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The Sign - Signs Of Life (2000) (Remastered Edition 2016)











Year : 2000 (Remastered Edition 2016)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 121 mb

Bio:

The Sign are melodic rock super group from US. The Sign were formed by Mark Mangold (Drive), Randy Jackson (Zebra), Terry Brock (Strangeways), Billy Greer (Kansas) and Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow & Black Sabbath). Their début album, released in 2000, was Signs Of Life.They released the follow-up The Second Coming in 2004.

Album:

One of the most awesome super-groups ever was without a doubt THE SIGN, including keyboarder Mark Mangold (Touch, Drive She Said), guitarist Randy Jackson (Zebra), singer Terry Brock (Strangeways, LeRoux), bassist Billy Greer (Streets, Kansas) and drummer Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow et all).One of you requested The Sign's two albums (originally released via Frontiers Records) in the freshly version put together by Mangold, remixed / remastered and featuring extra tracks.Let start with the wonderful debut "Signs Of Life"."Signs Of Life" is perhaps the last true Pomp AOR album ever made. Originally appeared in 2000, an era still plagued by depressive sounds, this was some kind of a breath of fresh air.Heavenly keyboards / synths, superb guitars from Zebra's Randy Jackson, a bouncy rhythm section, and the terrific leads of Brock complemented by Greer / Jackson harmonies are the motto here.Built around the concept about a young girl brought back from the coma, musically equally mixes parts of pure Pomp AOR and melodic rock with the progressive melodies of Kansas, the hard rock of Zebra and the swirling keyboards of Drive She Said all to the unmistakable vocals of Terry Brock, who sounds here like a mix of Kansas' Steve Walsh and Journey's Steve Perry.You need big cojones to start and album with a seven-minute plus track, and 'I'm Alive' does just that. Randy Jackson handles vocals on this seriously intense opening cut. It's awesome and captures the best melodic moments of bands like Kansas with an added commercial touch. There are several layers in its several parts, so it does take some listening before the melodies reveal themselves and one can truly appreciate the great production and structure of the song. 'Crossed The Line' is next up and sensibly is a more straight forward uptempo melodic rocker. The great Terry Brock simply shines, and while it is less complicated, it no less intense a rock song. The chorus is highly memorable with lots of guitars, swirling keyboards, time changes and some outstanding backing vocals.After the pretty frantic opening two numbers, 'Aryon' slows things down a little with Terry occasionally sharing lead with Randy and moving uptempo for a rousing and terrific chorus.'Forever Again' is nothing short of a killer power ballad. Once again, it is far from straight forward with several different layers and textures, but above all, a wonderful raw emotional vocal and a huge chorus. 'Stranded' sees Randy back at the mic and another song that is different than anything we have heard so far. This track has a real classic hard rock feel to it. 'All Your Life' features Randy on the first two lines of the song before Terry Brock is back. This is a heavy track, yet with an acoustic foundation, with many layers and challenging.'The Wait' is a real highlight. This is a class song straight up with its moods changing from a desperate passionate plea to a fast paced bridge into the chorus, which quite honestly ignites this track. The catchiest chorus of the whole album is a real AOR gem and continues right through the song. What a vocal from Brock, what a performance from the guys - Awesome.In a cleaver move, after the previous towering anthem things are slowed down a little (but only a little) with this huge midtempo 'I Will Be There For You'. Another monster production and vocal, this song has a lot of heart. Here you can appreciate the new mix and remaster, now sounding more clear than the original.More quality continues with the wonderful straight forward melodic rocker 'Nothing But A Heartache', the exquisite midtempo of 'Wine' and the rich harmony vocal heaven of 'Desperate Heart' and its great chorus.Title track 'Signs Of Life' features sensational Terry Brock lead vocals, some great backing vocals and changes moods as it goes. The chorus is more wrapped in the passage of the song and is used as the emotional peak of the track.Then 'Love Is Alive' is another catchy and commercial AOR tune with a contagious main melody and an overall feel-good vibe."Signs Of Life" is a fantastic piece of work. A roller coaster of emotions and marvelous sounds catchy & elaborated at the same time. It's bold and it's fresh, but it's not your average record. It owns the unique magic of classic Pomp AOR, but as well the accessibility of melodic choruses.The Sign pushes some boundaries here, but at the same time provides some classy melodies plus incredible performances & musicianship.

Line Up:

Terry Brock lead vocals, guitar (Strangeways, LeRoux)
Randy Jackson guitar, mandolin, lead vocals (Zebra)
Mark Mangold keyboards, vocals (Touch, Drive She Said)
Billy Greer bass, vocals (Streets, Kansas)
Bobby Rondinelli drums (Rainbow et all)

Tracklist:

01. I'm Alive 7:17
02. Crossed the Line 4:44
03. Aryon 5:47
04. Forever Again 5:05
05. Stranded 3:44
06. All Your Life 4:27
07. The Wait 4:27
08. I Will Be There For You 4:32
09. Nothing But a Heartache 5:37
10. Wine 4:00
11. Desperate Heart 4:08
12. Signs of Life 5:17
13. Love Is Alive (Bonus Track)
14. Hidden drums 0:32




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The Sign - The Second Coming (2004) (Remastered Edition 2016)













Year : 2004 (Remastered Edition 2016)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 121 mb

Bio:

The Sign are melodic rock super group from US. The Sign were formed by Mark Mangold (Drive), Randy Jackson (Zebra), Terry Brock (Strangeways), Billy Greer (Kansas) and Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow & Black Sabbath). Their début album, released in 2000, was Signs Of Life.They released the follow-up The Second Coming in 2004.

Album:

This is the other THE SIGN album, their second and last titled "The Second Coming" (originally released via Frontiers Records) in the freshly version put together by Mark Mangold remixed / remastered, with different artwork and featuring extra tracks.The Sign was one of the most awesome super-groups including keyboarder Mangold (Touch, Drive She Said), guitarist Randy Jackson (Zebra), singer Terry Brock (Strangeways, LeRoux), bassist Billy Greer (Streets, Kansas) and drummer Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow et all)."The Second Coming" picks up where The Sign's debut left off, but it's different in several important ways. The main drive behind the album is the continuing story line involving Aryon, the girl, introduced on the first disc, then musically is by far more complex and requires a degree of concentration to absorb, but it's truly fascinating.The line-up has changed a little, with Billy Greer & Bobby Rondinelli gone and Mark Mangold installed as drummer, adding to his already large work load as composer and keyboard player.Terry Brock is certainly featured in all his glory, and he too gets a credit for guitar parts. The biggest influence on the record is the Mark Mangold / Terry Brock partnership.If the first The Sign album was epic, this is even more bombastic, pompy, challenging.'Aryon Overture' is an intriguing plenty of synths soon followed by the rocker 'Stained (Gone)', pretty close to the sound of the debut with Brock in great melodic form.'The Morning After (Time To Run)' is a moody track which rolls along smoothly backed by organ accompaniment. At the three minute mark the track gets turned on it's head, with the song picking up pace and urgency. At this point Mark Mangold goes to town on his keyboard, turning out a highly enjoyable solo before the track returns to the way it started. 'Motorcycle Messiah' is a darker and heavier track with busy instrumentation that mirrors the pace of the mid-section of the track prior.Now am I blown away by the highly melodic 'Shine', a highlight, full of hooks and delicious melodies. 'Bliss' is a haunting 2 minute instrumental interlude which runs directly into one of the album's best tracks 'If For One Moment'. This song should prove popular with all, given that it features an emotional vocal. Once again the structure of the song is abandoned mid way through as it turns back to the haunting vibe of Bliss, this time as a slow guitar solo guides the listener through it.After one of the added tracks to this remastered reissue - the atmospheric and little progressive 'Canyon (We Are One Tribe)' - the great 'Flame Of The Oracle' is another high point in the album, uptempo, pompous and melodic.'The Ooze' is a 2 minute track featuring a tough and urgent vocal and a tempo to match. This leads directly into the softening instrumental 'Inner Child (Exorcise)'. 'Black Mountain' is rocker and one of the heaviest tracks here, featuring Randy Jackson on lead vocal providing variation.'Keep On Breathin' is a little gem, a big, powerful ballad in the style of the debut, 'Shine (Finale)' is a return to the earlier track with added musical parts from elsewhere within the album resulting into an interesting mix ranging from AOR to hard.'Trans Americana Symphony' is another new track which adds a light prog touch to the proceedings and a showcase for all these talented musicians. Also 'Maniac' works a bonus because is a little different to the rest, more direct and simple melodic rocker with a darn catchy chorus."The Second Coming" was the final The Sign album and it's much a Mark Mangold baby, more abundant in keyboards and prominent vocals. It's pompy, quite grandiose and large in arrangements.This new remix / remaster sound much better / clear than the original, surely how it was originally in Mangold's head.

Line Up:

Terry Brock: lead vocals, guitar
Randy Jackson: guitar, vocals
Mark Mangold: keyboards, vocals, drums
Jon Bivona: bass, guitar

Tracklist:

01. Aryon Overture
02. Stained (Gone)
03. The Morning After (Time To Run)
04. Motorcycle Messiah
05. Shine
06. Bliss
07. If For One Moment
08. Canyon (We Are One Tribe)
09. Flame Of The Oracle
10. The Ooze
11. Inner Child (Exorcise) (Bonus Track)
12. Black Mountain
13. Keep On Breathin'
14. Shine (Finale)
15. Trans Americana Symphony (Bonus Track)
16. Rapture (Ode To Aryon)
17. Maniac




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The Sign - Signs Of Life / The Second Coming (2CD) (Deluxe Edition 2018)













Year : 2000 / 2004 (Escape Music Remastered Edition 2018)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 298 mb

Bio:

The Sign are melodic rock super group from US. The Sign were formed by Mark Mangold (Drive), Randy Jackson (Zebra), Terry Brock (Strangeways), Billy Greer (Kansas) and Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow & Black Sabbath). Their début album, released in 2000, was Signs Of Life.They released the follow-up The Second Coming in 2004.

Album:

One of the most awesome Melodic Rock super-groups from this new Millennium was without a doubt THE SIGN, including keyboarder Mark Mangold (Touch, Drive She Said), guitarist Randy Jackson (Zebra), terrific singer Terry Brock (Strangeways, LeRoux), bassist Billy Greer (Streets, Kansas) and drummer Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow et all).As requested, here’s the Escape Music re-release of both The Sign albums; ‘Signs Of Life‘ and ‘The Second Coming‘ as a Double CD Deluxe Digipack Boxset.The set features ‘Sign Of Life’ with the original mixes by Mark Mangold and Randy Jackson and remastered by Jacob Hansen, and “The Second Coming” with one bonus track, fully re-mastered by Mats “Limpan” Lindfors.A Limited Edition of 1000 copies only, in exclusive here.CD1 “Signs Of Life” is perhaps the last true Pomp AOR album ever made. Originally appeared in 2000, an era still plagued by depressive sounds, this was some kind of a breath of fresh air.Heavenly keyboards / synths, superb guitars from Zebra’s Randy Jackson, a bouncy rhythm section, and the terrific lead vocals of Brock complemented by Greer / Jackson harmonies are the motto here.Built around the concept about a young girl brought back from the coma, musically equally mixes parts of pure Pomp AOR and melodic rock with the progressive melodies of Kansas, the hard rock of Zebra and the swirling keyboards of Drive She Said all to the unmistakable vocals of Terry Brock, who sounds here like a mix of Kansas’ Steve Walsh and Journey’s Steve Perry.Randy Jackson handles vocals on ‘I’m Alive’, the seriously intense opening cut. It’s awesome and captures the best melodic moments of bands like Kansas with an added commercial touch. There are several layers in its several parts, so it does take some listening before the melodies reveal themselves and one can truly appreciate the great production and structure of the song.‘Crossed The Line’ is next up and sensibly is a more straight forward uptempo melodic rocker. The great Terry Brock simply shines, and while it is less complicated, it no less intense a rock song. The chorus is highly memorable with lots of guitars, swirling keyboards, time changes and some outstanding backing vocals.After the pretty frantic opening two numbers, ‘Aryon’ slows things down a little with Terry occasionally sharing lead with Randy and moving uptempo for a rousing and terrific chorus.‘Forever Again’ is nothing short of a killer power ballad ‘The Wait’ is a real highlight, a class song straight up with its moods changing from a desperate passionate plea to a fast paced bridge into the chorus, which quite honestly ignites this track. The catchiest chorus of the whole album is a real AOR gem and continues right through the song. What monster vocal work from Brock, and what a performance from the guys – Awesome.More quality continues with the wonderful straight forward melodic rocker ‘Nothing But A Heartache’, the exquisite midtempo of ‘Wine’ and the rich harmony vocal heaven of ‘Desperate Heart’ and its great chorus.Title track ‘Signs Of Life’ features sensational Terry Brock’s lead vocals, some great backing vocals and changes moods as it goes. The chorus is more wrapped in the passage of the song and is used as the emotional peak of the track.Then ‘Love Is Alive’ is another catchy and commercial AOR tune with a contagious main melody and an overall feel-good vibe.CD 2 “The Second Coming” picks up where The Sign’s debut left off, but it’s different in several important ways. The main drive behind the album is the continuing story line involving Aryon, the girl, introduced on the first disc, then musically is by far more complex and requires a degree of concentration to absorb, but it’s truly fascinating.The line-up has changed a little, with Billy Greer & Bobby Rondinelli gone and Mark Mangold installed as drummer, adding to his already large work load as composer and keyboard player.Terry Brock is certainly featured in all his glory, and he too gets a credit for guitar parts. The biggest influence on the record is the Mark Mangold / Terry Brock partnership. If the first The Sign album was epic, this is even more bombastic, pompy, challenging.‘Aryon Overture’ is an intriguing plenty of synths soon followed by the rocker ‘Stained (Gone)’, pretty close to the sound of the debut with Brock in great melodic form.‘The Morning After (Time To Run)’ is a moody track which rolls along smoothly backed by organ accompaniment, while ‘Motorcycle Messiah’ is a darker and heavier track with busy instrumentation that mirrors the pace of the mid-section of the track prior.Now am I blown away by the highly melodic ‘Shine’, a highlight, full of hooks and delicious melodies. ‘Bliss’ is a haunting little instrumental interlude which runs directly into one of the album’s best tracks ‘If For One Moment’. This song should prove popular with all, given that it features an emotional vocal. The great ‘Flame Of The Oracle’ is another high point in the album, uptempo, pompous and melodic.‘The Ooze’ is a 2 minute track featuring a tough and urgent vocal and a tempo to match. This leads directly into the softening instrumental ‘Inner Child (Exorcise)’. ‘Black Mountain’ is rocker and one of the heaviest tracks here, featuring Randy Jackson on lead vocal providing variation.‘Keep On Breathin’ is a little gem, a big, powerful ballad in the style of the debut, ‘Shine (Finale)’ is a return to the earlier track with added musical parts from elsewhere within the album resulting into an interesting mix ranging from AOR to hard.Both The Sign albums are fantastic pieces of work. A roller coaster of emotions and marvelous sounds, catchy & elaborated at the same time. It’s bold and it’s fresh, but it’s not your average record. It owns the unique magic of classic Pomp AOR, but as well the accessibility of melodic choruses.The Sign pushes some boundaries here, but at the same time provides some classy melodies plus incredible performances & musicianship.

Line Up:

Terry Brock: lead vocals, guitar
Randy Jackson: guitar, mandolin, lead vocals
Mark Mangold: keyboards, vocals, drums
Jon Bivona: bass, guitar
Billy Greer: bass, harmony vocals
Bobby Rondinelli: drums, percussion

Tracklist:

CD1: Signs Of Life (2000) (Remastered Edition)

01. I’m Alive
02. Crossed The Line
03. Aryon
04. Forever Again
05. Stranded
06. All Your Life
07. The Wait
08. I Will Be There For You
09. Nothing But A Heartache
10. Wine
11. Desperate Heart
12. Signs Of Life
13. Love Is Alive (Japan Bonus Track)
14. Aryon (Radio Edit) (Bonus Track)

CD2: The Second Coming (2004) (Remastered Edition)

01. Aryon Overture
02. Stained (Gone)
03. The Morning After (Time To Run)
04. Motorcycle Messiah
05. Shine
06. Bliss
07. If For One Moment
08. Canyon (We Are One Tribe) (Bonus Track)
09. Flame Of The Oracle
10. The Ooze
11. Inner Child (Exorcise) (Bonus Track)
12. Black Mountain
13. Keep On Breathin'
14. Shine (Finale)
15. Trans Americana Symphony (Bonus Track)
16. Rapture (Ode To Aryon)
17. Maniac




Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/