My World of Music – est. 2013
Holy Moses belongs the heroes of German thrash metal. Especially the first four albums belong to the genre defining releases, unleashed in a time when bands like Kreator and Sodom were in the fledgling phase too. Maybe it was the hiatus in the second half of the 90s that took away some attention from the... Continue Reading →
Xysma is a quite interesting band. Hailing from Finland the guys started in the late 80’s and release a debut called ‘Yeah’ in 1991. Being inspired by the speed- and thrash metal movement from the second half of the 80’s and fascinated from the growing extreme metal in the 90’s, Xysma started to play death’n’roll... Continue Reading →
Swedish masters of darkness, Tribulation, worked on a new EP called ‘Hamartia’. It is the first release that features the band’s new guitarist Joseph Tholl. He replaced Jonathan Hultén who decided to focus on his solo career. Although Tribulation started in the fields of Swedish death metal, the band added over time an extra portion... Continue Reading →
Let me introduce Mount Atlas to you briefly. The band hails from Oldenburg, Lower Saxony and the start date was set for 2016. With 'Titan' the quintet debuted a year later and it was in 2019 when an EP entitled 'Mistress' followed. Naturally, the band wanted to use the momentum to quickly follow up with... Continue Reading →
The southwest of Germany is certainly one of the sunniest regions in the entire country. But it is the Black Forest which is definitely one of the darker areas of Germany, especially during autumn and winter. When in autumn the fog mystically spreads its gray veils over the coniferous forest, this is exactly the type... Continue Reading →
Haliphron is a new band from the Netherlands and at the same time there are familiar names that pop up in the line-up of the group. Former and still active members of bands like Izegrim, God Dethroned and Bleeding Gods are part of the outfit that delivers its debut album 'Prey'. 'Prey' features a nine... Continue Reading →
Lucifer Star Machine originally hail from the British capital London, but have been at home in Hamburg for years. This has mainly to do with the fact that bandleader Tor Abyss was drawn back to his home country, which also led to the temporary end of the band due to the geographical distance. 2014 was... Continue Reading →
Saxon are one of the pioneers of heavy metal and have shaped the genre like hardly any other band. Compared to some of the earlier colleagues Saxon still offer good to very good studio albums and also live the band still delivers. Even in an iconic band like Saxon, however, the members have role models... Continue Reading →
Denmark's metal band HateSphere have been particularly successful in the 00s and have delivered the one or other milestone, think of the 2007 work 'Serpent Smiles and Killer Eyes' which brought the band into the Danish charts. With guitarist Peter Lyse Hansen nowadays only one founding member is still active, but it should be noted... Continue Reading →
After Dicreation from Hanau, Germany brought their fifth album 'End of Days' to the record stores in 2017, fans of the death metal icons had to wait six years before a new effort from the five metallers is released with 'Iron Times'. Discreation, that's Marc Grewe, Sebastian Schilling, David Hübsch, Martin Engels and Peter Frick.... Continue Reading →
Hallelujah, Lordi are back with a new album and those who expected great innovations will be disappointed, but those who like slightly ironically crafted horror rock will enjoy 'Screem Writers Guild'. As with the previous albums, the latest record has a title that reflects a typical Lordi neologism. In allusion to the "Screen Writers Guild",... Continue Reading →
Australia's extreme metallers NE Obliviscaris present with 'Exul' their latest work, which was created with a lot of uncertainties, imponderables and possibilities. If you take a closer look at the record, you will notice that 'Exul' was recorded in a number of studios. If one considers the exceptional situation of the past years, this is... Continue Reading →
MDXX is still relatively unknown and also surrounded by a cloak of mystery. What we do know is that MDXX consists of four musicians who call themselves V, T, C and A. The musical head of the band is V. V is the musical head of the band and is responsible for both music and... Continue Reading →
You can't exactly say that Mork from Norway are one of the quick starters. Founded in 2004 in Halden, Norway it took the band already nine years until they could present their debut album 'Isebakke'. Before that, there was only a demo called 'Rota til ondskap'. Not more. The debut was released in 2013 and... Continue Reading →
Canadian epic metal force Gatekeeper first hit the scene in 2013 when they released their first EP called 'Prophecy and Judgement'. However, it took a few more years until the band could finish their first full-length studio album 'East of Sun', which was released through Cruz Del Sur. With 'From Western Shores' the second album... Continue Reading →
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