You are now imagining / remembering the classic melodic Rock revolution of the 1980s. A long lost age when SURVIVOR, FOREIGNER and JOURNEY ruled the earth, along with their tales of everything vaguely related to love. PRIDE OF LIONS is the direct descendant of these three bands.
The first song on the album “Immortal” is a powerful statement of intent about how AOR will never die, I agree, it’s far too commercially viable to die. While the first song is catchy, powerful and the riffs are actually pretty damn heavy, the second song is total commercial Rock standard fare; elevated from mediocrity only because of Hitchcock’s amazing voice. Despite this it needs to be said that the lyrics in this album are a huge step forward from the normal heartbroken love ballads of the 80s.

Banquet is the fourth album by German progressive rock band Lucifer's Friend, released in 1974. By this time there was no hard rock sound, it was now strictly progressive rock mixed with jazz fusion. The song "Our World Is a Rock 'n' Roll Band" was the opening track on some versions (i.e. the U.S. version) of the original LP release, but the only CD releases to date do not include this track, which can instead be found as a bonus track on the Repertoire Records CD release of their self-titled debut.

Mind Exploding is the fifth album by Lucifer's Friend. This album marks the point where they returned to a more hard rock oriented style with less of a progressive rock sound. It is more or less the missing link between I'm Just a Rock & Roll Singer (1973) and Banquet (1974); with the hard rock driven sound of the former, it still has the occasional horn section and progressiveness of the latter. This is the last album with John Lawton on vocals before he joined Uriah Heep. Lawton returned to Lucifer's Friend in 1981 to record the Mean Machine album.

2011 album from the Welsh Progressive band, their first album in three years. Magenta again shows their ability to effortlessly blend classic Progressive Rock with some of the more modern influences. From the shorter, punchier tracks 'Glitterball' and 'Raw' to the more intimate, classic atmospheric songs that you would expect from Magenta. 'Reflections' showcases the award winning solo guitar playing of Chris Fry and 'Red' closes the album in the epic style that Magenta have become known for.