My World of Music – est. 2013
Elegant Weapons is an interesting new constellation of musicians, with the line-up including Richie Faulkner, a long-time Judas Priest guitarist. In addition, Ronnie Romero lends his voice to the band, while the rhythm section consists of Dave Rimmer (Uriah Heep) and Christopher Williams (Accept). Thus, there are experts at work in the band. The fact... Continue Reading →
A.I. also starts to enter the metal world. Asked by Nuclear Blast, Corinne Larre (Twisted Hooves Studio) created an animated music video for Type O Negative’s ‘Halloween in Hell’ and shared the following: "When Nuclear Blast asked me to make this video using artificial intelligence, I was eager to explore the thousand possibilities offered by... Continue Reading →
German metal band Rebellion release these days with ‘X – Live in Iberia’ a live album, the first one in their 22 years long career. As the title suggest the album was recorded in Spain. The Teutonic metal force played a show at Paberese Club in Valencia on May 15th, 2022. The setlist contained 15... Continue Reading →
‘The Hallowed’ is the title of the upcoming Jag Panzer album. To bridge the waiting time, the band unveil a third track taken from the album. ‘Edge of a Knife’ is the name of the galloping metal anthem and can be enjoyed here: https://youtu.be/hnD4bEVJJa8 In addition, Jag Panzer provided a 14-minute documentary about the making... Continue Reading →
‘Game Over’ was in 2021; two years later the game is still in progress and even with a ‘Touchdown’. ‘Touchdown’ is the title of the upcoming U.D.O. album which will be released on August 25th, 2023 via Atomic Fire Records. Bass player on the new album is no less than Peter Baltes, a former mate... Continue Reading →
British metal veterans Raven announced a new album. ‘All Hell’s Breaking Loose’ is scheduled for release on June 30st, 2023 and the longplayer will carry a ten-song tracklist. With ‘Surf the Tsunami’ a new single has been released already and can be enjoyed here: https://youtu.be/IjHXssp4X9o Tracklist: Medieval Surf The Tsunami Turn Of the Screw All... Continue Reading →
Metal is everywhere. Enjoying a few off-days at the Danish west coast brought me to Agger. The little village in the Northwest of Denmark has a fishing heritage and during the summer season it is a nice place for tourist that look for silence and retreat. End of May though, both can’t be found there... Continue Reading →
After 42 years in the metal business, Grave Digger's front icon Chris Boltendahl will release his first solo album. Under the banner of Chris Boltendahl's Steelhammer, 'Reborn in Flames' will see the light of day on July 28, 2023! Chris was able to win over an illustrious guild of first-class musicians for this work... none... Continue Reading →
Hamburg-based Godsnake launch their sophomore album ‘Eye for an Eye’ in May this year. The longplayers follows the 2020 debut album ‘Poison Throne’ and starts with a song, that has been released as a single already. ‘The Sickening’ is with six minutes running time a rather long opener. At the same time, the song represents... Continue Reading →
Savage Grace has its roots in the 80s when the band presented two remarkable albums. In 1985 'Master of Disguise' was the debut album and it was a year later when the band released a sophomore album 'After the Fall from Grace'. What distinguishes both releases is a cliche-laden and partly embarrassing artwork combined with... Continue Reading →
Hammerfall belong to the spearheads a revived passion for heavy metal. After a time when nu metal, grunge and all kinds of sub-genres evolved, the swedes brought back traditional metal to the plate. It was the 1997 release ‘Glory by the Brave’ that fascinated headbangers and it marks the start of an impressive career. Twenty... Continue Reading →
Enforcer, that means the full power of heavy metal since 2004 when Olof Wikstrand started the band. 15 years ago the guys released their debut album 'Into the Night' and thus belong to the established metal bands of the new millennium. Nevertheless, you still get the feeling that Enforcer is a young band that is... Continue Reading →
Ross The Boss is the brainchild of Ross Friedman, one of the founding members of Manowar. The guitarist had a big impact on the success of timeless metal records like ‘Hail to England’ and ‘Sign of the Hammer’ is widely known. Now, 15 years after having started with Ross The Boss his new metal powerhouse,... Continue Reading →
Tanith is one of the most promising bands when it comes to a revitalization of 70s oriented hard rock and metal. The band started in 2017 and premiered in 2019 with an album called ‘In Another Time’. At the time Tanith was a quartet before guitarist Charles Newton left the band left the band in... Continue Reading →
Shadow Kingdom Records is known for their exquisite sense for great upcoming metal bands. Just think about Night Demon, the rising star in traditional metal. These days the label will release the debut album of a band called Blood Star. The band consist of Noah Henley, Jamison Palmer, Madeline Smith and Al Lester. The guys... Continue Reading →
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