My World of Music – est. 2013
Same old. Same old. This could be the review for the new Arch Enemy release "Blood Dynasty". What might be a very positive thing for some might be a bit of a downer for others who might have expected some more edges from the band that belongs to the pioneers of melodic death metal. "Blood... Continue Reading →
Daedric Shryne was founded in the year 2020 and hails from Hamburg, Germany. Although the band is new, the musicians involved are experienced metal maniacs. Frontman Al Shirazi, for example, provides the heartbeat of Majak as the band's drummer. André Büchner is known from his time with Deathbearer, while Nils Groth is part of Heretoir... Continue Reading →
Sanhedrin hail from Brooklyn, NYC and formed in 2015. So, the band is celebrating their tenth anniversary this year and they are doing it by releasing a new album. The guys launched their debut album in 2017, which brought them to the attention of Cruz Del Sur. The collaboration with the label, known for a... Continue Reading →
Is Black & Damned a product of the pandemic? In a way, yes. It was the year 2020 when Michael Vetter and Roland Seidel were condemned to do nothing due to a global lockdown. Not willing to just sit there and wait for things to happen, the guys got together and started writing songs that... Continue Reading →
German metal powerhouse Scalpture was founded in 2009 and has released three longplayers so far. With "Landkrieg" the death metal squad from Bielefeld, Germany has a new longplayer in the starting box and it is as massive as the earlier releases. Scalpture continue their Bolt Thrower inspired metal and pick up where they left off... Continue Reading →
Ventura, California is home to several metal bands. Cirith Ungol hails from there, as does Night Demon. Thrash metal also has a home there, as Warbringer have their headquarters in the Californian city. Warbringer started in 2004 and released a sixth longplayer so far. Their latest record is dated 2020 and is called "Weapons of... Continue Reading →
Tiktaalika is the name of Charlie Griffiths' solo project. It was in 2022 when the Haken guitarist released the self-titled debut, which surprised with its heavy sound and thrash metal approach. Unlike what we are used to from the musical mothership, Griffiths released a stunning metal album. The new longplayer "Gods of Pangaea" picks up... Continue Reading →
Knoxville, Tennessee based deathcore enthusiasts Whitechapel launch their ninth longplayer with "Hymns of Dissonance". Four years after the release of "Kin", the band returns with a brutal piece of music. "Hymns of Dissonance" contains ten songs, each of which is among the most aggressive deathcore songs the band has released to date. It was the... Continue Reading →
Already in 2024 it became clear that Destruction's new effort would be a blazing metal release and after the launch of three singles the thrash metal veterans have "Birth of Malice" in the starting blocks. Destruction has been around for more than four decades and it's bandleader Schmier who has been the driving force for... Continue Reading →
Some of you may be familiar with Distillator, a thrash metal band formed in 2013 in Enschede, The Netherlands. Distillator released two full length albums and a split release with German thrash metal force Space Chaser, before the guys changed their name to Cryptosis. With the new name came a more technical approach to their... Continue Reading →
The Wildhearts are the brainchild of former The Quireboys member Ginger and formed in 1989. The band started out as a powerful rock band and released a great debut album with "Earth Versus The Wildhearts". What didn't add to the band's rise was an inconsistency, as many break-ups and hiatuses always demanded a restart. The... Continue Reading →
The man who established the flute in rock is Ian Anderson and his band Jethro Tull. I have liked the sound of the band for decades. When I was a kid and I heard "Locomotive Breath", I became interested in the sound of the band. Being a kid, I didn't have a lot of money,... Continue Reading →
Outburst comes from the north of Germany with Flensburg, close to the Danish border, being the home of Outburst. The young metal outfit started in 2019, and after the release of two demos and an EP, the five-piece can now present the debut album. "Devouring the Masses" is the title of the album, which will... Continue Reading →
Christian Mistress is a band from Olympia, Washington that formed in 2008. The band has released three full length albums, with "To Your Death" being the most recent. Now, more than ten years after the launch of their third album, Christian Mistress return with a new album called "Children of the Earth". The four-piece stands... Continue Reading →
"Balls To The Wall" is certainly one of the iconic albums in metal history, a longplayer that contributed to the definition of heavy metal. Originally published in 1983, the album followed the release of "Restless and Wild" and helped Accept solidify their position in the heavy metal community. More than 40 years later, former Accept... Continue Reading →
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