My World of Music – est. 2013
I don’t think Long Distance Calling needs much of an introduction. Since their foundation in 2006, the four-piece from Münster, Germany has been at the forefront of German post- and progressive rock.David Jordan, Janisch Rathmer, Florian Füntmann and Jan Hoffmann deliver music that meets the highest quality standards. Their subtle approach to music, combined with... Continue Reading →
Steve Morse is best known for his time with classic rock pioneers Deep Purple, where he was the guitarist who had been in the line-up for the most years. Morse has also been part of Kansas, and with the Steve Morse Band he has his own creative outlet. In 2022, Morse announced his departure from... Continue Reading →
Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai are three guitar heroes, and G3 is a concert series that brings the three guys together on stage - solo and together as a triple guitar powerhouse. It was in 1996 when Satriani, Vai, Johnson toured the USA together for the first time. Each of the extraordinary guitarists... Continue Reading →
Irish post-rockers God Is An Astronaut can look back on a long list of achievements. Founded in 2002, the band has released ten studio albums to date and with "Embers" the next effort will hit the shelves in September with nine new songs. God Is An Astronaut play instrumental music and the new album doesn't... Continue Reading →
The name Victor Smolski should be familiar to most of you. The multi-instrumentalist started his solo career in 1996 when he released with 'Destiny' a first EP. With 'The Heretic' followed an acclaimed debut album and Smolski became really popular as guitarist of Germany's metal icons Rage. Smolski was part of their line-up from 1999... Continue Reading →
The fact that time and creativity are closely interwoven is evident these days through a variety of new albums that might never be made if not by putting a stop to the usual. Distraction always leads to something new and here we have a good example. Lybica is a band that is the brainchild of... Continue Reading →
Derek Sherinian, known as a keyboard wizard who refined the sound of Dream Theater Black Country Communion, among others, comes these days with a new solo album around the corner. Vortex' is the name of the new record which contains eight instrumental tracks. The king of the keys has brought in with Tony Franklin and... Continue Reading →
Italy-based computer- and metal enthusiast Victor Love is the brain behind Mater Boot Record. The project premiered two years ago with an album called ‘Floppy Disc Overdrive’ and the sophomore release is now ready for a launch. ‘Personal Computer’ is the iconic and unusual title of the second effort and Master Boot Record picks it... Continue Reading →
Some interesting post rock/metal bands hail from Spain. There is Tundra, an instrumental band with a passion for progressive instrumental music and there is Syberia. The moniker of the latter might make one think about a band that either plays symphonic metal or some harsh extreme metal. None of the two is what Syberia’s music... Continue Reading →
Joe Satriani is one of the most renowned guitarists in rock music. The guitarist from Westbury, Long Island, New York started his six-string adventure in the early 70s and became one of the most influential musicians in his craft. Not only that Satriani released numerous albums; he also worked as guitar instructor with students Kirk... Continue Reading →
Dutch bass player Joost van der Graaf is known from his time with bands like Dew-Scented. His bass can be also heard on Pestilence’s latest album ‘Exitivm’. In 2020 Van der Graaf started with Choreomanic a solo project and the self-titled album is the debut. Musically Choreomanic has not that much to do with the... Continue Reading →
'Hex', this is the title of the new album of Spain's post-rockers Toundra. If the first albums were easy to remember in terms of title, they were numbered consecutively, the 2018 work 'Vortex' was a first break. Last year, with 'Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari', an album with a German title saw the light of... Continue Reading →
Hemelbestormer means ‘stormer of heaven’ and is the band name of a Belgium metal band that founded in 2012. The band premiered with ‘Portals’ in 2014 and released two additional longplayers to date. With having three records on their list of achievements, Hemelbestormer has finished work on ‘Collide & Merge’, the next step of the... Continue Reading →
Gus G.’s guitar enriched many releases. He played with Ozzy Osbourne, added brute riffs to Nightrage’s death metal and has with Firewind a melodic metal powerhouse up and running. The great thing with Gus G. is that he usually combines his exquisite guitar play with songwriting skills which means that songs always stay songs without... Continue Reading →
If you didn’t live under a rock for the last decades, you know the name of George Lynch. The axe wizard from Spokane, Washington enriched the most successful Dokken longplayers with his unique guitar sound and was a strong base for Dokken’s success. Also Lynch Mob belongs to the well-sounding monikers in rock with a... Continue Reading →
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