My World of Music – est. 2013
Megadeth founding member and bass-ace David Ellefson signed a deal with earMUSIC and the first delivery is available at the record stores. It’s an album with cover versions which was also done in cooperation with Combat Records. ‘No Cover’, so the title of this longplayer, builds on an 19 songs featuring tracklist with covers versions... Continue Reading →
It was in summer 1989 when a demo tape arrived at my mailbox with music of a band that was a newcomer from Tampa at the time - Iced Earth. The name of their demo was 'Enter the Realm' and in times without YouTube, Facebook and others, I had no idea of what to expect... Continue Reading →
Iron Mask started as a side project of Magic Kingdom about two decades back in time and it was Dushan Petrossis who founded the band with a moniker being based on the novel of Alexandra Dumas. Iron Mask released their first album ‘Revenge is My Name’ in 2002 and a few more longplayers followed over... Continue Reading →
A glacier doesn’t form just like that. It takes a lot of time for a glacier to grow, becoming a mighty landscape in ice. Translated to heavy metal means having a look at Glacier, the heavy metal outfit that started in 1979 in Portland. As a glacier in its icy habitat also Glacier in metal... Continue Reading →
If I counted correctly, 'Rock and Roll Radio' is Palace's third longplayer. It follows the 2018 release 'Binary Music' and brings for a next time some melodic rock to your private palace. Palace, that's basically Michael Palace, who started his collaboration with Frontiers Music with First Signal. This contact was the springboard for Palace to... Continue Reading →
Germany's progressive metal flagship Vande Plas unleash with 'The Ghost Xperiment - Illumination' the eagerly-awaited second part of the 'The Ghost Xperience' story. It was 'The Ghost Xperiment - Awakeing' from 2019 that started the storyline and 12 months later the second chapter takes over. After having premiered in 1994 with 'Colour Temple', a time... Continue Reading →
Leer in Germany is the homebase of Slaughterday, a band the premiered in 2013 with 'Nightmare Vortex'. Being deeply rooted in the Frisian metal scene, the band added a second album to the shelves in 2016, these days followed by the newest strike of Slaughterday. 'Ancient Death Triumph' is the third longplayer from Slaughterday and... Continue Reading →
As being a pat of their 2015 European tour, Riverside had a stop in Tilburg, NL for playing a show at the legendary 013. It was one of the biggest shows on the tour with Riverside playing in front of an enthusiastic fan base. The concert was recorded and filmed, which led to a release... Continue Reading →
Ireland's thrash metal specialists Gama Bomb can proudly look back on six successful albums and the seventh longplayer is lurking in waiting position. 'Sea Savage' is the title of the new album, which is also the first release for Prosthetic Records. Gama Bomb stand for well done crossover thrash metal which manifests itself again in... Continue Reading →
Founded in 2015 and having released a first demo in 2016, these are the primal steps of Finnish metal warriors Satan's Fall. The self-released EP 'Metal of Satan' was an important step for the quintet from Tampere since it acted as a springboard for inking a deal with High Roller Records. The label, known for... Continue Reading →
Even though Majestica released their debut album 'Above the Sky' a year ago, the band is not really a newcomer. Majestica started into the new millennium as ReinXeed and renamed to Majestica last year. With 'A Christmas Carol' the band now delivers their second album. Rather unusual is the fact that the second album is... Continue Reading →
An album in which I had great hope is the new album of Cadaver. Anders Odden, also known from Satyricon, started the band in 1988 and since then, Cadaver has been an on/off project. Three albums, that was essentially what Cadaver brought to the shelves. For a long time it was quiet around the band... Continue Reading →
Communic belongs to the category of bands that do not flood the market with new releases, but deliver quality with every album that leaves the studio. Three years after 'Where Echoes Gather' the Norwegian metal specialists return to the scene with 'Hiding from the World'.'Tempe of Pride' and the title track have already been released... Continue Reading →
Jack Slamer, that’s Cyrill Vollenweider, Hendrik Ruhwinkel, Florian Ganz, Marco Hostettler and Adrian Broeckli. These five guys from Switzerland started their journey through the landscapes of rock under the banner of Jack Slamer a few years ago and premiered in 2012. The newest product from Jack Slamer is named 'Keep Your Love Loud' and is... Continue Reading →
If you strip down a song and it doesn't lose any of its fascination, it is truly a masterpieces you're listening to. Bruce Soord, mainman of The Pineapple Thief, went through such an exercise, prepare songs for acoustic streaming events earlier this year. After having released the 'Versions of the Truth' album in September and... Continue Reading →
