My World of Music – est. 2013
If a band can win over someone like Dan Swanö for mastering and mix of an album their songs can't be bad. A band that has those strong songs in their repertoire is Sentient Horror from the US East-coast. The trio premiered in 2016 with an album named 'Ungodly Forms'. Three years later the anticipated... Continue Reading →
Usually it's the font type that turns reading of some band names to a mission impossible. Here it's different. Haxandraok in itself is a moniker that doesn't roll off the tongue easily. And the album title makes things even more challenging, also for the author of a review. Haxandraok is a duo. Saevus H. Aldra... Continue Reading →
Motorjesus started in 2006 and is one of the most popular representatives of Heavy Rock hailing from Germany. The guys from Mönchengladbach premiered in 2004 with 'Dirty Pounding Gasoline' and their tank didn't get empty so far. Four additional longplayers followed the debut before the time felt right for a live album. So let's start... Continue Reading →
Human Fortress and the Scorpions have at least one thing in common, their hometown is Hannover in Germany. Furthermore both are busy in the fields of Metal although the Scorpions play in a totally different league. Human Fortress instead is the passionate worker, a band build on dedication. The six-piece outfit from Germany could score... Continue Reading →
A band that can be seen as a rising star in Heavy Metal is hailing from Switzerland. Burning Witches is the moniker of a quintet that entered the scene in 2015 with a debut that saw the light of day in 2017. Already the three-track demo was much appreciated and led to being the ‘demo... Continue Reading →
‚Decades‘ was released in 2018 and is a comprehensive summary of Nightwish anthems taken from two decades. What followed next was a world tour with 82 shows in Europe, South America and North America. One of these concerts took place in Buenos Aires on September 30th, being the base for this live release from the... Continue Reading →
And now it’s available, part III of the ‘To Ride in Blood & Bathe in Greed’ – trilogy. What had a starting point in 2013 when former members of Volbeat, Mnemic, Hatesphere, Rauncht and Illdisposed started a three EP including streak wasn’t the plan. But things shifted after the release could score some very positive... Continue Reading →
Since I have more of a Metal background the first association with a band named Lionheart is the UK Hard Rock outfit. This time though it’s not about Hard Rock, it’s about Hardcore. Lionheart, that’s also the moniker of an Oakland-based Hardcore band that’s around since 2007. Lionheart’s discography begins with an EP entitled ‘This... Continue Reading →
Does anyone know why so many Death- and Black Metal bands use logos you hardly can read? The reason for this question is because Blood Incantation is one of them. However, besides this little sidestep, there’s much more exciting stuff connected to this band. Blood Incantation delivers a pretty cool Death Metal album, a fusion... Continue Reading →
Sign X is a German Rock band that's fairly new. A first EP, releaed in 2018, brought some first attention and 'Like a Fire' marks the full-length debut of the Hamburg-based quintet. Although Sign X is a new player in the fields of Melodic Rock it's the musicians that are old hands when it comes... Continue Reading →
Hamburg-based Metal pirates Running Wild are sailing the oceans of Rock since four decades. With Rock'n'Rolf at the helm the band went through stormy waters as well as they navigated around the reefs of life too. Undoubtetly Running Wild is Rock'n'Rolf. He's the captain of Hamburgs Metal pirates and the driving force behind the band.... Continue Reading →
Swiss-based Extreme Metal outfit Bölzer could celebrate last year their tenth anniversary, a decade filled with dark and blackened Metal. It took a while for the band to unveil a first record. Three EP’s escaped the darkness between 2010 and 2014. These releases made the band from Zurich to an important player in the metallic... Continue Reading →
Tommy Victor and band mates are hard workers. The Groove Metal pioneers don’t merely write good songs, they also take care about all band related issues themselves again. This certainly adds to Prong's image of being one of the real authentic bands. Prong is Prong, something’s also reflected on the new EP. To bridge the... Continue Reading →
RPWL step by step rose to one of the most important representatives when it comes to Prog Rock hailing from Germany. The band, with their homebase in Freising, has a history that goes back to the year 1997, tthe starting point of the band that evolved out of another band called Violet District. After having... Continue Reading →
Germany's South, that's the home of Revel In Flesh. The guys, hailing from Schwäbisch Gmünd, founded the band in 2011 and released four longplayers since then. The latest one was entitled 'Emissary of All Plagues' and was published in 2016. Three years later 'The Hour of the Avenger' will crawl out of the muddy soil... Continue Reading →
