My World of Music – est. 2013
Jyväskylä is a smaller city in the southern part of Finland and is known for its lively music scene. One of the bands from there is Swallow The Sun. The band formed in 2000 and released their debut album "The Morning Never Came" in 2003. The band name and album title reflect the long and... Continue Reading →
The Swedish capital is the home of Grand Magus. Formed in 1999, the trio grew into a major metal act after releasing their self-titled debut album in 2001. Dedicated and with a lot of iron will, the band has released nine full-length albums to date, while the latest release is just about to hit the... Continue Reading →
There aren't many bands that have the ability to blend the epic soundscapes of progressive bands like Pink Floyd with raw death metal energy. One of the group that manage this challenge are Blood Incantation. The band recently unleashed their newest longplayer "Absolute Elsewhere" which features two excellent compositions which are reflecting the entire range... Continue Reading →
It happened in 2006 in Santiago, Chile that a band was formed that released two albums to date. Capilla Ardiente is the name of this band and their first release was "Bravery, Truth and the Endless Darkness". That was ten years ago, while the sophomore effort followed just before the pandemic put things on hold... Continue Reading →
Usually the numbers in metal are reduced to '666'. This standard was challenged in 2016, when an anonymous project started making headlines. Suddenly '0' and '1' took over when Italian multi-instrumentalist Vittorio D'Amore founded Master Boot Record. After some longplayers and EPs the project released a their first album for Metal Blade Records called "Floppy... Continue Reading →
Today the foundation of the Sporthalle Hamburg will be challenged by three bands with mainly Swedish roots. The mighty In Flames are on a co-headlining tour with Arch Enemy, while Helsingborg's Soilwork are the opening act. Arriving at the venue shows how attractive this package is for metalheads. The doors open at 18:00 and the... Continue Reading →
Not only because of their band name Oranssi Pazuzu are one of the more unconventional representatives of contemporary metal. Founded in 2007, the Finns released their debut album "Muukalainen puhuu" in 2009 and have released four more longplayers since then. With "Muuntautuja" a new album of the Finnish extreme metal force will hit the shelves... Continue Reading →
Maul is a band from Fargo, North Dakota. Formed in 2017, the guys released their first full-length longplayer "Seraphic Punishment" in 2022 after putting out several singles, EPs, and split releases. "In Jaws of Bereavement" is the band's sophomore output, and it's brute death metal that challenges speakers and eardrums, not to mention neck muscles,... Continue Reading →
The Crown are among the pioneers of Swedish death metal. Formed in 1998, the band released the album "Hell is Here" in the same year, which was the beginning of a restless adventure in the field of extreme metal. Starting as Crown Of Thorns, changing to The Crown and later to Dobermann, the band never... Continue Reading →
Contemporary when it comes to music and confronting when it comes to lyrics - that's Fever 333. Blending hardcore, punk rock and hip-hop results in an explosive sound that unfolds even more powerfully in live shows than on record, as we could witness during the recent tour Fever 333 embarked on as support act for... Continue Reading →
Filippa Nässil is known as the founder and guitarist of Thundermother. She started the band in 2009 and celebrated some success with the group. This achievement didn't come easily, as the band went through a lineup change in 2017, followed by another one last year. It seems that the regrouping didn't affect the music as... Continue Reading →
The name Storm Corrosion may be known in the wider orbit of rock, while fans of progressive sounds have certainly heard of the band before. Storm Corrosion is the project of Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt. Both have been working together on songs since 2012, and the self-titled album is the fruitful result of this... Continue Reading →
New Jersey space rockers Monster Magnet are coming to Germyn for a couple of shows. The band, who started their musical journey in 1990 with the release of their debut album, will celebrate the 35th anniversary of Spacelord rock with a tour that will bring the best of more than three decades on stage. Here... Continue Reading →
Swiss hard rockers Gotthard have announced a new album called “Stereo Crush” which will be released early next year via Reigning Phoenix Music. It’s Gotthard’s 14th studio album and will follow “’13” from 2020. The band from Lugano, Switzerland started out as Krak before becoming Gotthard in 1991. It was Steve Lee (R.I.P.) and Leo Leoni... Continue Reading →
Nasty Savage is not only one of the most influential bands in thrash metal. The band from Florida also had an influential effect on bands like Obituary and Death. It was 1983 when 'Nasty' Ronnie Galletti founded the band that released two brilliant longplayers with the self-titled debut and the sophomore release "Indulgence" plus the... Continue Reading →
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