My World of Music – est. 2013
American black metal powerhouse Wolves In The Throne Room will come to Europe and UK in May/June 2024. It will be the 'Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge' tour and joining the three-piece band on t0ur is Gaerea & Mortiferum. May 11: Bornstedt, DE @ Dark Troll Fest May 16: Copenhagen, DK @ A Colossal Weekend May... Continue Reading →
Norwegian symphonic black metal force Dimmu Borgir recorded and released some cover version over the span of their career. Now, the band launches a new record that is entitled ‘Inspiratio Profanus’ which is an eight-song featuring release with a running of 32 minutes. Besides the rather short playing time, the album also includes songs the... Continue Reading →
‘Heartrot’ is an album that is special in different ways. Amorphis guitarist Tomi Koivusaari started many years ago to collect ideas for a solo album with the aim to release it in parallel with his 40th anniversary but since work on a solo album demands time, timing needed to be adjusted. In the meantime, the... Continue Reading →
Master’s Call isn’t what you could call a new band as the foundation date was back in 2013. So, it’s the ten years anniversary and right in time for this special moment in the band’s history, the debut album will hit the shelves. It was in 2019 when the guys launched wit ‘Morbid Black Trinity’... Continue Reading →
Watain has already released several live albums and these days a new one will be added. 'Die in Fire - Live in Hell' is the title of the album which represents a live show of the band in their home town Stockholm. The show was part of the 'Chariots of Fire European Tour and took... Continue Reading →
Heretoir is a pretty interesting band, which should already be known to insiders. Nevertheless, the guys from Augsburg have deserved to gain awareness on a somewhat larger scale, because what the five-piece from Bavaria delivers musically, is quite something to see and listen to. A few months after the guys have brought with 'Wastelands' an... Continue Reading →
American black metal outfit Wolves In The Throne Room recently released a new EP called ‘Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge’. The trio, hailing from Olympia, Washington offers a collage of sounds than what the usual longplayers represent. The EP includes four songs and each of those has a bit of a different expression. What connects all... Continue Reading →
Introducing Mayhem is like carrying sand to the beach. The Norwegian black metal punks are nearly 40 years in business, a controversial era for the band and a defining time for an entire genre. The fact that the Norwegian extreme metal institution is still around after four decades asks for respect and shows their willpower.... Continue Reading →
Sodomisery from Sweden have finished work on their newest album called ‘Mazzaroth’. After having premiered in 202 with ‘The Great demise’ the band wants to continue the successful streak and launch their sophomore album these days. ‘Mazzaroth’ features nine songs, delivering 36 minutes of blackened metal that also carries some death metal influences. ‘Coming Home’... Continue Reading →
For five long years Marduk fans had to wait for new stuff and now it's finally done. 'Memento Mori' sees the light of day and reminds everyone that existence is finite. Compared to the past output of the Swedes, this is a pretty simple and indisputable statement, think of the discussion of e.g. 'Viktoria'. Also... Continue Reading →
‘DetoNation’ is the newest strike from German black metal punks Endstille. The release is the first studio album in ten years and a certain curiosity of what to expect from the newest offer can’t be denied. After having listened the to the album I can conclude that the self-chosen break and the re-grouping certainly did... Continue Reading →
German metal force The Circle is a rather new band. With a foundation in 2020 it’s the third year of The Circle and after having released a debut called ‘Metamorphis’ in 2021 it is the sophomore album ‘Of Awakening’ which will take blackened heart of metalheads by storm. With 33 minutes of running time, the... Continue Reading →
Porta Nigra hail from Koblenz, Germany and are dedicated to black metal. Even though this genre defines the foundation of the band's sound, the guys' new album blends countless other styles into a fascinating mix. 'Weltende' is the dystopian title of the fourth record of the avant-garde black metallers and it is genres like death... Continue Reading →
Talking about Necrofier without mentioning Oceans Of Slumber is practically impossible, because after all three of the four band members have/had already been involved with the progressive metallers from Houston. Guitarist Semit Özerkan is an active member of Oceans Of Slumber and the same goes for Dobber Beverly. Moreover, Mat Aleman had already played with... Continue Reading →
The new Immortal album can't exactly be described as a quick fix, as it took five years before the band from Bergen, Norway shipped their new work 'War Against All' from the Norwegian fjords into the world. Other than Northern Chaos God, the previous album, the new record is actually a kind of Demonaz solo... Continue Reading →
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