My World of Music – est. 2013
Therion, this name stands for symphonic metal since 1988. Initially devoted to death metal, Christofer Johnsson quickly developed a liking for epic metal, orchestrated with more bombast and drama. In 1996, at the heyday of grunge, Therion released 'Theli', a milestone album, and many years later the band is still at the top of the... Continue Reading →
Holland's death metal machine Asphyx have fired up their engine once again and are releasing their tenth studio album 'Necroceros' end of January. Asphyx, that is a long history of successes and split-ups. The last reunion dates back to 2007 and since 2014 the line-up of the band became quite stable again. Fans of the... Continue Reading →
Steve Hackett, known from bands like Genesis and GTR, has also been dedicated to his solo albums since the 70s, with a new one to be released in mid-January. Besides music, Hackett also has a passion for travel, especially through the Mediterranean area. In a time when travel becomes almost a mission impossible, Hackett has... Continue Reading →
Norway's flagship glam rockers Wig Wam had their first creative era from 2001-2014 before they decided to disband as a band. One of the highlights of the quartet during this time was certainly their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, where they represented their home country Norway and achieved a respectable ninth place. After... Continue Reading →
Pounder is based in sunny Los Angeles, CA and it was in 1997 when three metal manics teamed up to bring new life to traditional heavy metal. Matt, Tom and Alejandro, that's Pounder, and 'Breaking the World' is their new album. After the trio launched with ' Uncivilized ' their debut in 2019, it is... Continue Reading →
Wardruna’s new masterpiece was announced for a release in summer 2020 and had to be postponed to January 2021. Limitations and restriction, based on the pandemic situation, forced the band to bring their new longplayer to the record stores a bit later than expected. In the meantime the new release date is announced, which will... Continue Reading →
'Raped Law' was Rezet's first demo and saw the light of day in 2004. 16 years later the four guys from Schleswig, Germany can look back on four longplayers while they are already planning their next musical strike with 'Truth in Between'. The new longplayer contains thirteen tracks and is therefore more than just a... Continue Reading →
There is something significant to report from The Dead Daisies. As you may have read already, there has been a change in the line-up of "The Daisies". A few months ago, rock veteran Glenn Hughes joined The Dead Daisies. The singer/bassist nicknamed 'The Voice of Rock' is a next rock icon who has joined band... Continue Reading →
W.E.T., that's still Robert Såll (the “W” from Work of Art), Erik Mårtensson (the “E” from Eclipse), and Jeff Scott Soto (the “T” from Talisman) who teamed up with a few more musicians to work on and record the forth longplayer. 'Retransmission' is the title of the new musical treat that reaches us from the... Continue Reading →
Jason Bieler is an important part of Saigon Kick, a rock band that made a big impression in the late 80's. The debut album as well as the second album 'The Lizard' from 1992 belong to the finest of harder played American rock. Unfortunately, the band could not maintain the big success in the long... Continue Reading →
If you dig well-made power metal from the US of A, you can't miss the new work of Holy Mother. It was last year, that singer Mike Tirelli and drummer Jim Harris reconnected and the two decided to revive Holy Mother. Holy Mother started in Long Island, NY in 1994 and released their debut album... Continue Reading →
It was Primordial singer Nemtheanga who started Dread Sovereign in 2013, a band dedicated to doom-oriented metal. Already in their founding year, a first EP was released with 'Pray to the Devil in Man' which acted as a springboard for the debut album. 'All Hell's Martyrs' is the title of the mentioned first album which... Continue Reading →
For six years it was rather quiet about Swedish power metallers Persuader who released with 'The Fiction Maze' their fourth album in 2014. After a long absence the four Swedes are back, equipped with a new deal with Frontiers Music. 'Necromancy' is the name of the new CD, a longplayer that contains seven songs, which... Continue Reading →
It was the Scorpions who made Hannover famous, at least when it comes to music of a harder kind. However, other interesting metal bands of the late 80s and early 90s came from the capital of Lower Saxony. Victory was one of them and also Thunderhead came from Northern Germany. Thunderhead started in 1988 and... Continue Reading →
Metal Blade Records will re-release Hallows Eve iconic debut album 'Tales of Terror' on January 15th. Patrick W. Engel mastered and fully restored the album The following formats will be available:- 180g black vinyl- "Plunging" blue / black marbled vinyl (limited to 300 copies)- "Hangman's Private Stock" red marbled vinyl (limited to 200 copies)- "No... Continue Reading →
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