My World of Music – est. 2013
"Todbringerin", that's the title of Ellende's latest release. The Austrian black metal force is releasing an album with a title that sounds familiar to fans of the band, was it "Todbringer" that escaped from the muddy ground already in 2016. A quick look at the tracklist also shows familiar song titles and indeed, "Todbringerin" is... Continue Reading →
A band from Norway will release their debut album "Satanic Inversion of" these days. The group is called Avmakt, and the guys behind the name are well known musicians in the Norwegian black metal scene. Avmakt is the brainchild of Kristian Valbo and Christoffer Bråthen, both known for their work in bands like Obliteration, Aura... Continue Reading →
You can't have all bands on your radar and one of the groups I missed are Swedish black metallers Vanhelgd. Since some of you might have the same white spot on the black metal map, a few facts about the band. Vanhelgd was formed in 2007 and premiered in 2008 with "Cult of Lazarus". A... Continue Reading →
Dark Funeral belong to the second wave of black metal bands. Formed in the early 90's, the band released their first EP in 1994. "Dark Funeral" was the title of this four-track release, which left its first blackened mark and became a springboard for the band. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of this first achievement,... Continue Reading →
In Aphelion is quite new … and not. The band was founded in 2020 and released their debut album "Moribund" in 2022. A look at the line-up, however, reveals some names that are known from other bands. Sebastian Ramstedt, Johan Bergebäck, Tobias Christiansson and Marco Prij, they all have a longer track record in metal... Continue Reading →
Uprising is the solo project of Waldgeflüster's Winterherz. Ten years ago W. from Munich, Germany started Uprising and the latest effort is called "III". Except for the drums, W. plays all the instruments on "III", while it is Austin Lunn who provides a hard-hitting drum beat, and what makes this release an unusual one is... Continue Reading →
Basel, Switzerland is the home base of a band called ColdCell. The five-piece band from the alpine country is currently releasing their fifth studio album "Age of Unreason", which is a furious one.ColdCell started with their debut album "Generation Abomination" in 2012, and since then they have released three more records, and have found with... Continue Reading →
Kvaen is the blackened brainchild of Jacob Björnfot. The multi-instrumentalist hails from Kalix in the north of Sweden, close to the Finnish border. Björnfot launched this solo project in 2019, and even with a pandemic in between, the latest album 'The Formless Fires' is already the Swede's third release. Having signed a deal with Metal... Continue Reading →
Cradle Of Filth will embark on a European tour, bringing the band also to Germany. The symphonic blackened metal outfit will play five shows in Germany and here are the dates: 24.06.2024 Hannover Musikzentrum28.06.2024 Saarbrücken Garage30.07.2024 Cham LA13.08.2024 Bochum Matrix14.08.2024 Dresden Alter Schlachthof13.11.2024 Hamburg Markthalle04.12.2024 Berlin SO36 Photo: TKO Booking Agency
Norwegian blackened metal force Darkthrone release their new album "It Beckons Us All" today. In parallel a new video has been unleashed and you can enjoy "The Bird People of Nordland" HERE.
Satanic North is a new project, initiated by Petri Lindroos (Ensiferum, Warmen) and Janne Parviainen (Ensiferum). Today is release date of the debut album via Reaper Entertainment and right in line comes a new video. The band states: "Satanic North has breached the gates and is out from the darkness to spread the Hatred and... Continue Reading →
Rarely have genius and madness stood so close together as with this band - Folterkammer. Either you love this album or you wish you would have never heard of the band. I don't think there's much room in between. Even though Folterkammer chose a German name and album title, the band hails from NYC and... Continue Reading →
Norwegian black metal force Mork added a bit more atmosphere and structure to their formerly raw version of extreme metal. To reflect on these times Thomas Eriksen started with Udåd a new project that takes dans of Norwegian black metal to the ‘Isebakke’ days. As Eriksen explains: “Since Mork is constantly evolving for each release... Continue Reading →
‘In the Twilight Grey’ is Necrophobic’s tenth studio album and it took the band a bit longer than usual to finish work on this longplayer. To blame is the pandemic as the predecessor ‘Dawn of the Damned’ has been released in 2020 and moment to promote the release have been very rare. Therefor a lot... 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 →
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