My World of Music – est. 2013
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 →
Massacre are one of the death metal veteran bands, hailing from Tampa, Florida. Their debut album “From Beyond” belongs to the milestones of this extreme metal genre but consistency wasn’t on Massacre’s side. The status of the band permanently switched between 'on' and 'off', but since 2019 there seems to be some kind of flow.... Continue Reading →
Sepultura are undoubtedly one of the most important thrash metal bands. The Brazilian metal force was founded in 1984 and made its debut in 1996 with the "Morbid Visions" album. I remember the first reviews of the album in the German metal media, which on the one hand showed appreciation for this untamed thrash metal,... Continue Reading →
Jyväskylä is a smaller city in the southern part of Finland and is known for its lively music scene. One of the bands from there is Swallow The Sun. The band formed in 2000 and released their debut album "The Morning Never Came" in 2003. The band name and album title reflect the long and... Continue Reading →
There aren't many bands that have the ability to blend the epic soundscapes of progressive bands like Pink Floyd with raw death metal energy. One of the group that manage this challenge are Blood Incantation. The band recently unleashed their newest longplayer "Absolute Elsewhere" which features two excellent compositions which are reflecting the entire range... Continue Reading →
Today the foundation of the Sporthalle Hamburg will be challenged by three bands with mainly Swedish roots. The mighty In Flames are on a co-headlining tour with Arch Enemy, while Helsingborg's Soilwork are the opening act. Arriving at the venue shows how attractive this package is for metalheads. The doors open at 18:00 and the... Continue Reading →
Maul is a band from Fargo, North Dakota. Formed in 2017, the guys released their first full-length longplayer "Seraphic Punishment" in 2022 after putting out several singles, EPs, and split releases. "In Jaws of Bereavement" is the band's sophomore output, and it's brute death metal that challenges speakers and eardrums, not to mention neck muscles,... Continue Reading →
The Crown are among the pioneers of Swedish death metal. Formed in 1998, the band released the album "Hell is Here" in the same year, which was the beginning of a restless adventure in the field of extreme metal. Starting as Crown Of Thorns, changing to The Crown and later to Dobermann, the band never... Continue Reading →
Death metal pioneers Cannibal Corpse are touring Europe this fall, and today the kings of splatter metal stop at Hamburg's Grosse Freiheit 36. With them on the road are three bands that cover a spectrum from thrash metal to death metal. Belgian metal powerhouse Schizophrenia as well as Immolation and Municipal Waste will join Cannibal... 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 →
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