My World of Music – est. 2013
Stormy rain clouds and some sun have been the weather conditions of the second day of Rock Hard Festival and is Sunday that live up to one’s name. Sun rays make the scenery again to a bright place and it’s The Spirit that brings everybody into the right mood for another day full of exciting... Continue Reading →
It was Saturday, June 8th at Rock Hard Festival when I had the first chance to witness a show of legendary Heir Apparent and today is the second time within two days. Sometimes the road of life is strange. Opening act today is a local band. Sad Iron hails from Hoorn in the Northern parts... Continue Reading →
Tyler Leads is around since a few years and the first time I saw them was in December last year when the guys opened for Hank Von Hell. Being impressed by their show it is a ‘must’ to be in time at Rock Hard Festival day 2. The benefit of being a local act is... Continue Reading →
Whit weekend means Rock Hard Festival since 2004. The open air festival at Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen has kept its family spirit with many fans of Metal and Rock returning to Gelsenkirchen every year. Also Markus‘ Heavy Music Blog is present and here‘s the report of the great 2019 edition. It is with Vulture a local act... Continue Reading →
It's not that often that US Metal legend Jag Panzer comes to Europe for live shows. So you better take a chance to see them live when they are in town, like this spring. As a part of their European tour, the Metal veterans played a show at Musicon in The Hague, a small venue... Continue Reading →
Swedish rockers Backyard Babies are on the road with 'The Nordic Noir Tour 2019' and the final stop on this road trip is in Utrecht. De Helling hosts the quartet on May 4th - a day that includes National Dodenherdenking at 20:00, when Holland stands still in two minutes of silence to commemorate the victims... Continue Reading →
Finish bombast metal powerhouse Battle Beast is on the road, playing a tour that leads them through Europe and the UK. One of the shows takes place at Gebr. de Nobel in Leiden, The Netherlands on May 1st. Labour Day is a bank holiday in many countries but not in Holland and also not for... Continue Reading →
Power Metal legends Vicious Rumors released with ‚Digital Dictator‘ a milestone album with songs that are still as relevant as they were in 1988 when the sophomore longplayer saw the light of day. Inspired by the 30th anniversary of the album, Vicious Rumors embarked on a tour which includes the entire album as first set... Continue Reading →
Easter 2019 in Germany, that's a few days off, some sunny days out with the family and a special 'Easter egg', offered by German metal institution Accept. Almost two years ago, in summer of 2017, Accept played a special show at Wacken festival. It was a set that featured next to Accept also the Czech... Continue Reading →
I can't remember that I've ever been to church twice within less than a week, but now it happens. After having witnessed Long Distance Calling's great show at Kulturkirche Altona it is guitar wizard Devin Townsend that invites for a special show to Grote Kerk in Haarlem. Also this time it's impressive to enter a... Continue Reading →
German post metal instrumentalists Long Distance Calling are creative minds, no doubt. Six longplayers, full of excellent songs, speak volume and so far a lot of the creativity was channeled and transferred into great music. After also having played many shows over the last years, the four-piece band from Münster, Germany decided to go for... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago Cellar Darling released their sophomore longplayer ‘The Spell’ and embarked on a tour to promote the new longplayer. One of the stops of this road trio is De Helling in Utrecht. It was the last one of this tour, that mainly focused on the UK ‘The Spell’ is an impressive album,... Continue Reading →
Don Airey's discography is a huge one. The keyboarder contributed to more than 200 longplayers and was part of bands like Deep Purple, Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne and many more. He's truly a legend in rock. With such an remarkable musical history a concert tour of Don Airey feels like a musical time warp through the... Continue Reading →
German metal pioneers Grave Digger is one of the German metal bands being in the business the longest. Chris Boltendahl and his crew recently released with 'The Living Dead' their 19th studio album. The quartet embarked on a tour through Europe to promote the latest record and one stop was in Rotterdam. On a cold... Continue Reading →
Hans Erik Dyvik has many names and one of them is Hank Von Hell. The former frontman of legendary Turbonegro recently released a debut under the banner of Hank Von Hell, a hardrock comprising album with good hooks and an Alice Cooper-like sound. With this album in his back pocket, Hank Von Hell gathered a... Continue Reading →
