My World of Music – est. 2013
Symphonic metal titans Epica have been announced as direct support for Metallica at Paris’ Stade de France and Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion during Metallica’s M72 world tour. Vocalist Simone Simons comments: “We are beyond excited to share the stage with the legendary Metallica that has had a great influence on the whole music scene, including Epica.” Epica... Continue Reading →
Sometimes what you see and what you hear doesn’t exactly match. Sitting in the sun along the Danish coastline is a joy in May. At the same time listening to dark music with earphones is rather the opposite vibe and still entertaining. The soundtrack for this sunny day is the new album from Swedish masters... Continue Reading →
Hammerfall belong to the spearheads a revived passion for heavy metal. After a time when nu metal, grunge and all kinds of sub-genres evolved, the swedes brought back traditional metal to the plate. It was the 1997 release ‘Glory by the Brave’ that fascinated headbangers and it marks the start of an impressive career. Twenty... Continue Reading →
Enforcer, that means the full power of heavy metal since 2004 when Olof Wikstrand started the band. 15 years ago the guys released their debut album 'Into the Night' and thus belong to the established metal bands of the new millennium. Nevertheless, you still get the feeling that Enforcer is a young band that is... Continue Reading →
Metal veterans Fifth Angel announce a new album. 'When Angels Kill' is the title of the upcoming longplayer, which will be unleashed on June 16th, 2023 via Nuclear Blast. The title track of Fifth Angel's forth album is already available and can be enjoyed here: https://youtu.be/7zig9QIpc9Q Ken Mary (Fifth Angel drummer and producer) commented: "'When Angels... Continue Reading →
Symphonic death metallers Septicflesh have announced a new digital EP titled ‘Reconstruction’, that will feature three reimagined versions of songs from their latest album Modern Primitive. The new versions of these songs were recorded with an orchestra and a choir to achieve an entirely symphonic sound. The band comments "We are excited to present you... Continue Reading →
Lost Society will hit the road early June for a few shows in Europe. Frontman Samy Elbanna comments: “After the biggest Finnish tour of our career, we are beyond excited to announce the first European headline dates for the “If the Sky Came Down” tour! We can’t wait to bring you a long set of... Continue Reading →
Paradise Lost welcome a new drummer. Guido Zima takes over the chair behind the drum kit of the UK gothic metal veterans. Greg Mackintosh comments: "We welcome Guido as PARADISE LOST's new drummer. He cut his teeth with us on our European tour at the end of 2022. Guido did such a good job that... Continue Reading →
A tour, which unfortunately also had to be postponed more than once, is the one of Germany's metal institution Kreator. Originally planned for April 2020, the 'State of Unrest'-tour could not take place in 2021 and 2022 either. But now the time has come. Kreator and Lamb Of God are touring Europe and have chosen... Continue Reading →
Tonight, the more melodic variation of heavy metal is coming to Gruenspan and that this genre has its fans is shown by a sold out show. Beast In Black are in town tonight, with Firewind as their support act. At 7:00 p.m. sharp, Firewind enters the stage. The band headed by exceptional guitarist Gus G.... Continue Reading →
Sinister metal from Scandinavia is booming these days. First Katatonia from Sweden released their new masterpiece, followed by Finland's blackened death metal veternas Insomnium. What's missing is an album from a Norwegian band and the gap will be closed by 'Heimdal', the newest strike from Enslaved. The guys from Bergen, Norway present with 'Heimdal' their... Continue Reading →
An album that certainly not only I have been eagerly awaiting is 'IX' by Host. The elder of you will remember. Paradise Lost released an album called 'Host' in 1999. The disc was controversially discussed at the time, and certainly still is today. The English death metal heroes moved already with 'Draconian Times' and 'One... Continue Reading →
Four years after having released with ‘Zenith’ their latest studio album, Swedish metal maniacs Enforcer announce a new longplayer. ‘Nostalgia’ will be released on May 5th, 2023 and will come via Nuclear Blast Records. Enforcer's Olof Wikstrand comments: "We’re super happy to announce the first new music in four years! Heavy metal is ‘Coming Alive’.... Continue Reading →
In Flames are among the pioneers of the Gothenburg metal sound and it is their early albums like 'Whoracle' and especially 'Clayman' with which the band cemented their position in melodic death metal. Even though In Flames never released a bad album, they continuously developed their sound over the years. Melodies played a bigger and... Continue Reading →
New York death metal pioneers Suffocation have announced a 2023 European tour called 'The Warmth Within the Dark'.
