Markus' Heavy Music Blog

(8/10) Following the advancement of a band from their early days up to date is nice thing. For me, Danish Volbeat is belongs to this group of bands and Iced Earth is another one. It was at the end of the 80's when I received a demo called "Enter the Realm",...

(8/10) German power metal outfit Primal Fear belongs to the Champions League of European metal. It was in the beginning of 12016 when the quintet released their latest strike "Rulebreaker" which was followed by an extensive tour through Europe before...

(8/10) New York base metal pioneers Suffocation finally releases their highly acclaimed longplayer "...of the Dark Light". It seems that the period between albums starts to get longer with this album taking the band four years to write and record. The...

(7/10) The Stuttgart/Hannover-based street rockers Nitrogods hit the studio some months back in time for recording their new output "Roadkill BBQ. The outcome of this hard working exercise is in the meantime availble in the recordshop, featuring 12 new...

Power metal pioneers Metal Church are swinging a hot bat at the moment. The latest album “XI” showed that the band is back with full speed after having re-connected the legendary Mike Howe into the bands line-up. The live shows, promoting the new record,...

(7/10) Next to Magnus Karlsson’s The Ferryman it is Norwegian singer Jorn who releases his next studio album “Life on Death Road” in the same musical genre. And it’s not only that the music on these two releases is aiming for the same target group, both...

(7/10) Some records give you as a reviewer a hard time and “On Her Journey to the Sun” is one of them. Swedish singer and multi-instrumentalist Rikard Sjöblom released this longplayer a few days ago with his Gungfly project and after having listened to...

(8/10) You wonder who’s behind the name of The Ferryman? It’s a trio of well-known musicians with a long track record in rock and metal. The band (or is it still in a project phase) is the brain child of Primal Fear guitarist Magnus Karlsson who teamed-up...

(8/10) The history of Walpyrgus started in 2012 when mainly Twisted Tower Dire and While Heaven Wept musicians joined together working on traditional heavy metal songs under the banner of Walpyrgus. The band had some first releases with a debut EP and...

(*/10) If you didn’t live under a rock for the last three decades the name Michael Monroe rings a bell. The charismatic singer of Hanoi Rocks started his career as part of the Finnish glam rock outfit back in the late seventies. Monroe and Hanoi Rocks...

(8/10) 7 Miles To Pittsburgh is a bit of a strange name for a band but I must say that it stays in mind. I have no idea about what happens 7 miles outside of Pittsburgh and what triggered Andrew Elt, Martin Helmantel and Joris Lindner to go for this name,...

It looks like the old “Judgement Night” days are coming back, or at least a metal/rap crossover. Prophets Of Rage are touring right now through Europe, playing some big festivals after having had a very successful North America tour earlier. Now it’s...

(8/10) The ones of you who saw AC/DC's live DVD “Live at River Plate” know that the Argentinean heart beats for more than purely tango music. The vibe in this crowd was just amazing, celebrating each of the hardrock classics from Down Under. Knowing this...

(8/10) There isn’t that many bands from the Canadian West coast with a more global level of awareness. Unleash The Archers is such a band, hailing from British Columbia, metal fans from not only Canada are familiar with. The roots of the power metal outfit...