Metal Ballads

Heavy Metal Love may seem like a strange title, but it actually is named after a Helix song that is included on this ten-track budget-line collection. All of the songs on Heavy Metal Love are power-ballads – and in case you're unfamiliar with that term, a power ballad is ballad adorned by heavy guitars. One of the prototypes for the style, Kiss' "Beth," is included, but most of the album consists of '80s power ballads like Europe's "Carrie," Yngwie Malmsteen's "Dreaming (Tell Me)," Vinnie Vincent's "Love Kills," April Wine's "Just Between You and Me," Great White's "Lady Red Light" and Vixen's "Edge of a Broken Heart." There aren't many classics here, but these lesser-known cuts may be of interest to hardcore fans of the genre.

For the first time ever in his almost thirty-year career as a solo artist, AXEL RUDI PELL welcomes a special guest star on one of his albums: rock legend BONNIE TYLER has recorded a stunning duet with ARP’s longtime singer Johnny Gioeli. AXEL RUDI PELL is justly proud of his new single ‘Love’s Holding On’, saying: Bonnie Tyler only records songs she personally likes. So I wrote this tune just for her and she really loved it. She came to the studio and we recorded it. The result is amazing ! If I hadn’t been a fan already, I would have turned into one instantly. Of course this is not the only brand new track. We recorded a cover version of Ed Sheeran’s “I See Fire”…

VA - Power Ballads Gold (2005)
MP3 320 CBR kbps | Tracks: 30 | 02:22:52 | 336 Mb
Genre: Rock | Label: Hip-O Records

Like spandex pants, pyrotechnics, and concept records, the power ballad is as essential to a proper hard-rockin' band as a mid-concert guitar or drum solo. Giving the band a moment to show its sensitive side was just as important as the hardest song on the album, striking a balance and making the music accessible to those who like a little love in their rock. A time-honored tradition since the '70s, this two-disc compilation is not just a reasonably priced two-disc session, it's an anthropological barometer mapping the evolution of the power ballad. Metal love song compilations come and go, but never has this song style been so meticulously documented so well. Every single important moment in the history of power ballads is included in this 30-song session.

Released just two months after lead singer Steve Lee's fatal motorcycle accident in Nevada, Swiss rock act Gotthard's third major compilation, Heaven: Best of Ballads, Pt. 2 is a chance to hear the sandpaper-voiced rock icon at his best…