I had a quite long list of songs for my Songs of the Week this time. The 20th May 2022 list is headed by a Japanese artist for the first time. Some German language songs, but no schlager this time – therefor, a lot of rock. Hope that fits to your mood as well.
Rina Sawayama – This Hell
The leading track of my list of songs is featuring a very special artist this time: Rina Sawayama is a Japanese singer-songwriter, who is also working as a model. She is en route to release her sophomore album in September, there is also a European tour this summer and fall. Unfortunately, we won’t be able to listen to This Hell on German stages.
UPSAHL – Monica Lewinsky
I recently had an interview with the Phoenix-origin singer-songwriter Upsahl. Her new release Monica Lewinsky is a real blast.
Diana Ross feat. Tame Impala – Turn Up The Sunshine
Just had to add this one. It made me smile. Diana Ross is back with a new song – you will find it on the soundtrack of the Minions: The Rise of Gru movie.
Foals – 2001
Alternative with a strong funk touch – aren’t these Oxford guys cool? Apart from that, I feel they perfect fit to the Diana Ross track before.
Athena Manoukian & Limitless – Loca
The sound of this track is very Latin American – but in fact, Athena Manoukian is from Armenia. Eurovision Song Contest fans know her – she represented her country in 2020.
Immunity – Sounds like a Melody
I did not have too many hard sounds last week. Immunity from Nuremberg, Germany, do this Alphaville cover very well. Nice metalcore – enjoy headbanging!
Classless Act feat. Vince Neal – Classless Act
Classless Act are a 2019 founded, globally located superband. In their latest release, they feature Vince Neil of Motley Crue. And they feature a lot of rock power.
Def Leppard – Fire It Up
Some more classic hard rock sounds – the British super-rockers from Sheffield just released a new, amazing track. Love to fire my day up with Fire It Up.
Yours Truly feat. Josh Franceschi – Hallucinate
Alternative from Australia. Especially due to the collaboration with English singer-songwriter Josh Franceschi, this song comes with a lot of power on a wide range. Cool.
Grey Daze feat. Chester Bennington – Starting To Fly
Some cool re-recordings of the well-known band Grey Daze are released this year. This is one of them. Cool!
Kiwi Jr. – Night Vision
The band name sounds like these guys are from New Zealand – but in fact, Kiwi Jr. is a Canadian guitar rock band. Cool sound.
Alexisonfire – Sans Soleil
Another track from Maple Leaf state. Really cool song by the post-hardcore band, who are having their 20th band anniversary.
Jack Pott feat. Skamelon – Urlaub auf meinem Balkon
The title of the song means “Holidays on my balcony”. What a cool fun track with punk and ska elements by the Northern German band.
Falk – Wann ist ein Mann ein Mann
In 1984 German rock legend Herbert Grönemeyer asked in his legendary song Männer the question Wann ist ein Mann ein Mann (“When is a man a man”). Sebastian Falk, who is just using his surname as stage name, used it for his 2022 song. Well done.
Aura Dione – Marry Me
Aura Dione is a Danish musician with Faroese and Spanish roots. I somehow feel all these roots in the uplifting Marry Me.
Mark Owen – You Only Want Me
Mark Owen is back! The legendary Take That member released this nice pop song this week. Cool to have a new one from him.
Mary Keey – Shout It Out Loud
Mary Keey is a Swiss artist, who is doing a really cool pop-rock sound. Amazing new single release this week.
Jason Derulo feat. Kodak Black – Slidin’
Slip, Slip, Slidin’ – Jason Derulo is doing a really fun single release this week. Again, there is a touch of funk to me. I personally don’t need the rap part… But that’s what they call “modern” nowadays, I guess…
Lux & Bäer – A Hand wascht die andere
Some Bavarian pop-rock, which is a track about coterie. I just loved the sound of this collaboration of Gary Lux and Ulli Bäer.
Markus feat. Yvonne – Summer of the 80s
Especially Ich will Spaß made Markus a superstar of the German “Neue Deutsche Welle” in the early 1980’s. I felt this guy should close this list of tracks for this week. He simply deserves the honor.
Songs of The Week – The Playlist
You may also listen to my Songs Of The Week and songs selected in some of the previous weeks on this Spotify playlist:
Flyctory.com on Hard Rock and Metal
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Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 29 September 2023)

Atena – Subway Anthem

Rising Wings – Reach

Manntra – War of the Heathens

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Danko Jones – Electric Sounds

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 01 September 2023)

Marduk – Memento Mori

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25 August 2023)


Alice Cooper – Road


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 18 August 2023)


Sleazy – Back on Track


Songs Of My Life: Doro – The Fortuneteller


Atreyu – The Moment You Find Your Flame EP


Uncaved – Dogmatorraistes


Mammoth WVH – Mammoth II


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 July 2023)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 21 July 2023)


Somnuri – Desiderium


Later Sons – Rise Up


1476 – In Exile


Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Day 2 Concerts (1st July)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 23 June 2023)


Mental Cruelty – Zwielicht


Green Labyrinth – Sequences


Ayron Jones – Chronicles Of The Kid


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 16 June 2023)


Saturnus – The Storm Within


Extreme – Six


Ray Alder – II


Omnium Gatherum – Slasher EP


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 26 May 2023)


Oryad – Sacred & Profane


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 19 May 2023)


Marathonmann – Maniac


Moor – Heavy Heart


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 12 May 2023)


Enforced – War Remains


Storm Seeker – Nautic Force


As Everything Unfolds – Ultraviolet


Texas Hippie Coalition – The Name Lives On


Grand Design – Rawk


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 14 April 2023)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 07 April 2023)


Vass / Katsionis – Cynical Silence


Tribulation – Hamartia EP


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 31 March 2023)


Lordi – Screem Writers Guild


Black Hawk – Soulkeeper


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 17 March 2023)


Night Demon – Outsider


Bad Bones – Hasta El Final!


John Diva & The Rockets of Love – The Big Easy


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 10 March 2023)


Suicide Silence – Remember… You Must Die


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 03 March 2023)


Endlevel – Weekend War


Steel Panther – On The Prowl


Tanzwut – Silberne Hochzeit


Those Damn Crows – Inhale/Exhale


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 10 February 2023)


Dark Sarah – Attack of Orym


Pristine – The Lines We Cross


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 20 January 2023)


Black Star Riders – Wrong Side of Paradise


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 06 January 2023)


Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2022


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 09 December 2022)


Shaam Larein – Stick En Kniv I Världen


Sündflut – Basta! EP


Amberian Dawn – Take a Chance (A Metal Tribute To ABBA)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25 November 2022)


Induction – Born from Fire


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 October 2022)


Hostage – Memento Mori


Avantasia – A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 14 October 2022)


Alter Bridge – Pawns And Kings


Orianthi – Rock Candy


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 7 October 2022)


Sleeping Romance – We All Are Shadows


Magical Heart – Heartsonic


Monster Truck – Warriors


Slipknot – The End, So Far


Silent Knight – Full Force


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 16 September 2022)


I Am – Eternal Steel


Blind Guardian – The God Machine


Fire Horse – Out of the Ashes


Megadeth – The Sick, The Dying… and The Dead!


Lugnet – Tales From The Great Beyond


Bad Baron – Ace of Hearts


Thundermother – Black And Gold


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 12 August 2022)


Versus Goliath – Liebe & Chaos


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 05 August 2022)


Manntra – Kreatura


Amon Amarth – The Great Heathen Army


H.E.A.T. – Force Majeure


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 22 July 2022)


Heischneida – Heischneida II


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 15 July 2022)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 08 July 2022)


Traitor – Exiled To The Surface


Breathe Your Last – Apocalypse



Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 24 June 2022)


RXPTRS – Living Without Death’s Permission


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 17 June 2022)


April Art – P.O.K.E.R.F.A.C.E.


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 10 June 2022)


Motionless In White – Scoring The End Of The World


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 3 June 2022)


Def Leppard – Diamond Star Halos


Wucan – Heretic Tongues


Shameless – So Good, You Should….


Famyne – II: The Ground Below


J.B.O. – Planet Pink


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 29 April 2022)


Silver Dust – Lullabies


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 22 April 2022)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 15 April 2022)


Axel Rudi Pell – Lost XXIII


DeVicious – Black Heart


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 08 April 2022)


Askara – Lights Of Night


Papa Roach – Ego Trip


Joe Satriani – The Elephants of Mars


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 01 April 2022)


Disconnected – We Are Disconnected


Circle of Friends – The Garden


Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets CJ of Paleface (29th March 2022)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25 March 2022)


Paleface – Fear & Dagger


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 11 March 2022)


Der To – Hand aufs Herz


Sunrunner – Sacred Arts of Navigation


Messa – Close


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 04 March 2022)


Crowbar – Zero and Below


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25 Feb 2022)


Gutrectomy – Manifestation Of Human Suffering


Thunderor – Fire It Up


Corey Taylor – CMFB… Sides EP


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 18 Feb 2022)


Matt Pike – Pike vs the Automaton


Ard – Take Up My Bones


Goodbye June – See Where The Night Goes


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 11 Feb 2022)


Once Human – Scar Weaver


Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators – 4


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 04 Feb 2022)


Rolo Tomassi – Where Myth Becomes Memory


Saxon – Carpe Diem


Validor – Full Triumphed


The Sleeper – Radiant


Herman Rarebell & The Hurricane Orchestra – Scorpion’s Songs Symphonic


Claus Trophobia – Space Rock Voodoo


Great American Ghost – Torture World EP


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 14 Jan 2022)


Magnum – The Monster Roars


Skillet – Dominion


Tristan Harders’ Twilight Theatre – Drifting Into Insanity


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Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2021


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 24 Dec 2021)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 17 Dec 2021)


Fuer den Faehrmann – Blutmond EP


Volbeat – Servant Of The Mind


Hämatom – Die Liebe ist Tot


Lordi – Lordiversity (Full Box Review)


Lordi – Spooky Sextravaganza Spectacular (from: Lordiversity)


Lordi – Abracadaver (from: Lordiversity)


Lordi – Humanimals (from: Lordiversity)


Lordi – Abusement Park (from: Lordiversity)


Lordi – The Masterbeast From The Moon (from: Lordiversity)


Lordi – SuperFlyTrap (from: Lordiversity)


Lordi – Skelectric Dinosaur (from: Lordiversity)


Navian – Cosmos


Running Wild – Blood on Blood


Hulkoff – Ragnarök


Bodyguerra – Fire & Soul


Alcatrazz – V


Creeping Death – The Edge of Existence EP


Naraka – In Tenebris


Rage – Resurrection Day


Iron Maiden – Senjutsu


Danko Jones – Power Trio


Freakstorm – Storm Inside My Heart


All Good Things – A Hope In Hell


Mentalist – A Journey Into The Unknown


CueStack – Diagnosis:Human


Existent – Kartenhaus EP


Buckcherry – Hellbound


Helloween – Helloween


Cleopatrick – Bummer


Anchors & Hearts – Guns Against Liberty


SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen – SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen


Mental Cruelty – A Hill To Die Upon


Pop Evil – Versatile


Manntra – Monster Mind Consuming


Evanescence – The Bitter Truth


As Everything Unfolds – Within Each Lies The Other


Burn Down Eden – Burn Down Eden


The L.A. Maybe – Dirty Damn Tricks


Silent Winter – Empire of Sins


Thunder – All The Right Noises


Heart Healer – The Metal Opera by Magnus Karlsson


Orden Ogan – Final Days


A Day To Remember – You’re Welcome


Definition of Insanity – Into The Abyss


Dreamshade – A Pale Blue Dot


Erik Cohen – Northern Soul


Flaming Wrekage – Cathedral of Bones


Damon Johnson & The Get Ready – Battle Lessons


Mentally Blind – Stage: Zero


Korpiklaani – Jylhä


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Japan on Flyctory.com
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Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25 August 2023)


ISTAF Indoor Duesseldorf (29th January 2023)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 02 September 2022)



Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 24 June 2022)


Expo 2020 Dubai – The Al Forsan Pavilions


Tokyo 2020 – My Thoughts By Sports (… and some more)


The Flyctory.com-Style Medal Count of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics