Markus' Heavy Music Blog

Nordic Beast posted a few photos from the rehearsals in Stockholm on Facebook. Here comes the link. Nordic Beast placed the following press release on their Facebook side: &Mikkey Dee (Motörhead), John Norum (Europe), Åge Sten Nilsen (Wigwam), Hal Patino...

2:20 full power. A must to watch. Here comes the video from Imperial State Electric. "Retile brain" is the title track from the current album. Source: Imperial State TV (8/10) If you listen to Imperial State Electric than you can't imagine that Nicke...

(7/10) Revolution Road - a band or a project. I guess more the last mentioned one. But that doesn't matter. The music is more important. The band around keyboarder Alessanrdo Del Veccio plays AOR/Hardrock. It's actually a mix which is a bit too hard for...

(7/10) Roadfever from Switzerland have released their label-debut called "Wolf pack". Never heard about the band before? Me neither. They released already one album earlier in their career, which started in 2006. I must say that I liked what I heard....

(7/10) I was aware of Crystal Viper when I received their new album called "Possession". It is album number five of the band and I have to admit that I wasn’t a big fan of the first 4 CD’s. But the album was a surprise for me since it is better than what...

Swedens melodic hardrocker W.E.T. recorded a show in Stockholm on January this year. The result will be a live CD/DVD called "One live - In Stockholm" which will be released via Fontiers Records on February 21st. Here is already a trailer for the album....

After she left Nightwish Anette Olzon works on a new album. The release date is February 2014 and the album is named "Shine". Here comes the first video for the song "Falling" which sounds surprisingly good. Source: earMusic

(8/10) There are these moments when you don't know what to expect and be positivly surprised. The EP from X-Ray Life is one of these examples. When I got their EP on my desk the other day I had no idea who they are and what music they play. The EP is...

Good old thrash metal by Gama Bomb. Here is the video for "Backwards bible". Source: AFM Records

A new year is coming and it brings a new Iced Earth album. Here is already a first song from the album called "Among the living dead". I just like the band and the sound. Source: Century Media

Anvil released a new video. The song is called "Badass rock n roll" and is from the latest album "Hope in hell". Good stuff. Source: SPV For me it looks like, that the release of the new Anvil album is similar to the release of a new iPhone. Expectations...

Metal band Huntress with the excentric Jill Janus at the mic will be on tour in January. They will play some haedliner shows in Germany and Holland plus some support shows with Lamb Of God. Here are the dates: HUNTRESS w/ Lamb of God 06.01.14 AT - Vienna...

(8/10) I have a special link to Bosshoss, since I'm also from Heidenheim, the city where Hoss Power Sascha Vollmer was born and grown up. Furthermore I have seen the band years ago in the small Turnhalle in Mergelstetten, Germany, when they were not known...

New Carcass video from the latest release "Surgical steel". The song for the video is called "Unfit for human consumption". Carcass at it's best. Source: Nuclear Blast Records