My World of Music – est. 2013
The inflationary use of the term "supergroup" is something I try to avoid on MHMB, but in this case the four guys from Midlife Crisis are a supergroup. The line-up is a who-is-who of the Swedish rock scene. Urke, Dregen, Måns P. Månsson and Robban Eriksson are guys with a history in bands like The... Continue Reading →
Match Börner Open Air (MBOA) is a festival in Norderstedt, Germany, and the list of bands for the 2025 edition looks really interesting. Donots, Zebrahead and Montreal are some exciting bands for fans of harder and punk rooted music. But also the rest of the line-up sounds quite good. MBOA 2025 will take place from... Continue Reading →
Time for some hardcore tonight. Two hardcore veterans and one rather new band have embarked on a European tour with a stop at Gruenspan, Hamburg tonight. NY hardcore flagship Agnostic Front along with Murphy's Law and Violent Way are on the schedule and it's the guys from Buffalo, NY who open this hardcore driven night.... Continue Reading →
Mantar just announced a new album. “Post Apocalyptic Depression” is the title of the longplayer that will be launched on February 14th, 2025 via Metal Blade Records. “We wanted to do everything different from the last album," affirms guitarist/vocalist Hanno Klänhardt. "The last album was very produced. A huge sounding record with clean production. Display... Continue Reading →
It is rare to find artwork that matches the music and lyrics as well as this release from Denmark. Lifesick release their fourth album these days and some lost souls surround the castaway. This illustration is symbolic for an album that starts with a song called "Death Wish". "Loved by None, Hated by All" is... Continue Reading →
The Godfather of Punk, Iggy Pop, announced a new live album. The iconic musician played a sold-out show at Montreux Jazz Festival in on July 6th, 2023. The show was recorded and taped and will be released as „Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023“ on January 24th, 2025 via earMUSIC. The first single, taken from... Continue Reading →
Contemporary when it comes to music and confronting when it comes to lyrics - that's Fever 333. Blending hardcore, punk rock and hip-hop results in an explosive sound that unfolds even more powerfully in live shows than on record, as we could witness during the recent tour Fever 333 embarked on as support act for... Continue Reading →
It's like the summer season of 2024 has been extended by The Offspring's new album. "Supercharged" is the title of this longplayer, which contains ten new songs by the Californian punk rockers. According to The Offspring frontman Dexter Holland, the new album should provide pure energy from start to finish, and the band succeeds. With... Continue Reading →
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day and it is a day when a special project illuminates the topic from a musical perspective. It is Suicide Records that releases a compilation album which contains 16 brand new song from various bands. All proceeds od this album will go directly to Suicide Zero which is a Swedish non-profit organization... Continue Reading →
Body Count feat. Ice-T will come to Germany for two shows in June 2024. The band will play the following shows: 07.06.2024 Hamburg - Inselpark Arena11.06.2024 Berlin - Zitadelle Spandau And HERE is where you can get your ticket for these shows. Body Count started in 1992 and it was the debut album that was... Continue Reading →
Body Count feat. Ice-T will come to Germany for two shows in June 2024. The band will play the following shows: 07.06.2024 Hamburg - Inselpark Arena11.06.2024 Berlin - Zitadelle Spandau And HERE is where you can get your ticket for these shows. Body Count started in 1992 and it was the debut album that was... Continue Reading →
The mixture of Irish roots and punk music is nothing new, and here is a band from Germany that puts together what belongs together. Mr. Irish Bastard is a group from Münster, Germany that was founded in 2006. Their first release, an EP called "St. Mary's School of Drinking", was launched in 2008 and along... Continue Reading →
One of the most thrilling bands these days is Midnight, and it isn’t even a band in the traditional meaning. Midnight is a solo effort by Athenar which started back in 2003 in Cleveland Ohio. Since then, Midnight released five studio albums, flanked by numerous spilt releases, singles and EPs. Not to forget in this... Continue Reading →
It was in 1994 when Ulf Cederlund (Entombed, Disfear, Murder Squad, Alpha Safari, Swarm of Souls) formed Haystack after a US tour with Unsane opening for Entombed. Inspired by Unsane’s more noise-rock-oriented songs, Cederlund went with Haystack into a similar direction. With ‘Doomsday Goes Away’ the trio, that next to Cederlund also includes Jonas Lundberg... Continue Reading →
Gregg Deal is a nationally known Indigenous artist of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and Dead Pioneers is an extension of a performance piece called “The Punk Pan-Indian Romantic Comedy”. With the original intention of creating music for the performance a totally new project started – Dead Pioneers. Together with guitarist Josh Rivera and drummer... Continue Reading →
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