My World of Music – est. 2013
(7/10) Swedish Bloodbound releases new records on a regular base and here‘s the newest one. ‚Rise of the Dragon Empire‘ is their first longplayer that comes through AFM Records, while there isn't that much other new. It‘s melodic power metal in the typical fashion you get offered by the Swedish sextet. Hooks, big melodies and... Continue Reading →
(8/10) The Mute Gods is a team of well-respected musicians in the field of progressive rock music. Nick Beggs (Steven Wilson, Steve Hackett), Roger King (Steve Hackett) and Marco Minnemann (The Aristocrats, The Sea Within) are the heart of the band that releases with ‘Atheistis and Believers’ their third album. The new longplayer also features... Continue Reading →
(8/10) The first time I got in touch with Gold and their music was when the band opened for Dool in Utrecht a while ago. I must say that the guys left me with some mixed feelings and listening to them wasn’t a bad experience at all. It was me that I couldn‘t position the... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Right before embarking on an acoustic tour with Finnish metallers Sonata Arctica, Witherfall unleashes a new EP entitled ‘Vintage’. Witherfall is the brainchild of the creative duo featuring Joseph Michael and Jake Dreyer. The first one’s known from Sanctuary while the latter is a part of Iced Earth. The two guys added Anthony Crawford,... Continue Reading →
(*/10) The moment Dave Mustaine and Metallica partedways not that many metalheads could predict a such successful career of the guitarist. I guess almost no one would have said that Mustaine will start an own band that’s still around after more then three decades. Mustaine, together with Dave Ellefson, Greg Handevist and Dijon Carruthers, represented the... Continue Reading →
Keyboard virtuoso Jordan Rudess unveiled a new lyric video for a song, taken from the upcoming album. 'Wired For Madness pt.1' is the first out of two parts of the 36 minutes long title track. 'Wired For Madness' will be released on April 19th through Mascot Label Group. https://youtu.be/Q4QLAgE5Olk
(7/10) Urza's new album can't handle any daylight. Death and doom is what the album spreads in an atmosphere of eternal darkness. Thomas, Olli, Marcus, Marc and Hannes celebrate on 'The Omnipresence of Loss' the morbid beauty of Funeral Doom in five chapters. The Berlin-based band starts with the 'Lost in Decline' which is with... Continue Reading →
(6/10) ‘100% Heavy Metal – 0% Bullshit’, that’s what the label info sheet starts with. As usually the truth sits somewhere in the middle. Battle Beast’s newest album ‘No More Hollywood Endings’ is certainly not 100% Heavy Metal, which doesn’t per se means that the album is a bummer. The sugar-sweet melodies have a certain... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Navarone is a rock band that’s very well known in their home country, which is The Netherlands. The guys sell-out even the bigger venues in Holland and they now get the chance to open for Bon Jovi at the open air show in Nijmegen. Such an opportunity is a very welcome one since it... Continue Reading →
(9/10) US-based powerhouse Whitechapel premiered in 2007 with ‘The Somatic Defilement’. 12 years later the band is ready to release their newest album ‘The Valley’. As with the previous records also album number seven isn’t a happy one and doesn't include sing-a-long songs. It’s a dark and melancholic longplayer that contains a lyrical approach that’s... Continue Reading →
(8/10) A New Revenge, that’s the name of a new band that comprises of rock and metal veterans. Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens, Keri Kelli, Rudy Sarzo and James Kottak, these are the guys forming A New Revenge. Each of the four musicians has a long track record including a lot of experience and passion for music.... Continue Reading →
(8/10) The name says it all - 'Something Wicked Marches In'. What else should be the outcome of a cooperation of Rune Eriksen (Aura Noir, Earth Electirc) and David Vincent, knows from Morbid Angel. These veterans, together with drummer Flo Mounier, are Vltimas and they recorded a metallic blast. The musical heritage of the three... Continue Reading →
(8/10) To introduce guitar wizard Yngwie Malmsteen feels like carrying sand to the beach. In case you never heard of the iconic guitarist, you probably ended up on a wrong blog. Malmsteen is one of the most influential axeman and started his career in 1983 with a band named Steeler (not the German one with... Continue Reading →
(8/10) For some it‘s noise, for others it‘s chaos and for metalheads it‘s a treat for their ears - Fallujah‘s new album. Now, as you might know this kind of metal is not exactly where my roots are. However, it‘s this kind of records that are challenging and like a musical curveball. And as not being... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Cellar Darling, that’s Anna Murphy, Ivo Henzi and Merlin Sutter. Right after the three guys parted ways with Eluveitie they initiated there new band Cellar Darling, named after the 2013 debut of Anna Murphy. Three years after having premiered with ‘This is the Sound’ it is the sophomore album ‘The Spell’ that picks it... Continue Reading →
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