My World of Music – est. 2013
Finland’s Battle Beast have announced a massive 36-show European tour as the first leg of their upcoming world tour. Kicking off with a bang on October 17th with their biggest German headline show to date at Hamburg’s Inselpark Arena, the tour will keep the band on the road until mid-December.To complete the bill with melodic metal superiority, the band is thrilled to welcome Germany’s metal sensation Dominum as... Continue Reading →
Symphonic metal veterans Epica announced a new album called “Aspiral” which will be released on April 11th, 2025. The band will present the songs live on stage a few months later when embarking on a European tour. The “Arcane Dimensions Tour” will start on January 16th, 2026 in Cologne and will end on March 26th,... Continue Reading →
Former Sabaton guitarist Tommy Johansson founded Majestica in 2019 and premiered the same year with a catchy longplayer called "Above the Sky". Majestica's roots are deeper though, as the band started out in the early 2000s as ReinXeed, a project that never got off the ground, and it was in the aforementioned year of 2019... Continue Reading →
Most of you know Marko Hietala from his time with symphonic metal icons Nightwish. He was part of the band for many years as bassist and also contributed to the songwriting. Hietala left Nightwish in 2021 and released his first solo album "Mustan sydämen rovio" even before the split. That was back in 2019 and... Continue Reading →
Dutch symphonic metal outfit Epica announced a new album. “Aspiral” is the title of the next longplayer which will be released on April 11th, 2025 via Nuclear Blast. “Aspiral” will feature 11 songs. “Cross the Divide” is one of these songs and is unveiled already. Cross the Divide Arcana Darkness Dies in Light - A... Continue Reading →
A new album from Nightwish is always a moment of excitement and anticipation. The symphonic metal band has delivered many great releases, with "Human. :II: Nature." being one of them. Four years later, Nightwish are back with their latest album "Yesterwynde", and to clarify one thing right now - "Yesterwynde" is a new word that... Continue Reading →
It's not even fall yet and the first winter storm is announced for August 30th, 2024. However, it's a musical winter that helps to cool down the summer heat, as Wintersun unleash with "Time II", the long-awaited successor to "Time I", which saw the light of day in 2012. After taking a bit of a... Continue Reading →
Great new for fans of spectacular symphonic rock/metal shows. Tobias Sammet and Avantasia will tour through Europe in March 2025. The show will take place on March 14th, 2025 at Sporthalle, Hamburg and the tour will end on April 12th, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. An exclusive pre-sale will start on July 30th, 2024 through eventim, followed... Continue Reading →
Dutch singer Simone Simons has been a part of Epica for more than two decades, and her voice is a cornerstone of the epic metal outfit. With a busy schedule and focus on the musical mothership, it wasn't easy for Simons to find some time to work on a solo album, an undertaking that has... Continue Reading →
The market for symphonic bands is not an easy one. Nightwish and Epica have been mentioned. Should it be more pop-oriented, then there are bands like Within Temptation and Delain. For the latter, Blackbriar opened in Utrecht in early 2020, which certainly helped the band to establish itself. At that time there was no debut... Continue Reading →
Symphonic metal titans Epica have been announced as direct support for Metallica at Paris’ Stade de France and Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion during Metallica’s M72 world tour. Vocalist Simone Simons comments: “We are beyond excited to share the stage with the legendary Metallica that has had a great influence on the whole music scene, including Epica.” Epica... Continue Reading →
Dutch metal outfit Delain will return to Germany for five shows during spring 2023. With Diana Leah the band has a new singer on board and the new album is in the pipeline.
It was almost one year ago when Marko Hietala announced his departure from Nightwish. Although the bassist and singer wasn’t that much present anymore compared to the Nighwish-days, Hietala continued to perform some shows and now he launched a live video for ‘Dead God’s Son’ which was filmed during the festival season. Marko Hietala stated... Continue Reading →
Hamburg faces tonight a kind of ‘-ca’ night with Apocalyptica and Epica being in town. The third band, being part of the ‘The Epic Apocalypse Tour’ are Wheel from Finland. The first thing one notices is a 200m queue of fans, waiting for the opening of doors of the Grosse Freiheit 36. Such a line... Continue Reading →
Tarja needs no introduction, as the soprano is one of the icons of symphonic metal. Tarja became well-known, among other things, because of her successful years with Nightwish. After leaving the Finnish chart-stormers, the singer started a solo career, which impresses until today. With 'Henkäys ikuisuudesta' and 'My Winter Storm', Tarja set first standards. The... Continue Reading →
