My World of Music – est. 2013
German rockers Madsen is a kind of family business. The three Madsen brothers started the outfit in 2004 together with one of their firneds, Nico Maurer. Over time the band became one of the most established German Rock bands, with eight records being their musical prove of work. The latest studio release was entitled 'Lichtjahre'... Continue Reading →
Deep Purple’s next longplayer is entitled ‘Whoosh!’ and will be available on June 12th this year. The record follows the very successful ‘inFinite’ release from 2017 and is the 21st studio record released by the Classic Rock legend. Deep Purple will also embark on a tour in summer/autumn this year and here are the tour... Continue Reading →
One of the essential assets of The Night Flight is their excellence sense for big melodies. While listening to sings like ‘Divinyl’ and ‘Transmissions’ I’m tempted to say that The Night Flight Orchestra evolve to the ABBA of Rock. These song have an easy-going vibe, catchy melodies and still enough depth to avoid triviality. It’s not that these songs curries favor with the listener per se. Hooks and harmonies are the irresistible factor though for each of these tracks with various layer being the decisive factor for more than one spin of this longplayer.
Norwegian hard rockers Conception announce a next album entitled 'State of Deception'. Release date is April 3rd and the album comes through Conception Sound Factory. The record will feature a 9 songs tracklist that looks like this: In DeceptionOf Raven And PigsWaywardly BrokenNo RewindThe MansionBy The BluesAnybody Out ThereShe Dragoon Feather Moves (remastered)
'Waiting For the Night', the third single off Audrey Horne’s upcoming same-titled first live album, to be released on February 28th via Napalm Records, is a purely energetic, compelling audiovisual Norwegian hard rock experience. Once again, Audrey Horne proves their reputation as one of the best and most energetic live hard-rock bands in Europe. Audrey Horne states:“'Waiting For the Night' sums up... Continue Reading →
...and here are the dates: 29 Feb 2020 | Freising (GER), Lindenkeller01 Mar 2020 | Berlin (GER), Maschinenhaus02 Mar 2020 | Hamburg (GER), Terrace Hill03 Mar 2020 | Bremen (GER), Meisenfrei04 Mar 2020 | Zwolle (NL), Hedon05 Mar 2020 | Rüsselsheim (GER), Das Rind06 Mar 2020 | Oberhausen (GER), Zentrum Altenberg07 Mar 2020 | Maastricht... Continue Reading →
Bruce Soord and The Pineapple Theif will embark on a tour in autumn 2020 and here are the dates for Germany, Switzerland and Austria: 04.10. Stuttgart - Im Wizemann06.10. Pratteln - Z7 (CH)09.10. Köln - Carlswerk - Victoria11.10. Mainz – KUZ08.11. München – Technikum11.11. Wien - Szene (AT)15.11. Dresden - Tante Ju19.11. Berlin – Kesselhaus20.11. Hamburg – Fabrik
Old lions still roar, although they might roar a bit more gentle than in the days of youth. UK rockers Wishbone Ash belong to the category, a band that has their roots in the late 60's in Devon, England. More than 50 years after having left the starting blocks Wishful Ash belongs the the pioneers... Continue Reading →
This review could become a rather short one. Why? Since Frontiers Music's live releases are following a similar pattern. The label established a yearly returning festivals with bands taken from their portfolio. Many, or all, of these shows are recorded and later published as live releases. This time it's Hardline, that performed a show at... Continue Reading →
I guess that most of you have heard of Russ Ballard, at least you heard one of his songs. 'Since You've Been Gone' is one of his biggest hits, covered by several bands of which Rainbow's interpretation is probably the most known one. Next to the timeless classic Ballard also wrote for band like Roger... Continue Reading →
CB3, or in other word Charlotta's Burning Trio, is hailing from Malmö, Sweden and their music was compared already with the mighty King Crimson. Media described them as "The King Crimson of Malmö" and some parallels can't be dednied. CB3 has with 'Aeons' a new album in the starting blocks and it's as great as... Continue Reading →
After already announcing their upcoming tour Gothenburg’s Horisont are finally breaking the news about their new studio album, 'Sudden Death', which is due for a release on May 15th, 2020. Horisont’s 'Sudden Death' supercharges their mountainous ascent in an immediate explosion of rich and intricately created songs, but in it’s conception was an artfully crafted... Continue Reading →
“In a time where our genre has never seemed more lost, we stay the course, Some of us still believe in rock and roll music and this album is for those of us that do.” Dylan Villain (v/g) states. With this statement in mind the Canadian quartet approached work for their next album 'Still Believe in Rock'n'Roll'.... Continue Reading →
It really feels like a mad world we are living in these days, one of the reasons why Swiss rockers Shakra entitled their new longplayer simply 'Mad World'. Now, what sounds like a depressive view on the current state of the blue planet is actually the opposite. 'Mad World' features 12 new songs that carries... Continue Reading →
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