My World of Music – est. 2013
Former Sabaton guitarist Tommy Johansson founded Majestica in 2019 and premiered the same year with a catchy longplayer called "Above the Sky". Majestica's roots are deeper though, as the band started out in the early 2000s as ReinXeed, a project that never got off the ground, and it was in the aforementioned year of 2019... Continue Reading →
Bergen, Norway is a city that is not only known for a lot of rainy days, but also has a very well established music scene. Bergen is very well known as one of the epicenters of Norwegian black metal, but there are also other metal genres that claim some attention. One of them is Morax.... Continue Reading →
Most of you know Marko Hietala from his time with symphonic metal icons Nightwish. He was part of the band for many years as bassist and also contributed to the songwriting. Hietala left Nightwish in 2021 and released his first solo album "Mustan sydämen rovio" even before the split. That was back in 2019 and... Continue Reading →
German metal powerhouse Obscura has a new album in the starting blocks. "A Sonication" will be the seventh full-length record of the Bavarian metal band and it's another effort that shows musical finesse as well as an immense level of energy. As the title suggests, "A Sonication" is a direct continuation of the band's previous... Continue Reading →
Italian metal powerhouse Labyrinth is back with a new album. The Tuscan band formed in 1994 and their first album brought the guys to the attention of a wider audience. A deal with Metal Blade Records showed the potential of the band, which resonated on the sophomore release "Return to Heaven Denied". Labyrinth never made... Continue Reading →
Days Of Jupiter is a Swedish metal band founded in 2010 by Jan Hilli, Jörgen Hellström and Magnus Larsson. The first album saw the light of day in 2021 and three more longplayers have been added to the discography. Now, six years after the release of "Panoptical", the Swedes are back and after signing a... Continue Reading →
Switzerland has a pretty vibrant rock & metal scene with bands like Krokus and Gotthard, but also Triptykon and gurD originate from the Alpine country in the middle of Europe. A rather young band is Klaw from Zurich. The guys started in 2017 and delivered their debut album "LightCrusher" in 2019. The band's first effort... Continue Reading →
The inflationary use of the term "supergroup" is something I try to avoid on MHMB, but in this case the four guys from Midlife Crisis are a supergroup. The line-up is a who-is-who of the Swedish rock scene. Urke, Dregen, Måns P. Månsson and Robban Eriksson are guys with a history in bands like The... Continue Reading →
Every end is also the beginning of something new. This is what happened when guitarist Jonathan Hultén left Tribulation to start a solo career and with "Eyes of the Living Night" the Swedish songwriter releases his second album with 12 new songs. As we know from the debut album "Chants from Another Place", Hultén has... Continue Reading →
Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai are three guitar heroes, and G3 is a concert series that brings the three guys together on stage - solo and together as a triple guitar powerhouse. It was in 1996 when Satriani, Vai, Johnson toured the USA together for the first time. Each of the extraordinary guitarists... Continue Reading →
Fans of dirty rock'n'roll will be familiar with Crossplane. The four guys from Germany certainly have a passion for the magical sound of Motörhead, which they use as inspiration, and it's the vocals of Marcel Celli Mönnig that show some parallels to Lemmy. Rough and a bit hoarse, the frontman brings a raw expression to... Continue Reading →
It's time for another flight with The Night Flight Orchestra as the band takes off again with a new album. "Give Us the Moon" is the seventh album penned by the flight crew, which includes members of bands such as Soilwork and Arch Enemy. The first ideas for The Night Flight Orchestra were born in... Continue Reading →
It was four years ago that "Kvitravn" - the white raven - spread its wings, and today it is "Birna" that marks the next step in Wardruna's career. The outfit is the brainchild of Einar Selvik, the driving force behind the band, and the latest release showcases the powerful sounds that Wardruna stands for. "Birna"... Continue Reading →
It's always something special to play a show at the legendary Montreux Jazz Festival. It is widely known that the festival's lineup is broader than just jazz music, and it is the godfather of punk rock, Iggy Pop, who played there on July 6, 2023, which was his third show at the famous event. Iggy... Continue Reading →
Sweden's Thundermother haven't changed their approach, and why should they? Their high-octane rock has been successful for several years. The fact that the band is one of the biggest live performers keeps the down-to-earth spirit alive and that's also what you can hear on their latest effort called "Dirty & Divine". What is different about... Continue Reading →
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