Markus' Heavy Music Blog

(7/10) Suppressive Fire means death/thrash from Raleigh, NC. The band is fairly new since the guys started in 2013. Till now that have released a demo and also a split CD is part of their discogrpahy. This will change here and now since the trio releases...

(8/10) I continuosly followed Shakra since I think that their melodic hardrock sounds and sounded pretty good. Yes, they never made it to the absolute top. Yes, they have the mighty Gotthard in front of them. But also 'yes', the guys released cool records...

(7/10) "Chasms" is the second longplayer of Oakland, California based Lycus. Three years ago it was "Tempest" that marked the debut of the doom band from the US of A and now four new songs have been recorded. Those new tracks are all pretty long. "Mirage"...

(7/10) Inlegend had a cool Christmas-/New Year present which you might missed. The guys had a few songs from the "Stones Of Goliath" session which they wanted to share with the fans. The result is an EP that's called "Goliath's End". It contains six tunes...

(8/10) One of the albums I was most curious for was the debut of Abbath. The iconic Norwegian musicians, known from his former band Immortal, started his new band a while ago. The debut, simply callad "Abbath", will be released on January 22nd and based...

The whole German winter was green so far and temperatures have been on springly 14 degrees. This changed the day Swabian power metal command Brainstorm invited to the release show of their newest album "Scary Creatures". The whole area was covered by...

(7/10) Liege Lord, Omen and Metal Church are bands you like a lot? Than you have to listen to those guys. Final Sign are from North Carolina, USA and they are into pure US power metal. The musical cooperation of singer Shawn Pelata and guitarist Brian...

(8/10) It's not that easy to describe Borknagar's sound. Of course you could say that we are talking about viking metal, but I think that this wouldn't cover the entire range of sounds that are coming together on a Borknagar album. "Winter Thrice" is...

(7/10) Memorain from Greece started in 1999 and one thing that stands out over the years are the various changes in the band's line-up. It was in 2014 when an almost full renewal of the band took place. Aris Nikoleris (g), Sevan Barsam (d) and Vagelis...

(7/10) What do you expect when Craig Goldy, Chas West, Sean McNabb and Vinny Appice team up to start a new project? At least my first thought was a Dio and Dokken hybrid. In case you had the same idea, not too far away from reality I must say. The four...

"Into the Dark Past" (8/10) You might have missed the eighties for whatever reason? No Remorse Records can help you since the label provides you with some metal stuff out of this great period. The newst re-releases of the label are the first two longplayers...

Death metal legend Cannibal Corpse will come to Europe for a bunch of shows in April and May. Here are the dates:

Norwegian black metallers Abbath stream their debut album, simply called "Abbath", via Metal Hammer UK. It's a mighty and heavy release with excellent songs. Check it out. In case you want to see the band on tour, here are the dates: Jan 23: London (UK)...

Thrash metallers from Germany, Exumer, will release their new album January 29th via Metal Blades and it is called "The Raging Tides". The band revealed the second song on German's Rock Hard magazine website and you can get there via the link below. The...