My World of Music – est. 2013
Dark Tranquillity will be performing their upcoming album 'Moment' live in its entirety at Gothenburg's famed venue Stora Teatern. The full show will be streamed online on Saturday November 21 at 20:00 Central European Time, only one day after the release of the new album. Mikael Stanne comments: "We are thrilled to announce that we are doing... Continue Reading →
GHØSTKID is the brainchild of former Eskimo Callboy frontman Sebastian 'Sushi' Biesler and in different to his ex-bandmates, Biesler establishes with GHØSTKID a sound that's far away from soulless pop-/electrocore. GHØSTKID take the inspiration from various sources, starting with metal and metalcore to pop and nu metal. The album opens with the wild und untamned... Continue Reading →
Alice Cooper just announced a new album called 'Detroit Stories'. The 15 songs comprising new longplayer will come through earMUSIC and will be available at the stores on February 26th, 2021. The first single, 'Rock'n'Roll', will be unveiled already this Friday and the album carrying the name of the city where the incredible story of... Continue Reading →
Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons is the band of Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell who started with his sons Todd, Tyla and Dane a generation-bridging rock'n'roll powerhouse in 2016. A first EP came out the same year, followed by the full-length debut called 'The Age Of Absurdity'. Together with frontman Neil Starr, the band went... Continue Reading →
German thrash metal veterans Accu§er could never really step out of the shades of bands like Kreator, Destruction and Sodom. Whatever the reason is, it doesn't have to do with the music, provided by the guys from North Rhine-Westphalia. Already the first era of Accu§er brought powerful thrash metal record to the stages and Accu§er's... Continue Reading →
Transatlantic – the prog supergroup of Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Roine Stolt & Pete Trewavas – announce their fifth studio album ‘The Absolute Universe’, set for release on the 5th February 2021. Representing the band’s first new music since 2014’s ‘Kaleidoscope’, with ‘The Absolute Universe’ the band have done something unique and created two versions of the record: ‘The Absolute... Continue Reading →
Dream Theater unveil with 'Fatal Tragedy' a next song, taken from the upcoming live album 'Distant Memories - Live in London'. The album will be released on November 27th, 2020 and 'Fatal Tragedy' can be watched here: https://youtu.be/dau5acQfaww
Dave Groll and Foo Fighters announce a new album entitled 'Medicine at Midnight'. The album will be in the shelves on February 5th, 2021 and comes through RCA Records. With 'Shame Shame' a first new song premiered last Saturday and can be listened to here: https://youtu.be/Dh_vJ-E337g. Next to 'Shame Shame' the album featrues eight additional... Continue Reading →
It's always confusing if you get an album from L.A. Guns since you not immediately know, which version releases new material. After having been able to witness a blistering show of Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis, it is now the Steve Riley version of L.A. Guns the reveal a new album. With 'Crawl' the album... Continue Reading →
Soulburn has roots that go back to the second half of the '90s and originated from the Dutch metal legend Asphyx. In a period of a first decline for Asphyx, Eric Daniels, Bob Bagchus and Wannes Gubbles took off with Soulburn and released a remarkable debut in 1998. Soulburn, in its early years, was plagued... Continue Reading →
Hardcore is a musical style that releases a lot of energy, even on records. Still live concerts are the ultimate way to experience and feel hardcore and a live album can deliver in parts the unbound excitement. One of the big names in hardcore are Lionheart from California. With a first appearance in 2007, the... Continue Reading →
Katatonia, formed in 1991 as a band with passion for death- and black metal, slowly transformed into an outlet that delights musical gourmets with stellar progressive rock and metal. Their latest studio album 'City Burials' has seen the light of day in April this year and brought a bit of positivism into the days of... Continue Reading →
One of the big voices in Rock and Metal comes from Jeff Scott Soto. The singer from Brooklyn, New York had his break-through with Talisman, a Swedish hard rock band that premiered in 1990. The talented singer from the US left more than a mark on Talisman's sound, a springboard for the frontman towards new... Continue Reading →
It shows the true class of a musician when cooperating with artists such as Michael Jackson and Alice Cooper. Orianthi Penny Panagaris, known as Orianthi, is such a musician. The Australian guitarist rehearsed in 2009 with Michael Jackson and also works with Alice Cooper for several years. In addition to these engagements, Orianthi always finds... Continue Reading →
Lords Of Black is the mothership of Ronnie Romero and a springboard for the singer too. Already the self-titled debut 'Lords of Black' generated a lot of interest, an album that was critically acclaimed. It paved the way for Romero for joining various projects and bands, acts like Vandenberg, Rainbow and The Ferryman. What shouldn't... Continue Reading →
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