My World of Music – est. 2013
Graywolf is a band hailing from Switzerland. With savvy musicians on board, having played for bands like Celtic Frost, Emerald and Pure Inc., the quintet has enough firepower and experience to create an album that rocks; and the self-titled debut really rocks. With the background of the involved musicians the assumption regarding sound of Graywolf... Continue Reading →
Without much ado, Rival Sons have put a new record into the record stores. 'Darkfighter' is the name of the latest work of the guys from Long Beach, California and it contains eight new songs. It was blues-driven ‘Nobody Wants to Die’ which announced the new record already in October 2022 and a lot of... Continue Reading →
After having released with ‘The Gang’s All Here’, the gang embarked on a tour that brings Skid Row to many countries and continents. Today the hard rock veterans stop at Gruenspan, Hamburg for a show that helps to bridge the gap between some of the bigger festivals in Europe and Skid Row’s support shows for... Continue Reading →
Rock veterans Deep Purple will return to Hamburg for a show at the legendary Stadtpark Open Air. The band will play a show there on July 19th, 2023. The show in Hamburg will be the second last of a summer tour that will start on June24th, 2023 in Cartagena, Spain and it will end on... Continue Reading →
‘Road’. That is the title of the just announced new album from rock icon Alice Cooper. The album will be released on August 25th, 2023 via earMUSIC and with ‘I’m Alice’ a first single has been launched already. Here you can enjoy the song: https://youtu.be/hVxJwWgv5Gg Once again produced by Bob Ezrin, ‘Road’ features 13 song.... Continue Reading →
If you are 26 years in business and if you released 12 records, then you obviously do something right. Swiss hard rock outfit Shakra can look back on such a storyline and the journey didn’t end. If this also means that you are invincible is something I can’t tell, but at least ‘Invincible’ is the... Continue Reading →
It might be for sure a nice thing if the debut album of a band can score big success and if the sophomore album continues the winning streak, things feel even better. At the same time, expectations are rising too and the pressure to deliver gets stronger. Extreme is one of the bands that went... Continue Reading →
It's always a tricky thing with supergroups. Sometimes they are designed on the drawing board and have mainly a commercial aspect. Sometimes, however, it opens up the possibility for the musicians involved to express themselves musically outside the confines of the established mother ship. When Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Johnny Depp decided to start... Continue Reading →
If there would be an award for ‘Most Touring Band’, Thundermother would certainly be a nominee. Not even the pandemic could stop the band from trying to play shows whenever and wherever possible. These days, the Swedes are on tour, supporting the Scorpions. Since the Scorpions have planned a few off days, the four girls... Continue Reading →
Beth Hart belongs to the most talented singers these days. Albums and live shows are always a delight since the songs are great and evenly important is the emotional factor that makes Harts music so authentic and real. Beth Hart announced live shows for early summer this year and will come to Germany and Switzerland.... Continue Reading →
Swedish heavy rockers Lucifer unleashed with ‘A Coffin has No Silver Lining (The Sistine Version)’ a new song. It is the first single the band reveals after having signed a deal with Nuclear Blast records and it is taken from the upcoming album ‘Lucifer V’. Here you can enjoy the song: https://youtu.be/-EZkgyp9D18
Rock Meets Classic and Metal Meets Classic, that's always one of those things that include a certain risk. Sometimes it works, but often the opposite is the case. Now, Def Leppard give it a try and release 'Drastic Symphonies', an album which contains reworked versions of some of their big hits. In collaboration with the... Continue Reading →
Neal Schon is known as the founder and guitarist of Journey. The iconic rock band is still driven by Schon but the name is also connected to three Santana album, Hardline, Bad English and other bands/projects, not to forget his solo releases. On February 9th, 2018, Schon played a show at The Independent in Hollywood.... Continue Reading →
What German rock and metal powerhouse Plainride offer on their new album is a musical curveball. The trio delivers versatile music that has many shades and twists. But who are Plainride? The band consists of Florian Schlenker, Max Rebel and Bob Vogston. The guys are based in Cologne and what they deliver with their third... Continue Reading →
Arjen Lucassen is a real force when it comes to progressive sounds in rock and metal. Showing his talent already during the early days with Vengeance and their ‘Arabia” album, the Dutch rock icon had huge success with starting Ayreon. Concept albums, filled with great music and done with support of friends and renown musicians... Continue Reading →
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