Queensrÿche

 

Artist:  Queensryche

Origin:  Bellevue, Washington, USA
Genre:  Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock

Original line-up:

Geoff Tate:  Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Saxophone
Chris DeGarmo:  Guitar, Backing Vocals
Michael Wilton:  Guitar, Backing Vocals
Eddie Jackson:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Scott Rockenfield:  Drums, Percussion, Keyboard

Queensryche is an American Progressive Metal Band from Bellevue, Washington, formed in 1982 by Geoff Tate (Vocals), Chris DeGarmo (Guitar), Michael Wilton (Guitar), Eddie Jackson (Bass), and Scott Rockenfield (Drums).  The band has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, and received three Grammy Award nominations.

Title:  Rage For Order (2026) 

Genre:  Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock

Label:  Capitol

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1. Walk In The Shadows (3:32)

 2.  I Dream In Infrared (4:19)

 3.  The Whisper (3:35)

 4.  Gonna Get Close To You (4:37)

 5.  The Killy Words (3:56)

 6.  Surgical Strikke (3:20)

Side Two:

 1.  Neue Regel (5:05)

 2.  Chemical Youth (We Are Rebellion) (4:06)

 3.  London (5:04)

 4.  Screaming In Digital (3:39)

 5.  I Will Remember (4:24)

Personnel:

Geoff Tate:  Lead Vocals, Keyboards
Chris DeGarmo:  Guitars, Backing Vocals
Michael Wilton:  Guitars, Backing Vocals
Eddie Jackson:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Scott Rockenfield:  Drums, Percussion

Additional Musicians:

Neil Kernon:  Keyboards

Bradley Doyle:  Emulator Programming

Rage For Order is the second studio album by Queensryche, originally released on June 27, 1986 by EMI America, remastered and reissued on July 31, 2026 by Capitol Records.

Queensrÿche

 

Artist:  Queensryche

Origin:  Bellevue, Washington, USA
Genre:  Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock

Original line-up:

Geoff Tate:  Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Saxophone
Chris DeGarmo:  Guitar, Backing Vocals
Michael Wilton:  Guitar, Backing Vocals
Eddie Jackson:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Scott Rockenfield:  Drums, Percussion, Keyboard

Queensryche is an American Progressive Metal Band from Bellevue, Washington, formed in 1982 by Geoff Tate (Vocals), Chris DeGarmo (Guitar), Michael Wilton (Guitar), Eddie Jackson (Bass), and Scott Rockenfield (Drums).  The band has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, and received three Grammy Award nominations.

Title:  The Warning (2026)

Genre:  Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock

Label:  Capitol

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Warning (4:46)

 2.  En Force (5:16)

 3.  Deliverance (3:21)

 4.  No Sanctuary (6:05)

 5.  N M 156 (4:38)

Side Two:

 1.  Take Hold Of The Flame (4:57)

 2.  Before The Storm (5;13)

 3.  Child Of Fire (4:34)

 4.  Roads To Madness (9:40)

Personnel:

Geoff Tate:  Lead Vocals
Chris DeGarmo:  Guitars, Lead Guitar on Track 2/1, Backing Vocals
Michael Wilton:  Guitars, Lead Guitar on Track 1/1, Backing Vocals
Eddie Jackson:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Scott Rockenfield:  Drums, Percussion

The Warning is the debut studio album by Queensryche, originally released on September 7, 1984 by EMI America, remastered and reissued on July 31, 2026 by Capitol Records.

Rod Stewart

 

Artist:  Rod Stewart
Birth Name:  Roderick David Stewart
Born:  January 10, 1945.  Highgate, North London, England.
Genre:  Rock, Pop, Blues Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Hard Rock, Folk Rock, Soft Rock, Pop Rock, Classic British Rock
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Piano, Keyboards, Mandolin, Banjo

Rod Stewart is a British Rock Singer.  He is the one of the best-selling music artist of All Time, having sold over 100 million records worldwide.  In the late 1960s and early 1970s he was the singer of The Jeff Beck Group and then with The Faces and he started his solo career in 1969.  In 2008, Billboard Magazine ranked him the 17th most successful artist on the "The Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists" and he was voted at No. 33 in Q Magazine's list of the top 100 Greatest Singers of All-Time, and No. 59 on Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Singer of All-Time, on solo artist, he was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 1994, the UK Music Hall Of Fame in 2006, and was inducted a second time into the US Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, as a member of The Faces, in 2002.

Artist:  Rod Stewart And The Steampacket

Title:  Bright Lights Big City (2026)

Genre:  Rock, Pop, Blues Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Hard Rock, Folk Rock, Soft Rock, Pop Rock, Classic British Rock

Label:  Dynamic

Rating:  ****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Rod Stewart

 1.  Bright Lights, Big City (2:33)

 2.  Little Miss Understood (3:38)

 3.  So Much To Say (3:16)

Rod Stewart & P.P. Arnold

 

 4.  Come Home Baby (3:00)

Rod Stewart & The Steampacket

 5.  Can I Get A Witness (3:35)

 6.  The "In" Crowed (Instrumental) (3:42)

 7.  Baby Take Mew (2:12)

 8.  Baby Baby Baby (2:26)

 9.  Back At The Chicken Shack (Instrumental) (3:52)

10. Cry Me A River (2:42)

11. Baby Don't You Do It (3:27)

12. Holy Smoke (Instrumental) (3:27)

13. Lord Remember Me (4:19)

Personnel:

Rod Stewart:  Lead Vocals

Long John Baldry:  Vocals

Julie Driscoll:  Vocals

Brian Auger:  Organ, Vocals

Vic Briggs:  Guitar

Ricky Fenson (Richard Brown):  Bass

Micky Waller:  Drums

Bright Lights Big City is a compilation album by Rod Stewart & The Steampacket, released i. 2026 by Dynamic Entertainment.

 

Deep Purple

 

Artist:  Deep Purple 

Origin:  Hertford, England
Genre:  Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock

Original line-up: (Mark I)

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitar
Rod Evans:  Vocals
Nick Simper:  Bass
Jon Lord:  Keyboards, Organ
Ian Paice:  Drums

Classic line-up:  (Mark II)

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitar
Ian Gillan:  Vocals
Roger Glover:  Bass
Jon Lord:  Keyboards, Organ
Ian Paice:  Drums

Third line-up:  (Mark III)

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitar
David Coverdale:  Vocals
Glenn Hughes:  Bass
Jon Lord:  Keyboards, Organ
Ian Paice:  Drums

Fourth line-up:  (Mark IV)

Jon Lord:  Keyboards, Organ
Tommy Bolin:  Guitar
David Coverdale:  Vocals
Glenn Hughes:  Bass
Ian Paice:  Drums

Still have more line-up to Mark VIII

Mark VIII line-up:

Ian Paice:  Drums
Ian Gillan:  Vocals
Roger Glover:  Bass
Don Airey:  Keyboards, Organ
Steve Morse:  Guitar

Deep  Purple are an England Hard Rock Band formed in Hertford in 1968, the original line-up by Jon Lord (Keyboards, Organ), Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar), Rod Evans (Vocals), Nick Simper (Bass) and Ian Paice (Drums), The band has gone through many line-up changes, but their most commercially successful from the send line-up (Mark II), featured Ian Gillan (Vocals), Joh Lord (Organ, Keyboards), Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar), Roger Glover (Bass), and Ian Paice (Drums), and Mark III line-up, features Joh Lord (Organ, Keyboards), Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar), David Coverdale (Vocals), Glenn Hughes (Bass), and Ian Paice (Drums). Deep Purple are considered to be one of the pioneers among Hard Rock and Heavy Metal as well as Progressive Rock Band, but the band's sound to Hard Rock in 1970, together with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, and have been referred as The British Hard Rock and Heavy Metal from early to mid of 70s, and in 1975 were listed in Guinness Book of World Records as "The Globe's Loudest Band".  In 2012, Deep Purple were nominated for induction into The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.

Title:  Splat! (2026) 

Genre:  Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock

Label:  earMusic

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Arrogant Boy (3:18)

 2.  Diablo (3:16)

 3.  The Rider (3:56)

 4.  The Lunatic (3:47 )

 5.  The Only Horse In Town (4:41)

 6.  Sacred Land (3:32)

 7.  The Beating Of Wings (4:00)

 8.  Gulit Trippin' (4:52)

 9.  Scriblin' Gib-Rish (3:34)

10. Jessica's Bra (3:46)

11. Third Call (4:19)

12. My New Movie (3:46)

13. Splat! (3:39)

Personnel:

Ian Gillan:  Lead Vocals

Simon McBride:  Guitar

Roger Glover:  Bass

Don Airey:  Keyboards

Ian Paice:  Drums

Splat! is the 24th studio album by Deep Purple, released on July 3, 2026 by earMusic, includes 13 brand-new tracks and 20-page booklet.

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

 

Artist:  Rainbow
Origin:  Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

Original line-up:

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitar
Ronnie James Dio:  Vocals
Craig Gruber:  Bass
Micky Lee Soule:  Keyboards
Gary Driscoll:  Drums

Rainbow are a British Hard Rock Band from Hertford, Hertfordshire, formed in 1975 by Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar Ex Deep Purple), Ronnie James Dio (Vocals Ex ELF), Craig Gruber (Bass), Micky Lee Soule (Keyboards) and Gary Driscoll (Drums).  Band's members kept on changing,  Rainbow were ranked No. 90 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists Of Hard Rock and has sold 28 million albums worldwide.

Artist:  Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

Title:  In Concert 1976 - Live In Dusseldorf (2026)

Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

Label:  Edsel

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side One:

 1.  Introduction (2:15)

 2.  Kill The King (4:48)

 3.  Mistreated (13:41)

Side Two:

 4.  Sixteenth Century Greensleeves (7:09)

 

LP 2:

Side Three:

 5.  Catch The Rainbow (14:35)

Side Four:

 6.  Man On The Silver Mountain (12:46)

LP 3:

Side Five:

 7.  Stargazer (16:03)

Side Six:

 8.  Still I'm Sad (18:06)

Personnel:

Ronnie Jaes Dio:  Lead Vocals

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitars

Cozy Powell:  Drums

Jimmy Bain:  Bass

Tony Carey:  Keyboards

In Concert 1976 - Live In Dusseldorf  is a live album by Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, released on June 26, 2026 by Edsel, recorded live at the Dusseldorf Philipshalle on September 27, 1976.

Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford

 

Artist:  Jimmy Witherspoon

Born:  August 8, 1920.  Gurdon, Arkansas, USA
Died:  September 18, 1997 (Aged 77).  Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre:  Blues, Jump Blues, R&B, Urban Blues, Jazz Blues, Texas Blues
Occupation:  Singer
Instruments:  Vocals

Jimmy Witherspoon was an American Jump Blues Singer from Gurdon, Arkansas.  One of the great Blues Singers of the post-World War II period.  He was also comfortably into the Jazz World.  His style of shouting Blues became unfashionable in the mid-950s, but he returned to popularity with his 1959 Jimmy Witherspoon at the Monterey Jazz Festival, which features, Woody Herman, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, and more, later he recorded with Gerry Mulligan, T-Bone Walker and more!.  He move toward a definite Rock/Soul Sound and he traveled to London in 1974 to record with  British Blues producer Mike Vernon, who acclaimed British Blues Albums by John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac, and Ten Years After.

Artist:  Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford

Title:  Jump Blues Live 1972 (Limited Edition) (2026)

Genre:  Blues, Jump Blues, R&B, Urban Blues, Jazz Blues, Texas Blues

Label:  Liberation Hall

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Don't Start Me Talkin' (2:25)

 2.  Ain't Nobody's Business What I Do (4:05)

 3.  My Babe (3:38)

 4.  Spoonful (4:04)

5.  Past Forty Blues (4:57)

Side B:

 6.  Kansas City (5:00)

 7.  Nothing's Changed (4:45)

 8.  Around The Clock (6:06)

 9.  Goin' Down Slow (6:07)

Personnel:

Jimmy Witherspoon:  Lead Vocals

Robben Ford:  Guitar

Paul Nagel:  Piano, Keyboards

Stan Poplin:  Bass

Jim Baum:  Drums

Jump Blues Live 1972 is a live album by Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford, originally release on September 25, 2025 by Liberation Hall ln CD, released on February 13, 2026 by Liberation Hall on LP, recorded live at The Troubadour In West Hollywood, California, on March 14, 1972.