My World of Music – est. 2013
(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 →
(8/10) When the sun wins battling the winterly darkness in the North of Norway some first sun rays make some new diamonds shine. One of these shiny news is Pristine's newest album 'Road Back to Ruin'. Pristine is the brainchild of Heidi Solheim, a singer hailing from the far North. Tromsø is her home and... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Arrival Of Autumn, that's metal from Canada. This time it's neither the East Coast nor the West Coast that is home to a band. Arrival Of Autumn is hailing from Alberta. The five-piece powerhouse premiered in 2014 with 'Shadows', which was a self-released album that comprises of ten songs. After such a solid start... Continue Reading →
(8/10) April 2019 starts very well for fans of Swiss-based Folk Metal band Eluveitie. The eight-piece band from the Alpes returns with a new studio album entitled 'Ategnatos', their first one since 2014 when 'Origins' saw the light of day. Eluveitie belongs to the group of forerunners of folk metal and started their career in... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago Cellar Darling released their sophomore longplayer ‘The Spell’ and embarked on a tour to promote the new longplayer. One of the stops of this road trio is De Helling in Utrecht. It was the last one of this tour, that mainly focused on the UK ‘The Spell’ is an impressive album,... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Danish metal powerhouse Forever Still is still a rather new band in the fields of metal, although their foundation date was back in 2010. After some first EP’s the band premiered in 2016 with ‘Tied Down’. Already the debut made it clear, that these guys didn‘t came to be ‚forever still‘. Their mission is... Continue Reading →
Bay Area thrash metal legends Death Angel will release their long-awaited 9th full-length album, ‚Humanicide‘ on May 31st with Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band has unveiled the artwork, tracklisting and the record’s first new single, the title track, via visualizer. With their forthcoming album ‚Humanicide‘, Death Angel has maintained their throne in the universe... Continue Reading →
(6/10) ‘100% Heavy Metal – 0% Bullshit’, that’s what the label info sheet starts with. As usually the truth sits somewhere in the middle. Battle Beast’s newest album ‘No More Hollywood Endings’ is certainly not 100% Heavy Metal, which doesn’t per se means that the album is a bummer. The sugar-sweet melodies have a certain... Continue Reading →
33 years after having released the sophomore album 'Beyond the Gates', metal legends Possessed unveiled some first details about their third album. The band will unleash the longplayer on an unsuspecting world on May 10th, followed by some live shows in Europe. 'Revelation of Oblivion' is the title of Possessed third blast, an album that... Continue Reading →
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