My World of Music – est. 2013
Helldrifter is a relatively new band. Founded in 2018 in Stuttgart, Germany, Helldrifter released their debut album "Lord of Damnation" in 2021, which brought the band to the attention of Violent Creek Records. The Hamburg-based label has an exciting portfolio of promising thrash and death metal bands, making Helldrifter a perfect fit for their roster.... Continue Reading →
Killswitch Engage announced Europe/UK tour dates. The tour comprises 25 dates over 2 legs from September - December 2025, kicking off in Lisbon and wrapping up in Helsinki, and includes a stop at London's OVO Arena Wembley. The European shows will also include Fit For An Autopsy, Decapitated and Employed To Serve. Killswitch Engage frontman... Continue Reading →
When it comes to metal from Poland, Hate has always stood in the shadow of mighty Behemoth, and when you listen to the new album "Bellum Regiis", you wonder why. Hate has a long tradition in death metal, to which they have added a blackened component step by step. With their thirteenth studio album, Hate... Continue Reading →
A few days ago Kardashev released their new album "Alunea". It is the band's third full-length album and what the quartet delivers is something special. 'Deathgaze' is the genre you read about from time to time and it describes the guys' music in a good way. But in the end we hear a fusion of... Continue Reading →
Nailed To Obscurity announced their fifth album. “Generation of the Void” will be released on September 5th, 2025 and will come via Nuclear Blast. With “Overcast” the lead single has been revealed already ad here is where you can enjoy the song: https://youtu.be/-X3fFdhdKSE?si=grDZhArDdrkyLhTW
“Thrash of the Titans” will roll over Europe & UK in October 2025. Testament, Obituary, Destruction and Goatwhore teamed up and will bring some thrash metal and death metal to 19 cities, including a show at Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg on October 14th,2025. An exclusive presale on eventim.de will start on April 30th, followed by... Continue Reading →
Kanonenfieber is one of those bands that have grown slowly but steadily over the past few years. In just five years, the band has catapulted itself into the premier league of German extreme metal, and with "Menschenmühle" and "Die Urkatastrophe", two very good albums have hit the shelves. The debut album also caught the attention... Continue Reading →
Blood Incantation is a band that has been one of the rising stars in metal over the past few years. Hailing from Denver, Colorado, the band recently released a stellar longplayer called "Absolute Elsewhere". To present and promote the album, the four-piece is currently on tour and is scheduled to play a show at Gruenspan... Continue Reading →
Sijjin is a German-Basque trio that formed in 2019 and released a critically acclaimed debut album, "Sumerian Promises." 2025 marks the return of the band and "Helljjin Combat" is the title of their second album. Sijjin play a fusion of thrash and death metal inspired by bands like Possessed, Nasty Savage and early Slayer. What... Continue Reading →
Deserted Fear is one of the rising acts when it comes to death metal made in Germany. The band from Thuringia was formed in 2007 and has published five albums, of which "Doomsday" is the latest. Three years after the release of "Doomsday", Deserted Fear is back with "Veins of Fire". Their sixth longplayer contains... Continue Reading →
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 →
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