My World of Music – est. 2013
Since 2007, Hooded Menace is a regular guest on release schedules as well as on stage. Founded by Finnish guitarist Lasse Pyykkö, the band premiered in 2008 with the ‘Fulfill the Curse’ album. With ‘The Tritonus Bell’, the quartet finished work on their next musical strike, album number six for the band. Following a three-year... Continue Reading →
Bay Area thrash metal veterans Exodus announce their 11th longplayer available on November 19th and comes via Nuclear Blast. Gary Holt comments "After what seems like an eon, we now have the debut of our first single, 'The Beatings Will Continue (Until Morale Improves)'. I’m so jacked up for this and the release of Persona Non Grata! Let’s get the... Continue Reading →
Progressive death metal enthusiasts White Stones have their sophomore longplayer 'Dancing Into Oblivion' in the starting box, ready to be shipped to the record stores. Reason enough for Markus' Heavy Music Blog to reach out to White Stones mainman Martín Méndez for getting extra insights about the album and how the pandemic affected the release... Continue Reading →
Swedish rockers Cruzh started back in 2013 out of the ashes of TrashQueen in which Anton Joensson and Dennis Butabi Borg played at the time. Their passion for melodic rock and metal was unbroken and Cruzh became the new outfit for this appetite. In the beginning, the band didn’t unveil their faces and names, a... Continue Reading →
Since 2002, when Canadian rock fanatic Danko Jones unleashed with ‘Born a Lion’ his debut album, the extrovert musician and his bandmates are an important factor in rock music. Nine records stand for a solid cruise through the world of rock and with ‘Power Trio’ the next smasher is waiting in line. The title of... Continue Reading →
Donna Cannone is a new outfit, hailing from Sweden. The members though are known artists in rock and metal. Giorgia Cateri and Tilda Nilke Nordlund share a common history when playing with Thundermother. Soilwork mainman Björn Strid is part of the line-up too, in this case handling the guitar and it is Italian singer Luca... Continue Reading →
'Rock Hard‘ isn’t only the name of one of Germany’s most popular rock/metal magazines, it also the title of the debut album The Rods released back 1980. According to singer and guitarist David Feinstein, cousin of the legendary Ronnie James Dio, started that the band was a vehicle for having fun, meet each other, perform... Continue Reading →
If you haven’t lived under a rock for the last 20+ years, the name of Ray Wilson is a very well-sounding one. It was in the late 90s when the singer had a break-through moment. His band Stiltskin had a major hit with ‚Inside‘, being on heavy rotation at MTV. What followed was Wilson joining... Continue Reading →
Nature is beautiful and colorful. At the same time, nature is savage, wild and sometimes a bit mystic. Since 2002, American metal band Wolves In The Throne Room use the latter as a source of inspiration, also for their music. It’s a force that drives the Weaver brothers, leading to longplayers that are fierce and... Continue Reading →
As you know, White Stones is the band of Opeth bassist Martín Mendez. Right in the beginning of the rising pandemic, in March last year, White Stones launched the debut album ‘Kuarahy’ and since COVID cleaned everyone’s agenda, work on the sophomore album could start rather quickly. ‘Dancing Into Oblivion’ is the title of White... Continue Reading →
Swedish heavy rockers Transport League have their new album ready to go. The longplayer is entitled ‘Kaiserschnitt’ and if it took some doing, we don’t know. A sure thing though is the fact that recording an album these days isn’t an easy undertaking and it needs an extra effort to make such a longplayer happen.... Continue Reading →
Udo Dirkschneider started his career with Accept. With his raspy voice and his outfit, the singer quickly became an iconic player in the fields of heavy metal. After having left the Solingen-based metal band, Dirkschneider could maintain the success when starting with U.D.O. an impressive solo career. During the last years the singer established with... Continue Reading →
GosT premiered in 2013 with ‘Skull’ and added a few more longplayers to the list of deliveries. The newest record from GosT is entitled ‘Rites of Love and Reverence’. Ten new songs continue a musical trip that covers a lot of dark wave and electronica, mixed with some metal-ish elements. The result is an album... Continue Reading →
British hardrock legends Uriah Heep announce a box set that includes six CDs. The release features personally picked songs from the long list of tunes and albums. Over their career, Uriah Heep unleashed 24 longplayers and 'Choices' contains 77 highlights out of 50 years in hard rocking music
Rock and punk icon Billy Idol returns with a new EP called 'The Roadhouse EP'. Release date is September 17th and the release comes via Dark Horse Records. Butch Walker produced the EP and it is guitarist and co-writer Steve Stevens who is part of the game too. 'The Roadhouse EP' features four songs of... Continue Reading →
