My World of Music – est. 2013
‘The Humming Mountain’ is the new mini album delivered by Gaahls Wyrd. The Norwegian Grammy (Spellemannprisen)-winning band recorded five songs that lead to a 30-minute running time. The reason for releasing a mini album is because Gaahl wanted to provide more music to fans than what a usual EP delivers. Secondly, the concept of ‘The... Continue Reading →
Omnium Gatherum is one of the bands I have on my metal radar since quite a while and often the band moves into the shadows of other bands and releases, at least at my end. A new longplayer from the Finns always creates a reaction like, “Oh yeah. Omnium Gatherum, should listen to the band... Continue Reading →
Progressive rock and artrock, that is a genre that is closely connected to the name of Alan Parsons and the Alan Parsons Project. For me, the project has a special meaning since ‘I Robot’ was one of my very first vinyls that I bought from the limited pocket money back in the days. Regardless is... Continue Reading →
February 11th, 2022 – that is the release date of Cult Of Luna’s new album ‘The Long Road North’. "The long road north is a long road home. A direction dictated by a call that penetrates rock and echoes through the forest," states vocalist/guitarist Johannes Persson. "It flows over every lake, accelerated by the wind.... Continue Reading →
Zakk Wylde unleashs with ‘End of Day’ a new song from the upcoming Black Label Society album ‘Doom Crew Inc.’. Release date for the new album is November 26th, and the record comes via Spinefarm. ‘End of Day’ is not only a great song from Black Label Society. You also should not miss the video,... Continue Reading →
Damian Wilson doesn’t need to prove that he is a great singer. Fans of rock and metal music know the British singer from his time with bands like Threshold. Headspace is another band the singer enriches with his great voice and with Maiden United, Wilson shows his passion for straight-forward metal. Next to all these... Continue Reading →
Not sure how safe the streets of Malmö are these days but it’s mostly not a lethal experience. ‘Street Lethal’ though is the title of a quintet, Crazy Lixx, that comes from the city in south-west Sweden and the only weapons the guys are using are hooks, melodies, and riffs. On their new album, Crazy... Continue Reading →
The new album of Stepfather Fred is certainly a serious candidate for the award 'longest album title of the year'. 'Like The Sea - Constantly Moving, Constantly Drowning', that's the name the four guys use for presenting their sixth album to the public.Musically, not much has changed with Stepfather Fred. Heavy alternative rock is still... Continue Reading →
Stockholm meets Oakland, at least looking on the touring package that will roll over Europe in late summer / early autumn 2022. Metal vikings Amon Amarth and thrash metal icons Machine Head will embark on the 'Vikings and Lionhearts Tour 2022' with stops in many European countries. Some tour/concerts might be cancelled or postponed due... Continue Reading →
Bonded resulted from the fact of Bernmann and Makka leaving Sodom back in 2018. With not having the intention to sit still and wait for new opportunities, the guys started with Bonded an outlet for metal passion and riff dedication. A debut album was released in 2020 and ‘Rest in Violence’ got a lot of... Continue Reading →
I've heard good things about Tower, but I haven't heard anything from Tower until today. I can now end this shortcoming, because at the moment I'm listening to 'Shock to the System', the second album of the New Yorkers, on endless loop. Tower was formed in 2015 and had with 'Tower' their self-titled debut in... Continue Reading →
The rise of Bullet For My Valentine has been impressive. Founded as a Nirvana/Metallica cover band, the quartet has moved step by step towards their own sound identity. It is rare for a band to achieve considerable success with their debut album and then build on it. Bullet For My Valentine has succeeded in this... Continue Reading →
It was in 2013 when four musicians decided to start a new black metal band called Order. Anders Odden, Rene Jansen, Kjetil Manheim and Billy Messiah, these were the four founding members of Order, a band that revived the roots of Norwegian death and black metal. Cadaver and Mayhem are band names that have defined... Continue Reading →
Sarke and Nocturno Culto are the driving forces of an outfit that started in 2008 in Oslo, Norway. After having added six longplayers to their list of achievements, Sarke worked on a next album that carries the title ‘Allsighr’. The band picks it up where they left off with ‘Gastwerso’ and it is still a... Continue Reading →
American singer David Reece can look back on an exciting career so far which includes times with Teutonic metal pioneers Accept, as well as Reece was singing in Bangalore Choir albums and was part of Bonfire too. In addition, the singer also released albums under his own name and a next Reece longplayer is what... Continue Reading →
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