My World of Music – est. 2013
US/Canadian heavy doom outfit Castle have just announced new European tour dates in support of their recent album “Evil Remains”, which was released in September 2024 via Hammerheart Records. A full list of confirmed shows can be found below. Castle comment on the trek: "We didn't get enough of Europe on the last Evil Remains... Continue Reading →
Ereb Altor are certainly no newcomers to metal. The band was founded in 2003 and their first album was released in 2008. You can't really say that the band rushed into it at the beginning, because five years between foundation and debut album is quite a long time. However, what took some time back then... Continue Reading →
Bergen, Norway is a city that is not only known for a lot of rainy days, but also has a very well established music scene. Bergen is very well known as one of the epicenters of Norwegian black metal, but there are also other metal genres that claim some attention. One of them is Morax.... Continue Reading →
"Infinity" will get a twin at the end of January, as End Of Green will release "Twinfinity". Almost thirty years after the release of their debut album, the Swabian gothic rockers will return to their beginnings with the re-recording of their first full-length album. It was 1996 when five guys from the greater Stuttgart area... Continue Reading →
Avatarium is one of the bands I have been able to follow from the very beginning, including their first show outside of Sweden. The band played at the legendary festival in The Netherlands in April 2014 and impressed with a seven song setlist. At that time the band released their debut album and now, almost... Continue Reading →
“Black Mass” is a song taken from the latest Electric Wizard album called “Black Magic Rituals and Perversions Vol. 1”. The record was released mid-December via Spinefarm Records and features eight songs from the doom metal force The new longplayer is a raw piece of metal and Jus Obom mentions: “It's raw as fuck. It’s like... Continue Reading →
The Gates of Slumber might be a band that not everyone has on their metal radar. Formed in 1998, the trio has released some really good albums, starting in 2004 with their debut, "…the Awakening". "The Wedge" marked the end of the first era of this doom behemoth from Indianapolis, Indiana, and the band disbanded... Continue Reading →
This is the news of the day. Guitar wizard Zakk Wylde will bring his Zakk Sabbath project to Europe/UK in spring 2025. The tour will start on March 4, 2025 in Manchester, UK and end on March 23, 2025 in Munich. Zakk Sabbath will also play a show in Hamburg, Germany on March 18th, 2025.... Continue Reading →
Swallow The Sun released their latest album “Shining” today and in parallel announced some tour dates for spring 2025. Starting on April 14th, 2025 in Antwerp, the band tours through Europe with the final show taking place at Logo, Hamburg on May 6th, 2025.
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 →
It happened in 2006 in Santiago, Chile that a band was formed that released two albums to date. Capilla Ardiente is the name of this band and their first release was "Bravery, Truth and the Endless Darkness". That was ten years ago, while the sophomore effort followed just before the pandemic put things on hold... Continue Reading →
Glare Of The Sun is a band that hasn't been on my radar, but that's about to change with their third full-length, "Tal". The band started in 2013, when some musicians from Austria and Germany embarked on a musical journey through rich musical landscapes. The first album the guys released is "Soil" from 2017, followed... Continue Reading →
At the beginning of the new millennium, Tony Iommi released two solo albums. "The 1996 DEP Sessions" was published in 2004, followed by "Fused" a year later. Both albums feature a collaboration between the iconic Black Sabbath guitarist and none other than Glenn Hughes. On October 4, 2024, both albums will be released for the... Continue Reading →
Doom metal enthusiasts Castle release with "Evil Remains" their first studio album in six years. The new record is also the sixth release after the 2018 album "Deal Thy Fate". So there are a lot of '6' connected to this record. Castle is mainly Mat Davis and Elizabeth Blackwell, who founded the band in 2009.... Continue Reading →
Chilean epic doom metal band Capilla Ardiente announced a new album. “Where Gods Live and Men Die” is the third full-length album of the band and follows “The Siege” which was released in 2019. The latest record will be released on October 18th, 2024 and will come via High Roller Records. With “As I Lie... Continue Reading →
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