My World of Music – est. 2013
"The Devil's Asylum" is Vicious Rumors' 14th studio album and a metal masterpiece. Five years after launching "Celebration Decay" Geoff Thorpe and band have returned with their latest effort - an album featuring eleven new songs. Compared with its predecessor, there are some new elements that make "The Devil's Asylum" a great album. Alongside Thorpe,... Continue Reading →
Canada's hard rocking metallers Starlight Ritual have revealed a first song from their upcoming second album "Rogue Angels", scheduled for October 31st 2025 via High Roller Records. A video clip for the track "On The Run" is available here: https://youtu.be/-ga3IN642Kg?si=4Mzq7qeQ5F05pLqh
„Giants & Monsters“ is the title of the new Helloween album which is out now and the review is online on Markus’ Heavy Music Blog. The album release is accompanied by a 90’s MTV style music video with "A Little Is A Little Too Much." Under complete banishment of AI, it beams the viewer into... Continue Reading →
Burning Witches has been casting a spell on metalheads for ten years. The band started in Brugg, Switzerland in 2015, and to date, the five-piece has released five albums. Their new record, titled “Inquisition, ” is now available at record stores and includes a 12-song tracklist, as well as an intro and outro. "Sanguini Hominum"... Continue Reading →
After traditional heavy metal made room for grunge, nu metal, and other genres, bands like Hammerfall paved the way for metal again at the end of the '90s. The German band Mob Rules was also founded around this time. They launched their first longplayer in 1999, with singer Klaus Dirks being the driving force. With... Continue Reading →
Following a series of live dates in support of iconic metallers Savatage, their first-ever, frenetically-acclaimed appearance at Wacken Open Air and the previously-released single "Beyond Horizons," Induction strike again with their brand-new song "Dark Temptation" - a track that fuses razor-sharp riffs, symphonic fire, and high-octane hooks into a relentless storm of sound! Alongside today's... Continue Reading →
October 26, 2024 saw Moonspell performing their first-ever symphonic show, dubbed "Opus Diabolicum", at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, Portugal’s capital city. The band made history at this unforgettable live event, adding another magnificent chapter to both metal music made in Portugal and their very own legacy. Now, a year later, this monumental event can... Continue Reading →
New but not new — that's the best way to describe the "Reforged" series from Iron Savior. The band launched the first album of this re-release collection, “Reforged – Riding the Fire,” in 2017. The second chapter of this endeavor was “Reforged – Ironbound.” To make the band's earlier material available to fans again, Piet... Continue Reading →
Helloween is undoubtedly one of the most influential heavy metal bands hailing from Germany. This metal institution has been around for more than 40 years and caused a big buzz with their first three albums. Founded in Hamburg in 1984, Helloween initiated an exciting project in 2016 when the band announced a tour featuring Deris,... Continue Reading →
While there was rain and mud at Wacken Open Air 2025 a week ago, August is showing its best side today. A sunny and warm Saturday is ahead of us as Elbriot 2025 gets underway. This well-established one-day festival in the heart of Hamburg is a must-visit for rock and metal fans. As in previous... Continue Reading →
Seven longplayers in ten years is a very solid level of productivity achieved by the German metal force, Hammer King. The band hails from Kaiserslautern in the Saarland region. The debut album was launched in 2015, and ten years later, a treat for fans of melodic metal is being offered in the form of "Make... Continue Reading →
Almost ten years ago to the day, Martyr appeared on my metal radar. The band performed at Schollenpop 2015 in The Hague, the Netherlands, alongside Distillator (who later became Cryptosis) and thrash veterans Death Angel. Martyr's history, however, began much earlier than 2015. Founded in Utrecht, NL in 1982, the band released two albums before... Continue Reading →
Ministry didn't have far to travel to get to Hamburg. The industrial metal veterans had played at the legendary Wacken festival the night before, just one hour away from the Markthalle. Supporting Ministry tonight in Hamburg are Light of Eternity, a relatively new band with a veteran line-up. It's 8pm and showtime is approaching. Light... Continue Reading →
On the last evening of the festival, the first bands for the 35th Wacken Open Air 2026, which will take place from July 29 to August 1, 2026, were announced to loud cheers during an epic multimedia show on both main stages. The highlights of this anniversary edition will include headline performances by Savatage, Def... Continue Reading →
“Domination” is within the metal world’s reach as Primal Fear premiere the official music video for "Tears Of Fire." The track is once again taken from their forthcoming record, which was already hailed as “absolutely stunning” (My Global Mind) and “the strongest Primal Fear album in recent times” (Metal Planet Music). After ascending with clear... Continue Reading →
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