My World of Music – est. 2013
Match Börner Open Air (MBOA) is a festival in Norderstedt, Germany, and the list of bands for the 2025 edition looks really interesting. Donots, Zebrahead and Montreal are some exciting bands for fans of harder and punk rooted music. But also the rest of the line-up sounds quite good. MBOA 2025 will take place from... Continue Reading →
Swedish rising stars Allt will come to Hamburg, Germany to play a show on March 12th, 2025 at Indra. The band just released their new album “From the New World” which is an exciting release for fans of progressive metalcore.
Blackie Lawless and W.A.S.P. announce dates of the upcoming European tour. Under the banner of “Album ONE Alive”, the band will embark on a tour in 2025, starting on June 6th, 2025 at Mystic Festival, Poland while the final show of this roundtrip will take place August 8th, 2025 at Alcatraz Festival in Belgium. As... Continue Reading →
The HU revealed the shows for their 2025 European tour. The "Incarnation Tour" will start on June 6th, 2025 in Maastricht, NL and ends on July 16th, 2025 in Istanbul, TR. The tour will include several shows of the band supporting Heilung which is rather exciting combination of sounds and spirits but will also festival... Continue Reading →
A package of three bands started a European tour in Zagreb, Croatia on October 21, 2024, and it is 1.5 months later when Alcest and support bands stop at Gruenspan, Hamburg. It is a typical Hamburg evening - dark and wet - when a long queue of fans line up in front of the venue... Continue Reading →
Tonight there is some metalcore on the agenda as While She Sleeps will be playing at Hamburg's Grosse Freiheit 36. It was almost ten years ago that I saw the band for the first time when While She Sleeps opened for In Flames at 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands. And as it was then, so it... Continue Reading →
Birthday party at Markthalle in Hamburg as Helmet celebrate 30 years of "Betty". It is the third album of the New York alternative rock veterans and a very successful one at that. "Betty" was released in 1994 and marked another highlight in the band's career. Tonight Page Hamilton and his bandmates stop in Hamburg and... Continue Reading →
While Elbriot 2024 was still ongoing, Papa Roach was already announced as headliner for the 2025 edition of the festival. Today, three additional bands have been announced. German thrash metal titans Kreator will be part of the Elbriot 2025 festival as well as German rocker Kissin’ Dynamite and Future Palace. Elbriot will take place on... Continue Reading →
This is the news of the day. Guitar wizard Zakk Wylde will bring his Zakk Sabbath project to Europe/UK in spring 2025. The tour will start on March 4, 2025 in Manchester, UK and end on March 23, 2025 in Munich. Zakk Sabbath will also play a show in Hamburg, Germany on March 18th, 2025.... Continue Reading →
10 years of El Puerto Records is a good reason for a party. The Swabian label decided to celebrate this milestone with some bands and fans. How could this be better done than with a small indoor festival which will take place on November 30th, 2024 at Schranne, Giengen. The line-up features five bands from... Continue Reading →
Swedish rock icon The Hellacopters have announced with “Overdrive” a new studio album. Release date will be in January 2025 and if this wouldn’t be already enough exciting news, the band also announced some tour dates. Five of those will be in Germany in April/May: 14.04.2025 DE-Köln /// Carlswerk Victoria15.04.2025 DE-München /// Muffathalle16.04.2025 DE-Frankfurt ///... Continue Reading →
Time for some hardcore tonight. Two hardcore veterans and one rather new band have embarked on a European tour with a stop at Gruenspan, Hamburg tonight. NY hardcore flagship Agnostic Front along with Murphy's Law and Violent Way are on the schedule and it's the guys from Buffalo, NY who open this hardcore driven night.... Continue Reading →
Sepultura are undoubtedly one of the most important thrash metal bands. The Brazilian metal force was founded in 1984 and made its debut in 1996 with the "Morbid Visions" album. I remember the first reviews of the album in the German metal media, which on the one hand showed appreciation for this untamed thrash metal,... Continue Reading →
Two veteran bands when it comes to hardcore join forces and will embark on a co-headliner tour through Europe in early 2025. Biohazard and Life Of Agony will be on the road together, playing shows in 24 cities in Europe and UK. The Brooklyn, NY based hardcore pioneers will start the tour on February 25th,... Continue Reading →
Bright & Black will return to the stage in May 2025, bringing their groundbreaking orchestral performance to some of Europe’s most stunning venues and concert houses. Bright & Black have been pushing the boundaries of metal and classical music with their debut, “The Album”, and a hugely successful first tour in 2024, which saw sold... Continue Reading →
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