My World of Music – est. 2013
Vocalist Todd Michael Hall is certainly no stranger to rock and metal, as he enriches the Riot V releases with his voice. His time with Jack Starr's Burning Star is also unforgotten and this time Hall has decided to work with another excellent guitarist. Metal Church mainman Kurdt Vanderhoof not only produced Hall's solo album... Continue Reading →
Dutch symphonic metal powerhouse Epica announce live streaming event, entitled 'Omega Alive'. It's the first show the band performs after having played at Webster Hall, NYC in January 2020, although this time in a totally different format. To support the latest record, the band perform songs from 'Ωmega' for the first time ever, along with the band’s... Continue Reading →
UK thrash metal enthusiasts Evile have been away for quite a while. The latest album, 'Skull', has been unleashed in 2013 and then silence took over. Earlier this year, things changed with the release of a first single. 'Hell Unleashed' was the appetizer for a next longplayer penned by Evile. It's the grinding title track... Continue Reading →
'Deadlights' is Liar Thief Bandit's third longplayer and follows the debut from 2016 and the sophomore publication 'Straight Ahead' from 2018. The band, based in Malmö, Sweden dedicated themselves to garage rock, which the trio celebrates on twelve songs on the 'Deadlights' album. I have to admit that I wasn't familiar with the band and... Continue Reading →
'Fire in the Sky' is the new album from Escape, and not. Friends of AOR will surely know the band from Black Country/West Yorkshire from earlier times. It was in the beginning of 2011 when Vince O'Regan started this melodic rock band and two albums could be launched at that time before it became quiet... Continue Reading →
Jack Slamer did not want to go passively through the pandemic and had therefore decided to set up a live session. No sooner said than done. The live session took place at Hardstudios and four of the songs have now been released as an EP via Nuclear Blast. 'Live at Hardstudios' is the title of... Continue Reading →
L.A. has the Hollywood Boulevard, Vienna has the Kärtnerstrasse. L.A. brought bands like Ratt and Mötley Crüe up to the surface, Vienna has Mädhouse. What all of these bands have in common is the shared passion for sleaze rock and glam metal. That Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Skid Row and others have been in a league... Continue Reading →
Female-fronted symphonic metal from The Netherlands, that brings a few names on the radar. Within Temptation, Epica and the disbanded Delain are bands that you think of right away. Blackbriar is a band that is passionate about the same genre and it was at the Delain concert in the early 2020 that I heard of... Continue Reading →
Riff and scream acrobats While She Sleeps started in 2006 and shared so far four longplayer with the metalcore community. The so far latest longplayer was send from the UK to the world in 2019 and was named ‘So What?’. The reception of the longplayer was a good one with the album entering the German... Continue Reading →
Vreid rose from the ashes of Windir and it was in 2004 when the band premiered with 'Kraft'. Since then, Vreid is a regular guest on the release schedule lists with eight longplayers that have been released so far. Following a kind of three years pattern, the year of 2021 is the one for a... Continue Reading →
Capra is a band, 'In Transmission' is an album and opinions can differ when it comes to the music. The wild blend of metal, punk and hardcore leads to music that is massive and furious. Although the start, '[Exordium]', is rather atmospheric, hell breaks loose with 'Hollow Doll'. 'In Transmission' is not an album that... Continue Reading →
Oceans published their full-length debut 'The Sun and the Cold' a bit more than a year ago and to keep the momentum rolling, the guys unleash with 'We are Nøt Okay' a next EP. With four songs, things are quite lucid and to the point. Compared to the debut, that was a bit all over... Continue Reading →
Mister Misery is hailing from Sweden and started in February 2018. Sparked by a passion for restless souls and the creepy stories, the quartet let their debut rise out of the casket in 2019. 'Unalive' is the title of the first Mister Misery longplayer and now it's time to focus on 'A Brighter Side of... Continue Reading →
The band name Ritual is certainly not a unique one. There are numerous bands with this moniker and one of the earlier bands under this banner are Ritual from the UK. It was in 1973 when the band was founded, and they have been active until 1995 before the trio disbanded. Ritual from London, UK,... Continue Reading →
The Flaming Sideburns is the brainchild of Eduardo Martinez, who moved at the end of the '80s to Finland, the home of his mother. Martinez found quickly his way into the Finnish rock scene and it was in 1995, when the official foundation of The Flaming Sideburns happened. The debut 'It's Time to Testify ...... Continue Reading →
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