Italian record label Frontiers Records specializes in melodic hard rock, releasing albums by established legends like Night Ranger, Warrant, and Uriah Heep, along with new and exiciting acts like Eclipse, Inglorious, and One Desire. They also pump out all-star projects like Revolution Saints, Sweet & Lynch, and Tokyo Motor Fist, featuring combos of musicians from the many bands under their umbrella. I love practically every album they release and the vast majority of my music purchases in the last decade plus have come from their catalogue. So below is a ranking of all the studio albums they released in 2018, because why the hell not.
1. Shiraz Lane ~ Carnival Days
2. Doomsday Outlaw ~ Hard Times
3. Devil’s Hand ~ Devil’s Hand
4. Magic Dance ~ New Eyes
5. Red Dragon Cartel ~ Patina
6. Treat ~ Tunguska
7. Airrace ~ Untold Stories
8. Groundbreaker ~ Groundbreaker
9. Ten ~ Illuminati
10. Clif Magness ~ Lucky Dog
11. W.E.T. ~ Earthrage
12. State Of Salazar ~ Superhero
13. Stryper ~ God Damn Evil
14. FM ~ Atomic Generation
15. King Company ~ Queen Of Hearts
16. Palace ~ Binary Music
17. Rick Springfield ~ The Snake King
18. James Christian ~ Craving
19. No Hot Ashes ~ No Hot Ashes
20. Animal Drive ~ Bite!
21. Dream Child ~ Until Death Do We Meet Again
22. Nordic Union ~ Second Coming
23. Refuge ~ Solitary Men
24. BulletBoys ~ From Out Of The Skies
25. ReVertigo ~ ReVertigo
26. Uriah Heep ~ Living The Dream
27. Praying Mantis ~ Gravity
28. Vega ~ Only Human
29. Perfect Plan ~ All Rise
30. Lords Of Black ~ Icons Of The New Days
31. Stephen Pearcy ~ View To A Thrill
32. Amanda Somerville’s Trillium ~ Tectonic
33. Nazareth ~ Tattooed On My Brain
34. Gioeli*Castronovo ~ Set The World On Fire
35. 3.2 ~ The Rules Have Changed
36. Seventh Wonder ~ Tiara
37. Enuff Z’Nuff ~ Diamond Boy
38. Ammunition ~ Ammunition
39. Snakes In Paradise ~ Step Into The Light
40. Issa ~ Run With The Pack
41. Sunstorm ~ The Road To Hell
42. Primal Fear ~ Apocalypse
43. Impellitteri ~ The Nature Of The Beast
44. Holter ~ Vlad The Impaler
45. City Of Thieves ~ Beast Reality
46. Creye ~ Creye
47. TNT ~ XIII
48. Mike Lepond’s Silent Assassins ~ Pawn And Prophecy
49. Graham Bonnet Band ~ Meanwhile, Back In The Garage
50. Destinia ~ Metal Souls
51. CoreLeoni ~ The Greatest Hits: Part 1
52. Johnny Gioeli ~ One Voice
53. Fabio Lione / Alessandro Conti ~ Lione Conti
54. Dukes Of The Orient ~ Dukes Of The Orient
55. Two Of A Kind ~ Rise
56. Jizzy Pearl ~ All You Need Is Soul
ROCK IN A HARD PLACE 