My World of Music – est. 2013
Four years after having released with ‘No Halos in Hell’ their sophomore album, Swedish modern metal force Cyhra launch their third longplayer. Cyhra is the brainchild of Jake E. and Jesper Strömblad, also known from his days with In Flames. Although being founded not earlier than 2016 the five-puece band comes with a lot of... Continue Reading →
Norway has more to offer than solely black metal. Karavan, hailing from Jæren, Norway, is a band that found a musical homebase in another field of metal. Although having a blackened morbidity being entailed in each of their songs, the band lasers in on a blend of doom, sludge, and stoner. With ‘Unholy Mountain’, the... Continue Reading →
Swiss singer Seraina Telli is known from her days with Burning Witches. After two studio albums and one live album, Telli parted ways with Burning Witches and started her solo career. The debut album called ‘Simple Talk’ was revealed in 2022 and not even a year later, the sophomore record is waiting in line. The... Continue Reading →
Spirit Adrift started as a solo project by Nate Garrett who is still the driving force. He started the endeavor in 2015 and over time, Spirit Adrift evolved to a full touring band and so far four studio albums. The fifth offer is now ready to hit the shelves, a record entitled ‘Ghost at the... Continue Reading →
Longtime metal institution Kataklysm followed pretty much of two-years pattern when it comes to album releases. For their newest strike, ‘Goliath’, the French-Canadian powerhouse allowed themselves a three-year time span to finish work on these ten new songs, that provide a total running time of a bit more than 40 minutes. The association of goliath... Continue Reading →
Spiekeroog is an East Frisian Island and known as an attractive place for tourists, especially during the summer season. What just a smaller part of these tourists know is that the island also acts as a homebase for one of Germany’s most interesting death metal bands – Temple Of Dread. Winterstorms and the rough North... Continue Reading →
Cruel Force, this moniker might ring a bell with some of you. The band isn’t a newcomer. It is rather the opposite considering a founding date in 2008. The debut album ‘The Rise of Satanic Might’ was unchained two years later and a sophomore album followed in 2011. These two records echoed well in the... Continue Reading →
Bands like Helloween, Edguy, but also Hammerfall are certainly no strangers to Lancer. The band, hailing from Arvika, Värmland, embeds some inspiration of the mention groups into their sound. Power metal, often at a higher pace, is what fans can expect from Lancer and also from their newest offer called ‘Tempest’. Lancer started in 2009... Continue Reading →
German metal force The Circle is a rather new band. With a foundation in 2020 it’s the third year of The Circle and after having released a debut called ‘Metamorphis’ in 2021 it is the sophomore album ‘Of Awakening’ which will take blackened heart of metalheads by storm. With 33 minutes of running time, the... Continue Reading →
The dark sound, coming out of the speakers fits perfectly to the grey and rainy clouds outside. Untimely November weather blows over the northern parts of Europe in August this year and provides the right scenery for an album like ‘Distortions’. ‘Distortions’ is the sophomore release by UK-doom metallers Godthrymm. The quartet consists of former... Continue Reading →
It was back in 2019 when I duction launched their debut album, followed by the sophomore release ‘Born from Fire’. What might have helped the band in the very early days is the fact that guitarist Tim Hansen not only carries a big name, but actually is the son of Helloween axeman Kai Hansen. However,... Continue Reading →
Since 1992, Richard West is the keyboarder of UK prog rockers Threshold. The prog pioneers released in 2017 with ‘Legends of the Shires’ another exquisite alum, showing the strength of the band when it comes to layered and melodic songs. 2023 faces a continuation of what started back in 2017 although under another banner. Oblivion... Continue Reading →
Death Crust powerhouse Phantom Corporation started in 2015. Former Dew-Scented, former Eroded, ex-Weak Aside and former Pain Of Pleasure members started the band, and it was an EP called ‘First Commandment’ that hit the metal underground a year later. And a look at the artwork shows that the band had already some prominent supports since... Continue Reading →
His father, Eddie van Halen, was one of the most influential guitar heroes in rock and metal. Since a few years, his son Wolfgang decided to embark on a musical journey too which included with the formation of Mammoth WVH a crucial step after having been a member of Tremonti, the solo outlet of the... Continue Reading →
Chris Boltendahl, this name is fully connected to Grave Digger one of Germanies veteran metal bands and now it’s time for a solo album outside the borders of the clansman. Chris Boltendahl’s Steelhammer is the chosen moniker for a cooperation of the singer with former Orden Ogan guitarist Tobias Kersting, Lars Schneider (b) and drummer... Continue Reading →
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