My World of Music – est. 2013
Same old, same old. The review of a new Axel Rudi Pell album doesn’t necessarily need too much longer than that. OK, it might be a good thing to go a bit more in depth when it comes to ‘Lost XXIII’. Axel Rudi Pell is already since more than thirty years a well-known name in... Continue Reading →
Melodic rockers Magnum premiered in 1978 with the ‘Kingdom of Madness’ album and belongs since then to the icon of a genre they impacted a lot. One of the success factors of Magnum is the combination of guitar and vocals with Tony Clarkin and Bob Catley, both being the driving forces of Magnum since the... Continue Reading →
German/Italian melodic metal band The Unity has a starting point that dates back to 2016. The sextet consists of Gianbattista Manenti (vocals) Michael Ehre (drums), Henjo Richter (guitars), Stef E (guitar), Jogi Sweers (bass) and Sascha Onnen (keyboards), all being part of the band from the beginning and known from other musical engagements. After having... Continue Reading →
British rock veterans Magnum just announced with 'The Monster Roars' a new album. The album will come via Steamhammer and the release is scheduled for January 14th, 2022. Stay tuned for more. Tracklist: 1. The Monster Roars 2. Remember 3. All You Believe In 4. I Won't Let You Down 5. The Present Not The... Continue Reading →
Running Wild, that is Rock’n’Rolfs vision on heavy metal since 1979. Except for a hiatus from 2009 to 2011 the foundation of Running Wild’s sound never faced the risk of being shattered. The band stayed always true to their sound and direction. After having identified the pirate style image as a good trademark for the... Continue Reading →
It wasn’t exactly easy for Rage and bandleader Peavy Wagner to work on the newest album ‘Resurrection Day’. Just after having decided to grow to a quartet again and after having onboarded Stefan Weber, it was Marcos Rodrigues who decided to leave the band. Still sticking to the idea of having two guitarists in the... Continue Reading →
Rage came to my attention in 1987 when the band released their second record 'Execution Guaranteed'. Since then, Peavy Wagner and his powerful metal outfit unleashed 26 longplayer showing the importance and strong fanbase of the band. In all the years, Rage always stayed true to their sound while never standing still, just thinking about... Continue Reading →
Ruhrpott thrash metal legend Sodom has a new EP in the starting blocks. On August 20th, Tom Angelripper and bandmates will unveil with ‚Bombenhagel‘ a new disc that not only features a re-recorded version of the classic, but also includes with ‚Coup de Grace‘ and ‚Pestiferous Posse‘ two new tracks, rounding off a pretty well... Continue Reading →
A pandemic can stop live shows for a certain time span, but it certainly can’t stop music and creativity. In this context it also doesn’t surprise that guitar wizard Axel Rudi Pell used concert-less months to work on a next output from the studios. ‘Diamonds Unlocked II’ is the next chapter of cover version, newly... Continue Reading →
Timing is often everything. Being at the right moment at the right place is as good as delivering the right album at the right time. ‘Stranger D’Amour’ is such an album that fits perfectly into the European summer season. Fargo, the name says it already, is the brainchild of Fargo Peter Knorn. ‘Fargopedda’, together with... Continue Reading →
Edenbridge, that stands more than 20 years of Symphonic Metal from Linz, Austria. The quintet from Upper Austria has established itself in the music scene with ten released albums to date, even if the big breakthrough has remained unachieved. Nevertheless, Edenbridge, with the two still active founding members Lanvall and Sabine Edelsbacher, have established a... Continue Reading →
Magnum released three years ago with 'The Valley of Tears - The Ballads' a very successful compilation which focused on the calmer moments of the Magnum discography. Now the veterans of melodic rock have decided to revisit the idea and re-entered the archives to compile a continuation of 'The Valley of Tears - The Ballads'... Continue Reading →
Thrash metal in Germany, that's many ambitious bands from the early days and some being newcomers. What units them is the unbound dedication to this furious version of heavy metal. The ignition that helped to establish thrash metal from Germany happened in the early '80s, with the Ruhrgebiet being one of the epicenters. Bands like... Continue Reading →
KK Fossor (v) Markus Johansson (g), Markus Ullrich (g), Angel Cotte (d), Richie Seibel (key) and Alexander Palma (b), also known as Them, start with 'Diluvium' into the third chapter of the horror/fantasy story that had its beginning in 2016 with the 'Sweet Hollow' album. Two years later the story continued with 'Manor of the... Continue Reading →
It seems like the current state of this world, with all the social, political and environmental injustice, provides bands with a lot of topics for writing new songs. Rising anger seems to be the fruitful soil for music that's not necessarily loud and furious, thinking about the recent acoustic release by Death Angel and the... Continue Reading →
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