My World of Music – est. 2013
Danish Skagarack are a band that release a few albums during the 80s and after having launched ‘Big Time’ in 1993 the band parted ways. Also in this case some live shows during 2020 acted as a motivator for the melodic rock band to consider a return to the scene. Having found the old groove... Continue Reading →
S.O.R.M is a Swedish band with a foundation date that goes back to 2017. Shorty after having started as a band the guys released with ‘Hellraiser’ a first EP. Rooted in rock and metal the trio has certainly listened more than once to bands like W.A.S.P.. The later come to my mind while listening to... Continue Reading →
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 →
As a part of the 10 years anniversary of 'Veto', Heaven Shall Burn dropped a video for their interpretation of Blind Guardian's 'Valhalla'. Guitarist Maik Weichert comments: “We always regretted never making a video for our version of ‘Valhalla’. Now for the 10th anniversary of our album VETO we have finally done it and I think... 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 →
German thrash metal force Destruction will embark on a 40 Years anniversary tour and the following shows are part of this special tour: 17/Oct - DE – Berlin – Lido18/Oct - CZ – Pardubice- Žlutý pes19/Oct – DE – Hamburg - Markthalle20/Oct - DE - Lingen - Alter Schlachthof21/Oct - FR - Cleon - Craft... 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 →
Skynd is an interesting and thrilling duo, featuring lead singer Skynd and multi-instrumentalist Father. The true-crime and industrial inspired duo launched a new video for a song called 'Robert Hansen' and unveiled tour dates for Europe. Seven of the shows will take place in Germany and Austria: 03.11. Leipzig, UT Connewitz06.11. Wien, Arena08.11. München, Technikum10.11.... Continue Reading →
Death metal pioneers Cannibal Corpse unleashed a new song, taken from the upcoming album ‘Chaos Horrific’. The song is entitled ‘Summoned for Sacrifice’ and is a grinding death metal track a la Cannibal Corpse. 'Chaos Horrific' will be launched on September 22nd, 2023 and will come via Metal Blade Records.
The 69 Eyes release with ‘Feuer frei’ a darkened cover version of the Rammstein classic. The interpretation sounds quite interesting, not only because of Jussi 69 takes on the challenge of singing in German. The 69 Eyes manage to add some of their trademark sounds, mostly the dark and gothic-ish elements to this tribute to... 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 →
Dokken just announced their 13th studio album. ‘Heaven Comes Down’ is the title that reminds very much of the iconic ‘When Heaven Comes Down’ song from 1984. If this means, that we can expect a sound that acts like a time travel can be checked out when listening the first single, entitled ‘Fugitive’: https://youtu.be/XZ0CocSSpzw. Next... Continue Reading →
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