My World of Music – est. 2013
The Hu launch a new version of 'Song of Woman' featuring no less than Halestorm's Lzzy Hale. The song will be on the upcoming deluxe version of The Hu's debut album 'The Gereg'. The deluxe version will be released on July 10th and includes next to three newly recording songs (together with special guests) also... Continue Reading →
Progressive rockers Haken recently revealed their new studio album ‘Virus’, the follow-up to 2018’s acclaimed album ‘Vector’, will be released 5th June 2020. Now they are pleased to launch the video for the album’s second single ‘Canary Yellow’, a striking animated clip created by Crystal Spotlight. Watch it now here. The band comments: “For Canary Yellow, we went in a... Continue Reading →
This spring, Destruction are delivering a treat for fans stuck at home and unable to attend live shows: 'Born To Thrash - Live In Germany' is the band's first live album with the current line-up and will be released digitally on May, 8th!Today, the band is teasing that release in the form of a trailer. Find out more, HERE it... Continue Reading →
Jack Russell's Great White released a new acoustic album named 'Once Bitten Acoustic Bytes'. The title refers already to the 1987 record 'Once Bitten', a multi-platinum selling album. Jack Russell and band strips down the songs on this album to the essence, including some of the band hits like 'Save Your Love' and 'Rock Me'.... Continue Reading →
Gus G. and Firewind have been in the business for 20 years now and after such a long time the guys release a self-titled new album, a new treat of melodic metal. 'Firewind' is like a kind of new beginning, considering the fact that long time member Bob Katsionis left the band and Henning Basse... Continue Reading →
Six songs, 13 minutes - that's hardcore and that's the newest release of Long Island, NY-based The Great Lie. Nearly two years after having released an EP entitled 'All Roads Lead to Where You Stand' the quintet returns with 'Defying Extinction'. The six tracks on this EP are like musical twisters and there is not... Continue Reading →
Blast Bomb stands for dirty and down-to-earth rock, spiced up with a strong pinch of a punk attitude. The first time I heard of Blast Bomb was when they opened for Life Of Agony last year in Hamburg. Due to a relatively late announcement as support and an early stage time, the guys had to... Continue Reading →
It is countless years ago that Naglfar released their latest studio album. 'Téras' escaped the purgatory in 2012 and since then there was not much new material of Naglfar's Swedish Black Metal to be heard. This is changing right now, because with 'Cerecloth' a new record is in the starting blocks. Naglfar's seventh album to... Continue Reading →
'Sanctuary' is an album, which shines by its intensity. The four danes manage to create sound collages which are dark and melancholic. On the other hand, they also manage to give the whole sound expression a certain lightness every now and then, which makes this longplayer to an interesting journey through varied worlds of gloom. I was impressed by 'Sanctuary' and maybe even a little bit of Danish happiness was spilling over to me.
Armored Saint has released a new video for their digital single 'Isolation (Live from Isolation)' - a live re-recording of the classic track, 'Isolation', which appeared on 1987's 'Raising Fear'. This new version was recorded and filmed in April 2020 while all of the band members were quarantined at their homes in Los Angeles, CA. Watch and... Continue Reading →
I think that most people don't think of an acoustic album when reading 'Black Metal'. Black metal, that stands for Venom and their cult album and/or for a genre with all its gloom and musical purgatory. At least as far as darkness is concerned, the new Witchcraft album makes a good contribution to the grayer... Continue Reading →
US metal band Shok Paris unveil a new lyric video. The song 'Hell Day' is taken from the upcoming album 'Full Metal Jacket', which will be released on May 29th through No Remorse Records.The song and the album is the return of a band that has with 'Steel and Starlight' a real classic being part... Continue Reading →
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