Markus' Heavy Music Blog

(7/10) Can you resist The Resistance? Some of you maybe can, but I think that at least fans of former releases of this Swedish band will also like this one. And the guys are quick. Not even a year after having released the "Torture Tactics" EP the new...

(7/10) What a name: Agoraphobic Nosebleed. I wasn't very familiar with the band since grindcore noramlly isn't my true love. It was the band's name that made me curious when I got this album that is actually an EP. Three songs have been put on "Arc"and...

(8/10) Four years after having released "Fire & Damnation" Mem v. Stein and his thrash gang releases a new longplayer called "The Raging Tide". But Exumer's history starts far earlier. The German thrash veterans published their debut called "Possessed...

With their mindmelting eighth epos, Cult Of Luna & Julie Christams brings you to the outer rim of the ever expanding boundaries of the cosmos - where the rules of man is not applicable and the cold, dark nothing envelops the harsh realities of the un...

After over 20 years digging in the bile and muck of the underground these four hellblazers receive the acclaim they deserve. At the Spellemann 2015 (Norwegian Grammy) they were pitted against greats such as Enslaved and Tsjuder, but managed to run away...

German hard rocker Staggering Leech played a show in Hamburg last night when the four-piece opened for the Pussycat Boys. Here are some pics from the show. Photos: Fanny Gellert

(7/10) Canadian powerhouse Cauldron is back with "In Ruin", their new longplayer that features nine new tracks. The guys from Toronto released their last full-length album back in 2012 and in the meantime it was only an EP from 2014 that was published....

(8/10) German heretics Ketzer have a new album out there in the recordshops. The band's third release is called "Starless" and marks an important moment in the band's history. Very often it's the third album that decides on the future path of a band,...

Grammy Award nominees 3 Doors Down will release a new album on March 11th. "Us and the Night", this is the title of the disc. "In the Dark" is one track on this longplayer and the tune is available for download already. Tracklist: The Broken In The Dark...

The sixth album of horror rocker Rob Zombie got an extraordinary long title - "The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser". Wow. And if you think about shorter song titles, wrong. Here is the tracklist: 1. The Last Of The Demons...

Anti-Flag comes to Europe during summer. Here are four festival dates the band will perform during June/July. 24.June SOUTHSIDE FESTIVAL - Neuhausen ob Eck 25.June HURRICANE FESTIVAL - Scheessel 02.July VAINSTREAM ROCKFEST - Münster 03.July WITH FULL...

Deströyer 666 unveiled the artwork and tracklist of their next longplayer called "Wildfire". The cover was created by Zbigniew M. Bielak, who also worked for bands like Ghost, Watain and Mayhem. Release date is Fenruary 26th and the album comes via Season...

German hardrockers Bonfire will release a new album, 30 years after the band published, with "Don't Touch the Light", their debut. "Pearls" will be available in the record stores from March 18th on and features 22 songs. The chosen tunes are a journey...

Filter stands for industrial alternative rock from the US of A. The band will release their seventh album "Crazy Eyes" on April 8th via Spinefarm Records and the guys are looking back in time. The new record is an homage to the bands debut "Short Bus"...