My World of Music – est. 2013
Nashville, Tennessee, das ist die Heimat von Howling Giant. The ‚Music City‘ is certainly not a bad place to start a career and at the same time it might be even more tricky to get a foot on the ground. Howling Giant succeeded in taking the challenge and release these days with ‘Glass Future’ their... Continue Reading →
That rock music from Sweden is usually well made and has refined melodies is well known. Bonafide make no difference here. Formed in 2006 in Malmö, Sweden, the band premiered in 2007 and as tour support for bands like Deep Purple and Europe, Pontus Snibb and his companions quickly gained attention. Now it's the band's... Continue Reading →
German progressive death metal outfit Obscura started in 2002 in Munich, Germany and added, over the span of time, six studio albums to their discography. These releases helped the band to establish them as a force in European metal. What was missing to date on their list of achievements is a live album. Now, the... Continue Reading →
Somehow you feel a little overwhelmed when it comes to the new Doro album, because longplayer really deserves its name in this context. A total of 20 songs are on 'Conqueress - Forever Strong and Proud' and one can rightly say that even after 40 years Doro has not grown tired of her passion for... Continue Reading →
Gaupa belongs to the exciting newcomers when we talk about retro inspired rock. Equipped with a doomy vibe the band started their journey in 2017 and it was the debut ‘Feberdröm’ which brought the band some attention. Release date was in 2020 and it was Nuclear Blast Records who signed the band. ‘Myriad’ was the... Continue Reading →
Death metal was still in its early days when a band was formed in Oakland, California in 1987, which rightfully belongs to the trailblazers of an entire genre. We are talking about Autopsy. A year after the release of 'Morbidity Triumphant', 'Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts' hits the record stores, an album with eleven new... Continue Reading →
Fatal Feast Vol. 1 will take place on November 23rd, 2023 at KIR in Hamburg. Focus is on local thrash metal and the line-up features three bands: Extinct, Fatal Collapse and Toxic Hazard. So, time for a sweaty and beer-soaked metal party.
Cult Of Luna perform today in Hamburg. In the venerable Gruenspan the band is on stage and rounds off their 'Europe 2023 pt.3' tour. It is the last show of the tour and with the Swedes on the road is a Benelux-based pacḱage of bands. More precisely, there are two bands joining the Swedish post... Continue Reading →
Swedish metal warriors Sorcerer have an interesting story to tell, especially when it comes to the band itself. It happened in Stockholm, Sweden, that Johnny Hagel and Tommy Karlsson decided to start a band. The guys operated as Sorcerer and released two demos. However, with Hagel's move to Tiamat, a process of decline began that... Continue Reading →
Hamburg's death metal institution Endseeker will celebrate their 10th anniversary next year, which proves that we are dealing with an well-established band. The debut album 'Flesh Hammer Prophecy' was released in 2017 and two additional albums helped the band to achieve a certain reputation in Germany and the neighboring European countries. With 'Global Worming', the... Continue Reading →
Mötley Crüe launched on September 23rd, 1983 their sophomore album ‘Shout at the Devil’. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of their road-paving record the band will launch a special version of the newly remastered record. Release date will be on October 27th, 2023. The re-issue will come in different formats of which the boxset is... Continue Reading →
One week after the former Dokken guitar hero George Lynch has released a new album with Lynch Mob, his former companion Don Dokken follows close behind. Dokken was an institution in the 80s when it came to melodic heavy metal and albums like 'Under Lock and Key' and 'Tooth and Key' belong to the best... Continue Reading →
A few months after Rival Sons pushed a new album called 'Darkfighter' into the record stores, the successor is now released. If you reflect on the title, the new record is no longer that dark. 'Lightbringer' is the name of the new disc and offers six new songs. Before we go into the quality of... Continue Reading →
It was in 1983, in the south of Germany, when a band was formed that went out to promote a new and harder kind of music. We are talking about Destruction. Schmier and his band mates impressed the metal community with first albums like 'Infernal Overkill' and 'Eternal Devastation'. Then, the band's breakthrough came with... Continue Reading →
Coincidence or not, but it's two musicians with a common heritage who are releasing albums these days. We are talking about Don Dokken and George Lynch. Within a week the new Dokken album is released while it is George Lynch with his band Lynch Mob who makes the first step and releases a disc as... Continue Reading →
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