My World of Music – est. 2013
Darkest Hour, a metal band hailing from Washington, D.C., is an experienced outfit with a founding date in 1995. The guys have released several albums, starting with the debut called ‘The Mark of the Judas’ from 2000. Over all the years, the band could look on a growing fanbase which will also enjoy the newest... Continue Reading →
Bavarian thrash metal maniacs Dust Bolt launch their new album called ‘Sound & Fury’. What stands out first is the artwork of the newest longplayer. Young and wild, that’s what the band stands for and that is what the artwork represents. Yet kept in black & white and with solely the band in the front... Continue Reading →
Apollyon (Aura Noir/Lamented Souls) and Bestial Tormentor (Infernö/Lamented Souls) completed by Darkthrone’s Fenriz on vocal duties, that’s Coffin Storm. The trio, hailing from Norway announced their debut called ‘Arcana Rising’ which will hit the shelves on March, 29th and will come via Peaceville Records. With ‘Over Frozen Moors’ a first song has been revealed already.... Continue Reading →
If a band, with a founding date in 1984, releases a new album, one can think about a veteran powerhouse in metal. Morbid Saint, hailing from Wisconsin, is such a band. It was four decades ago that five guys came to together with the common willpower to unleash metal music to the world. It was... Continue Reading →
Uppsala, Sweden is the home of F.K.Ü. and although the band never had the big breakthrough, F.K.Ü. has a very solid fanbase. The roots of the band go back to 1987 when thrash metal had its first peak. At the time, consistency wasn’t the big thing when it comes to the band and after some... Continue Reading →
German thrash metal veterans Kreator will embark on a tour in very late 2024. Starting in November in Manchester, UK, the tour will end on December 15th, 2024 in Den Bosch, NL. One day earlier, Kreator will play a show at edel-optics Arena in Hamburg and with them on tour will be two thrash metal... Continue Reading →
Ektomorf belongs to the bands, that are around since decades and polarizes. For some, the band of mainman Zoltan "Zoli" Farkas is copy-cat of bands like Sepultura and Soulfly. For others, the groove-based metal is a much-appreciated metal experience since the band’s start in 1993. Now, Ektomorf is around for three decades which shows passion... Continue Reading →
Norway is known for their black metal scene and still there are also bands, hailing from the country in the North-West of Europe that are at home in other heavy subgenres. One of these bands is Inculter from Fusa. The band started in 2012 and released with ‘Persisting Devolution’ a debut album in 2015. With... Continue Reading →
Canadian metal outfit Aggression is around since 1984 when starting as Asylum. A years later, the band transformed into Aggression and released a debut album called ‘The Full Treatment’ in 1987. The career of the band didn’t go straight forward and there are years with a hiatus before consistency took over again in 2014. Driven... Continue Reading →
Metal maniacs Destructor (US) from Ohio don’t belong to the group of rookie bands. The four-piece started in 1984 and released with ‘Maximum Destruction’ an album that created sum buzz in the metallic underground. Unfortunately, fate didn’t mean it that well with the band as their singer Dave Holocaust was murdered in New York on... Continue Reading →
It was back in 2011 when a cover version directed me towards a band I haven’t heard of before – Burden Of Grief. The five-piece band has their homebase in Warburg, Germany and it was their bolt and blistering cover of Metallica’s ‘Master Of Puppets’ that made an impression on me. The song was part... Continue Reading →
The story of Sadus begins in 1985 in California. Darren Travis, Rob Moore, Steve Di Giorgio and Jon Allen joined forces and created Sadus, an outlet for their passion for metal. Sadus released a total of three albums during this era, before it took nine long years for their fourth longplayer 'Out for Blood' to... Continue Reading →
Nail Within are an established metal outfit, hailing from Tel Aviv. The band started in 2001 and after a few on/off years Nail Within returned in 2022. After the debut album hit the shelves in 2003, Nail Within launch the sophomore album 20 years later. ‘Sound of Demise’ is the title of an album that... Continue Reading →
A band that truly belongs to the trailblazers of German thrash metal are Sodom. The band from Altenessen, a district of Essen, Germany, started in 1982 when heavy metal was a musical revolution and while bands of the NWoBHM started to gain momentum, thrash metal was still in its very early days. Still there was... Continue Reading →
Ireland's thrash metal export number one, Gama Bomb, announced with 'Bats' their latest album so far, which will bring delight to the fans from now on. On their eighth album, Gama Bomb remain true to their style and that starts with the artwork. Compared to other thrash metal bands, Gama Bomb had always chosen their... Continue Reading →
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