The Lords are a German rock band, formed in Düsseldorf in 1959 and are one of the longest-running beat groups from Germany over the last half century. They are best known for their work during the sixties and early seventies and are noted for their sometimes humorous and irreverent approach. Between 1965 and 1969, the Lords had twelve titles on the German charts, mainly produced by Heinz Gietz. Their biggest hit was the classic, "Glory Country", from September 1967, which reached number 5,. Their last success was "Three-Five-Zero-Zero" in August 1969. By 1989, The Lords had released over thirty singles and had achieved sales of seven million copies, a record for a German rock band in their own country.

Italian symphonic metal kings RHAPSODY OF FIRE will release their new studio album, "Into The Legend", in January 2016 via AFM Records.Comments RHAPSODY OF FIRE keybaordist Alex Staropoli: "After two years of intense work, including composing and arranging, after seven months spent in four different studios, this huge and ambitious production is coming to an end. We are right now mixing the songs, going through hundreds and hundreds hours of recordings to make an album that will feature over 65 minutes of breathtaking music, an album that will gather and exploit the best elements this band ever had in a modern way, and to build a musical landscape that will have no equals in the world's heavy metal scene."

German guitar hero Axel Rudi Pell will release his sixteenth studio album, "Game Of Sins" on January 15, 2016 (January 22 in the U.S.) through SPV/Steamhammer.

Address the Nation is the third studio album by the Swedish rock group H.E.A.T and first album with the vocalist Erik Grönwall. Released in 2012 by the record company Gain/Sony Music. In January of 2013, Dave Ling of Classic Rock Magazine named Address the Nation the #1 album of 2012. Sweden Rock Magazine namned it the #4 best album of 2012…

If Genesis truly established themselves as progressive rockers on Trespass, Nursery Cryme is where their signature persona was unveiled: true English eccentrics, one part Lewis Carroll and one part Syd Barrett, creating a fanciful world that emphasized the band's instrumental prowess as much as Peter Gabriel's theatricality…

The songs for this album are more guitar-driven and blues oriented but not really in an old fashioned sort of way. My goal here was to take the old blues rock blueprint and push it forwards into a modern sound, not just emulate the past but (hopefully) move the past into a new direction. Space was carved for more guitar expression as well as different sonic textures, sometimes within the same song…