My World of Music – est. 2013
The 31st anniversary isn’t a date that you usually celebrate extensively. But in an extraordinary situation, which these days certainly reflect, things are different. In such a situation also a 31st anniversary could become something special. It was a bit more than three decades ago the L.A. Guns unleashed their seconds album ‘Cocked & Loaded’, a record... Continue Reading →
The artwork shows it right away. The hellfire is still burning and a band that musically fuels the hellfire is Mayhem from Norway. ‘Deathcrush’ was the first raw piece of music, the band released in 1987. The iconic, as well as controversially discussed band from Oslo, released more genre-defining longplayers and belong to the veterans... Continue Reading →
Wildstreet started back in 2006 and premiered in 2009 with a self-titled full-length record. Not putting too much effort into the titles of the longplayers and keeping things easy, the band numbered their next longplayer. ‘II .. Faster ... Louder!’ had a at least a bit of an appendix to the pure numbering while their... Continue Reading →
VHF stands for Vinciguerra, Hoekstra, Franklin, names that resonate very well when it comes to hard rock and metal. Guitar virtuoso Joel Hoekstra is known from his contribution for bands like Whitesnake, Night Ranger and the Trans Siberian Orchestra. Tony Franklin provides a rock solid groove for Kenny Wayne Shepherd and The Firm, not to... Continue Reading →
Marta Gabriel is known as being the front woman of Crystal Viper, a melodic metal powerhouse that recently released with ‘The Cult’ a new album. Not only that Gabriel is gifted with an excellent metal voice that she also knows to use effectively, but she also knows how to handle the guitar. With these prerequisites... Continue Reading →
In a time when the only certainty is uncertainty you're looking for consistency and Darkthrone provides it with their new album 'Eternal Hails'. The sound of Darkthrone. It allows the duo to release longplayers with a unique sound that is puristic, anarchic and pure doom. 'Eternal Hails' is the title of the new longplayer that... Continue Reading →
I think that ‘The Nightmare of Being’ shows in an excellent way a band that never stands still and always challenge themselves as well as pushing genre framings to a next level. There is the ‘Slaughter of the Soul’ album from 1995 which is a reference album that stands for the first era of At... Continue Reading →
Savatage, back on vinyl. earMUSIC announced a re-issue series of iconic Savatage albums, from ‘Sirens’ to ‘Poets and Madmen’. The re-release will be revealed in a step-by-step approach, starting with the re-issue of ‘Sirens’ on August 20th,2021. In parallel also ‘The Dungeons are Calling’ will hit the shelves, an EP that was originally unleashed in... Continue Reading →
Light The Torch is the continuation of Devil You Know. Under the banner of Devil You Know, two longplayers have been released before the band announced a change of names in 2017. Devil You Know became Light The Torch and with ‘Revival’ the first album under the new moniker has been unleashed in 2018. The... Continue Reading →
Georgia-based metal monolith Mastodon will perform their first acoustic show ever on July 15th. The band will play at the Aquarium in their hometown Atlanta and what is called ‘Captured Live At Georgia Aquarium’ will include the live show as a stream plus a few extras. Tickets for the live streaming event can be bought... Continue Reading →
Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler released three solo albums throughout his career, starting with ‘Plastic Planet’ in 1995, which was followed by ‘Black Science’ (1997) and Ohmwork’ in 2005. ‘Manipulation Of The Mind - The Complete Collection‘ is the title of a release that includes all the three solo albums plus an extra disc with... Continue Reading →
Buckcherry started full speed into their rock’n’roll endeavor. The band is the brainchild of singer Josh Todd and Keith Nelson with both exploring a similar taste when it comes to music. That was in 1995 and it still took a while before Buckcherry, the band they started, debuted. Th self-titled first longplayer has been released... Continue Reading →
Devin Townsend’s creativity seems to be an unstoppable force with even a pandemic not being able to stop the Canadian guitar wizard from finding an outlet for music. Probably unhappy, but not moaning about the pandemic situation that keeps the world in suspense, Townsend started already in 2020, a series of quarantine shows. Some of... Continue Reading →
French metal outfit Fractal Universe started in 2013 and let the debut album ‘Engram of Decline’ off the leash in 2017. This record paved the way for the band to sign a deal with Metal Blade Records, who released the sophomore album ‘Rhizomes of Insanity’ in 2019. Another three years later the quartet add a... Continue Reading →
A CEO is defined as Chief Executive Officer and the definition is now enlarged with The CEO also being a metal band, hailing from the US. The Georgia-based powerhouse features with Vince Hornsby the bassist from Sevendust, who together with his bandmates Chase Brown, Beau Anderson and Joseph Herman stands for The CEO and band... Continue Reading →
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