AOR

Frank Boxberger, an American composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer, will release a new studio album titled "Higher Vision" on January 1, 2027. It follows its predecessor "Perfect Vision" from 2024 (Girder Records). Check out the…

Highway Horizon, the Finnish melodic rock project featuring the phenomenal British vocalist Lee Small (The Sweet, Phenomena, Shy, Surveillance, Lionheart), have dropped a new single, Tears Fall Down Like Rain. Check it out below. …

Mason, the AOR and hard rock outfit founded in 2023 by Canadian-born multi-instrumentalist, producer and musical visionary Marcus Mason, have unveiled a new single and video for the track Stranger In Bloom, which you can check out below. …

Missing Toys, a brand-new AOR and melodic rock project fronted by Joe Vana (Mecca), will release their studio debut, "Not A.I.", on January 15, 2027. The album is coming out on Pride & Joy Music. The whole thing gets even more…

Missing Toys, a brand-new AOR and melodic rock project fronted by Joe Vana (Mecca), will drop their studio debut "Not A.I." on January 15, 2027. The album is coming out on Pride & Joy Music. What makes the whole thing even more…

Drive, She Said, AOR and melodic rock veterans, will release a brand-new studio album titled "Pass The Torch" on December 4, 2026, via Frontiers Music Srl. The first single from the album, We Own The Night, is up for grabs below. For…

No Sweat, the cult Irish AOR and melodic rock band, are getting a reissue of their studio debut "No Sweat" this December, originally released back in 1990. Bad Reputation will be handling the release. Bad Reputation really pulled out…

Streetlight, Swedish melodic rockers and AOR revivalists (and proud members of the Italian label Frontiers Music Srl. family), will release their third studio album, "Shadows In Motion", on January 22, 2027, following up on last March's…

Neon Rider, Argentinian AOR and melodic hard rockers, are announcing their new studio album “Keepers Of The Flame,” out October 23, 2026 via Pride & Joy Music. The first single from the upcoming record, Higher, dropped on August 7,…

Mason, the AOR and hard rock outfit founded in 2023 by Canadian-born multi-instrumentalist, producer and musical visionary Marcus Mason, have dropped a new single and video for the track Hanging By A Thread, which you can check out below. …

City of Lights, a British melodic rock project led by British composer and rhythm guitarist Neil Austin, will release its self-titled studio album on 10/23/2026 via Pride & Joy Music. Below you'll find a brand-new single (and lyric…

Stan Bush, American singer-songwriter, composer, producer. A true cult figure whenever the talk turns to the eighties west-coast/AOR scene. He's just unveiled the video and single Heart Of A Lion, which you can check out below. The…

Niva, the Swedish AOR/melodic rock outfit led by Tony Niva, will release a new studio album called "Stratospheric" on November 13, 2026, via Pride & Joy Music. Formed in the Swedish town of Skövde, Niva make classic, 80s-inspired…

Night Ranger, west-coast/AOR icons, are back with a new “Best of” compilation that makes room for their most recognizable songs as well as their hits! These are freshly re-recorded classics from the band. The compilation also features…

Jeff Cannata, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist of the 'golden age of AOR', best known for Arc Angel's classic debut album, is back under the new name Arc Angel - Cannata with the album »A Kaleidoscope Of Madness«. This musician's…

Mason, the AOR and hard rock outfit founded in 2023 by Canadian-born multi-instrumentalist, producer and musical visionary Marcus Mason, have unveiled a new single, This Thing Called Love, and you can check it out below. The single will…

Grand, the Swedish melodic rockers and AOR revivalists, have announced that their third studio album, “Guilty Pleasure”, will drop on August 21, 2026 via the Italian label Frontiers Music Srl. The band has rolled out another single…

Transatlantic Radio, the international AOR supergroup from Los Angeles, released their new studio album "Midnight Transmission" on February 20 via Frontiers Music Srl. Check out the new video for the single Fever Dream below. …

Night Ranger, west-coast/AOR icons, are coming back with a new “Best of” compilation packed with their most recognizable songs, plus the hits! These are freshly re-recorded classics from the band. The compilation will also include two…

Revlin Project, a melodic rock project led by Peruvian musician and composer Nilver Pérez (Nilver spelled backwards is Revlin), will release a new studio album called “Rising Hope” on Pride & Joy Music on 11/13/2026. Below you can…

Tony Mitchell, former frontman of melodic rock outfit Kiss Of The Gypsy, will release a new studio album titled "Immortalis" on August 14, 2026, via AOR Blvd. Records. The album's single Beautiful Mistake is streaming below, complete…

City of Lights, the British melodic rock project led by British composer and rhythm guitarist Neil Austin, will release its self-titled studio album on October 23, 2026, via Pride & Joy Music. Check out the new single (and…

Diamond Rain, masked AOR newcomers led by their mastermind and vocalist known as The High Priest, will release their studio debut "Chapter One" on October 23, 2026, via Pride & Joy Music. Back in mid-June, the band already unveiled…

Neon Rider, Argentine AOR and melodic hard rockers, are announcing the release of their new studio album, "Keepers Of The Flame", which will drop on October 23, 2026 via Pride & Joy Music. The first single from the upcoming album,…

Boulevard, the cult Canadian AOR band with commercial success in the eighties, will release a new EP titled "Be Where You Are" on Friday, July 24, 2026. The new EP follows the recent release of the band's warmly received new studio…

Hydra, Swedish melodic rockers, are unveiling their single Fooled By Love Again - the second single from the band's upcoming new studio album, »DeHydration«, due out on September 18, 2026 via Pride & Joy Music. It will be the band's…

Newman, the UK AOR outfit led by visionary, producer and songwriter Steve Newman, have revealed the cover art for their upcoming new studio album, "Your Next Move". Check out the cover below! The British melodic rock band was…

Foreigner, the iconic AOR and hard rock heavyweights and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, will release a new live album, "In The Eye Of The Storm", on July 24, 2026. The album is coming out via Green Hill/Sun Label Group/Virgin Music Group. …

Aspen Creek, the Swedish melodic rock (a.k.a. AOR revival) project fronted by Jacob Borgenstierna and Jonathan Waldenfrid, have dropped a new original single, Tell Me, which you can check out below. Vocalist Lars Säfsund guests on the…

Boulevard, the cult Canadian AOR and melodic rock outfit from the eighties, have dropped the video for the title track of their new album "Talk Without Speaking", and you can check it out below. The album Talk Without Speaking came out…

Boys From Heaven, the brilliant Danish AOR revivalists, dropped their long-awaited new studio album “The Wanderer” on 5/22/2026 via Frontiers Music Srl. To celebrate the release, they've also put out a fourth single, the track Hotline,…

Night Ranger, west-coast/AOR icons, are back with a new "Best of" compilation featuring their most recognizable songs, plus the hits! These are freshly re-recorded versions of the band's classics. The compilation will also include two…

Escape Music will reissue the studio debut of cult British AOR outfit Atlantic, "Power", on 8/21/2026. "Power" originally came out in 1994. The freshly remastered album (remastered by Steve Newman, who also fronts his own band, Newman)…

Grand, the Swedish melodic rockers and AOR revivalists, have announced their third studio album, "Guilty Pleasure", due out on 8/21/2026 via the Italian label Frontiers Music Srl. Below you can check out the first single from the album,…

Turn Back Time, the Swedish AOR duo, will release their new album "Maybe Tomorrow" on May 29, 2026 via Good Time Music. The project, founded by longtime collaborators Christer Green and Henrik Svedberg, grows out of a shared passion for…

Pride Of Lions, the west-coast/AOR outfit led by Jim Peterik and Toby Hitchcock, are announcing their new album "Unbridled", which drops on July 10 via Frontiers Music Srl. "Unbridled" was produced by Jim Peterik, with Larry Millas…

Lord Francis Soto, the German-Swedish musician whose real name is Francis Soto from Stuttgart, is presenting his cover of the hit Sunglasses At Night, originally by Corey Hart. Check it out below. Video included! Lord Francis Soto…

Boys From Heaven, the excellent Danish AOR revivalists, will release their long-awaited new studio album "The Wanderer" on 5/22/2026 via Frontiers Music Srl. Below you'll find the new album single, Hold Your Heart. It's already the…

Lockhart, a brand-new melodic rock outfit, will drop their debut "City Pulse" on High Roller Records this June. The album lands on 6/12/2026 on CD, and the LP follows on 7/3/2026. You can already pre-order "City Pulse". Below you'll…

Lockhart, a new melodic rock outfit, will drop their debut "City Pulse" this June via High Roller Records. The release date and pre-order details will be announced later. On »City Pulse« you'll definitely pick up influences from…

Lord Francis Soto, the German-Swedish musician (real name Francis Soto, from Stuttgart), is back with a new single and video for the track Far And Away, which you can check out below. The new single comes from Soto's freshly released…

Blue Ambition, a new melodic rock and AOR project driven by French multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Frédéric Slama, have dropped a new video and single for the title track of their upcoming album "The Scarlet Touch". Check it…

Lost Wingman, the Spanish AOR outfit who put out their new studio album "Mach 2" on March 6, 2026, have unveiled a new video for the single Shine, and you can check it out below. "Mach 2" is the second studio album from the four Madrid…

Generation Radio is a new music project that came together a few years ago on the initiative of the Italian label Frontiers Music Srl., and they dropped their self-titled studio debut in August 2022! It's a brand-new supergroup that…

Frontline, the cult German melodic rock outfit, will release a new studio album titled “Rebirth” on April 24 via the Italian label Frontiers Music Srl. Formed in Nuremberg in 1989 and fronted by the one-of-a-kind vocalist Stephan…

Asia, British veterans of melodic rock and AOR, have followed up the release of their new live album “Asia – Live In England”, which came out on March 13 via Frontiers Music Srl., with one more live single and video, this time for the…

Blue Ambition, a new melodic rock and AOR project driven by visionary French multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Frédéric Slama, is dropping a new video and single for the track Don't Change Horses In Midstream. You can check it…

Tommy DeCarlo, vocalist of AOR legends Boston, has passed away at the age of 60. News of the singer's death was shared on March 9 in a short statement on Facebook by members of his family, who also revealed, among other things, that…

Blue Ambition, a new melodic rock and AOR project driven by visionary French multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Frédéric Slama, are unveiling a new video and single for the track Love From A Stranger, which you can check out…

Robin Beck, the legendary American rock singer, is announcing her new studio album "Living Proof", due out May 15, 2026 on Frontiers Music Srl. You can already pre-order "Living Proof". The title single and video for the new album…

Subway, the legendary AOR and melodic rockers formed in 1986 in Balingen, Germany, have put out a new studio album, "Turn Back The Time". The album dropped on February 20, 2026 via Lucky Bob Records, and the band marked the release with…

Lou Gramm, the unforgettable original voice of AOR icons Foreigner, is back with a fresh single, Long Hard Look. The track dates from the sessions for Gramm's 1989 studio album of the same name, "Long Hard Look", but never made it onto the…

Transatlantic Radio, the international AOR supergroup from Los Angeles, are celebrating today's release of their debut studio album »Midnight Transmission«, which came out on February 20, 2026 via Frontiers Music Srl., with a third single…

Frontline, the cult German melodic rock outfit, will release a new studio album titled "Rebirth" on April 24 via the Italian label Frontiers Music Srl. Formed in Nuremberg in 1989 and fronted by the one-of-a-kind vocalist Stephan…

Violet, the German melodic rockers and AOR revivalists from Ludwigsburg, have dropped a new single (and video) for the live version of Sex In Harmony, teasing their first EP, “Silhouettes”, which is coming out on Metalapolis Records. …

Boulevard, the cult Canadian AOR and melodic rock outfit from the eighties, have dropped a video for their new single Start All Over Again. You can check it out below. The single Start All Over Again, which Boulevard first revealed this…

Frontline, the cult German AOR and melodic rock outfit, has signed a deal with Frontiers Music Srl., kicking off a new chapter in their career. Built around the one-of-a-kind voice of Stephan Kämmerer, the band made their name with…

Asia, the British veterans of melodic rock and AOR, are announcing a new live album, “Asia – Live In England”, due out March 13 via Frontiers Music Srl. Check out the new live version of the hit Only Time Will Tell below, complete with…

Lou Gramm, the unforgettable original voice of AOR icons Foreigner, is back with a fresh original single, the track Young Love. The single is a teaser for the legendary musician's new studio album, "Released", due March 27, 2026 on HNE!…

Boulevard, the cult Canadian AOR and melodic rock outfit from the eighties, have unveiled a fresh original single, "Start All Over Again". You can check it out below. Start All Over Again is a teaser for the band's upcoming new studio…

Dan Lucas, the German solo artist best known for winning "The Voice Of Germany - Senior", will release his new studio album "Age Is Just A Number" on March 27, 2026 via Pride & Joy Music. Check out the single Losing Myself below,…

The folks at Escape Music have put out a reissue of "When Empires Burn"! It's one of the solo studio albums from Bob Catley, the singer of British rock legends Magnum, who's still going strong today with power metal sensation Avantasia! …

Label: Alpha Dog 2T/UMeRelease date: July 18, 2025Production: Will EvankovichAlbum length:Genre: Arena Rock / Art RockRating: 8.5/10 “Circling From Above” is the eighteenth studio album from Styx, the American prog rock/arena rock…

The Night Flight Orchestra (special guests: Metalite)Friday, February 14, 2025 (start: 8:00 PM, end: 11:00 PM)Vienna (Wien) / Szene / Austria The Night Flight Orchestra! No, they're not Electric Light Orchestra — these are the night…

Label: Napalm RecordsRelease date: January 31, 2025Production: The Night Flight Orchestra & Sebastian ForslundAlbum length: Genre: AOR/Arena Rock revivalRating: 9.0/10 The Night Flight Orchestra are, in every way, a very special…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: 11. 10. 2024Production: James Christian & Mark MangoldAlbum length: 56.09 minGenre: Hard Rock / Melodic Rock / AORRating: 8.5/10 House Of Lords, the American arena rock, AOR and melodic…

Label: Black Lodge RecordsRelease date: 9/27/2024Production: Peter FriestedtAlbum length: 45.48 minGenre: West-Coast AORRating: 8.0/10 CWF is a supergroup made up of Joseph Williams of Toto, former Chicago vocalist Bill Champlin and…

Label: Escape MusicRelease date: June 21, 2024Production: AtlanticAlbum length: 50.24 minGenre: AORRating: 8.0/10 Atlantic are an old AOR 'memory.' The band released exactly one studio album, in 1994, called “Power.” By then the…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: May 12, 2024Production: FMAlbum length: 51:04 minGenre: AORRating: 8.5/10 FM, the legendary British champions of AOR and melodic rock, are back with their fourteenth album in a long-running…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: April 19, 2024Production: Praying MantisAlbum length: 46. 46 minGenre: Heavy Metal / AORRating: 8.0/10 Praying Mantis, the grand veterans of British melodic hard and heavy rock who came up in…

Chris Overland, founding member and guitarist of British AOR legends FM, has passed away. The band announced the news two days ago (August 25, 2023) on their official Facebook profile (you'll find the original post below). In the summer…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: December 9, 2022Production: Rob MorattiAlbum length: 45.10 minGenre: Melodic Rock / AOR RevivalRating: 9.0/10 Rob Moratti, the top-notch Canadian vocalist known for his work with Canadian art…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: December 9, 2022Album length: 98.56 min (2CD/DVD)Genre: AORRating: 9.0/10 Time flies. The history of rock'n'roll will tell you (like it or not) how the genre known as AOR came to be, and…

Larry 'L.A.' Greene has passed away. The vocalist was best known for his work with AOR bands Fortune and Harlan Cage, and he also made his mark as a songwriter and performer on a string of movie soundtracks, including "Top Gun", "Over the…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: 9/16/2022Production: James Christian & Mark MangoldAlbum length: 51.29 min.Genre: Arena Rock / AOR / Hard RockRating: 9.0/10 House Of Lords! James Christian! A new album! Is there really…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: July 8, 2022Production: Narada Michael Walden, Neal Schon & Jonathan CainAlbum length: 73.13 min.Genre: AORRating: 8.5/10 Journey are back with their fifteenth studio album, and it's…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: March 11, 2022Production: Daniel FloresAlbum length: 47.52 minGenre: AOR/Melodic RockRating: 8.0/10 Find Me, the melodic rock and AOR revival project fronted by vocalist Robbie Leblanc (Blanc…

Label: Legend RecordsRelease date: 1. 4. 2022Production: Darren WhartonAlbum length: 41.59 minGenre: AOR/hard rockRating: 8.0/10 Dare are by now Irish AOR legends, and hard rock (and, to a degree, folk rock) legends too. Their 1988…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: April 8, 2022Production: FortuneAlbum length: 46.54 min.Genre: AORRating: 8.0/10 Fortune are one of those bands who looked like they had all the makings of a success story back when AOR was…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: 3/18/2022Production: FMAlbum length: 53.52 minGenre: AORRating: 9.0/10 FM don't need much of an introduction. Back in full swing since 2009, the band – formed in 1984 and considered a leading…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl. Release date: January 28, 2022 Production: Praying Mantis Album length: 58.06 min Genre: Heavy Metal / AOR Rating: 8.5/10 Praying Mantis, the grand veterans of British melodic hard and heavy rock who rose out of…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl. Release date: January 21, 2022 Production: Alessandro Del Vecchio Album length: 48.06 min Genre: Hard Rock / AOR Rating: 8.0/10 Giant, the hard rock supergroup founded in 1987 by the Huff brothers in Nashville…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl. Release date: 12. 11. 2021 Production: Alessandro Del Vecchio Album length: 50.35 min Genre: AOR Rating: 8.0/10 Groundbreaker is a project that carries on the legacy of eighties AOR. Its main magnet for fans…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: August 6, 2021Production: Blood Red SaintsAlbum length: 48:31 min.Genre: AOR/Melodic RockRating: 9.5/10 Blood Red Saints are a British AOR and melodic rock outfit, founded in 2014 by singer…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: July 9, 2021Production: Alessandro Del VecchioAlbum length: 46.17 minGenre: AOR/Melodic RockRating: 9.0/10 Toby Hitchcock is considered one of the most respected, recognizable and charismatic…

Label: AOR Heaven RecordsRelease date: September 10, 2021Production: Steve NewmanAlbum length: 56.32 minGenre: AOR/Melodic RockRating: 9.0/10 Newman are a British AOR and hard rock outfit, and behind the name, since the…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: June 18, 2021Production: Michael PalaceAlbum length: 50.56 minGenre: AOR/Melodic RockRating: 9.0/10 Kent Hilli. Who? Nothing more and nothing less than a superb Swedish rock vocalist, who…

Label: AOR Heaven RecordsRelease date: May 28, 2021Production: TripleVisionAlbum length: 47.45 minGenre: AOR/Heavy MetalRating: 10/10 Tuple. Well, it reads French, but it's Finnish. Tommi "Tuple" Salmela is a Finnish music legend…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: May 7, 2021Production: Robert WrightAlbum length: 55.12 minGenre: AOR/art rockRating: 9.5/10 Sometimes things aren't so clear-cut and instantly decipherable once you slap an AOR label on a…

Label: AOR HeavenRelease date: April 30, 2021Production: EscapeAlbum length: 54.38 minGenre: AOR/Melodic RockRating: 9.0/10 Escape are a British band from West Yorkshire, fronted by the excellent guitarist and composer Vince…

Label: Escape MusicRelease date: April 30, 2021Production: TouchAlbum length: 60.58 minGenre: AORRating: 9.0/10 Touch. Unbelievable. A band that emerged in the late seventies as a reaction to the rising radio-friendly musicality of…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: April 9, 2021Album length: 113.18 min (2CD)Genre: AORRating: 9.0/10 If “The Italian Job” already slipped quietly in among the live releases of 2019, its successor, the new live document from…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: March 12, 2021Production: Danny RexonAlbum length: 46.43 minGenre: AOR/Hard RockRating: 9.0/10 Remember First Time, the 1988 hit by singer Robin Beck, which was used in an ad for that…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: March 12, 2021Production: Gary HughesAlbum length: 49.48 minGenre: AOR / Melodic RockRating: 8.0/10 Gary Hughes – a name well known to fans of the British take on eighties AOR, as well as to…

Label: AOR HeavenRelease date: 1/29/2021Production: Anders RydholmAlbum length: 52.01 minGenre: AOR revival / Melodic RockRating: 8.0/10 Art of Illusion is yet another project born in a time when the devil (apparently for good)…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: January 22, 2021Production:Album length: 42.00 minGenre: Melodic RockRating: 8.0/10 Creye are yet another relatively fresh, young outfit in the Scandinavian melodic rock and AOR pomp revival…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: December 4, 2020Production: Michael PalaceAlbum length: 47.25 minGenre: AOR/melodic rockRating: 9.5/10 Behind the name Palace hides Swedish composer, producer, vocalist and…

Label: AOR Heaven RecordsRelease date: October 31, 2020Production: Rob MorattiAlbum length: 50.43 minGenre: AOR/art rockRating: 9.5/10 Rob Moratti is a very well-known name among fans of AOR and good melodic rock, and art rock too,…

Label: Cargo Records UKRelease date: 20. 11. 2020Production: Holger FathAlbum length: 47.14 minGenre: AORRating: 8.0/10 Stan Bush is a true "survivor." The eighties were thirty years ago. Fond memories of them really did stick…

Label: AOR Heaven RecordsRelease date: October 31, 2020Production: Eric ModinAlbum length: 47.00 minGenre: Melodic Rock/AORRating: 8.5/10 If anyone can pull it off, it's the Swedes. Musically, nothing's standing in their way. That…