Markus' Heavy Music Blog

(8/10) Amoral comes from Finland and the band has already six records they released over the last twelve years. The guys from Helsinki started Amoral in 1997, followed by the debut "Wound Creations" in 2004. "In Sequence" is Amoral's seventh studio album,...

The smaller of the two rooms at Gebr. de Nobel in Leiden, The Netherlands hosted one of Germany's most impactful thrash metal bands, Exumer. Esp. their debut "Possessed by Fire" belongs to the milestones in heavy German metal music and I could imagine...

(8/10) It was a tough time for Supersuckers mainman Eddie Spaghetti. The singer and bassman has been confronted with the diagnosis of cancer, right at the time when the band's newest album was ready to be released. Eddie went into a period of treatment...

Tremonti announced a few festival dates for Europe. Here they are: 27/5/16 - GER, Gelsenkirschen Rock in Revier 29/5/15 - GER, Munich Rockavaria 05/6/16 - AUT, Vienna Rock In Vienna 10/6/16 - FRA, Paris Download 12/6/16 - UK, Download Fest 17/6/16 - FRA,...

Zakk Wylde will release an new solo album. It will be called "Book of Shadows II" and the announced release date will be April 8th, 2016. The record will be his first solo release in 20 years, following "Book of Shadows" from 1996. Stay tuned for more.... Photo:...

(8/10) Paul Speckman is Master and Master is Paul Speckman. Both, Speckman and his band, stand for oldschool death metal. More than 30 years, 12 records and several EPs' are on Master's credit side and the next longplayer is in the starting blocks, ready...

(8/10) The Mute Gods are new to me. I haven't heard of the guys before, considering the founding date of 2014 also not a too big surprise. So I was very curiously looking forward to listen to their debut "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me". I have to admit...

(8/10) Dream Theater enters almost new territory with their new double header "The Astonishing". It's the second time that the New York-based band releases a concept album that is, this time, spread out over two CD's ("Scenes from a Memory" has been the...

Are you done with traditional Easter parties? Than this is an alternative for you. Each year the Paaspop ('Easterpop' in English) takes place in Schijndel, The Netherlands. Paaspop started in 1978 is one of the oldest festivals - and it's one of the earliest...

(7/10) Can you resist The Resistance? Some of you maybe can, but I think that at least fans of former releases of this Swedish band will also like this one. And the guys are quick. Not even a year after having released the "Torture Tactics" EP the new...

(7/10) What a name: Agoraphobic Nosebleed. I wasn't very familiar with the band since grindcore noramlly isn't my true love. It was the band's name that made me curious when I got this album that is actually an EP. Three songs have been put on "Arc"and...

(8/10) Four years after having released "Fire & Damnation" Mem v. Stein and his thrash gang releases a new longplayer called "The Raging Tide". But Exumer's history starts far earlier. The German thrash veterans published their debut called "Possessed...

With their mindmelting eighth epos, Cult Of Luna & Julie Christams brings you to the outer rim of the ever expanding boundaries of the cosmos - where the rules of man is not applicable and the cold, dark nothing envelops the harsh realities of the un...

After over 20 years digging in the bile and muck of the underground these four hellblazers receive the acclaim they deserve. At the Spellemann 2015 (Norwegian Grammy) they were pitted against greats such as Enslaved and Tsjuder, but managed to run away...