My World of Music – est. 2013
It was 2011 when Tomorrow's Rain began. The debut album of the Tel Aviv based band hit the stores in 2020 and the second album "Ovdan" is on its way. The six-piece band offers a fusion of doom metal and gothic. Solemn songs with a stately tempo are what the listener can expect, and it... Continue Reading →
Progressive metal band Oceans Of Slumber launched a new song. ‘Where Gods Fear to Speak’ is the title of the lead single that comes right in time for the upcoming tour of the band with Lacuna Coil. ‘Where Gods Fear to Speak’ is a modern and very powerful metal tune that combines various genres. Deep... Continue Reading →
Hamferd started in 2008 and represents the Faroe Islands in the world of metal. Five years after having been founded, Hamferd launched with ‘Evst’ their debut album, followed by ‘Támsins likam’. The sophomore release saw the light of day in 2018 and, also due to the pandemic, the launch of the next longplayer took a... Continue Reading →
It was in 2016 when a band was formed in Arnvika, Sweden. At the time Commando started their dark adventure with a first leg of this journey called ‘Rites of Damnation’. That was in 2020 and since then the four-piece worked in the full-length debut which will hit the shelves end of January this year.... Continue Reading →
Primordial is one of the bands that I had of course all the time on my radar and I actually think the music is quite good. However, for reasons I can't explain, I had never looked deeper into the music of the four-piece from Ireland. A few days ago the new album 'How It Ends'... Continue Reading →
Today, Easter Sunday, it is not only the Easter Bunny who comes to the Hanseatic city. It is also an unholy alliance, which finds its way to Hamburg. None other than Cannibal Corpse have announced themselves to serve the fans a special Easter egg with their splatter death metal. Besides Cannibal Corpse, the Swedish black... Continue Reading →
Haliphron is a new band from the Netherlands and at the same time there are familiar names that pop up in the line-up of the group. Former and still active members of bands like Izegrim, God Dethroned and Bleeding Gods are part of the outfit that delivers its debut album 'Prey'. 'Prey' features a nine... Continue Reading →
It's been quite a while since Ihsahn released a full-length record. It was in 2018 when 'Àmr' saw the light of day and since then the exceptional Norwegian artist has focused on EP releases. Following 'Telemark' and 'Pharos', 'Fascination Steert Sessions' is now the third EP in a row. The new release contains three songs... Continue Reading →
Sinister metal from Scandinavia is booming these days. First Katatonia from Sweden released their new masterpiece, followed by Finland's blackened death metal veternas Insomnium. What's missing is an album from a Norwegian band and the gap will be closed by 'Heimdal', the newest strike from Enslaved. The guys from Bergen, Norway present with 'Heimdal' their... Continue Reading →
The Finns of Insomnium are well-known, since they have been around since 1997. With an impressive discography of eight longplayers, the Finns have delivered excellent results over the past years. However, the latest studio album 'Heart Like a Grave' was released almost four years ago and it was the 'Argent Moon' EP that helped to... Continue Reading →
Abbey of Thelema is a small house in Sicily that served as a temple and spiritual center. Founded by Aleister Crowley and Leah Hirsig, the place has been empty for a long time and is doomed to decay. But it was also an origin of occultism and already at the time not entirely uncontroversial. These... Continue Reading →
Finnish metal outfit Insomnium has a new album in the starting blocks. ‘Anno 1696’ is the ninth full-length record the band will release on February 24th, 20203 and with ‘The Witch Hunter’ a next song from the album is unveiled. Guitarist Markus Vanhala comments about the track: "This is a good example of a song... Continue Reading →
"No compromise, no sell out, no bullshit", that' s what it says in the info sheet of Deströyer 666's latest album 'Never Surrender' and summarizes the nine songs in a concise way. What the guys deliver on their sixth longplayer is an ode to blackened thrash metal that is bursting with energy. Already with the... Continue Reading →
In The Woods hail from Kristiansand, Norway and the band started back in 1991 with a focus on black metal evolving into a band that has a wide portfolio of sounds in its repertoire. Even a longer hiatus at the beginning of this millennium had not stopped In The Woods, as the band returned in... Continue Reading →
'Angels Hung From the Arches of Heaven' is the title of the new Goatwhore album, a record with an intro and eleven massive metal anthems. Album number eight of the American metallers is dark and furious. Once again the quartet showcases their very own mix of thrash, death and black metal, all with a sprinkling... Continue Reading →
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