My World of Music – est. 2013
In a time, when joy of heavy metal was a wider experience than listening to vinyls and watching streaming events, Finnish metal veterans Amorphis played a home-game show at Helsinki Ice Hall. The concert took place at December 7th, 2019, a time when the pandemic was already lurking in the East. It feels like it... Continue Reading →
It was in November 2019 when Marillion played a concert at St. David’s Hall in Cardiff, being part of the ‘Marillion With Friends from the Orchestra Live 2019’ tour. What paved the way for such an undertaking had its beginning in a collaboration of the rock veterans with the ‘In Praise of Folly’ string quartet,... Continue Reading →
Jess And The Ancient Ones are an exciting band. The Finns, hailing from Kuopio, started in 2010 and released three longplayers to date. Jess, Thomas Corpse, Fast Jake, Yussuf and Abraham, that’s the line-up that worked on the next release, an album called Vertigo’. The new longplayer is the carrier of eight new songs of... Continue Reading →
Starlight Ritual is a Canadian band that has it headquarter in the greater Montreal area in Canada. Founded in 2013, the quintet could unleash two EP and what was missing to date was the full-length debut. Five years after the ‘Age of the Universe’ has been revealed, Starlight Ritual close the gap with ‘Sealed in... Continue Reading →
A Pale Horse Named Death have announced their new album 'Infernum In Terra' for September 24th, 2021 via Long Branch Records / SPV. 'Infernum In Terra' is the fourth studioalbum by the band led by founding Type O Negative and Life of Agony member Sal Abruscato and has been mastered by Maor Appelbaum (Faith No More, Meat Loaf, Yes, Sepultura, Halford etc.) at Maor Appelbaum Mastering (California,USA) while the artwork was done... Continue Reading →
High Roller Records continues their re-release series with blasts from the past. Like the earlier re-issues indicated already, the label doesn't look too much into the well-known stuff. It's more of the underground bands and records from the '80s that face a new shine in the '20s. This time it is a record that has... Continue Reading →
As everybody know, Chris Boltendahl and Axel Ritt are the driving forces behind legendary Grave Digger. Next to ‘mothership’, the veterans had the idea of starting a project that puts the origin of metal to forefront, or how they call it “Dirty Kick Ass Heavy Metal”. Having such an idea is one thing and finding... Continue Reading →
Progressive rock outfit Frost* finished work on their newest release 'Day and Age', an album that in the meantime arrived at the record stores. 'Day and Age' is the forth longplayer, Jem Godfrey and bandmates release over the span of 15 years. The outfit is the brainchild of the keyboarder and singer, that started the... Continue Reading →
In a time when everybody can create an own list of songs in streaming portals, when YouTube became an important source for promotion of bands and Bandcamp providing a platform for new and established bands, a compilation like Metal Massacre Vol XV feels a bit antiquated. But it is exactly this old-school spirit that makes... Continue Reading →
Hanging Garden started to grow since 2004. The Finnish band unchained the debut album ‘Inherit the Eden’ in 2007 and since then spreads the bittersweet temptation of melancholy. After having built a solid discography during all the years it is the new album ‘Skeleton Lake’ that’s waiting in the starting blocks. Hanging Garden has a... Continue Reading →
Blackberry Smoke will release their new album 'You Hear Georgia' on May 28th, 2021 and a new song has been launched, a tune called 'All Rise Again' featuring Warren Haynes. The video can be enjoyed here: https://youtu.be/gsMYav--I0M Tracklist: 1. Live It Down2. You Hear Georgia3. Hey Delilah4. Ain’t The Same5. Lonesome For A Livin’ (feat.... Continue Reading →
Glam rock fans should check out the newest single from Velvet Insane, Jesper Lindgren's band. 'Backstreet Liberace' is the first single, taken from the upcoming album 'Rock 'N' Roll Glitter Suit'. And here is the song: https://youtu.be/rvgcomKLMEI
Earthless fans know about it, some others might have heard about it and now it's manifested by a live alive album. The trio performed a live in the desert in October 2020, being the starting act for 'Live in the Mojave Desert' series that included five bands in four days. Earthless started it off and... Continue Reading →
Herman Frank is one of the veterans when it comes to heavy metal from Germany. It was in the early eighties when the guitarist from Hannover became the forerunner of a genre that just started to gain momentum. Enriching the sound of Accept and Victory with his guitar play made Herman to an important person... Continue Reading →
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