AngelMilk Records

Angelmilk Records is extremely pleased to announce the signing of cult AOR heroes Alias for the long overdue release of their classic never released second studio album, to be titled Never Say Never.
The album’s release comes after Angelmilk’s Andrew McNeice spoke at length with the band’s guitarist Steve DeMarchi and representatives of EMI Canada, who the album was originally recorded for. EMI were so enthused with the idea, they decided to undertake the remastering process from original master tapes themselves and will control the release of the title in North America.
Rights for the world outside North America are with Angelmilk Records and a release across all territories is planned for March. An exact release date will be confirmed this week and announced ASAP – along with Soundbyte previews.In 1990, former members of both Sheriff (“When I’m With You”) & Heart formed Alias and released their self-titled debut album which went on to Platinum sales and chart topping songs including “Haunted Heart”, “Waiting For Love” and “More Than Words Can Say”.
Now after more than 18 years, here it is…the second Alias album…for all the fans who have asked through the years why the band never followed up their highly praised debut release!
Recorded over a five month period in West Orange, New Jersey USA back in 1992, this album has not seen the light of day until now! A few of the songs from these sessions were later re-recorded and appear on vocalist Freddy Curci’s solo debut release Dreamer’s Road, but other then that, the songs originally recorded, have remained in the vaults.
Among the tracks featured are several songs written by James Christian (House Of Lords) and Mark Baker (Signal).
It is fully expected that Alias will support the release of this record with a few select live performances in 2009.

Guitarist Steve DeMarchi states: “Unfortunately for us and many other rock bands at that time .. the Grunge scene exploded and had taken over … Even though the first Alias album was successful…the climate of music had changed almost overnight… Grunge was in … Rock was out. Through the years we always wondered if this album would ever get released…Never Say Never!”
The Band: Freddy Curci – Vocals / Steve DeMarchi – Guitars / Marco Mendoza – Bass / Larry Aberman – Drums / Robert O’Hearn – Keyboards / Dennis DeMarchi – Keyboards.

WebLinks:

www.myspace.com/theofficialalias / www.angelmilkrecords.co.uk.Track Listing: 01. Woman Enough 02. XTCOI 03. How Much Longer Is Forever 04. Give Me A Reason To Stay 05. Wild Wild One 06. Pleasure And Pain 07. The Warden 08. Bare Necessity 09. All I Want Is You 10. Call Of The Wild 11. Diamonds 12. Play Me A Song 13. We Want It All.
Bonus tracks: 14. Perfect World 15. Into The Fire 16. Call Me 17. Who Do You Think You Are 18. When I’m With You (live acoustic version).

Angelmilk Records is very pleased to announce the signing of Novak for a new studio album due for release in the first half of 2009.

Novak is none other than Mind’s Eye vocalist Andreas Novak. The debut Novak release Forever Endeavour was released via MTM Music in 2005 and was met with both critical and popular acclaim. The Novak name was last seen on Volume 3 of the MelodicRock.com compilation series – a song called Said And Done.

But there was always unfinished business with the Novak brand and Angelmilk Records approached Andreas with the plan to make a second album and make it even better than the debut.

Andreas Novak says: “I’m really excited about this opportunity. This time we’ll focus on making a more solid rock album, with lots of effort on good melodies instead of equilibristic achievements. You want surplus shredding? I’m sure you’ll find it somewhere, but not on this album. We have a bunch of high quality rock songs in store, and anyone who’s disappointed with the purchase will get a full refund from me personally!

We’ll lock ourselves up in the studio now, and won’t get out ’til February. Until then, Novakation.”

Andrew McNeice says: “The debut Novak release was something special. Classy melodic rock, but with that additional extra spark that put it apart from many other albums and I’ve always anticipated where Andreas could take that sound. The exclusive track used on MRCD3 proved to me that Novak is a special brand of music and I am very proud to add this release to our roster for 2009.”

The album will once again feature Mind’s Eye drummer and producer Daniel Flores and will be released on Angelmilk Records in 2009.

Angelmilk Records is both excited and honoured to announce the signing of melodic rock legend Rick Springfield to the label, for the European release of his brand new studio album Venus In Overdrive on Friday August 1.

Venus In Overdrive is Rick Springfield’s first full-length new studio work of original material since the critically acclaimed shock/denial/anger/acceptance in 2003. More upbeat and fun than the dark and introspective shock/denial/anger/acceptance, Venus In Overdrive marks a return to Rick’s pop/rock roots. Venus In Overdrive is simultaneously classic and current — and definitely the music fans have loved since Rick’s distinctive canine companion Lethal Ron first graced the cover of his classic album Working Class Dog.
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The names Poley / Rivera should be very familiar to all. This special pairing of two very talented guys ensures the delivery of some classic melodic rock moments. The ‘Poley’ of course belongs to Ted Poley (vocalist for Danger Danger) and ‘Rivera’ belongs to Vic Rivera (guitarist for Adriangale/Crunch).

The duo teamed up in late 2005 for the album Collateral Damage which was released as a Ted Poley solo record by Kivel Records in 2006.

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Hardway is a young band from Argentina, originally signed to the label a couple of years back on the strength of some demos submitted to label owner Andy Bramhall. Hardway was formed in 2002 by brothers Charlie Giardina (29, bass/vocals) and Eduardo Giardina (25, drums). The band initially recorded two demos and started sending them to different record labels. In 2004 they were spotted by Carbon 13, a melodic rock label based in U.K. and with the addition of Guillermo De Medio (26) on keyboards the band travelled to Runcorn, Cheshire to lay down the tracks for its debut album.

They worked at MasterTone studios under the guidance of producer Pete Coleman (AC/DC, Paradise Lost, Echo And The Bunnymen, The Charlatans and many more). Due to some legal problems within the label the album failed to be released.

At this point the band decided to keep working on new material and headed out to look for a new label. And with the addition of guitarist Javier Viñas (37) and guest percussionist Emiliano Gimenez (21), Hardway recorded a new demo in 2006 and got a call from Angelmilk Records, and they proposed the band to work on a new album, this time with a refreshed sound. The band is currently finishing demos for the album due to be released by Angelmilk Records.

“Basically this will be an AOR album, but each of us has different influences and we intend to have that mixture in the final result”, the band says.

Hardway is a band that will fit into this scene extremely well. Their musical abilities go beyond their years and AOR fans will be pleased to hear their sound has a distinct old-school Toto vibe to it. A release is planned for later this year.

Vox Tempus signed to Angelmilk in 2007. The album In the Eye of Time is currently being remastered in the UK and will finally be released in October. The album was originally an indie release a few years back, but deserves a better shot given the appreciation by many for good melodic progressive rock.

Keyboardist Eric Ragno comments: “We are excited about this new partnership, and look forward to seeing the album get the overseas exposure that it deserves. ”

Track Listing: For Every Life, Escape, Broken, Foreshadows, Revelations, What About, Voice of Time, Love, Lies & Treason and Steal the Moment.

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Angelmilk promised new talent and we can’t wait to unleash Swedish singer/songwriter Chris Antblad upon the world. Some may recognize the name – Chris was a big part of the songwriting and vocal talent behind the Spin Galley release Standing Tall, which came out on Atenzia Records in 2004.

That’s just the start – Chris Antblad has spent the better part of his adult life as a musician and primarily as a songwriter. A mix of versatility and exceptional lyricism, has led to many interesting collaborations over the years. Primarily, the songwriting has been concentrated on adult oriented rock music and country. Two styles of music that both are reliant on advanced vocal-parts and arrangements. After a few years of songwriting, the necessity for good demos fostered a vocal ability that in later years led to more and more vocal work. Growing up outside the Swedish music scene, there was little to choose from, in terms of vocalists, and necessity once again turned out to be the mother of invention. He was forced to learn the art of singing, and after a couple of uncomfortable years, he found himself a decent singer. Combined with the experience as a session keyboard player, with a lot of jazz under the belt, and decent abilities on guitar and bass, the quality of the work started to reach a professional level.
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A little of the new, a little of the old and a little of the previously unreleased! Yes, there are still some long lost gems sitting in vaults around the world and this is another fine example! Infinity is a monster project that was recorded back in 1986/87 featuring AOR star vocalist Mitch Malloy and Red Dawn/Rainbow/Billy Joel keyboardist David Rosenthal. For one of the many reasons seen in the music industry, the record was never released at the time, but after 20+ years will finally see the light of day.

The 9 tracks that make up this lost classic are nothing short of blinding keyboard driven 80s melodic hard rock, with vocals that need to be heard to be believed!
The rest of the line-up consists of various session guys, including one very young Reb Beach (Whitesnake, Winger).

What’s special about this release is the fact that the ninth track didn’t really exist until last month. The song Liar was never completed back in 1986, but the song was recently resurrected from the original tape it was recorded on, repaired enough to become a true backing track, with Mitch Malloy adding a brand new lead vocal and drum track from his studio in Nashville.

Mitch Malloy comments: “Infinity was basically me and Dave and we used different guys to play on the tracks. It was 1986-87. I was a kid. So was Dave. I was singing in clubs in Jersey and making a name for myself and looking for a real band and he was looking for a singer. Rainbow had just broken up and he was wanting to be in his own band. I was sick of playing the clubs and looking to step up and it worked out. We had some fun and wrote some songs and never got signed so we both moved on to different things. It’s exciting for us that this 22 year old music is finally going to be heard. We worked hard on it and were very proud of it. And for how old I was and for the time I am still very proud of it. It’s really my first real recording sessions ever. Dave and I had a lot of laughs and a lot of fun and we worked very hard to make out music as good as we could possibly make it. And I think it shows.”

Infinity will finally see the light of day in October.