My World of Music – est. 2013
Cancer are among the pioneers of British death metal. Formed in 1987, the band released four longplayers that had an influential impact on the genre before the band broke up in 1996. The band reformed a few years later, and their next reunion took place in 2013. "Shadow Gripped" was a brilliant return album and... Continue Reading →
Formed in 2014, Swedish death metal squad Lik has a line-up that includes some of the best-known names in Scandinavian extreme metal. The band debuted in 2015 with an album called 'Mass Funeral Evocation', which caused quite a buzz in the heavy metal world. The band from Stockholm released two more highly acclaimed albums with... Continue Reading →
American metal/hardcore powerhouse Hatebreed will be back on the road this summer, touring Europe. Hatebreed will play a number of headlining shows as well as several festivals. The band will be joined by British death metal icons Carcass on some of the headline shows and one of these shows will take place on 18th June,... Continue Reading →
German death metal outfit Cytotoxin launch their new album “Biographyte” today via Blood Blast Distribution. It is the fifth studio effort from the band and features eleven new songs. Rooted in brute death metal with some technical elements, the band sticks to their trademarks which also means addressing the effects of nuclear catastrophes. In case... Continue Reading →
Leper Colony, this band name stands for a Swedish-/German metal collaboration as Marc Grewe and guitarist Rogga Johansson joined forces. The two guys released a self-titled debut album in 2023, and it wasn't a one-off, as the new album 'Those of the Morbid' is waiting in the starting blocks. Grewe and Johansson are the driving... Continue Reading →
Benediction stand for oldschool death metal from Birmingham, UK, and with "Ravage of Empires" the quintet has a new album in the starting blocks. Four years after the release of their brilliant "Scriptures" album, the guys have recorded eleven blasting death metal songs. Although they never officially disbanded, Benediction took twelve years to release "Scriptures"... Continue Reading →
Dutch metal force Graceless launched with “Sanctified Slaughter” a new song. It is the lead single for the upcoming album “Icons of Ruin” which will be released on May 30st, 2025 via Listenable Records. Tracklist: God Shines in Absence Sanctified Slaughter Lash Me to My Painful Death Night Of the Slain Hardening Of the Heart ... Continue Reading →
German metal powerhouse Scalpture was founded in 2009 and has released three longplayers so far. With "Landkrieg" the death metal squad from Bielefeld, Germany has a new longplayer in the starting box and it is as massive as the earlier releases. Scalpture continue their Bolt Thrower inspired metal and pick up where they left off... Continue Reading →
Kanonenfieber is one of the rising stars of German metal. Within a few years, Noise and his bandmates have become one of the most acclaimed newcomers. After releasing their first live album in 2023, the band announced their next live release with "Live in Oberhausen". The band played a show at the Turbinenhalle 2 in... Continue Reading →
LIK, the modern-day purveyors of classic Swedish death metal, gloriously return to action with their fourth album, “Necro”, on April 18th via Metal Blade Records. Standing loud and proud over so many imitators, “Necro” is the musical equivalent of a classic shock-horror movie that's drenched in blood and gore and packed with over-the-top extremities. Delve beyond the zombified... 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 →
Five years after the release of "Pure Death", Swedish metal punks Disrupted return with a new album called "Stinking Death", the third studio album from the Dalarna-based metal squad. Disrupted play oldschool death metal and the Swedish roots are not only reflected on the address sticker. There is a lot of Entombed embedded in these... Continue Reading →
Wohoo. This album doesn't allow you to slowly slide into the songs and sounds, because it's a brutal blast that starts "Within the Viscera". But let's start from the very beginning. Neckbreakker is the band releasing their debut album "Within the Viscera". The guys started in 2020 as Nakkeknaekker, which is the Danish equivalent of... Continue Reading →
Primal Code was formed in the midst of the pandemic. It was 2021 when the death metal powerhouse from Chicago, Illinois started their metal journey and so far a demo, an EP and a split single have been the releases. Those brought the band to the attention of Relapse Records, who signed Primal Code. The... Continue Reading →
Mammoth Grinder was formed in 2006 in Austin, Texas, and it was in 2008 that the four-piece band released their first full-length album, "Rage and Ruin". With "Undying Spectral Resonance," the band has a new EP in the pipeline, featuring five songs of blistering death metal. Founding member Chris Ulsh is the driving force behind... Continue Reading →
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