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Limited Edition 500 Handnumbered CDs (ASR CD-092)
Release Date: August 7th, 2026
ORDER NOW! HERE: steelgallery.com/metal-store/product/14199
First review at FORGOTTEN SCROLL webzine: forgotten-scroll.net/metal-reviews/live-or-die
AVALON from Rochester, New York, are familiar to most metal collectors out there thanks to their debut album, "Live or Die," which was privately released in 1988 on GFI Records.
"Live or Die" is one of the most sought-after US Metal records, thanks not only to its limited first pressing but also to the quality of the music it contains.
A careful listener can discover a variety of influences on this debut, ranging from European Heavy Metal to the NWOBHM. However, everything is perfectly balanced through the band's creative prism, resulting in the very distinctive trademark sound of this particular release.
The Arkeyn Steel Records team managed to track down drummer and founding member Lex Dunbar. Together, they worked on the reissue of the "Live or Die" full-length album, now appearing for the first time on CD and including the previously unreleased "Year Of The Pig" album from 1995 as a bonus.
Everything has been remastered from scratch by Kostas Scandalis at Infinity Studio (Thessaloniki, Greece). The booklet includes a complete set of lyrics, along with never-before-seen photos. Lex Dunbar and Chris Papadakis worked on the liner notes, while Kostas Athanasoglou developed the artwork for the CD.
AVALON was, without a doubt, one of the most important bands of the New York heavy metal underground. Their debut release was screaming for a reissue, so here it is!
For fans of US Power METAL like SAVATAGE (First Era), BANSHEE, SWORD, ARMORED SAINT & HAMMERS RULE!
Tracklist:
1. Live Or Die
2. Lonely Mountain
3. Wings Of Steel
4. New King Rising
5. Freedom Shore
6. Sea Of Fate
7. Lords Of Chaos
8. Mist Of Avalon
9. Feel The Pain
10. Angel
11. Hard Times
12. The Other Side
13. Seven Years
14. Days Of Your Life
15. Cut Me
16. Demon Cross-Fire
17. Bleed
18. Sleeping Girls
1-8 Live Or Die (LP 1988)
9-18 Year Of The Pig (Unreleased Album 1995)
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Limited Edition 500 Handnumbered CDs (ASR CD-092)
Release Date: August 7th, 2026
ORDER NOW! HERE: steelgallery.com/metal-store/product/14199
First review at FORGOTTEN SCROLL webzine: forgotten-scroll.net/metal-reviews/live-or-die
AVALON from Rochester, New York, are familiar to most metal collectors out there thanks to their debut album, "Live or Die," which was privately released in 1988 on GFI Records.
"Live or Die" is one of the most sought-after US Metal records, thanks not only to its limited first pressing but also to the quality of the music it contains.
A careful listener can discover a variety of influences on this debut, ranging from European Heavy Metal to the NWOBHM. However, everything is perfectly balanced through the band's creative prism, resulting in the very distinctive trademark sound of this particular release.
The Arkeyn Steel Records team managed to track down drummer and founding member Lex Dunbar. Together, they worked on the reissue of the "Live or Die" full-length album, now appearing for the first time on CD and including the previously unreleased "Year Of The Pig" album from 1995 as a bonus.
Everything has been remastered from scratch by Kostas Scandalis at Infinity Studio (Thessaloniki, Greece). The booklet includes a complete set of lyrics, along with never-before-seen photos. Lex Dunbar and Chris Papadakis worked on the liner notes, while Kostas Athanasoglou developed the artwork for the CD.
AVALON was, without a doubt, one of the most important bands of the New York heavy metal underground. Their debut release was screaming for a reissue, so here it is!
For fans of US Power METAL like SAVATAGE (First Era), BANSHEE, SWORD, ARMORED SAINT & HAMMERS RULE!
Tracklist:
1. Live Or Die
2. Lonely Mountain
3. Wings Of Steel
4. New King Rising
5. Freedom Shore
6. Sea Of Fate
7. Lords Of Chaos
8. Mist Of Avalon
9. Feel The Pain
10. Angel
11. Hard Times
12. The Other Side
13. Seven Years
14. Days Of Your Life
15. Cut Me
16. Demon Cross-Fire
17. Bleed
18. Sleeping Girls
1-8 Live Or Die (LP 1988)
9-18 Year Of The Pig (Unreleased Album 1995)
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![Varras feat. Goran Edman - Holy Periza HD [Official Lyric Video] (Steel Gallery Records) 2026](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zk9yZfSktd0/mqdefault.jpg "Varras feat. Goran Edman - Holy Periza HD [Official Lyric Video] (Steel Gallery Records) 2026
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(SGR CD-082, p+c 2026)
Steel Gallery Records proudly presents:
VARRAS - Electric Stardom + Bonus CD (SGR CD-082)
RELEASE DATE: May 29th, 2026
ORDER HERE: https://steelgallery.com/metal-store/product/varras-electric-stardom-bonus-cd-pre-order/
Review at FORGOTTEN SCROLL webzine: https://www.forgotten-scroll.net/metal-reviews/electric-stardom/
Electric Stardom is the third album of the Greek guitar virtuoso and songwriter, Costas Varras, featuring the excellent voices of Mark Boals (Yngwie Malmsteen, Ring of Fire etc) and Goran Edman (Yngwie Malmsteen, John Norum, Brazen Abbot, Time Requiem, Madison etc).
Varras is the solo project of the Greek guitar virtuoso and Electric Stardom is a piece of neoclassical mastery that can easily be described as the biggest step in the musicians career so far.
In 1999 Costas Varras formed his first band: Perpetual. In 2004 Perpetual released one of the most important albums in the Greek Neoclassical Metal scene: Overlords Perpetual. In 2006 Costas Varras moved to Hollywood, California and in 2008 he graduated from Musicians Institute, reforming his band in L.A. In 2009 he traveled to Kent, England, to record an album with Chris Tsangarides, unfortunately, this album was never released. In 2017, he entered the studio of Bob Katsionis, and together they recorded the album Neon-Classical that was released one year later under the musicians name: Costas Varras. The Rock You Hard single release followed in 2020 featuring Mark Boals on vocals.
All those years of hard work, experience, and co-operation are reflected in Electric Stardom. Varras is simply delivering a piece of neoclassical heaven presenting his best compositions so far. Power, melody, and emotion are combined on a brilliant album that is already getting huge reviews from the international press, as it was digitally released on Lion Music. Steel Gallery Records releases the album on CD, featuring an exclusive bonus track: Palisha, a baroque, acoustic ballad featuring the vocals of the mighty Mark Boals. Bob Katsionis also adds his keyboard magic to the album, working one more time with Costas Varras.
So, get ready for an experience of absolute neoclassical greatness as it is captured on masterpieces like The Tears of the World, Electric Stardom and Concerto in G Minor RV 578.
An album that will drive you straight into your electric dreams!
Track listing:
1. Electric Stardom
2. In My Life
3. Holy Periza
4. The Tears Of The World
5. Enlightened By God
6. On The Megadeath Crossroads
7. Sexy Love
8. Layzer Mark
9. Concerto In G MinorRV 578
10. Lonely Dreamer
11. Palisha (CD Bonus)
Musicians:
Costas Varras: Guitars
Mark Boals: Vocals On: 1, 2, 4
Goran Edman: Vocals On: 3, 7, 10
Leonidas Petropoulos: Bass 1-11, Keyboards On: 1-3, 8-9
Aggelos Tsoukalas: Drums
Bob Katsionis: Keyboards On: 3-7, 10
Sotiris Pomonis (Special Guest): Guitar Solo On Sexy Love
Credits:
All Music, Lyrics & Arrangements Were Written By Costas Varras
Except “Concerto In G Minor RV 578 Was Written By Antonio Vivaldi,
The “Outro Suite Of Electric Stardom Was Written By J. S. Bach,
The “Outro Interlude” Of In My Life Was Written By Louis Daquin,
The “Outro Theme” Of Tears Of The World Was Written By Johann Pachelbel &
The Arpeggio Section Of “On The Megadeath Crossroads” Was Written By Paganini/Steve Vai
With Some Little Modification By Costas Varras.
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Leonidas Petropoulos at Studio Anaconda.
Produced by Costas Varras & Leonidas Petropoulos.
Artwork & Layout by: Miron Theodoridis @ Mironized
Discography:
Neon-Classical (Symmetric Records, 2018)
Electric Stardom (Steel Gallery Records, 2026)
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