My World of Music – est. 2013
It was in 2019 when Twilight Force released their third album to date and three and a half years later the Swedes return with 'At the Heart of Wintervale'. The band has not changed anything in their basic musical concept and continues to build on fast and very catchy power metal which they themselves describe... Continue Reading →
For I Am King (FIAK) is a Dutch metalcore outfit. Starting in 2013 the band premiered in 2014 with releasing an EP called ‘Revengeance’. Two years later the debut album ‘Daemons’ hit the shelves, followed by some live shows. The sophomore longplayer ‘I’ started to shine in 2018 and nowadays it will be ‘Crown’, the... Continue Reading →
After Swedish metal group Sister Sin disbanded in 2015 singer Liv Jagrell started with Liv Sin a new band. Premiering in 2016 with ‘Follow Me’ the band unleashed their sophomore album ‘Burning Sermons’ in 2019. Another three years late the next record will hit the shelves, a longplayer called ‘KaliYuga’. The band’s third longplayer features... Continue Reading →
Riverside started in 2001 and hail from Wasaw, Poland. The progressive metal outfit premiered with ‘Out of Myself’, an album that was independently released and led to a deal the band inked with Inside Out Music. The band was on a successful journey through the hemisphere of multi-layered music and unleashed pretty successful records. Then... Continue Reading →
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Roadrunner Records, the label arranged an all-star session, an event that took place on December 15th, 2005 at Nokia Theater in New York City. A total of 57 musicians, representing 45 bands performed a huge number of songs with Joey Jordison of Slipknot, Robb Flynn of Machine Head, Dino... Continue Reading →
Heavy metal maniacs Night Demon launch with ‘Outsider’ a new song, taken from the upcoming album. It’s the title track and Jarvis Leatherby (Vocals / Bass) recently commented as follows to Decibel Magazine: "Most bands will always tell you that their newest album is the best...I completely understand why bands say that sort of thing,... Continue Reading →
UK-based death metal veterans Memoriam launched with ‘Total War’ a new single. The song is taken from the upcoming album ‘Rise to Power’ which will hit the shelves on February 2nd, 2023. Never Forget, Never Again (6 Million Dead) Total War I Am the Enemy The Conflict is Within Annihilation's Dawn All is Lost Rise... Continue Reading →
Abstrakt Algebra is the brainchild of Leif Edling, the mainman of doom icons Candlemass. With this project, Edling focused on more complex sound structures and the only release of the band was the self-titled debut album which saw the light of day in 1995. Today, GMR Music re-releases the album as a by Patrick W.... Continue Reading →
"Part French. Part English. 100% Rock'n'Roll", that's what it says on the album cover of Laura Cox's latest album. The guitarist is one of the rising stars in the world of guitar-based rock music, and has her latest album, 'Head Above Water', in the starting blocks as we speak. Cox is the child of English/French... Continue Reading →
It was 2012 when Thin Lizzy members Scott Gorham, Damon Johnson, Marco Mendoza and Ricky Warwick started writing new songs. Out of respect for Phil Lynott (R.I.P.) and due to the fact that Darren Wharton and Brian Downey were not interested in recording new music, the quartet started releasing new songs under the moniker of... Continue Reading →
Mikael Erlandsson is no stranger to Swedish AOR. Known from his time with Secret Service, it is mainly the Last Autumn's Dream albums that helped Erlandsson gain awareness among a larger group of AOR and rock fans both, inside and outside of Sweden. After 14 albums and many years of collaboration, Last Autumn's Dream came... Continue Reading →
Sometimes chicken; sometimes feathers - that goes for everything in life. If you get a new record on the table, then you are certainly curious about the direction in which things are heading. Well, in the case of Turmion Kälitöt it is rather 'feathers'. The Finns from Kuopio are already active since 2013 and have... Continue Reading →
Beyond The Black had a comet-like rise, with their first live show being nowhere else but at the legendary Wacken Open Air. This was in 2014, so even before Beyond The Black had a debut album on the market. To make something like this happen, one certainly needs influential promoters and while some bands have... Continue Reading →
If there was one in particular that made the dark side of rock mass compatible in the 90s, it's His Infernal Majesty, also known as H.I.M.. The Finns started in 1991 and kept going, with a small interruption in the mid-90s, until 2017. The debut album 'Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666' helped the band to gain... Continue Reading →
It was already indicated with the launch of 'The Wrong Time' about a month ago; Obituary are back. And not only that the death metal legend presents a new album - it's the vehemence of the song that demands all from amps and speakers. The five-piece from Tampa, Florida is one of the best that... Continue Reading →
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