My World of Music – est. 2013
Every end is also the beginning of something new. This is what happened when guitarist Jonathan Hultén left Tribulation to start a solo career and with "Eyes of the Living Night" the Swedish songwriter releases his second album with 12 new songs. As we know from the debut album "Chants from Another Place", Hultén has... Continue Reading →
One of the most unpredictable bands today is Ulver from Norway. Founded in 1993 as a harsh and wild black metal outfit, the band has been constantly on the move when it comes to sounds. Ulver, the wolves, have continually reinvented their own brand, making innovation and transformation the hallmark of the Norwegian sound innovators.... Continue Reading →
Formed in 2011, Denver-based Blood Incantation has released two full-length albums to date. The quartet is into death metal, but to leave it at that would be way too short. Blood Incantation's base is extreme metal, but a glance at the tracklist of their third full-length already gives an idea that this album goes far... Continue Reading →
The music of "All Paths Diverge" is as colorful as the artwork created by Benjamin Butter. Delving's second studio album is a musical kaleidoscope that takes the listener on a colorful journey through breathtaking soundscapes. Delving is the side project of Elder's Nicholas DiSalvo, who used the unexpected free time during the pandemic to turn... Continue Reading →
Last Friday Wardruna launched their newest single called 'Hertan' and now the band announces the first part of their world tour., including shows at special locations like theaters and concert halls. The tour also includes six shows in Germany: 11.11.24 Hamburg, Laeiszhalle12.11.24 Berlin, Tempodrom15.11.24 Frankfurt am Main, Jahrhunderthalle16.11.24 Nürnberg, Meistersingerhalle20.11.24 Halle, Händelhalle26.11.24 Düsseldorf, Tonhalle
Myrkur announced a new album called 'Spine'. 'Spine' will be available on October 20th, 2023 and will come via Relapse Records. 'Spine' is a title with a host of potent connotations: growth, strength, defiance, a core of our being, and flexibility. It’s what holds a human up, and allows us to rebuild. It’s an album... Continue Reading →
Münster-based post-rockers Long Distance Calling announced their new album ‚Eraser‘. Two years after having launched ‚How Do We Want to Live?‘ their next strike will hit the shelves on August 26th, 2022 and ‚Eraser‘ comes via earMUSIC. Right in time, on Earth Day 2022, the quartet released with ‚Kamilah‘ a first song, taken from the... Continue Reading →
Blood Incantation released ‘Hidden History of the Human Race’ an album that combined the brutality of death metal and the math of metal in a pretty good fashion. Being harsh on the one side a multi-layered too created extra tension which benefited the album. Three years later the quartet from Denver, Colorado returns with ‘Timewave... Continue Reading →
Not so much is known about (DOLCH) and the band finds pleasure in keeping things rather hidden. What has come to light, however, is that the band has some roots in Berlin, which is reflected in both the German band name and the album titles. When exactly (DOLCH) were brought to life is not passed... Continue Reading →
Hemelbestormer means ‘stormer of heaven’ and is the band name of a Belgium metal band that founded in 2012. The band premiered with ‘Portals’ in 2014 and released two additional longplayers to date. With having three records on their list of achievements, Hemelbestormer has finished work on ‘Collide & Merge’, the next step of the... Continue Reading →
Jim Matheos' guitar play is a key asset of the Fates Warning sound. Next to the mothership, Matheos had some projects up and running in parallel. OSI is one of them and the Arch/Matheos collaboration led to exciting songs too. Another project that started accidentally is Tuesday The Sky. Sitting on some songs that didn’t... Continue Reading →
RPWL's debut 'God Has Failed' was released in September 2000 and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their entry to a journey to the top of German progressive rock, the band planned a special tour. The plan was to embark in November 2020, an idea that couldn't be realized due to circumstances we all know.... Continue Reading →
The quartet started in 2001 when they successfully completed a renaming from Godzilla to Gojira. The debut 'Terra Incognita' was released in the same year and since then the band has become essential.Gojira slowly and steadily built up a fanbase that is constantly growing. This can be recognized among other things by the chart entries,... Continue Reading →
I knew about The Lion's Daughter but never really made a bigger effort to explore their music in depth. This was before I received the new longplayer from the St. Louis-based trio. The Lion's Daughter started in 2007 and premiered in 2012 with 'Shame on Us All'. In the beginning it was blackened sludge that... Continue Reading →
Bergen-based metal pioneers Arve Isdal (Enslaved), Ivar Thormodsæter (Ulver) and Matias Monsen teamed-up under the banner of DROTT and it was a couple of weeks ago that the trio unleashed a first EP. The self-titled offer features four songs, all reflecting a wider range of sounds and musical influences. The EP begins with 'SHIKOBA', a songs... Continue Reading →
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