My World of Music – est. 2013
Jag Panzer belongs to the spearhead of heavy metal and their debut ‘Ample Destruction’ is a timeless milestone album to date. Unfortunately, the band disbanded in 1988 but returned five years later. Since then, Jag Panzer is a constant deliverer of great metal, even if the time between releases is rather long. This time it... Continue Reading →
Serpent Corpse is a rather new band, hailing from Montreal, Canada. The heavyweights have unleashed the other day a debut album called ‘Blood Sabbath’, a nine-track album with a lot of firepower. Rooted in oldschool death metal the quartet stands for straight forward songwriting that at no point becomes boring. Entombed and Bolt Thrower are... Continue Reading →
Australian powerhouse Witchskull started in 2014 and premiered in 2015 with an album called ‘The Vast Electric Dark’. This debut brought the band to the attention of Rise Above Records, the label of Lee Dorrian. The sophomore album ‘Coven’s Will’ was the first Witchskull album, released through the label and having unwrapped ‘A Driftwood Cross’... Continue Reading →
Fifth Angel belongs to the bands, hailing from the greater Seattle area. Bands like Queensryche, Sanctuary and Heir Apparent have/had their homebase there. Fifth Angel comes from the same area although Bellevue, Washington is on the other side of the Lake Washington. However, Fifth Angel belong to the bands I’m following since the very early... Continue Reading →
One of the bands that had an impact on the 80s hard rock scene are Ratt. The band started in 1976 as Mickey Ratt before transforming into Ratt in 1981. The heydays of the group started in 1984 when the band released with “Out of the Cellar” a debut that featured with ‘Round and Round’... Continue Reading →
Filter will embark on a tour that brings the band to Europe and U.K.. The 30-Anniversary Tour will start to roll on March 8th, 2024 and will end on March 30th, 2024 in Aschaffenburg, Germany. It is the bands first tour in eight years. "It’s been way too long since Filter has been back to... Continue Reading →
Swedish metal outfit Scar Symmetry has already quite a track record. The band started in 2004 and went through different phases in which they offered their version of melodic death metal. From the raw and progressive debut to the acclaimed rather catchy ‘Holographic Universe’ the band offered different versions of their interpretation of melodic death... Continue Reading →
If you are 26 years in business and if you released 12 records, then you obviously do something right. Swiss hard rock outfit Shakra can look back on such a storyline and the journey didn’t end. If this also means that you are invincible is something I can’t tell, but at least ‘Invincible’ is the... Continue Reading →
It might be for sure a nice thing if the debut album of a band can score big success and if the sophomore album continues the winning streak, things feel even better. At the same time, expectations are rising too and the pressure to deliver gets stronger. Extreme is one of the bands that went... Continue Reading →
The Idiots belong to the forerunners of German-based punk rock. The band started its first era in 1978. Sir Hannes and bandmates generated a wider interest with Jello Biafra from the legendary Dead Kennedys ordering the first 5-track single of the band called ‘Der S04 und der BVB’. After a first wild era, The Idiots... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles' Grammy-nominated and genre-bending rock outfit Fever 333 have returned with ‘$wing’, their first studio single in three years: https://youtu.be/y-Pu_GzFu0s ‘$wing’ expands upon the band's signature blend of rapid-fire rap cadences and visceral punk expression, coupled with frontman Jason Aalon Butler's socially conscious lyrics — this time taking aim at the sports industry's historical... Continue Reading →
Einar Solberg became known as the singer and keyboarder of Leprous. Together with his bandmates, he has been enchanting listeners since 2001, which was evident not least on the tour that has just come to an end. With '16', the singer now presents a solo album. The title of the album goes back to Solberg's... Continue Reading →
Ray Alder's voice is one of the best that metal and rock has to offer these days. I have been fascinated by the singer's expressive voice since Fates Warning's 'No Exit' album, a voice that is also extremely recognizable. Alder also delivered very good work with Redemption and Engine which underpinned his position. It was... Continue Reading →
Finland's melodic death metallers Omnium Gatherum are proud to present a new EP. 'Slasher' is the name of the release and it will hit the record stores in the next few days. Altogether the band from Kotka has recorded four songs, three of which are self-composed while also a cover version has sneaked on the... Continue Reading →
Talking about Necrofier without mentioning Oceans Of Slumber is practically impossible, because after all three of the four band members have/had already been involved with the progressive metallers from Houston. Guitarist Semit Özerkan is an active member of Oceans Of Slumber and the same goes for Dobber Beverly. Moreover, Mat Aleman had already played with... Continue Reading →
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