My World of Music – est. 2013
Accept is about to bring their »Symphonic Terror Tour« to select European stages, kicking off on April 20 in Wuppertal, Germany. To celebrate, the band will release a special 7" vinyl single, featuring a brand new studio track titled 'Life's A Bitch' as well as 'Restless And Wild (Live at Wacken 2017)' on the B-side, on April 19. Guitarist Wolf Hoffmann comments, "We love the title of the single…WHO does... Continue Reading →
As soon as the first sun rays bring back some light to Tromsö after a long dark winter, things begin to shine again. In this context Pristine, hailing from the North of Norway, are back in the spotlight too with a new album that’s in the pipeline. ‘Road Back to Ruin’ is the title of... Continue Reading →
Today, German thrash-legends DESTRUCTION are proud to welcome Damir Eskic as their second guitarist alongside with original guitar slinger Mike. Damir is a Swiss guitar player with Bosnian decent and works as a guitar teacher, himself being a former pupil of Tommy Vetterli (Coroner). He also plays in a Heavy Metal band called Gomorra and... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Sweden-based In Flames belong(ed) to the spearhead of Swedish West-coast death metal. They were initiators of a special sound which they step by step evolve, adjusted and/or changed. The newest longplayer 'I, the Mask' has basically not a lot to do with the merciless and brutal early releases. In Flames went through a kind... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Overkill belongs to the very steady factors in thrash metal. Numerous albums from the New Jersey based quintet belong to the timeless classics in metal. Longplayers such as ‘Feel the Fire’, ‘Horrorscope’ and the latest release, ‘The Grinding Wheel’, are carriers of excellent thrash metal. On February 22nd, Overkill adds a new record to... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Friends of progressive death metal can welcome a new album, done by a band that has its foundation date in 2011. Aenimus, hailing from the Bay Area, debuted some years ago with ‘Transcend Reality’, an album that featured with All I Shall Perish frontman Eddie Hermida a prominent guest. Aenimus spent a lot of... Continue Reading →
Old-school death metal band Memoriam is currently working on the follow up to their highly acclaimed 2018 album 'The Silent Vigil'. The band recently ensconced themselves at Parlour Studios in Kettering (UK)to kick off the recordings with renowned producer, Russ Russell. The band states:"So here we are on our second week of recording our third album at Parlour Studios with the infamous Russ Russell at the... Continue Reading →
Finnish 'Humpa Humpa'-metallers Korpiklaani will release a special tour edition of their latest album 'Kulkija'. This version comes with an extra CD, comprising of one song in various versions and languages. As you can see on the tracklist it's a track about 'beer' and I guess you will find your language. The Finns get support... Continue Reading →
In an official statement from Fifth Angel, this change was clarified: "Kendall is a brother and will always be a part of the FIFTH ANGEL legacy. However, if we are going to be honest, he has chosen a path that has left the band, the fans, our label Nuclear Blast, and our promoters in a very difficult... Continue Reading →
Fifth Angel released their first album in nearly thirty years, 'The Third Secret', in autumn 2018. Before the quartet will perform at Germany's Metal Assault Festival (Würzburg) on February 16, they have launched a brand new lyric video for the track 'Stars Are Falling', the opening track of the aforementioned record.Watch now: https://youtu.be/1ssywrl5hgY "'Stars Are Falling' is a song that will probably... Continue Reading →
Grand Magus will release their next album on April 19th through Nuclear Blast. The artwork of 'Wolf God' has been unveiled already and more news are on the way. Stay tuned for more.
We’re less than a month away from the highly anticipated release of In Flames thirteenth studio album, 'I, The Mask' out March 1st, via Nuclear Blast (worldwide, excl. North America) and Eleven Seven Music (North America). In Flames unveil a fourth song from their upcoming album, adding to the over 10 million streams accumulated from the first three new tracks. Watch the... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Well, it's this kind of releases that are a curveball for reviewers. What to say about Beast In Black's second strike? The band, started by former Battle Beast member Anton Kabanen, released a debut in 2017, which is now accompanied by the sophomore release 'From Hell With Love'. Actually not that much changed within... Continue Reading →
(10/10) The rise of Avantasia, happening during the last almost twenty years, is an impressive one. Mainman and founder Tobias Sammet started the project in 1999 with “The Metal Opera’ being the first longplayer that hit the record stores. What started rather small became one of the most remarkable metal opera projects in the here... Continue Reading →
Finnish metallers Children Of Bodom revealed a new song. 'This Road' is taken from the upcoming album 'Hexed', which will come through Nuclear Blast. The record is scheduled for March 8th, 2019
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