My World of Music – est. 2013
Living in the greater Hamburg area and no idea on how to spend the coming Sunday evening? Here is one option as thrash metal veterans Overkill will play at Markthalle, Hamburg on September 1st, 2024. Tickets are still available. Support: Angelus Apatrida and One Machine.
There is no need for a long introduction of D.D. Verni. The bass player from New Jersey is one of the founding members of thrash metal veterans Overkill and to this day remains one of the most stable pillars of this legendary band. Being familiar with the musical trademarks of Overkill also means being aware... Continue Reading →
Church Of Vinyl will release a special version of Overkill's "The Electric Age". The album will come with a new cover artwork and gatefold Pop-Up. Strictly limited to 500 copies (001- 040 liquid filled vinyl, 041 – 110 splatter vinyl, 111 – 305 green vinyl and 306-500 black vinyl. Hand numbering 001/500 and printed inner... Continue Reading →
Also Thursday starts warm, hot, and sunny, so that any kind of refreshment is gladly taken. Today the two main stages are in operation for the first time and with Cirth Ungol starts a band that has the status of a legend. The quintet from California picked up speed after their restart in 2015 and... Continue Reading →
The thrash metal movement started in the early ‘80s. A raw and fast metal genre grew and gained momentum with the San Francisco Bay Area being one cradle for this fierce style. And also the East Coast of the US didn’t stand in the shadows of the Bay Area with bands like Anthrax that started... Continue Reading →
BPMD is a new name in Metal although the protagonists are very well-known. BPMD - simply the abbreviation for Bobby Blitz (Overkill), Mike Portnoy (The Winary Dogs Sons Of Apollo), Mark Menghi (Metal Allegiance) and Phil Demmel (Violence, ex-Machine Head) - recently signed a deal with Austrian label Napalm Records and here are some statements:... Continue Reading →
(*/10) This year in December it will be 4 years that legendary Lemmy Kilmister left this world. Lemmy belongs to the real iconic musicians this planet ever saw and although he's not with us anymore there's a lot of genre defining music he wrote, played and recorded in more than four decades with Motörhead. Two... Continue Reading →
After several years of planning, Motörhead and BMG are pleased to announce the launch of an exciting, extensive and detailed ultra-fan-friendly release program that will feature the band's career in the 70's, 80's, 90's, 80's and 90's and beyond! The start will be the "Motörhead '79" campaign and the 40th anniversary will start with the... 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 →
New Jersey thrashers Overkill will unleash their 19th studio record, 'The Wings Of War' , on February 22nd, 2019 via Nuclear Blast . Today, the band released their first single "Last Man Standing". Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth comments,"The time has come, for a first taste, 'Last Man Standing'. This cut got the unanimous nod to openThe Wings of War, all they way... Continue Reading →
Legendary New Jersey thrashers Overkill will unleash their 19th studio record, 'The Wings Of War' , on February 22nd, 2019 via Nuclear Blast. Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth comments:"It was a blast making 'The Wings of War'! It is something old feeling new again, as our chemistry was altered by the addition of Jason Bittner. I was curious from the get-go,... Continue Reading →
After a furious first metal party yesterday, it was Swabian rising stars Traitor who kick-started a new hot RHF day. Their Swabian thrash metal blew away any tiredness and got everybody‘s metal heart to work again after a long day on Friday. The quintet is one of the recent rising stars and being the opener... Continue Reading →
(9/10) Thrash metal pioneers Overkill returned to Oberhausen, Germany for playing a show with a special setlist. 30 years after having done their first video in the same area as being part of the Metal Hammer Roadshow, the New Jersey-based metal icons focussed on the legendary 'Feel the Fire' album and the extremely good 'Horrorscope'... Continue Reading →
Markus' Heavy Music Blog 