My World of Music – est. 2013
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar announces “Sammy Hagar & The Best of All Worlds Band: The Residency”, a hit-filled live album captured during his acclaimed 2025 Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM, set for release on October 10, 2025. Featuring Hagar and The Best of All Worlds Band—Michael Anthony... Continue Reading →
"The Devil's Asylum" is Vicious Rumors' 14th studio album and a metal masterpiece. Five years after launching "Celebration Decay" Geoff Thorpe and band have returned with their latest effort - an album featuring eleven new songs. Compared with its predecessor, there are some new elements that make "The Devil's Asylum" a great album. Alongside Thorpe,... Continue Reading →
Canada's hard rocking metallers Starlight Ritual have revealed a first song from their upcoming second album "Rogue Angels", scheduled for October 31st 2025 via High Roller Records. A video clip for the track "On The Run" is available here: https://youtu.be/-ga3IN642Kg?si=4Mzq7qeQ5F05pLqh
Michael Schenker and MSG launched a next single, taken from the upcoming album „Don‘t Sell Your Soul“ which will come via earMUSIC on October 3rd, 2025 . „I Can‘t Stand Waiting“ is the title of this new track and you can listen to it on relevant streaming platforms. Furthermore, the second leg of the „My... Continue Reading →
„Giants & Monsters“ is the title of the new Helloween album which is out now and the review is online on Markus’ Heavy Music Blog. The album release is accompanied by a 90’s MTV style music video with "A Little Is A Little Too Much." Under complete banishment of AI, it beams the viewer into... Continue Reading →
It's been a while since I first heard a Swedish band with an unusual name. The band is called Shit The Cow and it was their second EP that was sent to my mailbox. "Salt of the Earth" was released in 2013, and the fusion of different styles fascinated me right away. Today, a few... Continue Reading →
Burning Witches has been casting a spell on metalheads for ten years. The band started in Brugg, Switzerland in 2015, and to date, the five-piece has released five albums. Their new record, titled “Inquisition, ” is now available at record stores and includes a 12-song tracklist, as well as an intro and outro. "Sanguini Hominum"... Continue Reading →
There are plenty of female-fronted bands hailing from the Netherlands. Within Temptation, Epica, and Delain are pillars of the symphonic metal genre, and Blackbriar has been trying to catch up for a few years. Founded in Assen, the Netherlands, in 2012, Blackbriar's 2014 album “The Cause of Shipwreck” marked their debut. I first noticed the... Continue Reading →
After traditional heavy metal made room for grunge, nu metal, and other genres, bands like Hammerfall paved the way for metal again at the end of the '90s. The German band Mob Rules was also founded around this time. They launched their first longplayer in 1999, with singer Klaus Dirks being the driving force. With... Continue Reading →
Multi-platinum rock band The Pretty Reckless released their new single “For I Am Death” today. The song marks the beginning of a promising, powerful new chapter in their artistic journey of discovery. Taylor said of the song: “With ‘For I Am Death,’ I want the music to speak for itself, allowing the listener to decide... Continue Reading →
Five years since their last album – and now the big 10: Deftones present their tenth studio album, “private music.” The band already made waves at the beginning of the month with the single “milk of the madonna.” They had previously set the stage for “private music” with the album opener “my mind is a... Continue Reading →
Myrath is Tunisia’s leading metal band. For two decades, the band has delivered albums that blend progressive metal with Middle Eastern folk elements. Their debut album, “Hope, ” offered a first taste of the band's talent, and it was the 2016 release, “Legacy, ” that helped them ink a deal with earMUSIC. Since then, Myrath... Continue Reading →
The wait is finally over. Thrash metal titans Testament are back with their new album called “Para Bellum” which will be released on October 10th, 2025 via Nuclear Blast. As their fourteenth studio album and first in five years, Testament's brand-new release, "Para Bellum", is a furious and relentless storm of pure thrash metal. The... Continue Reading →
Following a series of live dates in support of iconic metallers Savatage, their first-ever, frenetically-acclaimed appearance at Wacken Open Air and the previously-released single "Beyond Horizons," Induction strike again with their brand-new song "Dark Temptation" - a track that fuses razor-sharp riffs, symphonic fire, and high-octane hooks into a relentless storm of sound! Alongside today's... Continue Reading →
Chinese Mongolian progressive metal outfit Nine Treasures will unleash their “Seeking The Absolute” full-length on October 24th via Metal Blade Records, today unveiling the record's first single and pre-orders. Formed by vocalist/guitarist Askhan in 2010 in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in China, Nine Treasures delivers a unique combination of heavy metal and traditional... Continue Reading →
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