My World of Music – est. 2013
The Hard Circle 2024 includes three festivals with the same line-up, starting on December 7th, 2024 in Bochum. Saturday, 7.12.2024 Pott Out Festival - Bochum/ Ruhrcongress Friday, 13.12.2024 Rock Out Festival - Augsburg/ Schwabenhalle Saturday, 14.12. 2024 Knock Out Festival - Karlsruhe/ Schwarzwaldhalle (SOLD OUT) And these are the bands: Blind Guardian Kissin’ Dynamite Gamma Ray H.E.A.T Dynazty Axxis
Rammstein keyboarder Flake has released his first solo album with covers of popular Christmas carols. "Flake feiert Weihnachten" (Flake celebrates Christmas) is the title of a longplayer with a tracklist of 16 songs. If you think of the traditional carols, you might be surprised what the iconic musician has created out of songs like "Winter... Continue Reading →
The enfant terrible of rock and metal, Marilyn Manson, releases "One Assassination Under God Chapter 1", his first new album in four years. It's his twelfth studio album in total and contains nine new songs. With "As Sick as the Secrets Within" the lead single from the new record was released in August and it... Continue Reading →
Birthday party at Markthalle in Hamburg as Helmet celebrate 30 years of "Betty". It is the third album of the New York alternative rock veterans and a very successful one at that. "Betty" was released in 1994 and marked another highlight in the band's career. Tonight Page Hamilton and his bandmates stop in Hamburg and... Continue Reading →
While Elbriot 2024 was still ongoing, Papa Roach was already announced as headliner for the 2025 edition of the festival. Today, three additional bands have been announced. German thrash metal titans Kreator will be part of the Elbriot 2025 festival as well as German rocker Kissin’ Dynamite and Future Palace. Elbriot will take place on... Continue Reading →
Iceland has a vibrant music scene and bands like Sólstafir are from the island in the far north. With Múr a new band joins the scene and adds another shade to the mix. The quintet combines various influences into a package that sounds really good. The self-titled album contains seven songs and the length of... Continue Reading →
Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen continue their cooperation and add a next chapter to their list of achievements. “Black Light / White Noise” is the title of the upcoming album which will be released on April 4th, 2025 via BMG. The lead single “White Noise”, which is a powerful rock song, is already unveiled and... Continue Reading →
Killswitch Engage announced a new album. “This Consequence” is the title of the upcoming release and the album will contain ten new songs from the metal heavyweights. Release date will be February 21st, 2025 and the album will come via Metal Blade Records. Regarding the album, Leach continues, "'This Consequence', to me, is the combination... Continue Reading →
Opeth has always been a band that surprises with new twists and turns in their music. Founded in 1990, the band started as a death metal force and is one of the pioneers of Scandinavian death metal. Over time, Opeth changed their musical compass, and it was the "Watershed" album that featured growls for the... Continue Reading →
This is the news of the day. Guitar wizard Zakk Wylde will bring his Zakk Sabbath project to Europe/UK in spring 2025. The tour will start on March 4, 2025 in Manchester, UK and end on March 23, 2025 in Munich. Zakk Sabbath will also play a show in Hamburg, Germany on March 18th, 2025.... Continue Reading →
Maat is a death metal outfit with a passion for ancient Egyptian mythology. This is something the guys from Bernau, Brandenburg have in common with their genre-mates Nile, and the same goes for the blazing fast death metal that the band's latest release "From Origin to Decay" contains. The new album is the third after... Continue Reading →
Sometimes it's the simple things that bring happiness and delight. "Crossfire", the latest album from Marc Storace, is a great example of this. A good riff, a pounding rhythm section and excellent vocals - you don't need much more to make a great rock song shine. Storace is known for being the voice of the... Continue Reading →
Ice-T formed Body Count in 1990, and according to him, it was also to give guitarist Ernie C a chance to play some metal riffs. It didn't take long for Body Count to become a talk of the town, as the band released their debut album, "Cop Kille"r, which included the controversial title track. The... Continue Reading →
Fire Action is a heavy metal band from Helsinki, Finland. The band started back in 2012 and has so far added three EPs and a few singles to the books. Twelve years after their start, the band launches their full-length debut "Until the Heat Dies", which is a milestone for the guys. Today Fire Action... Continue Reading →
Sweet recently released a stunning new album, and to keep the streak alive, "Isolation Boulevard" will follow at the end of November. The hard rock legend had the "Still Got the Rock" tour underway when the pandemic put a stop sign in front of the tour bus. In order not to slow down, the band... Continue Reading →
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