище, чем раньше.

Raise the Roof is the second collaborative studio album by British singer-songwriter Robert Plant and American bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss. The album was released on November 19, 2021, by Rounder Records and Concord Records in the United States and Warner Music for the rest of the world. The album was nominated for three Grammy Awards at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best Americana Album, Best American Roots Song for "High and Lonesome," and Best Country Duo/Group Performance for "Going Where the Lonely Go".

Black Radio III is an album by American musician Robert Glasper. It was released on February 25, 2022, via Loma Vista Recordings, serving as the sequel to his 2013's Black Radio 2. Production was handled by Glasper himself with co-producers Terrace Martin, Bryan-Michael Cox and Jahi Sundance. It features guest appearances from Amir Sulaiman, Ant Clemons, Big K.R.I.T., BJ the Chicago Kid, Common, D Smoke, Esperanza Spalding, Gregory Porter, H.E.R., India.Arie, Jennifer Hudson, Killer Mike, Lalah Hathaway, Ledisi, Meshell Ndegeocello, Musiq Soulchild, PJ Morton, Posdnuos, Q-Tip, Tiffany Gouché, Ty Dolla $ign and Yebba.

Sehnsucht - is the second studio album by German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. It was released on 22 August 1997 through Motor Music in Europe and Slash Records in the United States. It is the only album entirely in German to be certified platinum by the RIAA in the US. The album peaked at No. 1 on the Austrian and German charts.
In 2020, Metal Hammer included it in their list of top 10 1997 albums.

Signals is the ninth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on September 9, 1982 by Anthem Records. After the release of their previous album, Moving Pictures, the band started to prepare material for a follow-up during soundchecks on their 1981 concert tour and during the mixing of their subsequent live album Exit...Stage Left. Signals demonstrates the group's continuing use of synthesizers, sequencers, and other electronic instrumentation. It is the last album produced by their longtime associate Terry Brown, who had worked with them since 1974.

Roll the Bones is the fourteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released September 3, 1991 on Anthem Records. The band began working on Roll the Bones after a brief creative hiatus following the tour promoting their previous release, Presto.
Roll the Bones was a return to commercial success for the band, reaching No. 3 in the United States, No. 10 in the UK, and No. 11 in Canada. The album won a Juno Award for Best Album Design at the 1992 awards. In August 2001, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling one million copies in the US. It was remastered in 2004 and again in 2013 as part of The Studio Albums 1989–2007 box set. In 2015 it was reissued after being remastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios following a direct approach by Rush to remaster their entire back catalogue.

Presto is generally held by fans to have marked the beginning of a transition period, moving away from a sound dominated by synthesizers and toward more traditional rock instrumentation and pop songwriting.

Permanent Waves is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on January 14, 1980, through Anthem Records. After touring to support their previous album, Hemispheres (1978), the band began working on new material for a follow-up album in July 1979. This material showed a shift in the group's sound towards more concise arrangements and radio friendly songs (such as "The Spirit of Radio" and "Freewill"), though their progressive rock blueprint is still evident on "Jacob's Ladder" and the more than nine-minute closer "Natural Science". Bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee also employed a more restrained vocal delivery compared to previous albums. Permanent Waves was recorded in 1979 at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec with production handled by the group and Terry Brown.

Moving Pictures is the eighth studio album by Canadian progressive rock band Rush, released on February 12, 1981 through Anthem Records. After touring to support their previous album, Permanent Waves (1980), the band started to write and record new material in August 1980 with co-producer Terry Brown. They continued to write songs with a more radio-friendly format, featuring tighter song structures and songs of shorter length compared with their earlier albums.

Группа Rush по праву считается одним из самых известных и авторитетных рок-коллективов Канады, основательницей стиля хард-н-арт.

Counterparts is the fifteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released October 19, 1993 on Anthem Records. After the band finished touring its previous album Roll the Bones (1991) in mid-1992, the members took a break before starting work on a follow-up.
Counterparts reached No. 2 in the United States, one of the band's two highest-charting albums in the country, and No. 6 in Canada. The first single, "Stick It Out", was No. 1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for four weeks. In 1994, the instrumental "Leave That Thing Alone" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Counterparts was remastered in 2004 and reissued in 2013 as part of The Studio Albums 1989–2007 box set. In 2015 it was reissued after being remastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios following a direct approach by Rush to remaster their entire back catalogue.

2112 (pronounced "twenty-one twelve") is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on 1 April 1976 (or March 1976, according to some sources) by Anthem Records. Rush finished touring for its unsuccessful previous album Caress of Steel, in early 1976. The band was in financial hardship due to the album's disappointing sales, unfavourable critical reception, and a decline in attendance at its shows. The band's international label, Mercury Records, considered dropping Rush but granted the band one more album following negotiations with manager Ray Danniels. Though the label demanded more commercial material, the band decided to continue developing its progressive rock sound. 2112 was recorded in February 1976 in Toronto with regular producer Terry Brown. Its centerpiece is a 20-minute title track, a futuristic science-fiction song that takes up the entire first side of the album. There are five individual tracks on side two.