Reviewed: October 2021 Released: September 2021, Frontiers Music Srl Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Buddy H The acrimonious 2012 split between Anette Olzon and Nightwish has been well documented. The short time she spent with the band has proven to be very polarizing among longtime fans. Regardless of which side of the…
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Sunbomb-Evil And Divine
Reviewed: July 2021 Released: May 2021, Frontiers Music Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: Buddy H Supergroups are always a risky proposition. When the creative chemistry is there, the resulting music can be magical (see my review of Smith/Kotzen). The new “supergroup”, Sunbomb, has all the ingredients necessary to produce some very tasty hard rock/metal…
Seventh Crystal-Delirium
Reviewed: July 2021 Released: May 2021, Frontiers Music Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Buddy H It’s always nice to sit down with a debut release from a brand-new band. Within the first few seconds of pressing play, you can usually tell whether or not the group has what it takes to make…
Robin McAuley-Standing On The Edge
Reviewed: June 2021 Released: May 2021, Frontiers Music SRL Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Buddy H One of the greatest things about being a hard rock and metal fan is the connection we make with a certain artist or band. Once that connection is made, their music becomes a part of who…
Sonic Haven-Vagabond
Reviewed: June 2021 Released: May 2021, Frontiers Music SRL Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Buddy H Everyone knows the age old saying, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” While true for many things, more often than not, you can tell what kind of listening experience lies ahead of you when…
The End Machine-Phase 2
Reviewed: May 2021 Released: April 2021, Frontiers Records S.R.L. Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Buddy H There are certain dynamic duos in life that are just meant to be together: Batman and Robin, Mac and Cheese, Peanut Butter and Jelly, Ren and Stimpy, Plant and Page, etc… One important duo that should,…
Joel Hoekstra’s 13 – Running Games
Reviewed: April 2021 Released: February 2021, Frontiers Music Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Buddy H There’s nothing like sitting down with a new album of good old-fashioned guitar driven melodic hard rock. It gets the blood and fists pumping and supplies the perfect highway soundtrack for any road trip! Joel Hoekstra, the criminally…
FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY
LABEL’S ‘BIRTHDAY’ CELEBRATED ON FEBRUARY 27TH PRESIDENT & HEAD of A&R, SERAFINO PERUGINO RELEASES STATEMENT ON MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENT This past Saturday, February 27, 2021, Frontiers Music Srl celebrated the 25th anniversary of when label President & Head of A&R, Serafino Perugino officially registered the company as a business 25 years…
Durbin – The Beast Awakens
Durbin – The Beast Awakens Reviewed: March 2021 Released: 2021, Frontiers Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz Let’s address the obvious, shall we? 1) James Durbin was a contestant on American Idol, almost immediately endearing himself to a national audience of repressed soccer moms. 2) Like a poor man’s Ripper…
PRIMAL FEAR-Metal Commando
Reviewed: July, 2020 Released: 2020, Frontiers Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Primal Fear is one of the staple bands here at Metal-Rules.com. When we got going all those years ago the staff were excited to discover and enjoy bands like Primal Fear whose career got going at pretty much the same…
Sammy Hagar- Sammy Hagar and Friends. The Covideo Chronicles-Day One (April 1, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2013, Frontiers Records Rating: 3/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three seemingly…
Stephen Pearcy Set to Release New Solo Album “View to a Thrill” November 9th
Best known as the original vocalist and founding member of the platinum selling hard rock band RATT, Stephen Pearcy has announced the release of his highly anticipated fifth solo album, “View To A Thrill” on November 9, 2018 on CD/LP/Digital via Frontiers. Today, a new song from the album has been made available to stream…
Stryper – God Damn Evil
Reviewed: May, 2018 Released: 2018, Frontiers Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Erich The last five years have been some of the best for Stryper in their long career. The previous two albums garnered a consensus of praise among fans and critics, successful tours, and an unmistakable level of inspired song craft.…
Tyketto – Live In Milan
Reviewed: February, 2018 Released: 2017, Frontiers Rating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: JP Tyketto has made a bit of a splash lately with a pair of solid comeback albums. To capitalize on this momentum they have released their second live album called LIVE FROM MILAN. This single disc live package was released by…
The Dark Element – The Dark Element, featuring Jani Liimatainen and Anette Olzon
Reviewed: February, 2018 Released: November 2017, Nuclear Blast Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Brat I have a been a fan of Jani Liimatainen’s writing since his song “My Selene” was released on Sonata Arctica’s album, RECKONING NIGHT. The album starts with the title track and we are not kept waiting with a…