My World of Music – est. 2013
Cancer are among the pioneers of British death metal. Formed in 1987, the band released four longplayers that had an influential impact on the genre before the band broke up in 1996. The band reformed a few years later, and their next reunion took place in 2013. "Shadow Gripped" was a brilliant return album and... Continue Reading →
"The Reckoning" was the first album from the Finnish metal collaboration Laurenne / Louhimo and the second release is waiting in the starting blocks. As the name implies, Netta Laurenne and Battle Beast's Noora Louhimo have teamed up to record eleven new songs, all of which are somewhere between hard rock and metal. It is... Continue Reading →
Annisokay was formed in 2007 and the band's career plan knows only one direction. Up. Maybe it wasn't a plan at all, but the guys from Halle, Germany, have been able to expand their fan base, with their latest full-length album "Aurora" entering the German longplayer charts. A tour with Dutch symphonic metal band Within... Continue Reading →
"Manifesto" is the new album from blues rocker Cirkus Prütz. The band is the brainchild of bass player Jerry Prütz and the line-up also includes Christian Carlsson (The Quill), Franco Santunione and Per Kohlus. The four of them have recorded ten songs rooted in blues and classic rock. The blues endeavour begins with 'White Knuckle... Continue Reading →
Formed in 2014, Swedish death metal squad Lik has a line-up that includes some of the best-known names in Scandinavian extreme metal. The band debuted in 2015 with an album called 'Mass Funeral Evocation', which caused quite a buzz in the heavy metal world. The band from Stockholm released two more highly acclaimed albums with... Continue Reading →
New York City is the home of Tower, a metal band formed in 2015. Their self-titled debut album hit the shelves rather quickly. It happened in 2016 and brought the band to the attention of Cruz del Sur. The Italian label, with an excellent metal portfolio, signed a deal with Tower, which led to the... Continue Reading →
Ricky Warwick is a well-known and respected name in rock and metal. The singer and guitarist started his rock band The Almighty in the late 80s with albums such as the phenomenal "Soul Destruction" in 1991. In 2010, Warwick joined the legendary Thin Lizzy and later became a founding member of Black Star Riders. In... Continue Reading →
Leper Colony, this band name stands for a Swedish-/German metal collaboration as Marc Grewe and guitarist Rogga Johansson joined forces. The two guys released a self-titled debut album in 2023, and it wasn't a one-off, as the new album 'Those of the Morbid' is waiting in the starting blocks. Grewe and Johansson are the driving... Continue Reading →
What do we expect from a new Epica album? Atmospheric soundscapes, elaborate arrangements, symphonic moments and deep growls. It is all there on 'Aspiral', the new effort from the Dutch symphonic metal icons. The new album is Epica's ninth full-length release, and the first after completing a trilogy of albums with the "Omega" opus. Freed... Continue Reading →
Envy Of None is neither Rush nor Coney Hatch, although the band's line-up includes two musicians with such musical backgrounds. Alex Lifeson and Andy Curran have both made major contributions to the Canadian music scene and are internationally recognised rock giants. With Envy Of None, the two have found a new musical playground, and after... Continue Reading →
Messa from Italy have been working on a new longplayer that is now ready to hit the record stores. "The Spin" is the title of this new effort from the Italian metal outfit and it is the next great moment in the career of Sara, Marco, Alberto and Rocco. The four-piece deliver an album that... Continue Reading →
Black metal force Verheerer is a band from Flensburg, Germany. Founded in 2008, the group debuted in 2018 with the album "Maltrér." The guys got some initial attention and cemented their position with the second release, "Monolith. It is said that the third release sets the direction for a band's future, so 'Urgewalt' is certainly... Continue Reading →
Volbeat could be a nominee for longest song title in 2025. "In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan's Spawn in a Dying World of Doom" is the name of a song, taken from the upcoming album “God of Angels Trust”, which would fit into such a category. However, "In the Barn of... Continue Reading →
New York City is not just the city that never sleeps. It is also a creative melting pot where all kinds of art and artists come from - from the MOMA to the Guggenheim Museum to a very vibrant rock and metal scene. Such an environment is perfect for a band like Imperial Triumphant to... Continue Reading →
Bergen in Norway is both a picturesque city and the epicentre of Norwegian black metal. One band that hails from the city by one of the many fjords is Nattverd. The five-piece started 15 years ago, but it took them until 2017 to release their debut album. "Tidloes Naadesloes" is the fifth longplayer from the... Continue Reading →
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