My World of Music – est. 2013
Knoxville, Tennessee based deathcore enthusiasts Whitechapel launch their ninth longplayer with "Hymns of Dissonance". Four years after the release of "Kin", the band returns with a brutal piece of music. "Hymns of Dissonance" contains ten songs, each of which is among the most aggressive deathcore songs the band has released to date. It was the... Continue Reading →
Time flies when you have fun. That is what I thought when I received the new album from Killswitch Engage. The band started 25 years ago and it somehow feels like yesterday when I was listening to their self-titled debut album for the first time. To date, the five-piece has released seven albums and it... Continue Reading →
The end of the year is a good moment in time to look back on the last 12 months. There were many highlights and there were a few lowlights too. Here is the best the metal year 2024 had to offer, at least from my standpoint 🙂 Top 20 albums 2024 Blood Incantation - Absolute... Continue Reading →
German metalcore band Caliban announced a new tour. The “Back From Hell Tour 2025” includes 18 shows in Europe and UK, starting on April 27th, 2025 in Karlsruhe, Germany. The final show of this roadtrip will take place on May 18th, 2025 in Cologne, Germany. On April 29th, 2025 Caliban will play a show at... 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.
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 →
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 →
In a way, Allt's debut album reminds me a bit of bands like Meshuggah. Not exactly because of the music itself, more because of their approach to music, but let's start from the beginning. Allt is a band from Karlskoga, Sweden. It's a small town that is the hometown of some Swedish athletes and with... Continue Reading →
With "Opium" the Hamburg five-piece Half Me release a new EP containing five songs and as expected the guys deliver a musical blast. Half Me play a fusion of hardcore, groove metal and metalcore, resulting in an explosive sound collage, which can be checked out with the first song on this release. "Concrete Ceiling" is... Continue Reading →
"Nation" was the first release from German postcore band Rising Insane, and with "Wildfires" the band now has its fourth full-length in the pipeline. The latest album from the five-piece band deals with all the troubles and hatred that is everywhere. If you look at the current state of society, there is hate, with social... Continue Reading →
It came as a bit of a surprise when German metalcore veterans Neaera returned with a new album in 2020. "Neaera" ended a seven-year hiatus and showed a band that was back with a full force. Fortunately, the wait for the next album, "All is Dust", wasn't as long as for the previous release. Four... Continue Reading →
Metalcore passionists The Oklahoma Kid launched a new video. “Ignoranz” is the title of this track that also feat. Consvmer. It’s a breath-taking song and a sonic blast which continues the bad’s tradition n of giving some track a German title. Photo: Prissilya Junewin
Voidgazer is a band formed in late 2015 in St. Louis, Missouri and is the brainchild of Manny Watts. Despite being a relatively young band, Voidgazer has already gone through several line up changes and is now ready to take off. The band first burst onto the scene with the release of an EP entitled... Continue Reading →
German metalcore veterans Neaera, who are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, will release "All Is Dust" on June 28th via Metal Blade Records. On February 28th, 2020, Neaera released their seventh album – it was their eponymous comeback record after a seven-year-hiatus - which caught everyone by surprise. Despite having been well received, the... Continue Reading →
Metalcore fans can look forward with excitement as a metalcore package will embark on a tour at the end of 2024. As I Lay Dying will be on the road and the support acts are no less thrilling. German metal veterans Caliban will join them as well as Decapitated and Left To Suffer. This loud... Continue Reading →
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