My World of Music – est. 2013
Porta Nigra hail from Koblenz, Germany and are dedicated to black metal. Even though this genre defines the foundation of the band's sound, the guys' new album blends countless other styles into a fascinating mix. 'Weltende' is the dystopian title of the fourth record of the avant-garde black metallers and it is genres like death... Continue Reading →
Five years after having brought ‘Big Tings’ to the record stores, Skindred have finished work on their eight full-length longplayer. Simply entitled ‘Smile’, the album features twelve songs being a continuation of the band’s genre kaleidoscope. Skindred grew out of the ashes of Dub War and it’s frontman Benji Webb who is the driving force.... Continue Reading →
A forerunner of hard rock and heavy metal, that’s Girlschool. The four-piece band was founded in 1978. With Kim McAuliffe and Denise Dufort, two members of the first line-up are still active, together with Jackie Chambers and Tracey Lamb. In more than four decades, Girlschool has a long track record of releases and even if... Continue Reading →
‘War Within’ is the debut album of a band called Any Given Sin. Even before unleashing the first full-length album Any Given Sin knows how to use modern tools to bring their music to the people, indicated by songs like ‘Dynamite’. ‘Dynamite’ is the closer on ‘War Within’ but was already published in autumn 2018.... Continue Reading →
Devin Townsend is one of the most creative minds in contemporary metal. His latest release 'Lighthouse' showcased the full scale of his unstoppable musical force. After having put out this excellently crafted album, it is the right time to add to the 'Devolution'-series. During the pandemic, Townsend started this series with an acoustic album called... Continue Reading →
German punk rock icons Feine Sahne Fischlfilet had their break-through a few years ago. It was in 2018 when the guys from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania unleashed their ‘Sturm & Dreck’ album which went right into the German charts and climbed to the number three spot. The band also played big festivals like Rock am Ring, but... Continue Reading →
MF Ruckus is a band that isn’t very widely known in Europe. A bit of a deep-dive unveils that the Denver-based rockers premiered in 2013 with an album called ‘The Dirty Half-Dozen’ while the sophomore record, ‘Thieves of Thunder’, hit the shelves in 2016. With two albums in the books, the band also embarked on... Continue Reading →
Without a doubt, James Rivera belongs to the gifted singers in heavy metal. He is the voice of Helstar, enriching albums such as the stellar 'Nosferatu' and 'A Distant Thunder'. But what came to Rivera's mind when he decided to record 'New Wave Gone Metal' remains an unrevealed secret. It seems like Rivera has a... Continue Reading →
‘Truth Killer’, that’s the title of the new Sevendust album. Their 14th longplayer features 12 songs and the start into this record is a kind of special in a sense that it isn’t blasting modern metal that reaches your ears. Instead, the opener ‘I Might Let the Devil Win’ displays a calm and dark beginning.... Continue Reading →
Cadaver is a band that went through different phases, including splits and reunions. The latest return took place in 2020 when Anders Odden and Dirk Verbeuren released the ‘D.G.A.F.’ EP. Three songs have been the appetizer for a death metal dish called ‘Edder & Bile’ which followed a few months later. The current times are... Continue Reading →
Velvet Viper rose out of the ashes of Zed Yago and released a debut album back in 1991. An additional longplayer followed before a hiatus took over. Jutta Weinhold and bandmates returned in 2017 and a streak of release followed. Two years after having delivered the ‘Cosmic healer’ album, Velvet Viper has a new album... Continue Reading →
German modern metal outfit A Life Divide is everything but a rookie. Hailing from Bavaria, the five-piece has been founded in 2003, which means they contribute to the modern metal scene for two decades now. Six records, that is the track record so far and the next longplayer is recorded, packaged, and shipped. ‘Down the... Continue Reading →
Greg Wilkinson and Chris Reifert are the brains behind Static Abyss. The doom death formation premiered last year with an album called ‘Labyrinth of Veins’ and these days the sophomore album, ‘Aborted from Reality’ brings back massive and slo-mo riffing. Wilkinson as well as Reifert are no rookies, and both have a common background with... Continue Reading →
A year after having released the split-EP, Sepultura premiered with ‘Morbid Visions’. At the time, Sepultura was young and hungry. Inspired by bands like Venom and Celtic frost, the Brazilians started to record songs that were raw and loaded with the energy of the youth, that finally found an outlet. As with the re-recorded ‘Bestial... Continue Reading →
It was back in 1985 when a Brazilian metal band appeared on the scene with an EP called ‘Bestial Devastation’. The band we talk about is Sepultura who released with split album with another band called Overdose. It was the primitive aggressiveness of these Sepultura songs that created some first attention which found a continuation... Continue Reading →
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