My World of Music – est. 2013
earMUSIC will present an impressive re-issue series of the almost complete back catalogue from Canadian thrash metal icons Annihilator. The start will be ’Metal II’ which is a new recording of the 2007 release 'Metal’ with no less than Dave Lombardo and Stu Block. Next to these to veterans several guests add a piece to... 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 →
Bonded resulted from the fact of Bernmann and Makka leaving Sodom back in 2018. With not having the intention to sit still and wait for new opportunities, the guys started with Bonded an outlet for metal passion and riff dedication. A debut album was released in 2020 and ‘Rest in Violence’ got a lot of... Continue Reading →
Hamburg's Plattenkiste is an institution for fans of rock- and metal music. This year, Plattenkiste celebrates its 10th anniversary, which is more than a good reason to reach out to owner, heart and soul of Plattenkiste Christian Kind. Enjoy reading the success story of a record store that clearly shows that music & retail is... Continue Reading →
Paradox isn’t a band that benefited a lot from the sunny side of life. It took bandleader Charly Steinhauer a lot of willpower and commitment for the band to overcome all hurdles and challenges life had to offer. Paradox started in 1981 and it was the fabulous ‘Product of Imagination’ that was a first wow-moment... Continue Reading →
Hamburg – rock city. The harbor city in the Northern parts of Germany is the home base for many rock and metal bands. One of them is Gamma Ray, founded by Helloween guitarist Kai Hansen. It feels like as it would have been yesterday that the glorious debut ’Heading for Tomorrow’ created excitement in the... Continue Reading →
Bay Area thrash metal veterans Exodus announce their 11th longplayer available on November 19th and comes via Nuclear Blast. Gary Holt comments "After what seems like an eon, we now have the debut of our first single, 'The Beatings Will Continue (Until Morale Improves)'. I’m so jacked up for this and the release of Persona Non Grata! Let’s get the... Continue Reading →
The German metal scene was never lacking great thresh metal bands. Kreator, Destruction and Sodom belong to the spearhead of Teutonic thrash metal, and it was one decade ago when a new force took the stage. Berlin-based Space Chaser started in 2011 and after having put out a first demo on the market, an EP... Continue Reading →
The release date of the of the album "Secrets In A Weird World" by the German Heavy Metal Band Rage on Doublevinyl via Pure Steel Records is July 30th, 2021. The official Releasedate is subject to change. The Album will be released in a limited Edition of 300 black copies and insert on Vinyl. After... Continue Reading →
This week Friday is the day. The long-awaited new Helloween album will hit the stores. To get some more information and details about the album and the making of it, MHMB had the chance to talk to a clearly happy Markus Großkopf about 'Helloween' and what Markus has to share is you can read here.... Continue Reading →
German metal force Angel Dust belongs to the veterans of Germany-based heavy metal. The band released the first two albums in the second half of the glorious eighties. The debut album carries the title ‘Into the Dark Past’ which is a raging release that documents the energy of the German metal underground in the early... Continue Reading →
It was in November 2016 when the news of Helloween United travelled around the globe in no time. Hamburg's metal institution announced a world tour and the sensational part was the fact of Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen rejoining the legendary band and the, at the time, operating line-up. This news was almost too good... Continue Reading →
Ravager from Germany is a rather new outfit with their homebase being in Walsrode. After having written some first songs and after having completed the onboarding of new band members, the quintet started to work on a first release, which was a demo called ‘Alarm Clock Terror’. In the meantime, Ravager premiered with a full-length... Continue Reading →
Flotsam And Jetsam is one of the bands I follow from the very early days when the legendary 'Doomsday For the Deceiver' album rocked the metal scene. The band went through ups and downs throughout their entire career and had to watch peers, that started at the same time, traveling to the top. Now, Metallica... Continue Reading →
In a time when everybody can create an own list of songs in streaming portals, when YouTube became an important source for promotion of bands and Bandcamp providing a platform for new and established bands, a compilation like Metal Massacre Vol XV feels a bit antiquated. But it is exactly this old-school spirit that makes... Continue Reading →
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