Year : 1997 (AOR Heaven Classix Limited Edition 2018)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 139 mb
Bio:
FRONTLINE from Nürnberg, Germany belong to the pioneers of the German hard rock scene. Founded in 1989 by Robert Böbel (guitars, keyboards; EVIDENCE ONE, PHANTOM V), Stephan Kämmerer (vocals), Thomas Riess (bass) und Stephan Bayerlein (drums), their debut album "The State Of Rock" finally hit the stores in 1994 - a true classic which until today still is regarded as the finest album of the band by many. This record also meant the breakthrough for the guys in Japan where they reached # 10 in the rock sales charts. Straightly after the release, FRONTLINE went on tour in Europe and had the honour to open for various great acts such as GOTTHARD, CRASH TEST DUMMIES, BONFIRE, TYKETTO and CASANOVA. In 1995, FRONTLINE pulled out the full acoustic album "Two Faced". However, personal differences within the band followed and ended up in the departure of Stephan Bayerlein and Thomas Riess in 1996. They were replaced by Thomas "Hutch" Bauer (Bass) und Rami Ali (Drums; EVIDENCE ONE, SHYLOCK). Still in the same year, FRONTLINE signed a record deal with a new label, recorded the single "Man In Motion" and the album "Heroes" which though officially only saw the light of day in Japan since their European label went out of business. One year later, the band decided to start working on another new album which is well known under it's working title "Heroes II" amongst the fans but never saw a release. Due to a complicated contractual situation many labels feared to contact FRONTLINE during the following years and the band went back to the underground again until Georg Siegl at AOR Heaven finally showed his interest in the band in the year 2000 and signed them for the first time. Just one month later, the album "Right Attitude" was released which can be regarded as a sort of compilation out of both "Heroes" albums …and "Right Attitude" became a huge success for the band again! The recordings for their 2002 output "Against The World" started the same year, and this album finally re-established FRONTLINE on the international hard rock market. Throughout the months after the release of the best of compilation "Almost Unreleased" (2003) which also featured a couple of rare tracks for the fans, FRONTLINE again went into the studio and started to work on a new album called "The Seventh Sign" (2004). In the year 2006, the last studio album the German group called "Circles" was released. AOR Heaven now re-issues the rare and out of print album "The State Of Rock" with two bonus tracks as a limited edition of 1000 copies. The album was re-mastered by guitarist Robby Böbel.
Album:
AOR Heaven now will re-issue the former Japanese only release “Heroes” as limited edition of 1000 copies.The album was re-mastered by guitarist Robby Böbel.Frontline is a band that, if you are a fan of the melodic hard rock/AOR sound in general, you gotta love 'em at first listening. The band's debut album "State Of Rock" back in 1994 was and still remains one of the classic Euro Melodic Hard Rock albums ever. One year later, in 1995, Frontline released a good opus with acoustic tunes in it, simply titled "Acoustics", and in 1997 "Heroes" saw the light of day.First of all, I have to state that "Heroes" is a fantastic record all the way. More AOR oriented than the huge debut "Heroes" is one of those albums that you feel in love at once. I was lucky enough to own the first edition of this masterpiece 'cause of my trip to Germany back then. For many years this gem was out of stock and you could find it around the net in ridiculously high prices. Nowadays and thanks to the rock label of AOR HEAVEN, "Heroes" is back again for your ears pleasure.After the release of the acoustic album, Frontline moved to a couple of line-up changes. Stephan Bayerlein and Thomas Riess left the band and Thomas Hutch“ Bauer (Bass) and Rami Ali (Drums; EVIDENCE ONE, SHYLOCK) were the new 'kids' on board. With them on board the band recorded and released "Heroes"."Heroes" is an album that has no fillers in it! The quality here is guaranteed and you can realize it from the first song till the last one that closes this little gem. "Our Love", "Someone To Love", "On The Run", "I Must Be Dreaming" and "Man In Motion" are only a few highlights here. As I mentioned above, there are no fillers, only killers!!! For sure, "Heroes" is an album that is a big must have for each and every single AOR freak out there. A true classic of its kind!!!
Line-Up:
Stephan Kaemmerer - lead and backing vocals
Robby Boebel - guitars, keyboards
Chris Lausmann - guitar
Thomas Bauer - bass
Rami Ali - drums
Production:
Co-producer – S. Kaemmerer
Design [Cover] – Axel Flachenecker, Ralf Hietel
Mastered By – Reiner Herrmann
Mixed By – Bernie Staub
Producer – R. Boebel
Recorded By – Robert Boebel
Songwriter [All Songs] – Boebel, Kaemmerer
Tracklist:
01. Our Love
02. Heroes
03. Moving Closer
04. Break My Heart Again
05. On The Run
06. Someone To Love
07. Sign Of The Light
08. Pain Will Last Forever
09. Get To You
10. I Must Be Dreaming
11. All I Wanted
12. Tonight We Set
13. Man I Motion
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