Markus' Heavy Music Blog

Paradise Lost newest album is charged with great song of which "Until the Grave" is one of them. Taken from the new album, MEDUSA. Get it here: http://nuclearblast.com/paradiselost-medusa / SUBSCRIBE: http://nblast.de/NBytb 'MEDUSA', the 15th PARADISE...

Witchery unveiled a new song that's taken from the upcoming longplayer "I am Legion". "True North" is its name and here comes the link. WITCHERY - True North (OFFICIAL VIDEO). Order The Album Now! Taken from the album "I Am Legion" Out Nov 10th 2017!...

(8/10) Argus debut with a self-titled album in 2009 , followed by two more longplayers and some EP's. Each of these longplayers provides a solid portion of metal for fans of powerful music. The quintet plays a mix of classic metal which they combine with...

(9/10) Florida-based singer, guitarist and songwriter Stan Bush has a long track record in rock. He wrote excellent songs for movie soundtracks, “Capture of Dreams” was featured in the 1996 Olympics and last but not least he won an Emmy for “Till I was...

(8/10) The only consistency in life is change. You can have a look on this paradox from many different angles if you want but it what it is. ‘Consistency’ and ‘change’ are also two keywords when it comes to UK-based prog metal outfit Threshold. First...

(8/10) German mediaeval rockers In Extremo are a quite productive rock outfit with some releases spread out over the last years. The band started their winning streak back in 1995 and belongs to the spearhead of this genre. Twelve longplayers represent...

Two brothers – one passion. Carmine and Vinny Appice belong to the icons of rock and metal. Both drummers have a long history in music with Carmine being part of e.g. Ozzy Osbourne while his brother Vinny played with Dio, Black Sabbath and Heaven & Hell....

(8/10) The density of Dutch female-fronted metal bands is quite impressive and what is even more formidable is the quality level of each of these bands. One of the spearheads of symphonic Dutch metal is Epica, a band that’s around already since 2002....

Mastodon have been intensively on the road recently but also found some time to do a new 4-track EP. “Cold Dark Place will be released on September 22nd, followed by a 10” limited picture disc edition on October 27th. Three of the four songs are coming...

Cyhra, a new band featuring former Amaranthe singer Jake E. and ex-In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad, have revealed details of their forthcoming debut album, ‘Letters To Myself’. Due for release on October 20th 2017, ‘Letters To Myself’ features plenty...

(9/10) Black metal can be more than uninspired blastbeats, hoarsely screams and panda bear make-up. German extreme metal band Der Weg Einer Freiheit shows this in an impressive way, not only with their previous releases, but also, and even more, with...

(9/10) In the beginning of the new century traditional metal had a kind of comeback. Young and hungry metal bands re-vitalized a sound known from the 80's. Swedish powerhouse Portrait belonged to this group of band, releasing a first countable result...

(10/10) Wow. I can’t say much more than that when it comes to the newest Paradise Lost disc. Following the band over the last decades partly felt like a rollercoaster. Rooted in the early British death metal, the band included more and more gothic elements...