My World of Music – est. 2013
After 29 years thrash metal veterans Vio-Lence unleashed a new song. ‘Flesh from Bone’ is the title of this new track that is taken from the upcoming EP ‘Let the World Burn’ which will be released on March 4th, 2022 via Metal Blade Records. "This is the first VIO-LENCE song I had written in close... Continue Reading →
Spitfire stands for heavy metal of the traditional style. The band from Athens, Greece has gone through an interesting career. Founded in 1984, the guys got to work and three years later they were able to release their debut album 'First Attack'. Unfortunately, it remained for a long time with this 'first attack' which is... Continue Reading →
'Out of This World', there was something once. Well, Dutch prog rockers Kayak have an album with that name and right, Europe's fourth album was also called 'Out if This World'. And here is the connection to a new project with the same name. The mastermind behind Out Of This World, the band, is none... Continue Reading →
A new album from Belgium's Wiegedood means gloom, doom and despair. This was the musical direction of the first three albums and the new disc 'There's Always Blood at the End of the Road' does not change anything regarding this basic direction. Wiegedood released the debut album 'De Doden Hebben Het Goed' in 2015 which... Continue Reading →
Eric Carr (Kiss 1980-1991) tragically passed away 30 years ago. To do something special in this context a project was initiated - Carr Jam-21. The musicians being part of Carr Jam-21 are no less than he people behind the project are: Dregen (The Hellacopters, Backyard Babies), Gustav Kronfelt (video producer), Jolle Atlagic (Electric Boys, The... Continue Reading →
'Hex', this is the title of the new album of Spain's post-rockers Toundra. If the first albums were easy to remember in terms of title, they were numbered consecutively, the 2018 work 'Vortex' was a first break. Last year, with 'Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari', an album with a German title saw the light of... Continue Reading →
When one thinks of Black Sabbath, names like Ozzy Osbourne and Ronnie James Dio inevitably come to mind. Both contributed significantly to the success of the doom metal legend. The voices of both frontmen have influenced whole generations of metal singers. What sometimes gets lost in the shadows is that Black Sabbath had another excellent... Continue Reading →
‘Acid River’ is the title of Dark Millennium’s fifth longplayer and ‘seven’ is a figure that describes the album well. There are seven songs on the tracklist and each of them is beyond a seven-minute finishing line. And release date is on January 7th. Besides this little sidenote, ‘Acid River’ is built on a storyline.... Continue Reading →
Berlin-based Chaosbay went through a transformation during the last years. The band started more in the fields of progressive rock and metal with classic rock element being and extra spice. Slowly the band added metalcore elements to their sound and while the clean vocal parts remind of the earlier days, the metalcore moments are the... Continue Reading →
Autumn’s Child is a band, being the brainchild of Swedish musician Mikael Erlandsson. The one or the other might be familiar with the name, thinking about Erlandsson’s days with Phenomena and Secret Service. Another milestone is Last Autumns Dream, a band he founded together with Fair Warning guitarist And Malecek. After 14 longplayers released, the... Continue Reading →
Melodic rockers Magnum premiered in 1978 with the ‘Kingdom of Madness’ album and belongs since then to the icon of a genre they impacted a lot. One of the success factors of Magnum is the combination of guitar and vocals with Tony Clarkin and Bob Catley, both being the driving forces of Magnum since the... Continue Reading →
The end of 2021 is nearLet’s look back on this yearWe started with some hope and fearAnd we knew it will become a different year It brought some misery and painNo live shows and festivals was no gainA whole industry put on holdDue to a pandemic that spread like mold We missed the feeling of... Continue Reading →
Stuttgart in Germany, a city known for Mercedes, Porsche and Spätzle has also a rather vibrant music scene. One contributor is Schwarzer Engel, a gothic and dark metal project, driven by Dave Jason. Schwarzer Engel (German for Black Angel) has six longplayers under the belt und the next one is ready to be shipped to... Continue Reading →
Land Of Gypsies is a L.A.-based rock outfit that you might also know as Gang Of Souls. As many Frontiers Music project also Land Of Gypsies a the collaboration of two musicians. This time Terry Ilous (XYZ, ex-Great White) and, differently to other cooperations, it is a bass player that works together with the singer.... Continue Reading →
It is the mountains, the mist-shrouded peaks, the waterfalls and the rugged landscape that have influenced and continue to influence Iceland's heavy metal. Dark and gloomy, that is what characterizes the sound of many bands from the far north. A style that was not really present, that is power metal, especially if it is also... Continue Reading →
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