My World of Music – est. 2013
Green Day release with ‘Saviors’ their newest workpiece and it is a good one. The band, that started in 1987 as Sweet Children, worked four years on their newest release and what blasts out of the speakers showcases a band that goes strong and acts with full force. Always commercially successful, Green Day had some... Continue Reading →
Gotus is a band that offers a debut album and in case one thinks that the band is new – yes and no. Gotus is a new outfit that offers melodic rock with a touch of metal. A glimpse on the line-up though shows several known names. Gotus started as a live project, driven by... Continue Reading →
Iconic rock powerhouse New Model Army will be on tour in spring 2024 which includes some shows in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Here are the dates: 02.03.2024 – CH-Zürich (Mascotte)04.03.2024 – CH-Bern (Mühle Hunziken)05.03.2024 – München (Backstage)06.03.2024 – AT-Wien (WUK)13.03.2024 – Berlin (Huxleys Neue Welt)20.03.2024 – Hamburg (Grosse Freiheit)21.03.2024 – Coesfeld (Fabrik)22.03.2024 – Frankfur (Batschkapp)23.03.2024... Continue Reading →
It was in 2016 when a band was formed in Arnvika, Sweden. At the time Commando started their dark adventure with a first leg of this journey called ‘Rites of Damnation’. That was in 2020 and since then the four-piece worked in the full-length debut which will hit the shelves end of January this year.... Continue Reading →
Static-X belong to the veterans of the nu metal scene that grew in the 90s. At the time the band was very successful, especially in the US. The abrupt ending of this journey came in the early 2010th when line-up changes started, and it was another blow of fate when frontman Wayne Static passed away... Continue Reading →
Australia-based prog quartet Caligula’s Horse announced a while ago their newest effort called ‘Charcoal Grace’. It is the sixth full-length longplayer by the Australians and follows the 2020 release ‘Rise Radiant’. The album contains nine songs that alternate between heavy progressive sounds and calmer moments, like in the gloomy ‘Charcoal Grace I: Prey’. The song... Continue Reading →
The Rods are a band with a history that goes back to the beginning of the 80s and still their discography isn’t too long. The debut album ‘Rock Hard’ was presented in 1980 and a few additional releases helped to establish the band before the first era of The Rods came to an end in... Continue Reading →
Deathcore merchants Alluvial started in 2016 and since the band members are rooted in death metal, the band’s debut ‘The Deep Longing for Annihilation’ featured the genre ingredients. Although still being a rather young band, the compass was redirected a bit during the last years with Alluvial entering the fields of deathcore. After two longplayers... Continue Reading →
Jim Peterik is a well-resonating name in the fields of rock. He was the founder of Survivor, the band that had with ‘Eye of the Tiger’ a timeless hit. After Survivor disbanded in 1988 Peterik was and is part of various projects. One of those is called Jim Peterik & World Stage who’s debut album... Continue Reading →
Bright And Black, the contrast sits already in the name of a project that will release a debut, simply entitled ‘The Album’. The contributors to this album are some well-known names. Eicca Toppinen (Apocalyptica), Fredrik Åkesson (Opeth), Erik Danielsson (Watain), Nico Elgstrand (Entombed AD), Tomas Haake/ Dick Lövgren (Meshuggah), Jacob Hellner and Kristjan Järvi, they... Continue Reading →
Frontiers Music established an approach of bringing together singers and guitarist to work together on songs and an album. It’s always an interesting cooperation between these musicians and also 2024 brings such a collaboration to the plate. This time it is Jack Russel (Great White) and Tracii Guns who created an album called ‘Medusa’. The... Continue Reading →
Overlorde unleashed a self-titled EP back in 1988 right before the first era of the New Jersey-based band came to an end. The new century brought a return of the four-piece and a full-length album called ‘Return of the Snow Giant’ brought also new songs to the metal community. With ‘Awaken the Fury’, Overlorde launched... Continue Reading →
American black metal powerhouse Wolves In The Throne Room will come to Europe and UK in May/June 2024. It will be the 'Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge' tour and joining the three-piece band on t0ur is Gaerea & Mortiferum. May 11: Bornstedt, DE @ Dark Troll Fest May 16: Copenhagen, DK @ A Colossal Weekend May... Continue Reading →
Master belong to the forerunners of death metal with Paul Speckmann being the driving force. The start of the band wasn’t the beginning of a straight-forward adventure as the band disbanded even before a debut album hit the record stores. This happened though a few year later after a restart. The self-titled debut was released... Continue Reading →
Ruthless hail from Los Angeles, California where the band started in 1982. It was a time, when a bit north of Los Angeles, in San Francisco’s Bay Area, bands like Metallica started their journey and together with bands like Slayer and Exodus became forerunners of thrash metal at the time. While these bands faced an... Continue Reading →
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