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(7/10) UK’s thrash metal scene brought quite some good bands up to surface with groups like Onslaught being the spearhead. Eight years another metal outfit was born, Shrapnel. The five-piece, hailing from Norwich, published with “No Saviours” a first...

(8/10) After having received the news of Manson’s stage accident a few days ago it’s time for more positive news from shock-rocker No.1 – the new album. I don’t think that I need to start with a long introduction because you wouldn’t read this review...

(8/10) German metal outfit Pänzer returns with a new album, the first one after having premiered in 2014 with “Send Them All to Hell”. Next to the album there is some more new to report. The line-up changed with Pänzer shifting from a trio to a quartet....

(8/10) Witherfall has a background that began in 2013 when guitarist Jake Dreyer, singer Joseph Michael and drummer Adam Sagan began to write songs as a collective. Bassist Anthony Crawford completed the line-up later on and the quartet began turning...

(6/10) Speed Limit’s newest longplayer “Anywhere We Dare” marks the return of this Austrian metal outfit that began many years ago in Salzburg. Instead of being into Mozart, who called Salzburg his hometown, the quintet is fascinated by metal, which led...

(8/10) Emil Bulls are no rookies to metal. A bigger amount of studio releases since 1995 speaks for itself and it’s end of September when Emil Bulls adds another record to their impressive discography. After more than 20 years the band’s still hungry,...

Extreme metal band Sinsaenum, being the brainchild of Frėdėric Leclercq and Joey Jordison, will release a new EP beginning of November. The title track is already unveiled and is entitled "Ashes". The EP comes with a running time of 30 minutes and includes,...

Photo: Promotion Markus’ Heavy Music Blog: Hello everybody and thanks for spending some time for Markus’ Heavy Music Blog. My first question is actually related to the current situation in Texas. You guys are from San Antonio and I hope that the city...

(5/10) ‘All good things come in threes’, that could be one thought that Nick Oliveri had before starting this trilogy. Next to that, and looking on sales prices, it’s also a good opportunity to make some money. Instead of putting all the songs, or most...

(7/10) Radio Moscow isn’t a Russian radio station. It’s actually a band that began to ‘broadcast’ rock music from Iowa to the world. In the meantime the trio moved to San Diego, California and releases their first album for Century Media; ten years after...

(8/10) L.A.-based Act Of Defiance started as a band three years ago. Even though the band itself is fairly new, the involved band members are highly experienced guys, having been part of metal acts such as Nevermore, Megadeth,.... Act Of Defiance that...

Vallenfyre played a powerful show at Gebr. de Nobel in Leiden, NL a couple of weeks ago. Here are some pics from the awesome concert. Also check out Markus' Heavy Music Blog: mwiemetalblog.over-blog.com

KANSAS - Carry On Wayward Son (LIVE IN US 2017) (Album Track). Taken from the album "LEFTOVERTURE LIVE & BEYOND" Out Nov 3rd 2017.

(8/10) Berlin’s music scene is a vital one with quite some rock acts that belong to the best Germany currently delivers when it comes to classic rock. The Travellin’ Jack released a mind-blowing album some weeks ago, followed now by Kadaver’s newest landmark....