My World of Music – est. 2013
(8/10) US-based Steel Prophet are a regular bringer of metal since many years. The bands debut dates back to the year 1995 and since then the guys delivered eight new albums of which the newest one is entitled ‘The God Machine’. Five years after having shipped the ‘Omniscient’ longplayer to record stores it’s ‘The God... Continue Reading →
Easter 2019 in Germany, that's a few days off, some sunny days out with the family and a special 'Easter egg', offered by German metal institution Accept. Almost two years ago, in summer of 2017, Accept played a special show at Wacken festival. It was a set that featured next to Accept also the Czech... Continue Reading →
(8/10) It's not new era Swedish metallers Enforcer are heading towards, but the new album is a significant change compared to what the guys released previously to 'Zenith'. If you listened to the first single release of the new longplayer you noticed changes. 'Die For the Devil' is throwing a lot of 80's Sunset Stripe... Continue Reading →
(8/10) To a certain extend German metallers Ketzer become more and more an unpredictable outfit in the fields of black metal. After having release two savage albums it was the third longplayer, ‘Starless’, that has been like a curveball. The guys from Cologne readjusted their sound rather dramatically by adding a lot of atmospheric elements... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Dark Blue Inc. is an interesting outfit in many aspects. First of all it's the band members, all with a longer track record in rock and metal. The band is the brain child of Bonfire and Sainted Sinner guitarist Frank Pané who teamed up with other well-known musicians. Göran Edman is known from bands... Continue Reading →
(9/10) Richmond, VA is the homebase of this powerful Metal band that releases with 'Sulphur English' their fourth full-length album in their 13th year of existence. Frontman Mike Paparo describes the new album as being 'definitely a fuck-you to people' and I think it describes this longplayer extremely well. 'Sulphur English' is a raging record... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Hamburg-based Dragger Threat are an outfit that's rather new. The starting point was in 2016 and the band released to date two EP's. Fans had to wait a while for the debut, a time span that ends on April 19th. Dagger Threat releases their debut 'Gestaltzerfall' and it's a rageous premier. Dagger Threat, that... Continue Reading →
(9/10) 1990 was the starting year for The Quireboys, at least when it comes to their debut album. In fact, first activities began even earlier. Jonathan 'Spike' Gray laid the foundation of the band that became one of the most constant factors in British Rock music. I can't remember having listened to a The Quireboys... Continue Reading →
(6/10) Swedish Devil's Gun fires with 'Sing for the Chaos' a salvo of solid metal on you. The Småland metal unit, hailing from Växjö, premiered in 2016 with 'Dirty'n'Damned' and after a longer search it was traditional Heavy Metal that gave most energy. Therefor it's not a big surprise that also the the sophomore album... Continue Reading →
Today, German heavy metal powerhouse, ACCEPT, announce the addition of Martin Motnik on bass and Rebekah Rahman on violin as the band prepares to launch the Symhonic Terror Tour on April 20th in Wuppertal, Germany. Born in Ludwigshafen, Germany, Motnik has been playing music since he was seven years old and has been a member... Continue Reading →
(9/10) In case you read some of my earlier reviews you know that Toronto belongs to my favorite places. The Canadian metropole, also home of the Blue Jays, is the homebase of quite some rock- and metal bands with Danko Jones being one of them. The singer and guitarist premiered with 'Sugar Chocolate 7 in... Continue Reading →
(8/10) 'Black Bombs' is an in between release from Danish metal outfit Slægt. After having released the critically acclaimed 'The Wheel' album it's this two-tracks single release that offers more songs taken from the recording session. The title track is a blackened metal anthem that sounds extremely well. Heavy rolling riffs, hoarse vocals and a... Continue Reading →
(8/10) What comes to your mind if you read about Astral Doors? I guess it's Dio, Black Sabbath and more traditional heavy metal. Frontman Nils Patrik Johansson was often compared with the legendary Ronnie James Dio and the voice do have similarities. However, Astral Doors is more than a clone of the iconic frontman and... Continue Reading →
