Markus' Heavy Music Blog

(8/10) ‘Hate’ is an emotion that's part of the human nature and is existing from time immemorial. This doesn’t go for the band that named themselves Hate even though the guys have already a 26 year history in metal. Actually they are as long in business...

Manilla Road is a real dinosaur in epic metal. The guys can look back on four decades in metal with many years belonging to the group of heavily underestimated groups. Even though Manilla Road could gain a cult status in the underground the quartet never...

(7/10) Seven Kingdoms is a Florida-based quintet that started in 2007 with releasing their debut the same year. Two more longplayers followed and with a pretty stable line-up the band started to work on their newest output. “Decennium” is the name of...

(8/10) Dante is a German prog metal outfit that started back in 2006. The band from Augsburg, Germany released their debut “The Inner Circle” in 2008 and three more studio longplayers followed up till now. What the Swabians haven’t had so far as part...

(8/10) Face Down Hero released already five longplayers, spread out over the bands 13 years history. The sixth strike is out as we speak and it’s another thrash metal inferno that’s started by the Marburg-based metal outfit. Face Down Hero’s sound features...

(8/10) New stuff from Atlanta, Georgia is on its way to Europe. It’s rock powerhouse Biters who have been in the studio, recording their sophomore longplayer “The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be". Tuk Smith, Mat Gabs, Phil Anthony and Joey O’Brien manage...

Heavy metal powerhouse Liv Sin unveiled a new video. "Immortal Sin" is the name of the song that's a grooving metal anthem. It's The 69 Eyes' Jyrki 69 who's sharing vocals with bandleader Liv Sin. ROCK/HARD ROCK/METAL Liv Sin feat. Jyrki (69 Eyes) - Immortal...

Kai Hansen & Friends played a show as part of last years Wacken festival. The iconic guitarist from Hamburg, Germany nailed down a brilliant show that included many songs from last years debut album. On June 23rd earMusic releases a live album that features...

(8/10) The ones of you that had the chance of seeing The Dead Daisies live on stage know about the explosive energy the band spreads. These guys bring the pure essence of rock’n’roll to your town and their shows are that hot making sweat running down...

The Ferryman, that's Ronnie Romero, Magnus Karlsson and Mike Terrana, This threepiece band will release their debut on June 2nd. Here comes an appetizer called "Still Standing Up" - a song taken from the album Subscribe To Be Alerted When We Add New Videos...

(7/10) Crazy Lixx is one of Malmo’s most important hardrock export article these days. The five-piece group celebrates their 15th band anniversary this year, a time in which they published four albums plus a new one that's entitles “Ruff Justice”. The...

(7/10) Metalcore normally doesn't belong to the genres in metal that finds my full passion. However, there are a few bands that I think are interesting and one of these bands are While She Sleeps. This might be caused by the pretty impressive show the...

Last weekend Swabian powerhouse Undertow played a concert at Heavy Duty, Dresden which was the first live show with their new bass player Andreas Hund. Undertow also performed some new unreleased material which was very well received by fans and increases...

(8/10) Here comes some prog power from the North. Finland is the home base of Wheel, a metal outfit that started 2 years ago. “The Path” is the first countable result of their work – a three track EP that provides 23 minutes of surprisingly good progressive...