My World of Music – est. 2013
No life is without ups and downs. Everyone has experienced moments when things were broken or you felt broken yourself. The new album by blues legend Walter Trout is all about this topic. 'Broken' is the title of Trout's latest record and it is once again a masterpiece. In 12 outstanding songs, Trout deals with... Continue Reading →
If two of the most important protagonists of progressive rock and metal music work together, the result can only be great. North Sea Echoes is such a joining of forces. Ray Alder and Jim Matheos, both with a shared background in Fates Warning and also known for numerous other projects and solo releases, have teamed... Continue Reading →
Death metal squad Asinhell announced a European summer tour with shows at smaller venues and big festivals. The majority of club shows also include German metal force Endseeker: 30/05/24 DK - Copenhagen - Pumphuset (+ Sickomania)02/06/24 DE - Hamburg - Übel & Gefährlich (+ Endseeker)03/06/24 LU - Luxembourg - Rockhal (+ Endseeker)05/06/24 NL - Utrecht - Rhonda (+ Endseeker)07/06/24... Continue Reading →
If you look at the album cover of 'Time to Rise', you might expect a different musical direction than what this album offers. Yet everything captured on this album is of consistently good quality. The winged fighter on the cover could also represent a power metal album or something similar, while the band name would... Continue Reading →
Malmö, in the south of Sweden, is the home of Crazy Lixx. But when you listen to their songs, you feel as if you've been sent back to the American West Coast of the 80s. With a sure instinct for catchy melodies and a powerful guitar sound, the guys began to strive to follow their... Continue Reading →
Lionheart can already look back on a long history. The origins date back to the 80s, when Jess Cox, Dennis Stratton, Steve Mann, Frank Noon and Rocky Newton founded the band. Unfortunately, after two albums and six years, they called it a day and it took two decades for the guys to get back together... Continue Reading →
‘Grande Rock’ was and is the kind of breakthrough album by The Hellacopters as it brought the Swedish rock veterans a top ten position in the Swedish charts. All that happened 25 years ago and to celebrate the anniversary of this longplayer, The Hellacopters re-issue their milestone album as 'Grande Rock Revisited'. The 2024-version includes... Continue Reading →
Winter isn't even over yet when the Norwegian season-skippers Borknagar are already announcing autumn again. Let's just leave spring and summer to one side and focus on 'Fall'. After the release of 'True North' and the associated tours, the band and especially Øystein G. Brun began working on the next album. As on the previous... Continue Reading →
Hamburgs metal force Detraktor launched a 2-track single called ‘Of Gods and Serpents’. Next to ‘Cult of the Silence’ the release also includes with ‘Ancient’ a second song, representing finest Northern German groove metal.
Instrumental rockers Monkey 3 start their 2024 year with a new album. The band, hailing from Lausanne, Switzerland, started 2001 and released six longplayers. The latest one, ‘Sphere’, arrived at the record stores in 2019 and five year later the new longplayer ‘Welcome to the Machine’ is waiting for a release end of February. Monkey... Continue Reading →
Alternative rock veterans Garbage announced the re.issue of their fourth album ‘Bleed Like Me’ which will be launched on April 5th, 2024 and will come via Stunvolume/BMG. Originally released in 2005, the re-release will be remastered and also comes with some rarities like ‘Betcha’, a song that was B-side of the ‘Tell me Where it... Continue Reading →
German riff grinders Surgical Strike launched with ‘Part of a Sick World’ a debut album that hit the shelves in January 2020. As we all know, the months and years to follow haven’t been the best ones for the musical industry as the pandemic put a full stop on all activities. Being a new band,... Continue Reading →
Manic Eden were a short-lived hard rock band consisting of former members of Whitesnake and Little Caesar. Following David Coverdale's decision to place Whitesnake on indefinite hiatus in the early 1990s, Manic Eden was founded in 1993 and had 3 members of Whitesnake from the Slip of the Tongue-era: Adrian Vandenberg (guitar), Rudy Sarzo (bass)... Continue Reading →
After Kiss shifting from the real world into the digital universe and handing over things to some avatars it is former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley who might not fill the gap but releases a really cool new record. After being in and out as ‘The Spaceman’, Frehley started a space trip into his own universe... Continue Reading →
Fargo belong to the trailblazers when it comes to German hard rock. Founded in Hanover in 1973 the band released four longplayers. ‘Wishing Well’ is the title of the 1979 debut album and three more records followed this successful start. ‘No Limit’, ‘Frontpage Lover’ and ‘F’ are three smashing albums that sank into oblivion until... Continue Reading →
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