My World of Music – est. 2013
(8/10) Dark Blue Inc. is an interesting outfit in many aspects. First of all it's the band members, all with a longer track record in rock and metal. The band is the brain child of Bonfire and Sainted Sinner guitarist Frank Pané who teamed up with other well-known musicians. Göran Edman is known from bands... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Is Tronos another supergroup? No idea, since I don't like this inflationary used term. What I do know is the Napalm Death's Shane Embury and producer Russ Russell teamed-up and started Tronos. Drums are handled by no less than Dirk Verbeuren and if you read these names you don't need to look into the... Continue Reading →
(9/10) Keyboarder Jordan Rudess is well-known from all his years with prog metal pioneers Dream Theater. It was in 1999 when he joined the quintet from New York. What’s less known is that the master of the keys also release many solo albums with ‘Listen’ being one of them. Rudess is a restless mind when... Continue Reading →
In progressive metal circles, the names of guitarist Jim Matheos and vocalist John Arch are spoken with due reverence. With the former having been a driving force in Fates Warning for thirty-five years, and the latter the original front-man of that band, they also have a single seminal work under the Arch / Matheos banner,... Continue Reading →
(10/10) Canadian guitar wizard Devin Townsend is an extremely creative mind. Musical ideas and thoughts manifests themselves in a lot of songs, spread out over many longplayers and it's impossible to put a certain label on Townsend's music. The music is certainly rooted in heavy metal and progressive metal, but Townsend takes things much wider... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Right before embarking on an acoustic tour with Finnish metallers Sonata Arctica, Witherfall unleashes a new EP entitled ‘Vintage’. Witherfall is the brainchild of the creative duo featuring Joseph Michael and Jake Dreyer. The first one’s known from Sanctuary while the latter is a part of Iced Earth. The two guys added Anthony Crawford,... Continue Reading →
Keyboard virtuoso Jordan Rudess unveiled a new lyric video for a song, taken from the upcoming album. 'Wired For Madness pt.1' is the first out of two parts of the 36 minutes long title track. 'Wired For Madness' will be released on April 19th through Mascot Label Group. https://youtu.be/Q4QLAgE5Olk
(8/10) Cellar Darling, that’s Anna Murphy, Ivo Henzi and Merlin Sutter. Right after the three guys parted ways with Eluveitie they initiated there new band Cellar Darling, named after the 2013 debut of Anna Murphy. Three years after having premiered with ‘This is the Sound’ it is the sophomore album ‘The Spell’ that picks it... Continue Reading →
