My World of Music – est. 2013
Partly unkown, often forgotten, that’s Dominus, the first band of Volbeat mainman Michael Poulsen. The band released four album, charged with pure death metal, inspired by bands like Death. For more than 20 years, Poulsen focused on Volbeat and death metal wasn’t on the list of interest. This will change on September 29th. Poulsen worked... Continue Reading →
Inspired by a legion of bolt throwers and packed with Viking muscles, that is what characterizes the sound of the multi-national death metal horde called Extermination Order. Then five-piece powerhouse features musicians from California, Iceland, and Germany. With guitarist Maik Weichert (Heaven Shall Burn) and drummer Matthias Voigt (former Heaven Shall Burn) two guys with... Continue Reading →
Jim Peterik and Toby Hitchcock are the driving forces when it comes to Pride Of Lions and I’m not really sure if everybody back in 2003 expected the band to be such a long time in business. Two decades after the debut album saw the light of day it is ‘Dream Higher’ being the seventh... Continue Reading →
Guitar virtuoso Joel Hoekstra is a busy guy. Not only is he part of Whitesnake and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Hoekstra is also playing guitar for Revolution Saint and even finds time for a next solo release. Under the banner of Joel Hoekstra’s 13 the axeman has a next release in the starting blocks. ‘Crash of... Continue Reading →
Graywolf is a band hailing from Switzerland. With savvy musicians on board, having played for bands like Celtic Frost, Emerald and Pure Inc., the quintet has enough firepower and experience to create an album that rocks; and the self-titled debut really rocks. With the background of the involved musicians the assumption regarding sound of Graywolf... Continue Reading →
Envy Of None released their debut album in April 2022 and is the collaboration of the iconic Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson and Andy Curran, a founding member of Coney Hatch. The ones that might have expected a rocking album with progressive songs was certainly a bit disappointed since Envy Of None takes a slightly different... Continue Reading →
Without much ado, Rival Sons have put a new record into the record stores. 'Darkfighter' is the name of the latest work of the guys from Long Beach, California and it contains eight new songs. It was blues-driven ‘Nobody Wants to Die’ which announced the new record already in October 2022 and a lot of... Continue Reading →
Outlanders, that is the moniker of a collaboration, including EDM pioneer Torsten Stenzel and Finish singer Tarja. The latter is well-known from her time with Nightwish, but also the impressive solo career Tarja is driving since many years. ‘Outlanders’, that is also the title of a debut album, the duo worked on for 10 years... Continue Reading →
After having released with ‘The Gang’s All Here’, the gang embarked on a tour that brings Skid Row to many countries and continents. Today the hard rock veterans stop at Gruenspan, Hamburg for a show that helps to bridge the gap between some of the bigger festivals in Europe and Skid Row’s support shows for... Continue Reading →
The story of Avkrvst starts almost like a trailer for a movie. Two kids at the age of seven make a pact that they would start a band and release an album as soon as they get older. Now, this isn’t the beginning of a new blockbuster movie. It is the starting point of a... Continue Reading →
Rock veterans Deep Purple will return to Hamburg for a show at the legendary Stadtpark Open Air. The band will play a show there on July 19th, 2023. The show in Hamburg will be the second last of a summer tour that will start on June24th, 2023 in Cartagena, Spain and it will end on... Continue Reading →
Bergen in Norway is known as the rock and metal melting pot when it comes to Norway. Many bands are hailing from the city at the Norwegian west coast, mostly bands rooted in black metal. But there are other bands too and one of them is Vulture Industries. The band started in 1998 as Dead... Continue Reading →
Denton, Texas is the homebase of a band called Creeping Death. The formation started back in 2015 and released with ‘Wretched Illusions’ a rather astonishing debut album. The following EP, entitled ‘The Edge of Existence’ was equally powerful and now it’s the right moment for unleashing the untamed next records. ‘Boundless Domain’ is the title... Continue Reading →
Under the banner of 'Titans of Creation' two thrash metal veteran bands, Testament and Voivod, make a stop in Hamburg. As you surely know, Exodus should also have been part of the tour, but due to family circumstances on guitarist Gary Holt's side, the band was forced to cancel their participation in this European tour.... Continue Reading →
‘Road’. That is the title of the just announced new album from rock icon Alice Cooper. The album will be released on August 25th, 2023 via earMUSIC and with ‘I’m Alice’ a first single has been launched already. Here you can enjoy the song: https://youtu.be/hVxJwWgv5Gg Once again produced by Bob Ezrin, ‘Road’ features 13 song.... Continue Reading →
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