My World of Music – est. 2013
Paradox isn’t a band that benefited a lot from the sunny side of life. It took bandleader Charly Steinhauer a lot of willpower and commitment for the band to overcome all hurdles and challenges life had to offer. Paradox started in 1981 and it was the fabulous ‘Product of Imagination’ that was a first wow-moment... Continue Reading →
Swabian power metal veterans Brainstorm used the pandemic months to work on their next studio album. Work is finished in the meantime and after facing a short delay, the album is ready to be released. ‘Wall of Skulls’ is the title of this eleven songs featuring power metal strike that shows the band in very... Continue Reading →
Udo Dirkschneider started his career with Accept. With his raspy voice and his outfit, the singer quickly became an iconic player in the fields of heavy metal. After having left the Solingen-based metal band, Dirkschneider could maintain the success when starting with U.D.O. an impressive solo career. During the last years the singer established with... Continue Reading →
Italian metallers Rhapsody Of Fire released their latest album ‘The Eighth Mountain’ in 2019. To bridge the waiting time for the next full-length longplayer, the symphonic metal powerhouse decided to release an EP that is available since a few days. ‘I’ll Be Your Hero’ is the precursor of the new album and features a new... Continue Reading →
Let's start this review with some name-dropping. Tracii Guns, Rudy Sarzo, Jeff Duncan, Snowy Shaw and some more, all these exquisite musicians are part of Social Disorder. The mainman of Social Disorder though is someone else. The project is the brainchild of Swedish-born Anders Rönnblom (Killer Bee, X-Romance and Wolfpakk). 'Love 2 Be Hatred' is... Continue Reading →
Flotsam And Jetsam is one of the bands I follow from the very early days when the legendary 'Doomsday For the Deceiver' album rocked the metal scene. The band went through ups and downs throughout their entire career and had to watch peers, that started at the same time, traveling to the top. Now, Metallica... Continue Reading →
Since Bloodbound started in 2005, they stay true to their style and sound. Melodic power metal from the North is what the guys stand for. Captured on various longplayers, the Swedes never disappointed and could build-up a solid fanbase over time. With 'Creatures of the Dark Realm', the next album, number nine, waits in line... Continue Reading →
Herman Frank is one of the veterans when it comes to heavy metal from Germany. It was in the early eighties when the guitarist from Hannover became the forerunner of a genre that just started to gain momentum. Enriching the sound of Accept and Victory with his guitar play made Herman to an important person... Continue Reading →
Flotsam And Jetsam, the Arizona-based thrash metal powerhouse, announced a new album. ‘Blood in the Water’ is the title of the upcoming new record that will be available on June 4th, 2021 and comes via AFM Records. The band unleashed with ‘Burn the Sky’ a first song that can be watched HERE. Says frontman Eric A.K.: "While... Continue Reading →
Arion was not only a was a kitharode in ancient Greece but is also a melodic metal band hailing from Finland. The quintet got some attention while having been part of the Finnish Eurovision qualification program. Next to this rather genre-different context the quintet added two albums and an EP to the books. With ‘Vultures... Continue Reading →
Authenticity is something that is precious to Motorjesus and the good thing is, that it comes naturally. The band, that operated in the beginning as The Shitheadz morphed into Motorjesus in the early 2000s. Since then the quintet released longplayers on a regular base with their latest studio album ‘Race to Resurrection’ which hit the... Continue Reading →
The concert Udo Dirkschneider played at Roman Amphitheater in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in Sept. 2020 was remarkable from two perspectives. First and most important, I guess it was the concert with the biggest audience in the pandemic year of 2020. U.D.O. performed in front of 2,500 fans and although the show took place in full compliance... Continue Reading →
Metal storytellers Orden Ogan return with a new album and thus with a new story. Seeb Levermann and bandmates had already sung about 'Gunmen' and had also musically staged various other concepts. A white spot was Sci-Fi and this gap is closed with 'Final Days' on March 12th. Based on a dark Sci-fi concept, Orden... Continue Reading →
Bavaria's metal and rock veterans Bonfire have regained strength over the past few years. 'Temple of Lies' and 'Fistul of Fire' are evidence of a band that has picked up momentum. Singer Alexx Stahl certainly added his share to this positive development, as Bonfire mainman Hans Ziller has now again a good frontman next to... Continue Reading →
Next to Stockholm, Gothenburg is certainly the epicenter when it comes to metal from Sweden. One of the bands based in Gothenburg is Evergrey. In contrast to the melodic death metal wave that rolled over the city in the 90s, Evergrey have dedicated themselves to the more complex worlds of metal right from the start.... Continue Reading →
