With the first recording of Georg Anton Kreusser’s Passion oratorio “The Death of Jesus”, the Mainz Cathedral Choir of St Martin and the Mainz Cathedral Orchestra are reviving a lost musical treasure. Today, the sacred cantata is the only surviving witness to the rich oratorio culture of the city of Mainz’s flourishing musical life in the late 18th century. The Passion is based on the sentimental text by the Protestant poet Karl Wilhelm Ramler, which achieved some fame through Carl Heinrich Graun’s earlier setting. Graun’s oratorio was also performed in Mainz, along with only a few other Catholic courts. Unlike Graun, Kreusser’s setting of the “Death of Jesus” is deliberately orientated towards a rather operatic musical language and secular performance spaces.

Jon Muq, a Uganda-born singer-songwriter now in Austin, TX, blends African and western melodies to craft songs of reflection, resilience, and a desire to connect. Muq's unique upbringing in Uganda and the challenges of adapting to a new culture in the United States shape his musical narrative. From captivating school choirs to global stages, Muq's transformative journey resonates in every soulful note. Produced by Dan Auerbach, Muq's debut album is testament of the power of music to foster intimate connections.

After six years, the American alternative rock band Buffalo Tom are back with their tenth full-length studio album, titled Jump Rope. During the lockdown, the band kept on writing and sent each other ideas for arrangements and parts, which resulted in a sizeable backlog of song ideas.

The Theory of Constraints (TOC) is a framework of interdisciplinary knowledge, methods, and management tools for organizations. It starts from the premise that imbalance is inevitable but also desirable. The flow management method of the Theory of Constraints, called Drum – Buffer – Rope, involves pacing the release of manufacturing orders to the pace of the bottleneck to avoid excess work in progress and reduce cycle times, while ensuring that parts arrive sufficiently early to never stop the same bottleneck. The five key implementation steps of the theory of constraints are: 1, identify the constraint; 2, exploit the constraint (increase its utilization and efficiency); 3, subordinate all processes to the constrained process; 4, elevate the performance of the constraint (if necessary); 5, repeat from step 1.

Fabulous Disaster is the third studio album by American thrash metal band Exodus, released on January 30, 1989. Exodus toured for five months to promote the release of Fabulous Disaster and embarked on a month-long European tour with Nuclear Assault and Acid Reign. The band wrapped up the album tour, performing at The Fillmore in San Francisco on July 14, 1989, which was recorded for the band's first live album Good Friendly Violent Fun and released two years later. However, things could have been different back then, because on the night of March 8 ,1989 another show was recorded, a show that saw them destroy the stage of The Astoria in London!

Alfred Schnittke made a name for himself internationally in 1977 with the world premiere of his Concerto grosso No. 1. The composer’s aesthetic is defined in this work, which blends serious and popular music, jazz and tango, where baroque accents coexist with micro-intervals, and in which heterogeneous elements and quotations are inserted or even pasted into the musical discourse. For Schnittke, this polystylism is a means of broadening his art’s expressive possibilities, of overcoming the divisions and rigidity of specific schools, and a desire to question and modify the language and forms borrowed from the past.

The relationship between Clara and Robert Schumann profoundly influenced the composer's early opuses, characterized by their virtuosity and inventiveness, integrating cryptic literary and musical references. Schumann enriched his works, such as the ABEGG Variations, Butterflies, and Carnaval, with narrative and emotional complexity. Varduhi Yeritsyan, influenced by these compositions, continues this quest for authentic interpretation, while opening her repertoire to external influences such as Massenet and Grieg, thus enriching the musical dialogue.

Since its inception in 2003, Krater has been a relentless force in the metal underground, forging a path with a raw and modern take on black metal.

Die brasilianische Death Metal Supergroup THE TROOPS OF DOOM hat endlich die ersten Details zu ihrem kommenden zweiten Studioalbum bekannt gegeben!

"Tora" means "tiger" in Japanese and the name is a play on the code name for attack used by the Japanese Imperial Navy during their attack on Pearl Harbor, "Tora, Tora, Tora".

Deathwave Records, Los Angeles-based dark melodic metal outfit Witherfall proudly presents their fourth full-length, “Sounds Of The Forgotten”, via DeathWave Records.

The words crashed through the window while I wrote this song, there’s still glass on the floor.

Rising star saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Sharel Cassity (pronounced sha-REL) is quickly making waves on the New York and international jazz scenes with her fiery and soulful style of playing. In her debut album for Venus Records of Japan, Sharel is supported by a stellar trio of Cyrus Chestnut, Rufus Reid and Lewis Nash. She choose mostly well-known standards for this album and added her own spin with inventive hooks and arrangements.

The In Time Quintet, featuring violin, piano, guitar, bass and oboe with accompaniment from the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Jaana Haanterä, navigate through the tango music of Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992).

Post Pulse's second full-length release comes seven years after their debut album, 'Halls of the Damned'.