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    <title><![CDATA[MARKUS' HEAVY MUSIC BLOG moved to a NEW SITE. Join in at https://markusheavymusicblog.org]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2018 14:25:34 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Today I have exciting news. Markus' Heavy Music Blog moved to a new provider. HERE comes the link to the new site where you can find a continuation of Markus' Heavy Music Blog. I still keep this site open for a few more weeks since I'm still trying to... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review GAZPACHO &quot;Soyuz&quot;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2018 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(9/10) Norwegian progressive sound architects Gazpacho are prepared for releasing their newest studio album entitled “Soyuz” in May this year. “Soyuz” follows the 2015 release “Molok” and offers again a firework of sounds from beginning to end. The Norwegian... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review DIZZY REED “Rock’n’Roll Ain’t Easy” ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2018 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(8/10) Dizzy Reed is no less than the keyboarder of Guns’n’Roses, which he joined in 1990. He was part of the two legendary “Use Your Illusion” releases and is the meantime, next to Axel Rose himself, the most consistent member of Guns’n’Roses. Next to... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review ANGELUS APATRIDA “Cabaret de la Guillotine”]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2018 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(7/10) The first thing that I have to face when starting a review is the name of the band I‘m writing about, esp. when it‘s about bands haven‘t had on the radar till now. Angelus Apatrida is such a band. With all respect, the name is a curveball to me,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review LORD VIGO &quot;Six Must Die&quot;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2018 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(8/10) After having released two excellent records, spread out over the last years, expectations were pretty high when it comes to „Six Must Die“. Already at this early stage of this review I can tell you that Lord Vigo doesn't disappoint doom metal supporters... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review SPOCK'S BEARD &quot;Noise Floor&quot;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(8/10) Spock’s Beard was founded in 1992 by the Morse brothers, Neal and Alan. It was in 202 when Neal Morse left the band, focusing on some other projects he had in the pipeline. The 2003 release “Feel Euphoria” was the first one with Nick D’Virgilio... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review '77 &quot;Bright Gloom&quot;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2018 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(7/10) Since quite some years I‘m fascinated by the irresistible energy '77 spreads on their releases and even more on stage. The quarter from Spain seems to inhale the rock‘n‘roll spirit and exhale pure rock power. The quartet shows this full-blast approach... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review SECRET SOCIETY &quot;The Induction&quot;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2018 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(8/10) „The Induction“ is the result of one and a half years of songwriting, leading to five tracks that ended up on the tracklist of Secret Society‘s new EP. Secret Society is a power metal outfit, hailing from Sweden. I have to admit that I haven‘t... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review MOTOR CITY MAYHEM &quot;Shitfaced and Outta Luck&quot;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2018 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(8/10) Shotgun Express was a rock band hailing from Stuttgart, Germany. What rose out of the ashes of Shotgun Express is a new rock outfit – Motor City Mayhem. The five-piece from Mercedes City carries on the legacy of Shotgun Express, sending blues driven... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[ALICE IN CHAINS unveils a new song]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2018 17:40:15 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Photo: Promo
Alice In Chains (Singer/guitarist Jerry Cantrell, drummer Sean Kinney, bassist Mike Inez and singer/guitarist William DuVall) release “The One You Know”, the first new song of the quartet in five years. It's the first song from the upcoming,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review SEVENDUST &quot;All I See is War&quot;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2018 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(8/10) Atlanta, Georgia based Sevendust worked hard on the successor of the band's 2015 release "Kill the Flaw". In the meantime things progressed and the next record is ready to be shipped to the record stores. "All I See is War" is Sevendust's 11th... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review RSO &quot;Radio Free America&quot;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2018 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(9/10) RSO is nothing else than the acronym for Richie Sambora and Orianthi. Both names combined lead to RSO, the name of this exciting collaboration of two of the best rock guitarists in the here and now. It will be May11th, when this rock duo will debut... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review DEWOLFF &quot;Thrust&quot;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2018 06:33:35 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(8/10) DeWolff is a psychedelic rock outfit, hailing from the Southern parts of The Netherlands. The trio isn’t a new player in the fields of rock even though their biggest fan base is located in their home country. DeWolff is quite big in The Netherlands... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review DIMMU BORGIR &quot;Eonian&quot;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2018 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(6/10) In a time when first Dutch tulips start to spread their joyful colors all over Holland, it's the darkness from the North that enters Europe via the backdoor. Norwegian black metal pioneers Dimmu Borgir started a new mission to shade the brightness... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review WIEGEDOOD &quot;De Doden Hebben het Goed&quot;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2018 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(8/10) Belgium Wiegedood debut in 2015 with an album entitled "De Doden Hebben Het Goed". The album was the beginning of a morbid trilogy that finds its end with part 3 of this three-piece delivery. At the same album the newest delivery is the first album... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review IHSAHN &quot;Àmr“]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2018 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(9/10) Like with the earlier releases Ihsahn delivers another curveball when it comes to new album. It is hard to predict what you get with a new longplayer done by this extraordinary creative mind. The only thing that's for sure is that an Ihsahn album... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review ANGEL OF MERCY &quot;The Avatar&quot; - re-issue]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(8/10) Shadow Kingdom re-issues some stuff from the underground on June 1st – Angel Of Mercy’s first and only album entitled “The Avatar”. David St.James formed the band in 1980 and it took the bandleader seven years to write the songs and gather a band... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review MISSION IN BLACK &quot;Anthems of a Dying Breed&quot;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(7/10) Mission In Black is a rather new metal outfit hailing from Germany. Now 'new' might not be fully correct since it was in 2010 when a first demo has been recorded, followed by some shows, supporting bands like Brainstorm and Mystic Prophecy. It's... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review SHINEDOWN &quot;Attention, Attention&quot;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2018 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(9/10) Shinedown’s story in rock is an impressive one. What began in 2001 in Knoxville, Tennessee evolved to one of the most influential rock acts in the here and now. The debut “Leave a Whisper”, released in summer 2003 and produced by no less than Bob... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[TRI STATE CORNER release new album today]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Tri State Corner will release their newest album "Hero" today. The guys will also hit the road and tour dates can be check in the video below. Here's the video: ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE reveals a new song]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:30:34 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Photo: Spinefarm Records (Promo)
Bullet For My Valentine will release with "Gravity" their next studio album by June 29th, 2018. The first single has been unveiled already and it's entitled "Over It". Here you go... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review BLACK STONE CHERRY &quot;Family Tree&quot;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:26:25 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(8/10) It was back in 2001 when a new rock band entered the scene, hailing from Edmonton, Kentucky. The name of this outfit – Black Stone Cherry. The roots of the band go back even longer. It was in high school when singer/guitarist Chris Robertson and... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review MICHAEL SCHINKEL'S ETERNAL FLAME &quot;Smoke on the Mountain&quot;]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[(8/10) Eternal Flame released two longplayers at the end of the 90’s / beginning of 2000 before the band announced their disbanding. Ten years after the second album “King of the King” was released it was singer/guitarist Michael Schinkel and Helmut Kohlpaintner... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[HATE ETERNAL annouce European tour dates]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2018 20:40:45 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[CD review ANTHRAX &quot;Kings Among Scotland&quot;]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[(*/10) East-Coast thrash pioneers Anthrax played a show at Barrowland Blallroom in Glasgow, Scotland on February 15th, 2017. The show was part of the band’s “Among the Kings”-tour and was built very much around the legendary “Among the Living” album which... ]]></description>
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