My World of Music – est. 2013
Dani Filth has been creating atmospheric black metal with Cradle Of Filth since 1991. After the wild early years, Cradle Of Filth has constantly worked on improving their theatrical sound and although still anchored in black metal, Filth and band have carved out their own niche, which they were one of the first bands to... Continue Reading →
When you think of metal from Norway, you automatically think of black metal and you think of Oslo and Bergen, the epicenters of hard Norwegian music. But for many years a metal band from Kristiansand has also been around - Blood Red Throne. Founded in the last millennium (1998), the band released their debut album... Continue Reading →
Despite pandemic and lockdowns, there has been a lot of news from Enslaved in the last year and a half. On the one hand there is the latest studio album 'Utgard' with all its twists and turns, followed by four live albums and the 'Cinematic Tour 2020' boxset. To keep the momentum, the five guys... Continue Reading →
Social tension, a pandemic, lockdown and an election being the most important one in US history, all topics that scream for being processed in lyrics of a new Ministry album. A time when the world slowly gets out of balance is the right moment for Ministry mastermind Al Jourgensen to release an album that is... Continue Reading →
Voices, violin, viola, keys, guitars, bouzouki, mandola, ulleann pipes, low whistles, aerophone and bodhran are not exactly what heavy metal band use and if you are familiar with Auri, than you also know that we are far away from metal here. Auri is a rather new band. Having been founded in 2017 by friends Tuomas... Continue Reading →
It still feels a bit like The Night Flight Orchestra being a project with some releases in the ‘having achieved’-column and there might not have been plans in the beginning to make The Night Flight Orchestra to a long-lasting provider of excellent melodic hard rock. Things developed over time and in the meantime the band... Continue Reading →
Bay Area thrash metal veterans Exodus announce their 11th longplayer available on November 19th and comes via Nuclear Blast. Gary Holt comments "After what seems like an eon, we now have the debut of our first single, 'The Beatings Will Continue (Until Morale Improves)'. I’m so jacked up for this and the release of Persona Non Grata! Let’s get the... Continue Reading →
Progressive death metal enthusiasts White Stones have their sophomore longplayer 'Dancing Into Oblivion' in the starting box, ready to be shipped to the record stores. Reason enough for Markus' Heavy Music Blog to reach out to White Stones mainman Martín Méndez for getting extra insights about the album and how the pandemic affected the release... Continue Reading →
As you know, White Stones is the band of Opeth bassist Martín Mendez. Right in the beginning of the rising pandemic, in March last year, White Stones launched the debut album ‘Kuarahy’ and since COVID cleaned everyone’s agenda, work on the sophomore album could start rather quickly. ‘Dancing Into Oblivion’ is the title of White... Continue Reading →
Brazilian thrash metal pioneers Sepultura have been hit by the pandemic, as nearly everybody. The whole music industry, at least the live sector, came to a full stop in no time with a future being unpredictable. In a time when everything came to a stand still, Sepultura released a new studio album ‚Quadra’ and the... Continue Reading →
Lacking the possibility of live shows led to a lot of streaming events during the last months. Most of those have been done with the approach of transferring the live spirit into a virtual room while others preferred a bit of a different strategy - like Paradise Lost. The UK-based metal veterans decided to perform... Continue Reading →
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter fit into this period of time, years when unpredictability became the new normal. In years of uncertainty one thing is certain. There is no real label that describes Die Apokalyptischen Reiter and whatever the next album will offer, be prepared for surprises and twists. The Weimar-based metal enthusiasts continue with experimenting with... Continue Reading →
Light The Torch is the continuation of Devil You Know. Under the banner of Devil You Know, two longplayers have been released before the band announced a change of names in 2017. Devil You Know became Light The Torch and with ‘Revival’ the first album under the new moniker has been unleashed in 2018. The... Continue Reading →
Death metal veterans Carcass worked hard on their 7th album and now the wait is almost over. The band announced ‘Torn Arteries’, which will be available on September 17th via Nuclear Blast. With ‘Kelly’s Meat Emporium’, a first song has been unveiled already, being the morbid appetizer for a next surgical death metal strike from... Continue Reading →
White Stones is the brainchild of Opeth bassist Martin Mendez and the debut of the band, 'Kuarahy', saw the light of day in 2020. Today, the band announced their sophomore album 'Dancing Into Oblivion' which is a next virtuoso death metal release, penned by Mendez. White Stones stress the frame of extreme music, combining harsh... Continue Reading →
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