My World of Music – est. 2013
Dutch dark rock masters Dool are currently on the road through Europe, playing some shows in various countries. On May 7th, 2025 the band, that emerged from the ashes of The Devil’s Blood and Elle Bandita, will play a show at Logo, Hamburg. Opener will be homegrown metal powerhouse Majak who released with “Restless Wicked”... Continue Reading →
Blood Incantation is a band that has been one of the rising stars in metal over the past few years. Hailing from Denver, Colorado, the band recently released a stellar longplayer called "Absolute Elsewhere". To present and promote the album, the four-piece is currently on tour and is scheduled to play a show at Gruenspan... Continue Reading →
Belgian metal powerhouse Bark has been working on a new album. "The Time Has Come" is the title of their latest effort and the time has come to ship the album to the record stores. Well, the latter is happening these days and what fans can expect is an aggressive hybrid of groove metal and... Continue Reading →
Sabaton signed a new deal with Better Noise Music and launch a new single called “Templars” which is out now. It is the first song taken from the band’s next album and there will be a strictly limited 12" vinyl edition which will be released on June 27th, 2025. Sabaton will be also on tour... Continue Reading →
Not even in their wildest dreams could anyone have predicted such a situation. Four days after the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88, it is Ghost that is releasing a new album with Papa V Perpetua in the lead. This seems to be the irony of life. Besides this historical coincidence, Ghost... Continue Reading →
Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation will launch a moving documentary called “Within Temptation: The Invisible Force” on May 6th, 2025 exclusively on You Tube. A trailer for the documentary has already revealed and HERE is where you can watch it. This documentary follows Sharon and Robert as they become increasingly involved with the war... Continue Reading →
Sijjin is a German-Basque trio that formed in 2019 and released a critically acclaimed debut album, "Sumerian Promises." 2025 marks the return of the band and "Helljjin Combat" is the title of their second album. Sijjin play a fusion of thrash and death metal inspired by bands like Possessed, Nasty Savage and early Slayer. What... Continue Reading →
There are only a few pioneer bands when it comes to metalcore from Germany. Heaven Shall Burn is one of them, as well as Caliban from Essen. The latter have a new album in the starting box with "Back from Hell" and as soon as the gates open it's the opener "Guilt Trip" that doesn't... Continue Reading →
Deserted Fear is one of the rising acts when it comes to death metal made in Germany. The band from Thuringia was formed in 2007 and has published five albums, of which "Doomsday" is the latest. Three years after the release of "Doomsday", Deserted Fear is back with "Veins of Fire". Their sixth longplayer contains... Continue Reading →
H.E.A.T. is one of the leading melodic metal bands these days, and like many other bands from Sweden, this five-piece from Väsby in Uppland shows a great sense for catchy melodies. Combined with some rocking guitars, H.E.A.T. present songs that have an earworm factor and at the same time a certain heaviness that makes their... Continue Reading →
Machine Head is one of the bands I have followed from the very beginning and their debut album 'Burn My Eyes' is one of the best thrash metal has ever seen. Songs like 'Davidian' and 'Old' are unbeatable gems of this metal genre and paved the way for the band to have an impressive career... Continue Reading →
Cancer are among the pioneers of British death metal. Formed in 1987, the band released four longplayers that had an influential impact on the genre before the band broke up in 1996. The band reformed a few years later, and their next reunion took place in 2013. "Shadow Gripped" was a brilliant return album and... Continue Reading →
While the Easter Bunny is trying to put all his eggs in one basket, a rock'n'roll power package is rolling across Europe as we speak. Swedish hard rock powerhouse The Hellacopters, who recently released a great longplayer called 'Overdrive', have embarked on a European tour and joining them on this road trip are Supersuckers. It... Continue Reading →
"The Reckoning" was the first album from the Finnish metal collaboration Laurenne / Louhimo and the second release is waiting in the starting blocks. As the name implies, Netta Laurenne and Battle Beast's Noora Louhimo have teamed up to record eleven new songs, all of which are somewhere between hard rock and metal. It is... Continue Reading →
Annisokay was formed in 2007 and the band's career plan knows only one direction. Up. Maybe it wasn't a plan at all, but the guys from Halle, Germany, have been able to expand their fan base, with their latest full-length album "Aurora" entering the German longplayer charts. A tour with Dutch symphonic metal band Within... Continue Reading →
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