My World of Music – est. 2013
April 14th this year can be looked at as thrash metal Friday. Two of the genre-defining metal bands unveil their new album, representing the east coast and west coast version of this powerful metal genre. While one evolved to a mega brand the other band stayed true to their roots and passion. We are talking... Continue Reading →
Although days get longer, and daylight takes a bigger share of the 24 hours there is always darkness too. In a season when colorful tulips start blossoming it’s The 69 Eyes that musically add the black roses to the mix. The Finns spread their musical melancholy already since 1989 and it was the debut ‘Bump’n’Grind’... Continue Reading →
Last In Line found its own identity. That is what we can state after having listened to their newest strike ‘Jericho’. Of course, there is the band’s name that indicates a link to the iconic Ronnie James Dio and the line up includes some veterans that have played with one of the most influential singers... Continue Reading →
Tribulation will release a new EP tomorrow and with ‘Vengeance (The Path)’ the release features a Blue Öyster Cult cover, which has been revealed today with an animated video.
South Tyrolian metal force Graveworm launched with ‘We are the Resistance!’ a new song, taken from the upcoming new album ‘Killing Innocence’ which will be released on April 28th, 2023 via AFM Records. It will be the bands tenth studio album and is the first release in eight years. Tracklist: Escorting The Soul We Are... Continue Reading →
German thrash metal institution Holy Moses will release their new album ‘Invisible Queen’ in a few days and will play numerous shows during 2023. Now the band announced their very last show ,which will take place on December 27th, 2023 at Markthalle, Hamburg. It will be also Sabina Classen’s 60th birthday, so enough good reasons... Continue Reading →
Dødheimsgard is one of the bands from Norway that made it to international reputation starting in 1994. Like other bands from the Norwegian metal scene, the musical rebellion started in black metal. So did Dødheimsgard, who introduced their devilish debut album 'Kronet til konge' in 1995. Even if the basic black manifestos are still present,... Continue Reading →
Some of you might know Jason Bieler from his days with Saigon Kick, the band that released with the debut album and the sophomore release ‘The Lizard’ two really cool records. After the band disbanded in 2000 it was 2012 that Saigon Kick returned, but so far without a countable result when it comes to... Continue Reading →
Joe Bonamassa played a show at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado in August 2022. The magic place close to Morrison created an impressive scenery for the concert and since it is not that easy for fans of the stellar guitarist to go there, the show was filmed and is now available as ‘Tales of Time’.... Continue Reading →
Holy Moses belongs the heroes of German thrash metal. Especially the first four albums belong to the genre defining releases, unleashed in a time when bands like Kreator and Sodom were in the fledgling phase too. Maybe it was the hiatus in the second half of the 90s that took away some attention from the... Continue Reading →
Xysma is a quite interesting band. Hailing from Finland the guys started in the late 80’s and release a debut called ‘Yeah’ in 1991. Being inspired by the speed- and thrash metal movement from the second half of the 80’s and fascinated from the growing extreme metal in the 90’s, Xysma started to play death’n’roll... Continue Reading →
Swedish masters of darkness, Tribulation, worked on a new EP called ‘Hamartia’. It is the first release that features the band’s new guitarist Joseph Tholl. He replaced Jonathan Hultén who decided to focus on his solo career. Although Tribulation started in the fields of Swedish death metal, the band added over time an extra portion... Continue Reading →
Let me introduce Mount Atlas to you briefly. The band hails from Oldenburg, Lower Saxony and the start date was set for 2016. With 'Titan' the quintet debuted a year later and it was in 2019 when an EP entitled 'Mistress' followed. Naturally, the band wanted to use the momentum to quickly follow up with... Continue Reading →
Two bands that have recently released electric records are together on tour these days. The Answer return after a longer hiatus with their new longplayer ‘Sundowner’ and the guys invited with Black Mirrors and ambitious and young band to embark with them on a tour though Europe this spring. One stop on this road trip... Continue Reading →
The southwest of Germany is certainly one of the sunniest regions in the entire country. But it is the Black Forest which is definitely one of the darker areas of Germany, especially during autumn and winter. When in autumn the fog mystically spreads its gray veils over the coniferous forest, this is exactly the type... Continue Reading →
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