My World of Music – est. 2013
Here comes an exciting debut album that reaches us from Berlin, Germany. Sijjin started two years ago and kicking-off a new band right before a pandemic might challenging. If so, it can’t be experienced while listening to the debut ‘Sumerian Promises’, a savage blend of blackened death-/thrash metal. The Basque/German collaboration starts with ‘Daemon Blessex’... Continue Reading →
Siegen, Germany is the homebase of death metal powerhouse Dr. Death, a band that is started in the early ‘90s. After having had released two longplayers the band disbanded and what seemed to be a final decision faces a revision these days. After more than two decades the death metal enthusiasts are back with an... Continue Reading →
The first time I heard of Ophis was in July this year and I not just heard of Ophis, I heard Ophis. The band played a 30 minutes gig at 'Revolt! goes Planten Un Blomen, Hamburg – July 16th, 2021' and they rocked the foundations of the music pavilion. I think that if the quartet would... Continue Reading →
Line-up stability isn’t something Massacre is famous for. The band went through so many adjustments when it comes to bandmembers being involved that counting and listing is useless. What is much more important is that the death metal veterans return with a new album. Also due to the mentioned line-up changes, Massacre wasn’t spoiling fans... Continue Reading →
It took a while for Swedish death metal powerhouse Aeon to release a new album. Some might not even remember anymore when the last record hit the shelves. It was in 2012 when the band released with ‘Aeons Black’ their forth studio album and until then, the guys followed a rather consistent two-years release pattern.... Continue Reading →
When you think of metal from Norway, you automatically think of black metal and you think of Oslo and Bergen, the epicenters of hard Norwegian music. But for many years a metal band from Kristiansand has also been around - Blood Red Throne. Founded in the last millennium (1998), the band released their debut album... Continue Reading →
‘The Edge of Existence’ is the new EP of Creeping Death which connects the beginning of the band with the here and now. Six songs are what this release offers and three of them are well known by fans of the death metal force. ‘The Edge of Existence’ starts with three new songs with title... Continue Reading →
One of the pioneers when it comes to German death metal is a band, hailing from Meschede, North Rhine-Westphalia. Their name – Morgoth. Death metal gained momentum in the early 90s and Morgoth was one of the first bands from Germany that could establish themselves as an important part of this soaring new chapter of... Continue Reading →
Rivers Of Nihil, hailing from Reading, Pennsylvania, unleashed their first EP 11 years ago and premiered with ‘The Conscious Seed of Light’ in 2013. Having found a home at Metal Blade Records, the band released two next longplayers with ‘The Work’ being the next addition to the family. ‘The Work’ might be a bit of... Continue Reading →
The two people behind Emissary Of Suffering are Mattias Rasmusson and Nils Groth, both of whom are no strangers to the scene, as they have played in different bands. With 'Mournful Sights' the duo have their first album at the start, an eight-song record which, according to the protagonists, is based on influences from Iron... Continue Reading →
Heavy metal is still a genre that doesn’t build on the happy side of life. It’s music that takes its energy from the struggles of daily life, issues in social coexistence and the revolutionary thinking that grows from it. It’s not all the bands that take their raging inspiration from these roots but Criminal from... Continue Reading →
OK, I can’t really say that I was the biggest Carnifex fan until now. It was always too much of everything the band from California included in their music. Blackened death-core, that’s what you got from the band and that is still what the guys deliver on their new album ‘Graveside Confessions’. My first thought... Continue Reading →
Illt hails from Norway (not to mix up with the band from Russia) and is the brainchild of composer and guitarist Roy Westad who started as a guitarist. Westad is well-known in Norway since he became a film composer that was involved in many films and TV projects. The highlight was certainly the winning of... Continue Reading →
Pestilence recently unchained their newest album ‘Exitivm’ and on September 24th it is Hammerheart Records who re-issues an earlier classic from the Dutch powerhouse as a limited 2-LP format. ‘Testimony of the Ancient’ is the third album, a death metal highlight that has been release 30 years ago. The pioneers, having been part of the... Continue Reading →
Since 2007, Hooded Menace is a regular guest on release schedules as well as on stage. Founded by Finnish guitarist Lasse Pyykkö, the band premiered in 2008 with the ‘Fulfill the Curse’ album. With ‘The Tritonus Bell’, the quartet finished work on their next musical strike, album number six for the band. Following a three-year... Continue Reading →
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