My World of Music – est. 2013
Gus G.’s guitar enriched many releases. He played with Ozzy Osbourne, added brute riffs to Nightrage’s death metal and has with Firewind a melodic metal powerhouse up and running. The great thing with Gus G. is that he usually combines his exquisite guitar play with songwriting skills which means that songs always stay songs without... Continue Reading →
Will there be a next Deep Purple album, that was a question that kept many fans of classic rock busy and awake for quite a while, nurtured by some first signs from a few weeks ago. Since today the question has a clear answer, Yes. There will be a next record from the classic rock... Continue Reading →
As many others in the music industry, also Jeff Scott Soto had all of a sudden some extra time due to cancelled touring activities and a world that slowed down dramatically. To not sit still and waste time, the extraordinary singer initiated the recording of a new album called ‘The Duet Collection – Vol.1’. The... Continue Reading →
‘The Edge of Existence’ is the new EP of Creeping Death which connects the beginning of the band with the here and now. Six songs are what this release offers and three of them are well known by fans of the death metal force. ‘The Edge of Existence’ starts with three new songs with title... Continue Reading →
Manimal are no rookies. The band debuted in 2009 with 'The Darkest Room', an album that brought the band to the attention of AFM Records. Since then Manimal have released two more longplayers, the latest in 2018. With 'Armageddon' the four guys from Gothenburg now start the fourth chapter. Not much has changed in terms... Continue Reading →
‚Butterfly‘, that’s a word not that often used in heavy metal. Crazy Town had a very successful song in 2000 with such a title and Moonspell released an album called ‚The Butterfly Effect‘. For the rest, the colorful insects aren’t flying very often through the endless fields of heavy metal. October 15th, that is when... Continue Reading →
The Georgia Thunderbolts embarked on their journey through the soundscapes of blues-soaked Southern rock not too long ago. The quintet, hailing from Rome, Georgia, unleashed a first EP one year ago and 12 months later the debut is ready to be shipped to the record stores. ‘Can We Get a Witness’ is the title of... Continue Reading →
German prog rock outfit Subsignal will start work on a new album soon. ‘A Room on the Edge of Forever’ is song from the writing session for their sixth offer and has as been revealed already. The song is based on a poem Markus Steffen wrote, originally in German language. Poem as well as song... Continue Reading →
Drott released a first EP a few months ago and what started with four songs is now followed-up by a full-length studio album called ‘Orcus’. The longplayer features a ten songs wide track listing and the first good thing is, that there is no overlap between the two releases. Whatever ended up on ‘Orcus’ is... Continue Reading →
Despite pandemic and lockdowns, there has been a lot of news from Enslaved in the last year and a half. On the one hand there is the latest studio album 'Utgard' with all its twists and turns, followed by four live albums and the 'Cinematic Tour 2020' boxset. To keep the momentum, the five guys... Continue Reading →
Rock and metal heavyweight Duel has finished work on their fourth album and 'In Carne Persona' is the title of their new disc. Two years after 'Valley of Shadows' has been unveiled, 'In Carne Persona' opens a next chapter for the band from Austin, Texas. Duel remain true to themselves and their style on the... Continue Reading →
Time is flying, which maybe has to do with my age too. It certainly doesn’t feel like three decades when Katatonia started their exciting trip into the worlds of progressive and dark metal. The journey wasn’t a very straight one in the beginning after Jonas Renske and Anders Nyström started the band in the 90s.... Continue Reading →
Warning's 'Watching from a Distance - Live at Roadburn' is the first physical release from Cappio Records and is a next album for the band, following a row of compilation since 2011. Warning is a doom metal band, hailing from the UK. The trio started in 1994 and haven't unveiled more than two studio albums... Continue Reading →
Social tension, a pandemic, lockdown and an election being the most important one in US history, all topics that scream for being processed in lyrics of a new Ministry album. A time when the world slowly gets out of balance is the right moment for Ministry mastermind Al Jourgensen to release an album that is... Continue Reading →
Legendary Pretty Maids frontman Ronnie Atkins was diagnosed with cancer in 2019 and after some positive signals, cancer returned in October 2020. But Atkins is a fighter and doesn’t give up easily. The 2021 longplayer ‘One Shot’ with its stellar songs is a clear indication of the singer still being connected to his passion and... Continue Reading →
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