On “Smoke in the Sky” Eric has put together a collection of Bluesy Hard Rock Tracks that showcases his powerful emotive vocals. He is also a great storyteller with his lyrics.
“I have never been shy about wearing my influences on my sleeve,” said Eric. “This was the vocal style I grew up listening to blasting out of every car window when I was growing up. I wanted to give that style of music some much needed attention and remembrance, while still trying to bring some new and more modern elements to the songs. The result is 11 tracks of bluesy hard rock that pays homage to the great rock singers of the 70′s while lending a fresh new edge to the style.”

At 62, John Mellencamp has spent his nearly 40-year career figuring out exactly where he fits in the American grain, and he’s never inhabited traditional folk and blues-imbued settings as personally as on his 22nd album. Singing with gruff directness, the recent divorcé deals with relationship struggles (the somber “Tears in Vain”), as well as broader societal and moral worry (the hard-driving “Lawless Times”). He recorded the album in Indiana with executive production by T Bone Burnett, who has brought his stripped-down approach to Mellencamp’s recent albums. “I don’t trust myself, I don’t trust you,” he intones darkly. It’s a lonely old night, as he used to sing, and a raw one.

Former Skid Row singer and Broadway artist Sebastian Bach has a new album out in the stores. It's Bach's third solo studio record and it was produced by Bob Marlette, who already worked with bands like Alice Cooper and Filter earlier. The musicians who have been supporting Bach on the album are well known names like Duff McKagan (b), Devin Bronson (g) and Bobby Jarzombek (d). With John 5 and Steve Stevens the singer could also get very experienced guest guitarists on board. So, good preconditions. "Give 'em hell" became a hardrock album with quite some modern metal elements. It reminds to the Skid Row release "Subhuman race" from 1995 and the question is, if this is needed or not. The album has really good songs, but also tunes I don't like at all. For me Bach's new release became interesting half way.

Chronicle, Vol. 2 is a compilation album by Creedence Clearwater Revival, released by Fantasy Records in November 1986 and then re-released on CD in 1991.

Основные темы альбома - религия, война, наркотики, отчужденность и одиночество. Но если в тексте «Hand Of Doom» (из альбома Paranoid) наркотики осуждались как социальное зло, то здесь «Sweet Leaf» - восторженный гимн марихуане. Две песни, имеющих отношение к Богу и религии - «After Forever» и «Lord of This World». «Children Of The Grave» продолжает антивоенную тему (начатую в «War Pigs»), а «Into The Void» (о переживших ядерную катастрофу людях, уносящихся на космических кораблях в космическую бездну прочь от опустошенной Земли) может считаться продолжением «Electric Funeral».

Give 'Em Hell is the fifth solo studio album by heavy metal musician Sebastian Bach. The album debuted at No. 72 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 3 in the Hard Rock Albums chart with 4,000 copies sold in its debut week in the U.S.

2014 album from the veteran rocker. KINGS & QUEENS OF THE UNDERGROUND was primarily produced by Trevor Horn, with Greg Kurstin also contributing as a producer to two songs - 'Save Me Now' and the anthemic lead single, 'Can't Break Me Down.' From punk pioneer to global superstar, William Michael Albert Broad - AKA Billy Idol - has left an indelible mark in popular music and remained a household name for over three decades. His style, music, and attitude have transcended time and trends. Billy is the original punk rocker who found a way to take that sneering punk attitude into the pop and rock mainstream, carving out songs that have lasted a lifetime.

Chasing Rainbows komt in oktober met het album ‘With Henk Jonkers. Dat verdient wat uitleg. Chasing Rainbows is de band rond Lawrence Rengert uit Santa Barbara, California. Toen Lawrence jaren geleden voor een studie aan de Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten drummer Henk Jonkers (Fatal Flowers, Hallo Venray) trof, werden de oude demo’s met gitaarliedjes van Lawrence door Henk onder handen genomen in een Amsterdamse studio.

Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow - дебютный альбом британско-американской группы Rainbow, вышедший в мае 1975 года. В чартах Британии этот диск занял 11-е место, в США - 30-е.

АC/DC drummer Phil Rudd recently spoke to Libel Music about his debut solo album, "Head Job", which was released at the end of last month via Universal Music Australia. The songs on the CD were penned primarily by Rudd with the assistance of Allan Badger and Geoffrey Martin — musicians Phil met on the local scene in New Zealand, which he says "turned out to be a great musical partnership." "Badge" and Martin also perform vocals, guitars and bass on the album, with Rudd sitting in the producer's seat. The tracks came together over a period of time recorded at several locations including the studio that Rudd built himself not far from his restaurant Phil's Place in Tauranga, New Zealand.

Hoodoo is an unreleased studio album by John Fogerty. It was recorded in the late spring of 1976 and intended to be his third solo album.

»Storm Of Blades« was recorded in December/January 2014. The call to return to the road supporting the legendary PRIMAL FEAR, had the band taking a break all until April/May 2014, when they finally continued working on and concluded the album at Pama Studio in Torsås, Sweden. The production was handled by BULLET and Magnus “Mankan” Sedenberg.

Незадолго до начала работы над альбомом гитарист Тони Айомми, игравший с наконечниками-протезами, на три полутона приспустил струны, чтобы ослабить нагрузку на травмированные пальцы. То же сделал бас-гитарист Гизер Батлер: так возникло новое, утяжеленное звучание, которое повлияло на многих музыкантов, ставших исполнять впоследствии stoner- и sludge-метал.

Заглавный трек (который был назван в честь фильма 1964 года с Борисом Карлоффом в главной роли, и в свою очередь дал новое название группе, тогда ещё известной как Earth) появился после того, как Гизер Батлер взял у Оззи Осборна книгу XVI века о чёрной магии. «…Я проснулся среди ночи: у дальнего конца кровати стояла фигура в чёрном. Несколько секунд спустя она словно бы растворилась, заставив меня пережить момент незабываемого ужаса… Я рассказал об этом Оззи, и у него, судя по всему, эта история засела в памяти. Едва мы начали играть Black Sabbath, он тут же выдал целиком весь этот текст… После всего этого стало ясно: иного названия для нашей группы и быть не может!»

Paranoid - второй студийный альбом британской рок-группы Black Sabbath, записанный в лондонской Regent Sound Studios продюсером Роджером Бэйном и вышедший в 1970 году. 10 октября 1970 года альбом поднялся на вершину UK Albums Chart, вытеснив с первого места Bridge Over Troubled Water Саймона и Гарфанкла; в США он достиг 12-го места.