My World of Music – est. 2013
(9/10) Swallow The Sun is a band that’s off the beaten tracks when it comes to their music. It was in 2015 when they published with ‘Songs From the North I, II & III’ a three discs comprising release that showed beautiful varity of doom, melancholy, grief and darkness. Sharp before Christmas the band unveiled... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Slowly but steady A Pale Horse Named Death isgaining momentum. It was in 2011 when the quintet from NYC began theirsuccessful journey and it was the debut ‘And Hell Will Follow Me’ that gave afirst boost. After a critically acclaimed second album the band went on a fiveyears break, a period in which frontman... Continue Reading →
(8/10) I can't tell you to what extent you will find a 'concrete jungle' in Luxemburg. What I can report though is that thrash metal has a strong home base in the small European country. Fusion Bomb is hailing from Luxemburg. The band has its starting point in the year 2010 when a bunch of... Continue Reading →
(8/10) The metal year 2019 starts fulminant. Swedish Evergrey spend some time in the studio during 2018 and recorded with ‘The Atlantic’ their next milestone. The record, being number 11 since 1993, is the final chapter of a trilogy that started in 2014 with the ‘Hymns for the Broken’ album. A second chapter was added... Continue Reading →
(*/10) The title, including the words 'Trapped Under Ice', draws some attention to this album. This time it has nothing to do with the glorious Metallica song, this release is about the Canadian underground. As you know, many great metal bands are hailing from maples leafs country. But instead of talking about bands like Voivod,... Continue Reading →
(*/10) Steelheart will get all the credit for being a successful rock outfit in the early '90s. The guys released with 'Steelherat' and 'Tangled in Rain' to formidable hardrock albums that scored good success in the era of an upcoming grunge hype. Unfortunately, a drastic line-up change led to a new situation and the band... Continue Reading →
(9/10) 'Verkligheten' is not only the title of Soilwork's newest delivery, it's also the Swedish word for 'reality'. Now, why am I telling this? The thing is that if you have a hard time and went through changes, you have to face reality at a certain moment. In such a context Swedish Soilwork couldn't have... Continue Reading →
(8/10) 'Trapped in Chaos is the fourth strike of German metallers Dust Bolt and it's the most mature release of the quartet to date. Dust Bolt, that means thrash metal from Bavaria and the new longplayer doesn't deviate from this general direction. Nine songs made it on the tracking list of 'Trapped in Chaos', standing... Continue Reading →
Victory's rise began in 1984 when former Fargo musicians united under the new moniker. One year later the debut hit the shelves and it was the sophomore release 'Don't Get Mad - Get Even' which was like a trey for the Hannover-based band. The album was recorded by a great line-up, including Peter Knorn (b),... Continue Reading →
(8/10) The Three Tremors, that's a wowing collaboration of three of the best singers in traditional metal. It's a cooperation of no less than Cage's frontman Sean 'The Hell Destroyer' Peck, Tim 'Ripper' Ownes and Harry 'The Tyrant' Conklin with Peck being the initiator. Already the fact that these three guys worked together on an... Continue Reading →
(7/10) DiAmorte is the brainchild of Canadian singer and songwriter Drake Mefestta. After having revealed a first EP in 2015 the guy debut sharp before Christmas with 'The Red Opera'. The album is a ten chapter featuring longplayer that units symphonic arrangements, rock and metal. It's a dramatic storyline about time and betrayal that frames... Continue Reading →
(8/10) 'Black Frost' with all its blackness fits perfectly into the dark month of January. Nailed To Obscurity's debut for Nuclear Blast is a seven-track trip into melancholy and greyness,a journey you should joi. The quintet from Northern Germany adds with 'Black Frost' an album to their discography that shows the band on a next... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Koblenz-basedMetal Inquisitor might not be the band with a high-frequent release pattern, but every album so far for sure provided quality. It takes between 4-5 years for the band to come with a next longplayer, beginning with the debut ‘The Apparition’ from 2002. Good things come to those who wait, seems to be the... Continue Reading →
And here comes another chapter of my little Classics-series and it features a band hailing from Tuscan, Arizona. It was in 1986 when a new quintet got into a work mode, a band that delivered a first demo in 1987. A second demo tape followed a bit later and last but not least it was... Continue Reading →
(8/10) This EP comes from a band, based in Asia. Singapore, that's where Devouror has their home base and it's Malaysian Metal Zone Records that releases a first EP of this exotic powerhouse. Devouror plays blackened death metal that finds its roots in bands like Possessed, Death and partially Sodom. 'Slay For Satan' is a raw... Continue Reading →
