My World of Music – est. 2013
On October 26, 2024, Moonspell performed their first-ever symphonic Orchestra show, dubbed "Opus Diabolicum", at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, Portugal’s capital city. The band made history at this unforgettable live event, adding another magnificent chapter to both metal music made in Portugal and their very own legacy, while revisiting their classics and the bombastic... Continue Reading →
One of the bands that has gained momentum in recent years is Heretoir from Germany. The three-piece band from Augsburg, Bavaria, adds a strong emotional impact to their music, making their albums a great listening experience. Two years after launching “Nightsphere, ” the band returns with their next album, “Solastalgia.” The group has found the... Continue Reading →
Onslaught is looking back at the bands that influenced their music and paying homage to them with the second part of the "Origins of Aggression" release. A guy from Cleveland, Ohio, had a similar idea. Athenar, the driving force behind Midnight, recorded an album with two of his own songs and cover versions of the... Continue Reading →
If you have problems with spring colors and sunshine, you might be interested in the new album of Ghost Bath. The band from North Dakota released their new album "Rose Thorn Necklace" a few days ago and what the blackened post metal outfit brings to the table is dark and sinister. The nine songs on... Continue Reading →
A few days ago Kardashev released their new album "Alunea". It is the band's third full-length album and what the quartet delivers is something special. 'Deathgaze' is the genre you read about from time to time and it describes the guys' music in a good way. But in the end we hear a fusion of... Continue Reading →
What do have Michelle Darkness (End Of Green) and Thomas Gurrath (Blutgott, Debauchery) in common. The are both coming from the same hometown, Heiningen and now they have “Nightking” is common too. “Nightking” is the title of a collaboration of the two, a thunderous metal blast. The song fuses darkness and heaviness in a great... Continue Reading →
Greek blackened metal band Rotting Christ were formed in 1987 and released their first full-length album in 1993. Since then, the band has been one of the leading representatives of Greek metal. To celebrate 35 years of Rotting Christ, the band played numerous shows, with the one taking place at the Lycabettus Hill Theater in... Continue Reading →
On March 7, the sophomore album "Sores of Our Time" by Hamburg, Germany -based blackened post-metal outfit Druma will be released via Moment of Collapse Records. Today, the band has unveiled the second single from the upcoming album, entitled "First World". Building on the foundation laid by their debut, "Dawning", this quintet has crafted a... Continue Reading →
Ereb Altor are certainly no newcomers to metal. The band was founded in 2003 and their first album was released in 2008. You can't really say that the band rushed into it at the beginning, because five years between foundation and debut album is quite a long time. However, what took some time back then... Continue Reading →
Zeal & Ardor is one of the most exciting bands today. Founded as a project by Manuel Gagneux, the band has just released their latest studio album "Greif", which is a musical kaleidoscope. Highly creative and with many twists, each of the songs is a glimpse into the inner depths of the human being. The... Continue Reading →
The most popular representatives of heavy metal from Trollhättan, Sweden are The Crown, and the next generation of metal bands is on its way. Sarcator is also from Trollhättan, and after starting out as Metal Militia in 2014, the guys changed their band name to Sarcator in 2018. The self-titled debut hit the shelves in... Continue Reading →
"Hin helga kvöl" is the title of Sólstafir's latest work and the band takes the next step in their development. The Icelandic post-rock giants have created another dedicated album with nine songs that are as majestic as the landscape of the island in the far north. Listening to the first three songs on this musical... Continue Reading →
Not only because of their band name Oranssi Pazuzu are one of the more unconventional representatives of contemporary metal. Founded in 2007, the Finns released their debut album "Muukalainen puhuu" in 2009 and have released four more longplayers since then. With "Muuntautuja" a new album of the Finnish extreme metal force will hit the shelves... 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 →
Norwegian Black'n'Rollers Sarke have a new album ready to be shipped to the record stores. "Endo Feight" is the title of the eighth full-length release from Sarke, Nocturno Culto, Steinar Gundersen and Anders Hunstad. The latest effort from Sarke and his bandmates features eight songs of blackened rock and metal with a dark vibe with... Continue Reading →
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