My World of Music – est. 2013
Irist hail from Atlanta and have delivered with 'Order of the Mind ' their debut album in 2020. The four musicians have now recorded an EP called 'Gloria ', which is seeing the light of day these days. Irist, that's Rodrigo Carvalho, Pablo Davila, Adam Mitchell and Bruno Segovia. Already from the names you can... Continue Reading →
The futuristic artwork of the new record makes it quite clear; Blind Guardian are heralding a new chapter. But one thing after the other. The band from Krefeld released one of the best debut albums of German heavy metal in 1998. Battalions of Fear' is the title of this masterpiece, which found a decent successor... Continue Reading →
This autumn will get black and heavy when Watain and Abbath start their co-headliner tour. Supported by Tribulation and Bölzer, the package will roll over Europe, starting on September 13th, 2022.
Prog metallers Threshold announced a new album entitled 'Dividing Lines'. The record will be released on November 18th, 2022 via Nuclear Blast and with 'King of Nothing' a songs has been unveiled already. And here it is: https://youtu.be/fOx_pudo2aU
When former Vio-lence guitarist Robb Flynn founded Machine Head in 1991, times were not the best for thrash metal. Death metal, grunge and nu-metal were emerging and slowly gaining momentum while 80's thrash metal was on the decline. Machine Head, however, shattered these disadvantage with just one riff and everyone who has heard 'Davidian' knows... Continue Reading →
Melodic death metal from Sweden's west coast is not just music from Gothenburg. A few hours driving south of Gothenburg is Helsingborg, the home of Soilwork. It all started in 1996 and since then the sextet with frontman Björn Strid has become one of the most established acts of this genre. The debut album 'Steelbath... Continue Reading →
The 'The Needless End' EP had already given reason to expect great things, and now the time has come. The Halo Effect come with their debut album to the record stores. That Gothenburg is the home for very well done melodic death metal is known since In Flames and Dark Tranquillity took the metal world... Continue Reading →
Oceans, that is practiced German/Austrian friendship. Berlin, Coburg and Vienna, these are the home bases of the band which is active since 2017. With only one full-length album so far, Oceans don't really have many longplayers at the start. Rather, the quartet focuses on EPs. With 'Hell Is Where The Heart Is Part II -... Continue Reading →
Austria's death metal heavyweights Belphegor have been one of the constants of a genre that has seen many bands come and go for decades. Founded in 1992, Belphegor started to bring their hard songs to the people. With the debut album 'The Last Supper' the band could achieved first attention, which was successively expanded. In... Continue Reading →
Exodus was one of the bands that the first wave of the pandemic hit exceptionally hard. The band was touring through Europe with Testament and Death Angel when Corona began to change the world in the spring of 2020. Some musicians and crew members got sick and some even fell seriously ill.2,5 years later Corona... Continue Reading →
Anthrax's 40th birthday fell on a year that was characterized by the pandemic. Concerts and tours were in the far distance and yet the five metal veterans didn't want to let the date pass by just like that. Since livestreaming was the only real way to play live at the time, the guys got together... Continue Reading →
With the first track of the new album of Horizon Ignited it is immediately evident where the inspiration of the Finnish sextet is to be found; in Gothenburg, Sweden. Riffing, melody line and the pounding rhythm, everything reminds of the genre-defining five-piece from the Swedish west coast. But in order. Horizon Ignited started in 2017... Continue Reading →
Of course, artwork and music should always come along as one. But in some cases it fits like a glove. One of these releases is the new album by Municipal Waste. The band has been in the business for many years and also the band members are no rookies. Each of the five musicians has... Continue Reading →
Tobias Sammet is back with a new Avantasia album. The ninth Avantasia longplayer will be released on October 21st and will come via Nuclear Blast. The title - 'A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society'. Sammet about the new album: “From the first song ideas back in 2018 / 2019 to the production, orchestration, keyboards, arrangements,... Continue Reading →
Metal force Machine Head launch an new song, taken from the upcoming album ‚Øf Kimgdøm and Crøwn‘. The song is called ‚Unhalløwed‘ and can be enjoyed here: https://youtu.be/Xz99iio6RdM "Drowning in the deepest depression of his life, Eros is at a breaking point. Collecting heartaches, loss, and near psychotic isolation, “Unhallowed” is the beginning of a... Continue Reading →
