My World of Music – est. 2013
Three years after having released the sinister 'Artic Thunder' album Norwegian metal veterans Darkthrone announced a new longplayer. 'Old Star' will be released on May 31st through Peaceville and brings some darkness to the starting summer time. Fenriz states: "Old star – again we are here with THE RIFFS! A while after our previous ARCTIC... Continue Reading →
33 years after having released the sophomore album 'Beyond the Gates', metal legends Possessed unveiled some first details about their third album. The band will unleash the longplayer on an unsuspecting world on May 10th, followed by some live shows in Europe. 'Revelation of Oblivion' is the title of Possessed third blast, an album that... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Riff grinders Misery Index return with their sixth studio album in an 18 years history. Five long years after 'The Killing Gods' spread its morbid charm it's the new longplayer that brings back brutal death metal. 'Rituals of Power' features nine songs and it's oldschool death metal you get offered by the Baltimore-based powerhouse,... Continue Reading →
Norwegian metal veterans Kampfar will release the newest album ‘Ofidians Manifest’ on May 3rd, and the longplayer comes through Indie Recordings. This is the tracklist: | Syndefall|| Ophidian||| Dominans|||| Natt||||| Eremitt|||||| Skamløs!||||||| Det Sorte
(*/10) Black metallers Der Weg Einer Freiheit played a show at Lido in Berlin, Germany on October 14th, 2017. The concert, in front of an enthusiastic crowd, was captured and will be now released as a live album. Simply entitled ‘Live in Berlin’ the record features a ten songs setlist that represents the entire discography... Continue Reading →
(9/10) The standard pattern for artwork of black metal releases includes a lot of black and white plus a moniker that can't be read due to a very unique typeface. A band that breaks this pattern is Devil Master from Philadelphia. The six-piece outfit released already a demo and an EP, entitled 'Inhabit the Corpse'.... Continue Reading →
(8/10) 'Gun to Mouth Salvation' is an album you couldn't really expect. Carnal Frorge released their previous longplayer back in 2007, faced a hiatus and returned in 2013. The band pulled oneself together and started to work on new material, although the next longplayer wasn't in sight at that time. 'When All Else Falls', a... Continue Reading →
(9/10) Malevolent Creation's 13th beast is a hungry one. The new longplayer of Florida-based riff grinder Malevolent Creation is a strong statement that oldschool death metal is livelier than ever. The quartet released their latest album 'Dead Man's Path' in 2015 and a lot of things happened between then and now. What had the biggest... Continue Reading →
(8/10) 'Black Frost' with all its blackness fits perfectly into the dark month of January. Nailed To Obscurity's debut for Nuclear Blast is a seven-track trip into melancholy and greyness,a journey you should joi. The quintet from Northern Germany adds with 'Black Frost' an album to their discography that shows the band on a next... Continue Reading →
(8/10) This EP comes from a band, based in Asia. Singapore, that's where Devouror has their home base and it's Malaysian Metal Zone Records that releases a first EP of this exotic powerhouse. Devouror plays blackened death metal that finds its roots in bands like Possessed, Death and partially Sodom. 'Slay For Satan' is a raw... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Venom is without any doubt a pioneer in metal. Not only that albums like ‘Welcome to Hell’ and ‘At War With Satan’ added a new level of extremeness to metal, but the band also set with ‘Black Metal’ a base for a totally new genre. All this happened in the first half of the... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Unearth belongs to the spearhead of US metalcore, being one of the most impactful outfits in this genre. The roots of Unearth go back to 1998 when the band started with an EP entitled ‘Above the Fall of Men’, the springboard for a successful career in metalcore. Since then things grew dramatically and to... Continue Reading →
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