My World of Music – est. 2013
(8/10) Árstíðir is a rather unconventional band when it comes to Season Of Mist’s portfolio. The label, known for extreme metal bands like Destroyer 666 and Mayhem, will release an album that’s different. Actually it’s not even metal and a glimpse on the label info sheet says, that this album features “Icelandic Independent” music. Since... Continue Reading →
(7/10) German rock outfit Unherz is around since almost ten years, a decade that included 6 longplayers and new one being in the starting blocks. ‘Fuer immer’ is the seventh longplayer and follows the 2017 release ‘Das Volk stellt die Leichen’, which could score a chart entry in the German longplayer charts. Eleven new songs... Continue Reading →
(4/10) The first Lizzy Borden record that crossed my way was ‘The Murderess Metal Road Show’ release from 1986. It was the mix of metal, horror and rock’n’roll circus that caught the attention of an 18 year old and it was the sophomore studio album ‘Menace to Society’ that intensified the positive impression. Metal lost... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Swedish AOR outfit Von Baltzer unveils its ‘Cultural Daze’ album end of June. The longplayer features ten melodic rock songs, referring back to 80’ rock of bands like Asia and Bon Jovi. Von Baltzer is a band I have heard for the first time by receiving the promo for their current longplayer. Swedish melodic... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Twelve months after having released the groundbreaking 'Amber Galactic' it's album number four of shooting star The Night Flight Orchestra that will be a delight for fans of melodic rock music. What started as a more or less spontaneous idea 12 years ago on endless American highways evolved to one of the most inspiring... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Next to getting together a new Sodom line-up Tom Angelripper had some extra time for working on another Onkel Tom release. For the ones of you haven’t heard of Onkel Tom yet, it’s the rock outlet of Sodom's Tom Angelripper with lyrics very much attached to his native soil. The Ruhrgebiet in Germany is... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Bay Area metal veterans Trauma might a sound like a rather new band for some of you. You might never heard of this quintet before. Trauma isn’t a new band. There start dates back to 1980 and it was no less than former Metallica bass player Cliff Burton (R.I.P.) who was founding member of... Continue Reading →
(9/10) There aren’t that many hardcore bands that are part of Nuclear Blast’s portfolio and one of them is New York veterans Madball. The band began in the late 80’s as a side project of the legendary Agnostic Front. Madball grew slowly but steady. The guys played for many years some smaller regional venues, a... Continue Reading →
(8/10) German power outfit Motorjesus starts their engine again on June 15th with their fourth album, entitled ‘Race to Resurrection’. The three-piece from Moenchengladbach, Germany debut in 2006 as Motorjesus, after having been around for several years as The Shitheadz. The latest release this trio dates back to 2016 when ‘Electric Revelation’ hit the shelves... Continue Reading →
(8/10) It feels like a trend that Swiss rock and metal outfit name themselves for mountains. Gotthard was the first group that appeared on the scene and now we get Matterhorn. You can already start to wonder whi‘s next. Piz Buin or Eiger? While eleborating about this fundamental question in life it‘s maybe a good... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Over the last 18 years heavy metal powerhouse Mos Generator released seven albums with ‘Shadowlands’ being the newest one. The longplayer comprises of eight songs of which ‘Stolen Age’ and ‘The Wild & Gentle Dogs’ can be seen as the epical outbursts. Both numbers easily cross the seven minutes line, while rest of the... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Bolinas metal veterans Tad Morose is a band that can look back on a long track record in music. The foundation of Tad Morose happened in 1991 and since then the metallurgists released nine longplayers, starting with the debut ‘Leaving the Past Behind’ in 1992. Since then the band is around, although it was... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Oregon-based YOB releases with ‘Our Raw Heart’ their new album; number four after their return in 2008. The band originally started in 1996 and can look back on a longer history in doom metal. YOB, that’s very much Mike Scheidt, being the only remaining founding member of the band. He is supported by Travis... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Wheel’s James Lascelles refers in the label info to Tool and their ‘Aenima’ album, both having an impact on him, working as a sixteen years old in a recording studio. If I should describe the sound of this Finnish outfit, you can hear some parallels with the mighty alternative prog band. Songs like ‘Please’... Continue Reading →
(*/10) Right in time for their European shows Powerflo releases an EP entitled ‘Bring that Shit Back’. For the ones that missed Powerflo so far – Powerflo, that’s Cypress Hill rapper Sen Dog, downset guitarist Rogelio “Roy” Lozano, Biohazard singer und guitarist Billy Graziadei, Fear Factory bass player Christian Olde Wolbers und Worst drummer Fernando... Continue Reading →
