My World of Music – est. 2013
Mark Tremonti certainly needs no introduction. The guitarist and singer has developed over the years as a force in alternative rock and metal. With Alter Bridge and throughout his solo career, Tremonti can built on a steadily growing fan base and the new solo album 'Marching in Time' will increase the reach even more. 'Marching... Continue Reading →
Rivers Of Nihil, hailing from Reading, Pennsylvania, unleashed their first EP 11 years ago and premiered with ‘The Conscious Seed of Light’ in 2013. Having found a home at Metal Blade Records, the band released two next longplayers with ‘The Work’ being the next addition to the family. ‘The Work’ might be a bit of... Continue Reading →
‚Burning the Witches‘ was the start, ‚Hellbound‘ laid the foundation and ‚Triumph and Agony‘ was the big break-through for German metal enthusiasts of Warlock. The album was the beginning of something big and although Warlock disbanded a couple of years after having unleashed the classic, it is Doro Pesch that took the baton and never... Continue Reading →
Moonspell will re-release a compilation via MDD Records, an album that features many songs the helped to define a new sound. ‘The Great Silver Eye’ has been originally revealed in 2007 with a 16 songs featuring tracklist. Now it is MDD records that provides a re-issue of this compilation that represents the earlier era of... Continue Reading →
'Monster Truck' is the title of the new Goatfather album and as far as the load is concerned, there are eight heavy rock tracks brought to the fanbase with care here. Heavy riffs, down tuned guitars and a slow but merciless rhythm section are key when it comes to album and sound. The French heavy... Continue Reading →
The two people behind Emissary Of Suffering are Mattias Rasmusson and Nils Groth, both of whom are no strangers to the scene, as they have played in different bands. With 'Mournful Sights' the duo have their first album at the start, an eight-song record which, according to the protagonists, is based on influences from Iron... Continue Reading →
High Roller Records continues with their initiated series of re-releases, this time it’s the records of The Rods that shine brightly in a new spotlight. The debut ‘Rock Hard’ was re-released a few weeks ago, followed now by ‘the Rods’ and ‘Wild Dogs’. The Rods, that’ the band of Dio cousin David Feinstein, Steven Starmer... Continue Reading →
Paradox isn’t a band that benefited a lot from the sunny side of life. It took bandleader Charly Steinhauer a lot of willpower and commitment for the band to overcome all hurdles and challenges life had to offer. Paradox started in 1981 and it was the fabulous ‘Product of Imagination’ that was a first wow-moment... Continue Reading →
UK rockers Vega have been in business for 12 years now and have six studio albums to their credit. With 'Anarchy and Unity' the guys from York have produced a new record and have remained true to themselves. Vega stands for melodic rock at its best and the sextet leaves no doubt that they can... Continue Reading →
One of the most influential bands that called Brooklyn, NYC their homebase is Pete Steele’s legendary Type O Negative. Part of this outfit was Sal Abruscato who provided, as drummer of the band, the heartbeat for milestone releases like ‘Bloody Kisses’. After having been also part of Life Of Agony, the drummer started his own... Continue Reading →
England's riff surgeons Carcass played with albums like 'Heartwork' a significant role in the growing popularity of death metal in the early 90s. Even before their fifth album 'Swansong' was released, the band announced that they were breaking up, and metal fans were all the more relieved when the news in 2016 pointed to a... Continue Reading →
Between Worlds is a next typical Frontiers Music release with a group of well-known musicians being involved. This time it is singer Ronny Munroe being the figurehead of the project. Munroe is known for his contribution to some Metal Church records as well as having been part of Kurdt Vanderhoof’s Presto Ballet. Between Worlds is... Continue Reading →
If the name Eric St. Michaels sounds familiar to you, it might be from his time as the singer of China. King Zebra is the singer's new band and actually the band is not that new. In 2017, the first single was released, followed by more singles and an EP. What was missing was a... Continue Reading →
UK rocker Inglorious went through a rebuilding process during 2018 when three new band members had to be found and integrated by Nathan James and Phil Beaver. ‘We Will Ride’, the fourth album, was the proof of this line-up that works together tightly and with power. To keep the momentum going and not being able... Continue Reading →
Heavy metal is still a genre that doesn’t build on the happy side of life. It’s music that takes its energy from the struggles of daily life, issues in social coexistence and the revolutionary thinking that grows from it. It’s not all the bands that take their raging inspiration from these roots but Criminal from... Continue Reading →
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