Fans of traditional melodic rock, melodic metal and AOR

empyrealsymphony · Number of posts: 3488 Age: 41 Registration date: 2007-07-18

It seems the last couple years have produced more of this style of music than ever before and IMHO most these bands are quite a bit better than what we had in the 80's. Most people here already know these bands but if you don't please give them a try. If you are into melodic rock, melodic heavy metal or straight AOR check out some of the following bands:

Allen/Lande
House Of Lords
H.E.A.T.
Kamelot
Work Of Art
Harem Scarem
Brother Firetribe
Khymera
Elevener
Action
Pink Cream 69
Empire
Firewind
Brainstorm
David Readman
The Poodles
Last Tribe
Starbreaker
Alliance
Silent Force
Gotthard
Jaded Heart
Michael Bormann
Leverage
Cloudscape
Jorn
Land Of Tales

All these bands have their own MySpace sites. Tons of great stuff on this list if you like catchy hooks and songs with big sing-along choruses. One reviewer recently wrote that the new Michael Bormann cd is what White Lion or Bon Jovi would sound like if they still had that spark.

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**Orion Crystal Ice**

I'm not seeing Kamelot fit in at all, but here's some more that people won't check out (links):

Praying Mantis

Royal Hunt

Winterborn

Excalion

Keldian

Magnitude 9

Only the first fits in the melodic ROCK category, the rest are metal, but all have gigantic AOR threads making up the sound.

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Temple of Blood · Number of posts: 1108 Age: 34 Registration date: 2007-04-09

I've heard a lot of that stuff and I don't think it's as good as 80s melodic metal/rock.

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**Orion Crystal Ice**

What do you think of the song 'Last Train To Hell' on the Winterborn page? I feel very strongly about that band in particular and would like to see them get more attention. They got rid of a few of the other songs from their debut that were extremely 80's in nature, but that's still there and should be enough to get an idea. They had the opening song, 'Wildheart', up there, and it's like a calling card for the whole genre. It's like TNT mixed with the Scorpions with little flashes of power metal.

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**Orion Crystal Ice**

Hm, the new clips seem to be in a different direction than the debut.... Neutral

regardless, the debut is what it is.

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Magnitude 9 RULES!!!!

Arttie

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Mantis has 'Best Years' on their MySpace...that one is a really good one...written by Dennis Stratton. Check it out. If you like melodic rock and AOR, you will want the album after you hear the song a time or two.

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vermilion starfires · Number of posts: 117 Age: 41 Registration date: 2007-04-17

Any AOR list without "Line of Fire" = Fail.

CrissOliva'sMagicGuitar · Mentally Yours Number of posts: 803 Age: 38 Registration date: 2007-04-07

Line Of Fire is great.

So is Danny Vaughn. You're missing out here, Norm. Traveller is great.

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empyrealsymphony · Number of posts: 3488 Age: 41 Registration date: 2007-07-18

I am ashamed that I forgot those in the list.

Have you heard Danny Vaughn's new project From The Inside?
http://melodicrock.com/showcase/fromtheinside-visions.html

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CrissOliva'sMagicGuitar · Mentally Yours Number of posts: 803 Age: 38 Registration date: 2007-04-07

I have the first From The Inside disc, and I like it a lot.

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Thanks for the LOF props, guys...

lifemetal777 · Number of posts: 608 Age: 20 Registration date: 2007-12-31

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

I'm not seeing Kamelot fit in at all, but here's some more that people won't check out (links):

Praying Mantis

Royal Hunt

Winterborn

Excalion

Keldian

Magnitude 9

Only the first fits in the melodic ROCK category, the rest are metal, but all have gigantic AOR threads making up the sound.

PM!!!!!!

exact3 · Number of posts: 538 Registration date: 2007-04-07

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

I'm not seeing Kamelot fit in at all, but here's some more that people won't check out (links):

Winterborn

Only the first fits in the melodic ROCK category, the rest are metal, but all have gigantic AOR threads making up the sound.

great band! I really like them and am eagerly awaiting their new one...

Alex

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exact3 · Number of posts: 538 Registration date: 2007-04-07

Pelata wrote:

Thanks for the LOF props, guys...

another cd I recently got that I have been spinning a lot!

Alex

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