My World of Music – est. 2013
The amount of new releases every month is huge and sometimes you miss an album that actually is worth to be highlighted. For unexplainable reasons I missed Mount Atlas' debut 'Titan' as well as the following EP 'Mistress'. Record Store Day is a good reason for closing the gap. If you haven't heard of Mount... Continue Reading →
Devin Townsend will release with ‘Order Of Magnitude – Empath Live Volume 1’ a new album on the October 23rd, 2020. The release is a a live album, documenting the 2019 Winter Tour through Europe. A first clip has been unveiled and here is 'Genesis': https://youtu.be/qtgv89oLCOU Devin comments: “Here is the first song we’ve chosen to release from the... Continue Reading →
Rock veterans Blue Öyster Cult announce a new studio album, the first one in 20 years. 'The Symbol Remains' will be available on October 9th and comes via Frontiers Music. "With the song demos emerging for this record, we realized there was as much if not more variety in style and content on this record... Continue Reading →
As I wrote in a post the other day, music is about emotions and the expression of those. What could be better in such a context than reflecting on own emotions, connected to personal experiences, and translating those into notes and lyrics. This is what makes a tune and an album tangible and real. It... Continue Reading →
Canadian melodic death metal heavyweights Kataklysm will unleash their 14th full-length studio album, ’Unconquered’, on September 25th via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band releases the music video for their second single entitled, ’Underneath The Scars’. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/PTbp1LoCbNo. Maurizio Iacono comments, "'Underneath the Scars' is a bulldozer of a track that will surely ignite the world's metalheads... Continue Reading →
You can't really say these days what was planned for a while and what was more of a spontaneous idea due to the current pandemic situation and all the downsides that comes with it. In the end it also doesn't really matter since fans and metalheads get some new stuff for the record players. It... Continue Reading →
Australian Metal command Vanishing Point are, with a foundation date in the early ‘90s, a band that delivers Melodic Metal since many years. The debut ‘In Thought’ was released in 1997 and since then the band added four more records to their track record. The latest release though was a while ago, six years ago... Continue Reading →
If you see promo photos of a band that walks through the Alter Elbtunnel you have a direct link to where these guys are at home. The tunnel is a landmark in Hamburg, Germany and that's where Night Laser has its headquater. The guys premiered six years ago with 'Fight for the Night'. 'Laserhead' followed... Continue Reading →
'Wicked Sensation' is not only Lynch Mob's best album, it's also their most successful release. After George Lynch and Don Dokken decided to part ways for several reasons, the axeman started with Lynch Mob a band that included in the early years also Mick Brown, known from Dokken too. 'Wicked Sensation' was released thirty years... Continue Reading →
Summertime is bubble bee time and yellow/black is the color of the season. Thinking about yellow/black brings of course also Metal to metalheads' minds. California-based Stryper brought these colors to Heavy Metal in the second half on the '80s when the quartet started their quite special mission. The first records have been discussed controversially and... Continue Reading →
The foundation for Venomous Concept was created in 2004 when Kevin Sharp and Shane Embury decided to start the band together. After having had a complete line-up in place, with Danny Herrera (d) and Buzz Osborne (g), the quartet started rather quickly to work on songs that ended up on the debut ‘Retroactive Abortion’, which... Continue Reading →
While with Blues Pills a next generation of musicians picks up the Blues it’s guys like Walter Trout who belongs to the veterans of the genre with the melancholically singing guitar. Life of the 69 years old guitarist hasn’t always be a straight and paved highway. Celebrating big successes is one part of his vita,... Continue Reading →
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