My World of Music – est. 2013
Duff McKagan can be considered one of the real greats in music business without a guilty conscience. From small smoky clubs to the big arena shows, McKagan has experienced everything in his career. With Guns'N'Roses he enjoyed the big successes and with Velvet Revolver another successful band followed. With 'Lighthouse' the songwriter and bassist releases... Continue Reading →
Creeper were previously unknown to me and I was surprised that the band already sold out the Roundhouse. The band, founded in 2014, celebrated the greatest triumphs in their home country, where they stormed into the top 20 of the charts. After only two full-length albums, 'Sanguivore', the third release of the Brits, hits the... Continue Reading →
Somehow I always have the feeling of a relatively young band when it comes to Angelus Apatrida. Well, at least as far as the time span in which the foursome is active is concerned, it should be said that the band has been of age for quite some time. Formed in 2000, it is now... Continue Reading →
Berzerker Legion is a collaboration that began in 2016. Tomas Elofsson and Alwin Zuur started the band and very quickly found some euphoric comrades-in-arms in Fredrik Isaksson, James Steward and Jonny Pettersson. Together they released 'Obliterate the Weak', a debut album that hit record stores in 2020. Certainly, the upcoming pandemic wasn't exactly conducive to... Continue Reading →
The musical spectrum of guitarist Greg Mackintosh is diversified. On the one hand, there is the central mosaic piece called Paradise Lost, with which Mackintosh enjoyed and celebrates his greatest successes. Next to it is Host, a project in which the guitarist, together with Nick Holmes, gives free rein to the influences of the 90s... Continue Reading →
It took five years until fans of Sulphur Aeon can finally hold a new album in their hands. After the extremely accomplished 'The Scythe of Cosimc Chaos' the expectations were high and it wouldn't be surprising if the guys from North Rhine-Westphalia had felt a certain pressure. Well, if you listen to 'Seven Crowns and... Continue Reading →
Theocracy is not exactly what you might call a new band. The band's founding year was many years ago. It was 2002 in Athens, Georgia when guitarist and singer Matt Smith formed Theocracy and a self-titled debut album came out a year later. Since that moment, Theocracy has been a steady force in the heavy... Continue Reading →
Amorphis needs no long introduction, as the band has been an integral part of the metal world for many years. These days, with 'Queen of Time (Live at Tavastia)' a new live album of the Finns will be released and it is a little bit different than the usual live releases. When the world was... Continue Reading →
Michael Voss is a real Status Quo fan. It was the sound of the band and especially of their guitarist Rock Parfitt that impressed a young guy from Germany in 1979, when Status Quo played a show at Halle Münsterland as a part of their ‘If You Can’t Stand the Heat’-tour. Voss was a 14-year-old... Continue Reading →
‘Midnight Junction’, that is the title of the sixth album from Eric Sardinas which will hit the stores these days. The Florida-born guitarist moved to around in his homeland before landing in California in 1990. At this time of his career, Sardinas played on the street and in small pubs to make his living. Known... Continue Reading →
Each new release from Ronnie Atkins is a little treat, considering the circumstances and Atkins' tireless fight against cancer. Since the diagnosis in 2019, the exceptional singer from Denmark has released two successful albums and wastes no precious time at all. Live shows with his own band and also quite a few shows with Avantasia... Continue Reading →
Poland's sludge/doom band Dopelord have a new album in the pipeline. 'Songs for Satan' is the promising title of the album which pays tribute to the lord of the underworld with a total of seven songs. 'Songs for Satan' is the fifth album of the four-piece and follows up the 'Sign of the Devil' released... Continue Reading →
Iron Savior are an integral part of the German and European metal scene. Bandleader Piet Sielck and his three bandmates, Joachim 'Piesel' Küstner (guitar), Jan S. Eckert (bass) and Patrick Klose (drums), have managed to secure a rock solid status and what started in 1997 with the self-titled debut album has become a Hanseatic metal... Continue Reading →
Norwegian heavy metal powerhouse Sahg has a new EP in the starting blocks. ‚Live Demons‘ is the title of a release that features, as not expected differently, four live songs. To celebrate the birthday of their sixth studio album ‚Born Demon‘ Sahg placed four tracks of the latest studio album on this EP. The songs... Continue Reading →
Heretoir is a pretty interesting band, which should already be known to insiders. Nevertheless, the guys from Augsburg have deserved to gain awareness on a somewhat larger scale, because what the five-piece from Bavaria delivers musically, is quite something to see and listen to. A few months after the guys have brought with 'Wastelands' an... Continue Reading →
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