Markus' Heavy Music Blog

My world of music - est. 2013

CD review MORGOTH "Ungod"

Veröffentlicht am 31. März 2015 von Markus W. in Morgoth, Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, News, CD Review

CD review MORGOTH "Ungod"

(9/10) There are records that are good and there are longplayers that stands out from the masses. "Ungod" from Morgoth is one of those discs. When death metal arose in the 90's and bands like Obituary and Cannibal Corpse gained more and more attention...

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CD review THE POODLES "Devil in the details"

Veröffentlicht am 30. März 2015 von Markus W. in The Poodles, Gotthard, Hardrock, Rock, Classic Rock, News, CD Review

CD review THE POODLES "Devil in the details"

(8/10) 'The devil is in the detail' is a saying and The Poodles decided to use this as a base for the name of their newst longplayer. "Devil in the detail" became the name of the sixth album and The Poodles managed being able to handle all those details...

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CD review THE GENTLE STORM "The diary"

Veröffentlicht am 29. März 2015 von Markus W. in The Gentle Storm, Arjen Lucassen, Anneke van Giersbergen, Prog Rock, Rock, Classic Rock, News, CD Review

CD review THE GENTLE STORM "The diary"

(9/10) When two of Hollands best musicians team-up the result can only be something outstanding. And this happened when multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen and vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen decided to create a fantastic new album called "The diary"....

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CD review WE ARE HARLOT "We are harlot"

Veröffentlicht am 29. März 2015 von Markus W. in We Are Harlot, Classic Rock, Hardrock, Rock, Class, News, CD Review

CD review WE ARE HARLOT "We are harlot"

(8/10) We Are Harlot is the successful cooperation of Asking Alexandria singer Danny Warsnop and former Sebastian Bach six stringer Jeff George. The line-up includes bassist Brian Weaver as well as drummer Bruno Agra who also played at Revolution Renaissance....

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New EVERCLEAR video

Veröffentlicht am 28. März 2015 von Markus W. in Everclear, Rock, Modern Metal, Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, CD Review, News

New EVERCLEAR video

US-based Everclear released a new video. "Amercian monster" is the name of the song that sounds pretty good. The video is done in an interesting way - for each of you that still knows the 'tape-times'. The new album comes end of April. Source: YouTub...

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CD review SCOTT WEILAND & THE WILDABOUTS "Blaster"

Veröffentlicht am 28. März 2015 von Markus W. in Scott Weiland, The Wildabouts, Rock, Hardrock, Alternative Rock, Stone Temple Pilots, CD Review, News, Velvet Revolver

CD review SCOTT WEILAND & THE WILDABOUTS "Blaster"

(8/10) Scott Weiland is known by many of you from his time at Stone Temple Pilots. The grunge band from San Diego had their peak in the 90's before they disbanded in 2008. Scott Weiland was the extrovert frontman of the successful band before he was replaced...

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Live review HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, NITRODIVE, DOUBLE CRUSH SYNDROME, Leiden, 20.03.2015

Veröffentlicht am 28. März 2015 von Markus W. in Hardcore Superstars, Rock, Sleaze Rock, Hardrock, Nitrodive, Live Review, News, Double Crush Syndrome

Live review HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, NITRODIVE, DOUBLE CRUSH SYNDROME, Leiden, 20.03.2015

The Gebr. De Nobel in Leiden is a venue in Holland which I haven’t visited before. It opened in 2014 and is build into an old factory. The entire location was reconstructed and became a very good concert location that can host shows up to 750 visitors....

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CD review DAN REED "Transmission"

Veröffentlicht am 27. März 2015 von Markus W. in Dan Reed, Rock, CD Review, News

CD review DAN REED "Transmission"

(5/10) I was happy when I got the new album from Dan Reed, formerly Dan Reed Network. But I must say that the disillusionment followed quite quickly. But let's take one at a time. The third solo album from Dan Reed contains thirteen songs that have been...

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CD review KATATONIA "Sanctitude"

Veröffentlicht am 27. März 2015 von Markus W. in Katatonia, Rock, Unplugged, Dark Metal, Prog Rock, News, CD Review, DVD review

CD review KATATONIA "Sanctitude"

(9/10) It was year ago when Swedish Katatonia played a few shows in Europe in an unplugged setup that was based on the "Dethroned & uncrowned" release from 2013. I had the chance to see the concert in the P60 in Amstelveen, Netherlands and I was impressed....

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CD review HEIDEVOLK "Velua"

Veröffentlicht am 26. März 2015 von Markus W. in Heidevolk, Pagan Metal, Power Metal, Heavy Metal, CD Review, News

CD review HEIDEVOLK "Velua"

(7/10) Normally pagan metal isn't my favourite metal genre. The pathos and the myth isn't what really are thrilling to me. I always feel a bit like ‘Lord of the rings’ squeezed in denim and leather. Therefore I was sceptic when I received the new album...

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CD review MAGIC KINGDOM "Savage requiem"

Veröffentlicht am 26. März 2015 von Markus W. in Magic Kingdom, Power Metal, Melodic Metal, Heavy Metal, CD Review, News

CD review MAGIC KINGDOM "Savage requiem"

(7/10) Magic Kingdom is more than an amusement park in Florida. The name is also standing for melodic power metal made in Belgium. The four-piece is around since 1998 and the main man behind the band is guitarist Dushan Petrossi, also known from Iron...

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CD review DEADHEADS "This is Deadheads first album"

Veröffentlicht am 25. März 2015 von Markus W. in Deadheads, Rock, Hardrock, Punkrock, Classic Rock, CD Review, News

CD review DEADHEADS "This is Deadheads first album"

(8/10) Again Gothenburg, the city with the almost endless potential for great rock and metal bands. This time we are talking about Deadheads and their new album "This is Deadheads first album(It includes electric guitars)". I think that the band created...

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Interview with Ronny Flissundet from DUNDERBEIST

Veröffentlicht am 25. März 2015 von Markus W. in Dunderbeist, Hardrock, Alternative Rock, Rock, Classic Rock, News, Interview

Interview with Ronny Flissundet from DUNDERBEIST

Norwegian Dunderbeist released their newest album "Hyklare" a few weeks ago. The five-piece from Hamar put ten songs on the album that are a great mix of different styles - all in Norwegian. Furthemore the band has planned already some shows in Norway...

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CD review ANNISOKAY "Enigmatic smile"

Veröffentlicht am 24. März 2015 von Markus W. in Annisokay, Post-Hardcore, Modern Metal, Metalcore, News, CD Review

CD review ANNISOKAY "Enigmatic smile"

(6/10) Not even one years after debut "The lucid dream(er)" the band from Halle, Germany releases their next album. "Enigmatic smile" is the title of the new longplayer that comes with eleven new songs. In general I can say that there isn't that much...

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