My World of Music – est. 2013
Last month, Mayhem released their already highly praised new EP ‚Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando‘ which showcases the bands influences in the best possible way! Now the most fearsome black metal band has teamed up with renowned filmmaker Zev Deans to create a visual masterpiece for the song ‚Black Glass Communion‘. The video premiere is... Continue Reading →
On September 24th, Rivers of Nihil will release their fourth full-length, ‚The Work‘, via Metal Blade Records. For a first preview of the album, a video for the new single "Clean" (directed by Mike Truehart) can be viewed at https://youtu.be/BxqsmeRx04s ‚The Work’ track-listing1. The Tower (Theme from "The Work")2. Dreaming Black Clockwork3. Wait4. Focus5. Clean6.... Continue Reading →
Belgiums most infamous death metal crew ABORTED present their second unholy single “Drag me to Hell” of their forthcoming album “ManiaCult” which will be released worldwide on September 10th, 2021 via Century Media Records. The band comments: “Alright alright! It's good old Jack Burton here, and he's got one thing to say: get ready for... Continue Reading →
Iceland, a rather small country and a smaller island, but big when it comes to rock and metal. I guess that the amount of rock and metal bands in relation to the entire population is a rather high number. This time it is death metal outfit that share a new album with the world. Ophidian... Continue Reading →
'Blood Carving Mantras' and World 'Sacrifice' have been the foundation-makers for 'Hades Unleashed', the new strike from Northern Germany. It doesn't take Temple Of Dread long to go full speed on their third longplayer. With 'Aithon's Hunger', the trio starts things off without any intro or warm-up phase. It's more of a sonic punch into... Continue Reading →
Death metal veterans Carcass worked hard on their 7th album and now the wait is almost over. The band announced ‘Torn Arteries’, which will be available on September 17th via Nuclear Blast. With ‘Kelly’s Meat Emporium’, a first song has been unveiled already, being the morbid appetizer for a next surgical death metal strike from... Continue Reading →
White Stones is the brainchild of Opeth bassist Martin Mendez and the debut of the band, 'Kuarahy', saw the light of day in 2020. Today, the band announced their sophomore album 'Dancing Into Oblivion' which is a next virtuoso death metal release, penned by Mendez. White Stones stress the frame of extreme music, combining harsh... Continue Reading →
Heavy metal and the Cavalera family, that was always a tight entity. Sepultura, Soulfly and the Cavalera Conspiracy, all these band were and are closely connected to the name Cavalera and with Go Ahead And Die a next band continues the endeavor. Was it so far the brothers Max and Igor, being the metallic forces,... Continue Reading →
1988 was the year of Desaster. It wasn’t a disastrous year though and it was more of a year when some guys from Koblenz, Germany started to make music that shook the foundation of metal. Raw and without compromises, Desaster premiered eight years after having started an extraordinary metal endeavor that is still ongoing. It... Continue Reading →
Mental Cruelty, hailing from Karlsruhe, Germany, unleash their third album 'A Hill to Die Upon' today. The band that premiered with 'Purgatorium' in 2018 slams a next strike of brutal deathcore right into your face. With the exception of the intro 'Avgang' and the interlude 'Fossenbrate', the quintet unleashes a metal storm that gets its... Continue Reading →
Grave Miasma belongs to the group of bands that put quality over time. Starting in 2006, after having operated under the name of Goat Molestör for four years, the trio unleashed a fist EP called ‘Exalted Emanation’ in 2009. The full-length debut though took a bit longer. ‘Odori Sepulcrorum’ escaped the darkness in 2013 and... Continue Reading →
The first two longplayers, created by Temple Of Dread, received very positive feedback, which has been motivation enough for the band to start work on a powerful third strike. 'Hades Unleashed' will bring nine new songs to surface. Release date for this new longplayer will be July 23rd via Testimony Records. The tracklist has been... Continue Reading →
"1-2-3-4", this count brings different associations to the forefront. Musically it is very much connected to The Ramones and since a while it is a German band that uses the same counting, just totally different. German black metal stalwarts Abkehr have with 'In Blut' a third album in the pipeline, a four songs featuring release... Continue Reading →
Now, my French isn't the very best I have to admit and even with this little limitation, the new album from French black metal veterans Seth knows how to shine in darkness. Seth started at a time when black metal had a growing momentum. It was in 1996 when a demo called 'Apocalyptic Desires' has... Continue Reading →
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