My World of Music – est. 2013
(9/10) Vader is for sure an important pillar in Polish Heavy Metal and a strong player to Metal in general. 14 albums are the offer from the quartet with ‘Dark Age’ being the so far latest longplayer. ‘Dark Age’ started to spread its deadly Metal in 2017 and since work on the next longplayer still... Continue Reading →
(8/10) San Francisco-based Metal pioneers Death Angel present their newest piece of work, which is 10 songs containing longplayer that shows the guys from California in excellent shape. A NWoBHM-rooted guitar line starts the opener and it's an ear-splitting scream of frontman Mark Osegueda that transfers the song into aggressive Thrash Metal. The song's a... Continue Reading →
Cellar Darling announced six shows for Germany. As an appetiser, check the live report of a show the trio played in Utrecht a few weeks ago.
Swedish masters of progressive heavy-rock Opeth have revealed today the title and tracklisting for their awaited 13th album, 'In Cauda Venenum', that’s due out this fall from Moderbolaget / Nuclear Blast Entertainment.Recorded last year at Stockholm's Park Studios, 'In Cauda Venenum' will be released in two versions, in both Swedish and English languages. Tracklist: 1. Livet’s Trädgård / Garden Of Earthly Delights (Intro)2.... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Already the first notes of Fleshgod Apocalypse' fifth album are massive . The Italian orchestral Death Metal fanatics don't waste any time and start with 'Fury'. That's the title of the opener and it's more than only a four-letter word. 'Fury' is a deadly start into an album that combines harsh Death Metal, progressive... Continue Reading →
Legendary German thrashers, DESTRUCTION, have revealed the cover artwork to their upcoming 17th studio album, »Born To Perish«. This stunning visualization was created by acclaimed artist Gyula from Hungary, who has also created artwork for ANNIHILATOR, GRAVE DIGGER, STRATOVARIUS, TANKARD and many more.
Benediction and Dave Hunt part ways after the scheduled shows in Germany and Czech Republic in July this year. Here's Dave's statement: "With the writing for the new BENEDICTION album almost complete, it sadly became clear that it would be impossible for me to give BENEDICTION the full commitment it so richly deserves, for the... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Jack Slamer, that's not a dude, that's a band comprising of Florian Ganz, Cyrill Vollenweider, Marco Hostettler, Hendrik Ruhwinkel and Adrian Böckli. The quintet calls Winterthur in Switzerland their homebase and it was in th year 2006 when the base for this powerhouse was laid. 'Noise from the Neighbourhood' was the title of the... Continue Reading →
(7/10) The Damned Things, that's a project initiated by Anthrax's Scott Ian and Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman. The guys started a first conversation nine years ago and found some common ground when it comes to music and idols in Rock and Metal. Next to a passion for dirty Rock music in general, it's... 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) Grand Magus, that’s Heavy Metal hailing from the North since many years. The trio from Stockholm, Sweden started in 1996 and what was more Stoner/Doom in the beginning evolved to Heavy Metal rather quickly. The well-known ‘Iron Will’ album from 2008 paved the way for bigger success and in the meantime Grand Magus is... Continue Reading →
The formation of the beast we now call Exodus began in Richmond, CA in 1979, and although many started their journey as fans a few years down the line, there is no debating that the early 80's was a time for major growth in the world of thrash metal, especially in the Bay Area of... Continue Reading →
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