My World of Music – est. 2013
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 →
Winter isn't even over yet when the Norwegian season-skippers Borknagar are already announcing autumn again. Let's just leave spring and summer to one side and focus on 'Fall'. After the release of 'True North' and the associated tours, the band and especially Øystein G. Brun began working on the next album. As on the previous... Continue Reading →
Right before embarking on a tour with Terror, including some Impericon festival shows, Belgium hardcore powerhouse Nasty launched a new video. 'Total Domination' is the song anmd the video was filmed at the release show of the latest album 'Heartbreak Criminals'. Tourdates:22.03.24 (DK) Fredericia - Tøjhuset23.03.24 (SE) Linköping - The Crypt24.03.24 (NO) Drammen - Kometen25.03.24... Continue Reading →
Slope is an interesting band, hailing from Duisburg, Germany. Two EP’s, released between 2014 and 2017, paved the way for the band’s debut album. ‘Street Heat’ was unleashed in 2021 and in February 2024 the sophomore release ‘Freak Dreams’ has its official release. A glimpse on the label info sheet describes the sound of Slope... Continue Reading →
If you look at the artwork of this record, you might think it's a dragon and knight release. But you could also think of bands like Amon Amarth and this comparison is certainly more accurate for Upon Stone, even though the guys from San Fernando, CA are dedicated to a slightly different version of death... Continue Reading →
Orphaned Land can look back on a three decades spanning history with six studio records and various EPs. A four-year hiatus couldn’t stop the band and after the reunion in 2001 the second era featured even more highlights. To celebrate such an anniversary, the band played a show at show at Heichal HaTarbut in Tel... Continue Reading →
Cryptosis was part of the metal scene as Distillator before undergoing a renaming in 2020. In parallel with the new band name the sound of the trio also slightly shifted. Was it raw thrash metal prior to the renaming Cryptosis added a more progressive aspect to their sound that also feature a few death metal... Continue Reading →
Insomnium's session for 'Anno 1696' was a very productive one. Not only did the best songs end up on the album; there were also some tracks that remained waiting to come to light. Instead of just dropping the songs into the ring as bonus material, the Finns have opted to release them on an EP.... Continue Reading →
Somehow I always have the feeling of a relatively young band when it comes to Angelus Apatrida. Well, at least as far as the time span in which the foursome is active is concerned, it should be said that the band has been of age for quite some time. Formed in 2000, it is now... Continue Reading →
Sunny California is the home of 3Teeth, the band that delivers these days their newest offering called ‚EndEx‘. Four years after having launched ‚Metawar‘ the band returns with their fourth album and delivers 12 new songs. As on the previous release, 3Teeth deliver industrial metal that reminds of bands like Marylin Manson. At the same... Continue Reading →
Introducing Mayhem is like carrying sand to the beach. The Norwegian black metal punks are nearly 40 years in business, a controversial era for the band and a defining time for an entire genre. The fact that the Norwegian extreme metal institution is still around after four decades asks for respect and shows their willpower.... Continue Reading →
Nasty, that is Berry, Nash, Paddy and Matthi. The quartet just played a muscle-driven show at Elbriot 2023 in Hamburg and a few days later, the new album ‘Heartbreak Criminals’ will get shipped to the record stores. ‘Heartbreak Criminals’ is the eighth album from the Belgium hardcore outfit and features twelve songs and one intro.... Continue Reading →
For five long years Marduk fans had to wait for new stuff and now it's finally done. 'Memento Mori' sees the light of day and reminds everyone that existence is finite. Compared to the past output of the Swedes, this is a pretty simple and indisputable statement, think of the discussion of e.g. 'Viktoria'. Also... Continue Reading →
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