New Avantasia single: Sleepwalking

Tobias Sammet's Avantasia has released a new single titled Sleepwalking. A little different from what Avantasia usually does, this is a pop/rock oriented ballad. Quite good, actually! Great vocals as usual.

Ryan Adams covers Iron Maiden

An amazing cover of Iron Maiden's song Wasted Years from their album Somewhere In Time. Ryan Adams makes the song sound like his own, and the great lyrics really shine through in this one. Turns out Maiden can do more than power chords and shredding, huh?!

Hardcore Superstar - C'mon Take On Me

Hardcore Superstar's new album C'mon Take On Me was released at the end of February. Good stuff!
(C'mon Take On Me on Spotify)

C'mon Take On Me

Above The Law (official video)

One More Minute (official video)

The Kiss Albums - Ranking

All the KISS Albums, ranked from the best album to the worst album. All in my point of view. Included are also the best and worst track from every album, along with one gem that's a favorite of mine and a song you may not have heard or thought of before.

1. Kiss (1974)
Best track: Black Diamond
Worst track: Love Theme From Kiss
Gem: Firehouse

2. Alive II (1977)
Best track: I Stole Your Love
Worst track: Rockin' In The USA
Gem: Makin' Love

3. Alive! (1975)
Best track: Rock Bottom

Worst track: Watchin' You

Gem: 100,000 Years

4. Destroyer (1976)
Best track: Detroit Rock City

Worst track: Great Expectations

Gem: Flaming Youth

5. Dressed to Kill (1975)
Best track: C'mon And Love Me

Worst track: She

Gem: Anything For My Baby

6. Creatures Of The Night (1982)
Best track: I Still Love You

Worst track: Saint And Sinner

Gem: Rock And Roll Hell

7. Revenge (1992)

Best track: God Gave Rock & Roll To You II

Worst track: Spit

Gem: Thou Shalt Not

8. Alive III (1993)

Best track: Creatures Of The Night

Worst track: Rock And Roll All Nite

Gem: I Was Made For Lovin' You

9. Paul Stanley (1978)
Best track: Tonight You Belong To Me

Worst track: Hold Me, Touch Me

Gem: It's Alright

10. MTV Unplugged (1995)
Best track: Sure Know Something

Worst track: 2,000 Man

Gem: Comin' Home

11. Monster (2012)
Best track: Take Me Down Below

Worst track: Shout Mercy

Gem: Freak

12. Love Gun (1977)
Best track: Love Gun

Worst track: Then She Kissed Me

Gem: Got Love For Sale

13. Rock And Roll Over (1976)
Best track: I Want You

Worst track: Ladies Room

Gem: Mr Speed

14. Sonic Boom (2009)
Best track: Say Yeah

Worst track: I'm An Animal 

Gem: Never Enough

15. Alive IV (2003)
Best track: Detroit Rock City

Worst track: Great Expectations

Gem: Shandi

16. Psycho Circus (1998)
Best track: Psycho Circus

Worst track: Journey Of 1,000 Years 

Gem: Dreamin'

17. Hot In The Shade (1989)
Best track: Hide Your Heart

Worst track: Boomerang

Gem: King Of Hearts

18. Hotter Than Hell (1974)
Best track: Got To Choose

Worst track: Watchin' You

Gem: Mainline

19. Lick It Up (1983)
Best track: A Million To One

Worst track: Gimme More

Gem: Exciter

20. Crazy Nights (1987)
Best track: Crazy, Crazy Nights

Worst track: No, No, No

Gem: My Way

21. Unmasked (1980)

Best track: Easy As It Seems

Worst track: Torpedo Girl

Gem: Tomorrow

22. Animalize (1984)

Best track: Heaven's On Fire

Worst track: Murder In High Heels

Gem: Thrills In The Night

23. Carnival Of Souls (1997)

Best track: In My Head

Worst track: Childhood's End

Gem: Master & Slave

24. Ace Frehley (1978)

Best track: Rip It Out

Worst track: Ozone

Gem: What's On Your Mind

25. Dynasty (1979)

Best track: Magic Touch

Worst track: 2,000 Man

Gem: Dirty Livin'

26. Asylum (1985)
Best track: Tears Are Falling

Worst track: Radar For Love

Gem: Trial By Fire

27. The Elder (1981)
Best track: The Oath

Worst track: Under The Rose

Gem: Just A Boy

28. Gene Simmons (1978)
Best track: Radioactive

Worst track: True Confessions

Gem: Mr Make Believe

29. Peter Criss (1978)
Best track: I Can't Stop The Rain

Worst track: Kiss The Girl Goodbye

Gem: Hooked On Rock 'N Roll

*   *   *
Not on the list (greatest hits-albums with new tracks)
Killers (1982, 4 new tracks)
Best track: Nowhere To Run

Smashes, Thrashes & Hits (1988, 3 new tracks)
Best track: Let's Put the X in Sex

You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best (1996, 4 new live-tracks)
Best track: Room Service

Real music of the week (7)

Two extra ups for The Envy and Sister Hazel. Now, go hear some.

Union - Love (I Don't Need It Anymore)

The Envy - Fingers Crossed

Sister Hazel - Ghost In The Crowd

Live - The River

Ed Kowalczyk - Grace

Stereophonics - Dakota

The Envy shows off

Dinner with the Envy (Unfaithful)

1 guy 5 guitars (Somebody that I used to know)

BRUCE

Time to get comfortable in the sofa and spin some vinyl, because this Saturday it's time to start reading Springsteens new autobiography BRUCE by Peter Ames Carlin.

It's the first official biography in 25 years, and it's written with Bruce's participation. The author has gotten facts from Bruce himself, family, friends, bandmembers, exgirlfriends and so on.

Bruce Springsteen is one of the biggest names in rock, and the musicbusiness as a whole. What he has achieved, very few artists have. How about 20 Grammys, two Golden Globes, one Oscar, more than 120 million records sold and worldwide sold-out tours..?

Really looking forward to this book, to get a look into Bruce's working class background and his way to the top. In some ways Bruce is the american dream personified, which gives him every right to criticize the country he lives in the way he's done over the current economic crisis.

And of course, a Springsteen playlist can be found here (Spotify only): Springsteen 2012
Some of my favorite tracks:
*Darkness on the edge of town
*I'm on fire
*The river
*Night
*Prove it all night
*The rising
*Thunder road
*Two hearts
*Tenth avenue freeze-out
*Wrecking ball