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Re-release of the second album from Epic & Power Metal pioneers Virgin Steele. Remixed, remastered and 3 bonus tracks were addded. 41 years ago this album was released and hit like a bomb in the Metal scene. These men of Steele have been busy! Hot on the heels of last summer’s brand new Bombastic Epic release “The Passion of Dionysus” coming this summer in addition to the re-release of the very first Virgin Steele album, the second Virgin Steele album, “Guardians Of The Flame”, will also be re-released in tandem with the first album, on August 23, 2024, via Steamhammer/SPV in a very special edition, as a digi-CD and as a Gatefold Double Vinyl LP, and also in digital format.

Re-release of the second album from Epic & Power Metal pioneers Virgin Steele. Remixed, remastered and 3 bonus tracks were addded. 41 years ago this album was released and hit like a bomb in the Metal scene. These men of Steele have been busy! Hot on the heels of last summer’s brand new Bombastic Epic release “The Passion of Dionysus” coming this summer in addition to the re-release of the very first Virgin Steele album, the second Virgin Steele album, “Guardians Of The Flame”, will also be re-released in tandem with the first album, on August 23, 2024, via Steamhammer/SPV in a very special edition, as a digi-CD and as a Gatefold Double Vinyl LP, and also in digital format.

Set to an all-new sonic backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #3, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 continues the team's adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. It’s time to face the music. Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful. Featuring a stellar lineup of tracks perfect for any hero saving the galaxy.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album for the Marvel Studios film of the same name. Featuring the songs present on Peter Quill's mixtape in the film, the album was released by Hollywood Records on July 29, 2014. A separate film score album, Guardians of the Galaxy (Original Score), composed by Tyler Bates, was also released by Hollywood Records on the same date, along with a deluxe version featuring both albums. The soundtrack album reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, becoming the first soundtrack album in history consisting entirely of previously released songs to top the chart. The album topped the Billboard Top Soundtracks for 11 consecutive weeks and 16 weeks in total. As of January 2015, it has sold 1,003,000 copies in the United States, and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album was the US's second best-selling soundtrack album of 2014, behind only the soundtrack to Frozen.

Guardians of the Heart Machine – the debut Whirlwind release from tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake – symbolizes and protects the importance of creating music with feeling, blending his considerable experience in contemporary jazz with three exciting players originally from the French scene – pianist Tony Tixier, double bassist Florent Nisse and drummer Gautier Garrigue.

By dropping the needle on classic rock cuts and forgotten ‘70s pop confections, The Guardians of the Galaxy flipped the conventional thinking of soundtracks on its head. The blockbuster continues this fine tradition on the sequel, pulling from a dusty crate of one-hit wonders and FM rock. Vol. 2 bounces along with ELO (“Mr. Blue Sky”), glam (“Fox on the Run”), power pop (“Surrender”), and more than one guilty pleasure (“Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)”).