Markus' Heavy Music Blog

Slipknot is one of the most influential bands of the last decade, excelling with outstanding records. Their brutal sound and uncompromising live shows became a trademark for the Iowa-based band. On September 6th that band plans a unique event of presenting...

(8/10) earMusic releases end of June a Hansen & Friends live album (see review), recorded 2016 at the famous Wacken festival.T he guys played a 75 minutes set with Unisonic folowing them on the same stage one hour later. This meant two shifts for Kai...

(9/10) German prog rocker RPWL started their journey in rock in 1997 and since then the guys from Bavaria can look back on quite some releases with the latest studio album called “Wanted” from 2014. In order to celebrate their two decades anniversary,...

(8/10) This longplayer is already available since a few weeks but I still want to put a small review on my blog because I think that you should discover Troubled Horse; in case you missed the album up to date. The foundation of Troubled Horse took place...

(7/10) Swiss rock outfit Cellar Darling could wrap up a deal with Nuclear Blast, leading to a debut called “This is the Sound”. So, what is the sound? The trio, Anna Murphy (v), Ivo Henzi (g,b) and Merlin Sutter (d), is fascinated by folk-based rock and...

Pure Steel Records will re-release the earlier Rage records including the debut. Furthermore the Avenger classics will be re-released as well. Here comes the original media announcement: RAGE/AVENGER sign a Record deal with PURE STEEL RECORDS Hell! Yeah!!...

(8/10) After all these fantastic years with Motörhead, guitarist Phil Campbell had to go for something new after the band came to an end by the passing of the legendary bandleader Lemmy Kilmister. The six-string guitarist teamed-up up with his three sons...

(8/10) Sometimes it’s the unpredictable things spicing up life and the new Riverdogs album is such a moment. The quartet started back in 1989 and the self-titled debut followed a year later. Hardrock had a peak moment at that time before grunge took over....

Taken from album Back With A Bang - part 1, out April 27th 2017. Buy the album: http://www.thedirtydenims.nl/store Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5ooTkkME3BdkElarzIbIVm iTunes: ... Here comes a new video from Dutch rock powerhouse The Dirty Denims....

(9/10) To introduce Blind Guardian is like carrying sand to the beach. The German four-piece band is well known all over the world with extremely successful songs and longplayers. Ten studio albums are part of the band’s track record and also live albums...

(8/10) Not only that the summer period is the time of the year that’s filled with festivals and open airs, it also feels like quite some bands releasing live albums as we speak. Swabian power outfit Kissin’ Dynamite is one of them, having their first...

(8/10) After having had a first career high in the beginning of the 90's its New York-based powerhouse Prong who had a fantastic comeback in the 2010 years, starting actually with "Scorpio Rising" and the following "Power of the Damager" album in 2007....

(8/10) Amplifier still belongs to one of the most underrated bands when it comes to alternative rock music. Even though having release five full-length record, accompanied by some EP’s and three live recording, Amplifier never reached a wider audience....

(8/10) It feels like Crossover’s gaining more and more of a momentum again. There are the Prophets Of Rage being on a successful tour through Europe right now and there’s a new player in the starting blocks too – Powerflo. Having a deeper look behind...