My World of Music – est. 2013
It took five years until fans of Sulphur Aeon can finally hold a new album in their hands. After the extremely accomplished 'The Scythe of Cosimc Chaos' the expectations were high and it wouldn't be surprising if the guys from North Rhine-Westphalia had felt a certain pressure. Well, if you listen to 'Seven Crowns and... Continue Reading →
Theocracy is not exactly what you might call a new band. The band's founding year was many years ago. It was 2002 in Athens, Georgia when guitarist and singer Matt Smith formed Theocracy and a self-titled debut album came out a year later. Since that moment, Theocracy has been a steady force in the heavy... Continue Reading →
Amorphis needs no long introduction, as the band has been an integral part of the metal world for many years. These days, with 'Queen of Time (Live at Tavastia)' a new live album of the Finns will be released and it is a little bit different than the usual live releases. When the world was... Continue Reading →
Michael Voss is a real Status Quo fan. It was the sound of the band and especially of their guitarist Rock Parfitt that impressed a young guy from Germany in 1979, when Status Quo played a show at Halle Münsterland as a part of their ‘If You Can’t Stand the Heat’-tour. Voss was a 14-year-old... Continue Reading →
‘Midnight Junction’, that is the title of the sixth album from Eric Sardinas which will hit the stores these days. The Florida-born guitarist moved to around in his homeland before landing in California in 1990. At this time of his career, Sardinas played on the street and in small pubs to make his living. Known... Continue Reading →
Each new release from Ronnie Atkins is a little treat, considering the circumstances and Atkins' tireless fight against cancer. Since the diagnosis in 2019, the exceptional singer from Denmark has released two successful albums and wastes no precious time at all. Live shows with his own band and also quite a few shows with Avantasia... Continue Reading →
Poland's sludge/doom band Dopelord have a new album in the pipeline. 'Songs for Satan' is the promising title of the album which pays tribute to the lord of the underworld with a total of seven songs. 'Songs for Satan' is the fifth album of the four-piece and follows up the 'Sign of the Devil' released... Continue Reading →
Iron Savior are an integral part of the German and European metal scene. Bandleader Piet Sielck and his three bandmates, Joachim 'Piesel' Küstner (guitar), Jan S. Eckert (bass) and Patrick Klose (drums), have managed to secure a rock solid status and what started in 1997 with the self-titled debut album has become a Hanseatic metal... Continue Reading →
Norwegian heavy metal powerhouse Sahg has a new EP in the starting blocks. ‚Live Demons‘ is the title of a release that features, as not expected differently, four live songs. To celebrate the birthday of their sixth studio album ‚Born Demon‘ Sahg placed four tracks of the latest studio album on this EP. The songs... Continue Reading →
Heretoir is a pretty interesting band, which should already be known to insiders. Nevertheless, the guys from Augsburg have deserved to gain awareness on a somewhat larger scale, because what the five-piece from Bavaria delivers musically, is quite something to see and listen to. A few months after the guys have brought with 'Wastelands' an... Continue Reading →
New York City -based groove metal masters Prong are back with a new album. After a few brilliant records in the 90s, one recalls 'Beg to Differ', 'Prove You Wrong' and 'Cleansing', a short period of dry spell followed. Records like 'Scorpio Rising' couldn't keep up with the great successes. Fortunately, Tommy Victor and his... Continue Reading →
American black metal outfit Wolves In The Throne Room recently released a new EP called ‘Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge’. The trio, hailing from Olympia, Washington offers a collage of sounds than what the usual longplayers represent. The EP includes four songs and each of those has a bit of a different expression. What connects all... Continue Reading →
Hunger is never a good thing, but now there is an exception. 'Hunger' is the title of Maggot Heart's third album and what is offered here is amazing. Maggot Heart was founded by Linnéa Olsson and is based in Berlin. With 'Mercy Machine' Maggot Heart released a very good sophomore album and three years later... Continue Reading →
The market for symphonic bands is not an easy one. Nightwish and Epica have been mentioned. Should it be more pop-oriented, then there are bands like Within Temptation and Delain. For the latter, Blackbriar opened in Utrecht in early 2020, which certainly helped the band to establish itself. At that time there was no debut... Continue Reading →
Sometimes fun quickly turns into seriousness. Most of the time, this has a negative connotation. However, in the case of Harms Way, it is fair to say that the seriousness has led to even more fun. Initially Harms Way was a side project of Few And The Proud. It was mainly about fun, which was... Continue Reading →
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