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Friday New Releases – October 23, 2026

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Another big week with almost 50 releases for you. I’m excited about the new Tony Iommi record and I am excited because Jorn is on lead vocals. Love me some Jorn. The other one I want to the Scott Weiland live album. This was originally released at the last RSD but I missed out. Now it is available to the masses and I can get it on CD too!! What do you want to hear this week? Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

  • Tony Iommi – From the Dark – (Bluefame / BMG Rights Mgmt)
  • Scott Weiland – Scott Weiland: Live – (Primary Wave Music IV) – Released previously for RSD
  • Bruce Dickinson – Accident of Birth (2026 Remix) – (Sanctuary Records Group / A BMG Company)
  • Ignea – Monumental – (Napalm Records)
  • The Flower Kings – Hope – (InsideOutMusic)
  • My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade (20th Anniversary) – (Reprise Records)
  • John Legend – Muse – (John Legend Music / Republic Records)
  • Bernie Taupin – The Sea Has No Mercy – (Vertigo Records / Rogue Booze / Universal Music)
  • The Doors – Unbound And Dangerous (Live) – (Rhino Entertainment / Warner Music Group)
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Richie Sambora – ‘Aftermath of the Lowdown’ (2012) – Album Review (The Bon Jovi Collection Series)

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In 2012, Richie was still in Bon Jovi. His departure was not too far in the future as he becomes unhappy with the direction of the band. His solo albums are his chance to do something he wants to do and I will say that this is better than anything Bon Jovi was doing at the time. Richie went deep in to his problems and laid them out bare for all of us to see. A very personal album, but based on what happens later, not sure it was a healing album for him. He was still fighting demons even after this release.

The album, ‘Aftermath of the Lowdown’, was released on September 12, 2012. Okay, that was the release date in Japan, the UK saw September 17th and North America saw the 18th (well, digital release, physical was even a week later on the 25th). Yeah, I hate these staggered release dates. Just do it all at once or none at all. The album only went to #149 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart, but did go to #10 on the Hard Rock Album Charts, so it had moderate success. But the real success is in the music. A Richie Sambora solo album is always welcome especially when a Bon Jovi album was not in my world. Bon Jovi had lost the plot, but Richie found his way with this one.

The album opens with “Burn the Candle Down” and it is a wall of sound with an explosive opening, a killer riff and some distorted vocals by Richie. The guitar sounds like a siren warning of the onslaught of rock we were going to get. A heavy rocker, with drum beats that will break your balls. The solo shreds harder then anything BJ was doing at the time; heck, there are even two solos in this song. Damn it is killer. The song really gets the blood flowing and kicks off the album in style.

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