My World of Music – est. 2013
(8/10) Chicago-based rock powerhouse Disturbed released their latest album ‘Immortalized’ three years ago, which was the first album after a hiatus. The album was highly acclaimed by fans and media, which was a motivator enough for starting work on the seventh studio record. 2018 is the year when it happens - a new longplayer is... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Sometimes you never know what you have to expect when you receive an album of a band that isn’t familiar to you. Sometimes chicken, sometimes feathers. Now, this time it’s for sure chicken. The Wizards are a band I wasn’t really very familiar with. So let’s start from the beginning. It was in 2013... Continue Reading →
(7/10) The fact that Finland is the home base for many interesting metal bands is well known. One of these bands is Outlaw, hailing from a city with a rather difficult name: Lappeenranta. Singer Lee Anvel and bassist John Kaiser started the band which grew to a five-piece. Guitars are handled by Jimmy Slashburner and... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Atreyu is a real 21st-century band. Although the quintet started in 1999 it's the years between 2002 and 2007 that marked a first successful era of this quintet from Southern California. After a hiatus, the band returned in 2014 and released with 'Long Live' an album that included the metalcore roots as well as... Continue Reading →
(*/10) It was a bit more than seven years ago when the sad news was spread that guitar icon Gary Moore is no longer among us anymore. Gary Moore died of a heart attack in February 2011, but it’s his music that remains and reminds. ‘Moore Blues for Gary’ pays homage to Gary Moore and... Continue Reading →
(8/10) What makes more sense than the real ‘Spaceman’ recording an album entitled ‘Spaceman’? Exactly, nothing makes more sense. Kiss founding member Ace Frehley is the first ‘Spaceman’ of Kiss and will ever be. Although Frehley isn’t part of the multi-selling hardrock outfit since 2002 he is still active as Ace Frehley with really good... Continue Reading →
(10/10) There are releases that are beyond any score or rating. The value of these kinds of releases is far more than what can be summed up to a rate. ‘Edge of Sanity – 88’ Demo Session’ is such an album. The true value of ‘Edge of Sanity – ’88 Demo Session’ is the fact... Continue Reading →
(7/10) It was in 1981 when the Puzio brothers founded a band they named Vulcain. Already one year later the band premiered with 'Rock'n'Roll Secours' and became one of the most constant outfits in French metal and hard rock. Also an eleven years time-out couldn't kill the rock'n'roll spirit. After a split-up in 1998 the... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Gama Bomb from Northern Island adds a new chapter to their discography, entitled 'Speed Between the Lines'. It's the second album the band launches via AFM Records and the bands picks it up where they left in 2015 with 'Untouchable Glory'. As with the previous release also the new album sticks out with a... Continue Reading →
German Eisbrecher started in 2003 and have been on an icy but successful journey through metal. Following a kind of two-year release pattern the band has seven albums in their credit and since a 15 years anniversary is a moment to stand still and celebrate the German metal powerhouse announced a compilation that includes a... Continue Reading →
(8/10) German thrashers Darkness belong to the second wave of German thrash metal bands. The band debuted in 1987 with the ‘Death Squad’ album, which was rough piece of work. Two more records followed before the Darkness called it an end, with musicians parting ways. It was in 2004, when some members of the Darkness... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Berlin-based Kadavar is a band that really gained momentum over the last years. Their latest studio album, Rough Times', belongs to the best records the classic rock genre recently added to the offer and after having done some excellent studio albums the band decided to go for a second live record. Kadavar, that's Christoph... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Demonic black metal band Behemoth is back with a monstrous new album entitled ‘I Loved You at Your Darkest’. The title might sound unusual for a black metal band but digging into detail unveils the fact that the title is a quote, taken from the bible. The sentence acted as a base for the... Continue Reading →
(*/10) Pittsburgh-based punk rockers of Anti-Flag took the American series of two albums and rearranged some of the songs for ‘American Reckoning’. The quartet took songs of the 2015 release ‘American Spring’ and the 2017 album ‘American Fall’, rearranged them as acoustic tunes and put them on this compilation. Although the songs are known from... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Is there anybody out there that expects major adjustments to Axxis’ sound? Probably not. ‘Monster Hero’ is Axxis 15th studio album and bandleaders Bernhard Weiss and Harry Öllers continue with what the band is best in – catchy melodic rock songs that are built on Weiss unique vocals and Öllers’ catchy keyboard sound. ‘Monster... Continue Reading →
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