My World of Music – est. 2013
I was looking forward to this debut with real excitement as the lead single "In Darkness" was and is a great song that creates a lot of anticipation when it comes to the very first album from Cemetery Skyline. The band is the brainchild of Markus Valhalla (Insomnium / Omnium Gatherum) and he has found... Continue Reading →
In a way, Allt's debut album reminds me a bit of bands like Meshuggah. Not exactly because of the music itself, more because of their approach to music, but let's start from the beginning. Allt is a band from Karlskoga, Sweden. It's a small town that is the hometown of some Swedish athletes and with... Continue Reading →
Formed in 2011, Denver-based Blood Incantation has released two full-length albums to date. The quartet is into death metal, but to leave it at that would be way too short. Blood Incantation's base is extreme metal, but a glance at the tracklist of their third full-length already gives an idea that this album goes far... Continue Reading →
Portland's blackened speed metal wizards Bewitcher are back with a new album. "Spell Shock" is the 4th full-length from the metallers, and the trio picks things up where they left off three years ago with "Cursed Be Thy Kingdom". Bewitcher stand for metal that feels like a slap in the face. Dirty and powerful, each... Continue Reading →
"Never, Neverland" is the title of the third full-length album by Untn Others, the band that started out as Idle Hands before morphing into Unto Others. After a first EP was released in 2018, the band's debut album "Mana" hit the shelves a year later. What started back then finds a glorious continuation with "Never,... Continue Reading →
Melodic death metal veterans Dark Tranquillity have been a steady force in heavy metal for decades. Founded in 1991 and releasing their debut album in 1993, the band from Gothenburg is one of the pioneers of melodic death metal from Sweden's west coast, as proven by numerous albums with a new effort ready to hit... Continue Reading →
Dark Funeral belong to the second wave of black metal bands. Formed in the early 90's, the band released their first EP in 1994. "Dark Funeral" was the title of this four-track release, which left its first blackened mark and became a springboard for the band. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of this first achievement,... Continue Reading →
In Aphelion is quite new … and not. The band was founded in 2020 and released their debut album "Moribund" in 2022. A look at the line-up, however, reveals some names that are known from other bands. Sebastian Ramstedt, Johan Bergebäck, Tobias Christiansson and Marco Prij, they all have a longer track record in metal... Continue Reading →
Swedish metal band Dream Evil formed in 1999 and made their debut in 2002 with an album called "Dragonslayer". The band, fascinated by powerful metal, released six records and managed to enter the Swedish charts with some of these releases. After pushing "Six" into the record stores, a period of radio silence began that will... Continue Reading →
Hamburg instead of L.A. and South East instead of South Central - that is the place to be today when being interested in Body Count's massive crossover metal. Ice-T and bandmates are currently on tour in Europe, playing some of the bigger festivals like Rock im Park / Rock am Ring. The band will also... Continue Reading →
Slope is one of the most exciting German crossover bands and the guys have with “Natural Born Quitter” a new video online. The release comes right in time as the band is currently on tour with no less than Body Count.
Sonja's debut album 'Loud Arriver' was released in 2022 and was the springboard for the band to sign a deal with Century Media. Just before the European shows, Sonja released a new song called 'Discretion for the Generous', which is a great continuation of what started two years ago. Photo: Zev Deans and Christopher Raymond... Continue Reading →
Rarely have genius and madness stood so close together as with this band - Folterkammer. Either you love this album or you wish you would have never heard of the band. I don't think there's much room in between. Even though Folterkammer chose a German name and album title, the band hails from NYC and... Continue Reading →
‘In the Twilight Grey’ is Necrophobic’s tenth studio album and it took the band a bit longer than usual to finish work on this longplayer. To blame is the pandemic as the predecessor ‘Dawn of the Damned’ has been released in 2020 and moment to promote the release have been very rare. Therefor a lot... Continue Reading →
Portland is the home base of a four-piece band that embarked on a journey through the realms of death metal in 2011. The name of the band: Skeletal Remains. The group released their debut album in 2012, followed by three additional full-lengths over the past few years. Now, 'Fragments of the Ageless' marks the next... Continue Reading →
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