My World of Music – est. 2013
Hamburg is not exactly known as a carnival hotspot and yet, today's concert event fits very well for Ash Wednesday. With Katatonia, Sólstafir and SOM there are three bands in town, which do not exactly stand for the colorful fifth season. Rather, the bands are dedicated to the rather dark sounds, which are musically sophisticated... Continue Reading →
Half Me is not exactly a new band. The five guys from Hamburg started in 2018, but it took a while until the band from Germany's north could complete their studio debut. A few days ago, however, the time had come, and escorted by a release show at Hamburg's cult club Logo, Half Me released... Continue Reading →
It is a wet, cold and gray February day, when fans of extreme metal gather at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle and four bands are on the agenda tonight - Heaven Shall Burn, Trivium, Obituary and Malevolence. Patiently and with a beer or two, fans wait until the doors to the Sporthalle open and at 5:30pm the... Continue Reading →
It is a stormy day when Leprous, together with Monuments and Kalandra visit the Hanseatic city. Nevertheless, many fans find their way to the Gruenspan to witness a very varied musical evening. 'Variety' is certainly the motto for this evening, because there are very diverse bands that perform one after the other, which is also... Continue Reading →
Hamburg faces tonight a kind of ‘-ca’ night with Apocalyptica and Epica being in town. The third band, being part of the ‘The Epic Apocalypse Tour’ are Wheel from Finland. The first thing one notices is a 200m queue of fans, waiting for the opening of doors of the Grosse Freiheit 36. Such a line... Continue Reading →
Undertow have been one of the most respected bands in the German metal underground over the last 30 years. With great albums, the guys have rightly brought themselves into the limelight again and again, gaining a very solid fan base. Many of these fans are located in the north of Germany, a region where the... Continue Reading →
Once you get through the Elbtunnel in Hamburg without a traffic jam and then you wait in line in front of the parking lot of the Zeltphilharmonie. The latter is a new location in Hamburg, located in the middle of the harbor area. It is the Cruise Center Steinwerder, on whose large site a tent... Continue Reading →
The first day of November this year is also day 1 of a tour that promises a lot of good music and good vibes. Rock icons Alter Bridge have taken the trip across the pond to present their new album 'Pawns & Kings' live. And the quartet is not traveling alone. Joining them on the... Continue Reading →
There are days when there are so many bands in town that it's hard to decide where to go. Sunday, October 30 in Hamburg, that's such a day. Hypocricy are in town, Audrey Horne play a show in the Hanseatic city and also Arch Enemy, Behemoth, Carcass and Unto Others guest in Hamburg. The agony... Continue Reading →
What started as a small project has developed into an almost standalone program. Finland's power metal outfit Sonata Arctica started to convert some of their songs into acoustic songs a few years ago and toured the home country. The band just wanted to challenge themselves and what came out of it is an amazing acoustic... Continue Reading →
Even a rainy and stormy day is no obstacle for vikings and lionhearts to make their way to the Barclays Arena in Hamburg, because with Amon Amarth and Machine Head two iconic metal bands have announced themselves. Along with the red-hot newcomers The Halo Effect, a more than solid metal package will be in town... Continue Reading →
Black Stone Cherry are on tour in Europe at the moment. One stop on this tour is Hamburg and it is the legendary Markthalle that welcomes the four Americans. Black Stone Cherry share the tour bus with their label mates from The Georgia Thunderbolts, one of the rising stars in southern rock. Show start is... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago Udo Dirkschneider, as Dirkschneider, played at the Wacken Open Air in Germany's northernmost Bundesland. This time, the legendary singer comes back to the north, this time to Hamburg and as U.D.O.. While the focus at the W:O:A was on the classics from Accept days, tonight the U.D.O. hits are on the... Continue Reading →
When Uriah Heep was founded in 1969, the writer of these lines was just one year old. One year later the legendary debut album '…Very 'Eavy … Very 'Umble' was released which marked the beginning of a more than impressive career for the band. Even if the press at the time harshly commented on the... Continue Reading →
Therapy? are real veterans when it’s about alternative rock coming from Northern Island. It was Andy Cairns and Fyfe Ewing who founded the band in 1989. Michael McKeegan joined the band the same year and a first demo has been recorded. The first tour happened in 1990 and all this indicates that the 30th anniversary... Continue Reading →
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