My World of Music – est. 2013
The Stadtpark Open Air in Hamburg is a yearly returning open air series with a musically diverse programme. From June to September, music from all kinds of genres fills the air at one of Hamburg’s most popular and beautiful green oasis. Tonight, it is Beth Hart playing a show at this great location and before... Continue Reading →
Withering Scorn is new outfit, featuring Henning Basse on vocals, Glen Dover (g), Joe Dibiase (b) and Shawn Dover on drums. The band was founded in 2020 and is the brainchild of Dover brothers. The four-piece band focusses on heavy metal without frills and gimmicks. The power of the riff is what drives the sound... Continue Reading →
When I was a kid I was fascinated by ‘Nobel Savage’, the classic from Virgin Steele. Music and artwork fit perfectly together and each song on this record is a little treat. Virgin Steele continued with a few additional records, thinking about longplayers like ‘Invictus’. End of June, the next Virgin Steele longplayer will be... Continue Reading →
Vendetta from Schweinfurt, Germany belongs to the veterans of German metal. Having released with ‘Go and Live … Stay and Die’ and ‘Brain Damage’ two acclaimed longplayers in the 80s the band decided to part ways in 1990. After years of absence Vendetta returned in 2002 and released with ‘Hate’ a new longplayer. Having found... Continue Reading →
'Electric Sounds'. that is the title of the upcoming Danko Jones album which will be released on September 15th, 2024 via AFM records. With 'Good Time' a next single has been unveiled as lyric video which you can watch here: https://youtu.be/RTP27R1cE6g As frontman Danko recently said, "'Good Time' is the song you need to hear when... Continue Reading →
'Screamin' at the Sky' is the title of the upcoming Black Stone Cherry album which will hit the shelves on September 29th, 2023. Prior to the release of the new studio album, the band unveiled the title track as single which can be enjoyed here: https://youtu.be/bcV6zk-vgM8 Photo: Jimmy Fontaine
European Song Contest (ESC) and Season Of Mist is a combination that one might not have expected to read a couple of years ago. But times constantly changes, and Voyager is the bridge between the two poles. The Australians have been the first band from Down Under that joined the song contest and ended up... Continue Reading →
One of the shining stars of progressive music stopped at one of the most established venues in Hamburg and the best thing, the show was recorded and is now available in various formats. It was nearly a year ago that The Neal Morse Band (NMB) played a show at Markthalle, Hamburg in front of enthusiastic... Continue Reading →
Biff Byford is a busy man. This time, he announce a new Heavy Water album. Next to the iconic singer it is his son Seb Byford who wrote and recorded ten songs for the new longplayer called 'Dreams of Yesterday': Dreams of Yesterday Don't Take It for Granted How Much Can You Take Castaway Shadows... Continue Reading →
The Pineapple Thief mainman Bruce Soord announced a solo tour that which will start on September 29th, 202 in Helmond, Netherlands and will end on October 14th, 2023 in London, UK. Regarding the tour Bruce Soord had the following to say: “This is a very rare outing for me, going on the road with my trio. The... Continue Reading →
'Beyond the Black Sun' is the next single release of Chris Bolendahl's Steelhammer; a song taken from the upcoming album 'Reborn in Flames'. Album release will be on July 28th, 2023 and you can listen to the new single here: https://youtu.be/y8YGNcBRL9Q And this is how the entire tracklist looks like: Reborn In Flames Fire Angel... Continue Reading →
Velvet Viper will release their newest longplayer 'Nothing Compares to Metal' on July 21st, 2023. It will be the band's sixth studio album and it will be released via Massacre Records. With 'Invisible Danger' and first single has been revealed already and now follows the title track. "It's time again for some appreciation! Here is... Continue Reading →
‘Tailgunner’, that is a song from Iron Maiden who published the track on the ‘No Prayer For the Dying’ album and I guess it isn’t a coincidence that a new powerhouse from UK named themselves Tailgunner. Inspired by the NWoBHM and the sound of the 80s, the quintet from England charged their album with a... Continue Reading →
Greek rock outfit Villagers Of Ioannina City will embark on a European tour in autumn 2023. The tour will start on October 9th, 2023 in Skopje and will end in Geneva, Switzerland on November 23rd, 2023; incl. a show at Markthalle, Hamburg on October 29th, 2023.
To celebrate 40 exciting years in sci-fi thrash metal, Canadian powerhouse Voivod is turning as we speak and just played a thunderous show at Markthalle, Hamburg. Furthermore, the quartet has with ‘Morgöth Tales’ a new album in the starting blocks. A look on the tracklist of the album shows some familiar titles and the question... Continue Reading →
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