Markus' Heavy Music Blog

My world of music - est. 2013

classic rock

CD review CORELEONI "The Greatest Hits Pt.1"

Veröffentlicht am 24. Februar 2018 von Markus W. in Coreleoni, Gotthard, News, CD Review, Frontiers Music, Hardrock, Rock, Classic Rock

CD review CORELEONI "The Greatest Hits Pt.1"

(*/10) Swiss rock outfit Gotthard belongs to the spearhead of European hardrock, celebrating big success with longplayers that went right into the charts. While step by step gaining a lot of new fans, Gotthard’s sound also shifted in parallel more towards...

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CD review THUNDERMOTHER "Thundermother"

Veröffentlicht am 21. Februar 2018 von Markus W. in Thundermother, Heavy Metal, Hardrock, Classic Rock, CD Review, News, Despotz Records

CD review THUNDERMOTHER "Thundermother"

(8/10) Thundermother released their sophomore longplayer "Road Fever" in 2015 and between then and now quite some things happened. It's almost the entire line-up that went through a process of renewal with Guitarist and founder Filippa Nässil being the...

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CD review IMPERIAL STATE ELECTRIC "Anywhere Loud"

Veröffentlicht am 14. Februar 2018 von Markus W. in Imperial State Electric, Anywhere Loud, Hardrock, Classic Rock, Vintage, News, CD Review, Psychout Records

CD review IMPERIAL STATE ELECTRIC "Anywhere Loud"

(*/10) Swedish rock powerhouse Imperial State Electric released a few really good studio albums of which the excellent "All Through the Night" was the latest one that hit the record stores. With these great records in their backpack it's a given that...

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CD review VOJD "The Outer Ocean"

Veröffentlicht am 6. Februar 2018 von Markus W. in Vojd, The Outer Ocean, High Roller Records, News, Hardrock, Classic Rock

CD review VOJD "The Outer Ocean"

(8/10) What feels like something new isn't necessarily what it seems to be. Now, Vojd is definitely a new rock outfit with a line-up that's very well known. Vojd is no less than 1/2 of Swedish metal outfit Black Trip. The guys released two excellent records...

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CD review AMMUNITION "Ammunition"

Veröffentlicht am 1. Februar 2018 von Markus W. in Ammunition, Hardrock, Rock, Classic Rock, Melodic Metal, Melodic Rock, News, CD Review, Frontiers Music

CD review AMMUNITION "Ammunition"

(8/10) Former Wig Wam singer Age Sten Nilsen and Erik Mårtensson (Eclipse, W.E.T. and Nordic Union) founded Ammunition back in 2014. The debut “Shanghaied” saw the light of day in 2015 and was a very positive surprise. The musical CV of founders and band...

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CD review WHITESNAKE "The Purple Tour (Live)"

Veröffentlicht am 30. Januar 2018 von Markus W. in Whitesnake, News, Deep Purple, David Coverdale, CD Review, Live, Classic Rock, Rhino, Hardrock, Rock

CD review WHITESNAKE "The Purple Tour (Live)"

(*/10) After having released “The Purple Album” in 2015, David Coverdale and band mates hit the road for promoting the new release, an album that pays attention to Coverdale’s Deep Purple days. “Burn” and “Mistreated” have been some classic of MK3 and...

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CD review DEADHEADS "This One Goes to 11"

Veröffentlicht am 21. Januar 2018 von Markus W. in Deadheads, This One Goes to 11, Hardrock, Classic Rock, Vintage, Rock, High Roller Records, CD Review, News

CD review DEADHEADS "This One Goes to 11"

(8/10) Deadheads, hailing from Gothenburg, worked on their crucial third longplayer entitled “This One Goes to 11”. The result of all this work and effort can be listened to end of January. After the highly acclaimed first two records ,Deadheads pick...

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THE DEAD DAISIES unveils details about their next album

Veröffentlicht am 16. Januar 2018 von Markus W. in The Dead Daisies, Burn it Down, Hardrock, News, Rock, Classic Rock, Tour, Live

THE DEAD DAISIES unveils details about their next album

Hardrock powerhouse The Dead Daisies announced a new longplayer, which will be released on April 6th via Spitfire/SPV. “Burn it Down” is the fourth longplayer of this extremely powerful rock outfit and it’s the first one with Deen Castronovo (Journey,...

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CD Review VOODOO CIRCLE „Raise on Rock“

Veröffentlicht am 11. Januar 2018 von Markus W. in Voodoo Circle, Alex Beyrodt, Hardrock, Rock, Classic Rock, News, CD Review, AFM, Raised on Rock

CD Review VOODOO CIRCLE „Raise on Rock“

( 7/10 ) Alex Beyrodt is a restless mind, always on a journey through rock and metal. His hunger for heavy metal will be satisfied by Primal Fear where he handles the six-string in a perfect fashion. Next to that he is part of ‚Rock meets Classic‘ and...

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CD review MAGNUM "Lost on the Road to Eternity"

Veröffentlicht am 27. Dezember 2017 von Markus W. in Magnum, Bob Catley, Tony Clarkin, Hardrock, Rock, Melodic Rock, Classic Rock, Steamhammer, SPV, CD Review, News

CD review MAGNUM "Lost on the Road to Eternity"

(9/10) Introducing Magnum feels like carrying sand to the beach. I can't imagine that there are fans of rock and metal that never heard at least the name of the British hardrock legend. Guitar wizard Tony Clarkin and singer Bob Catley began in 1972 and...

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Live review THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA, De Helling, Utrecht, 13.12.2017

Veröffentlicht am 22. Dezember 2017 von Markus W. in The Night Flight Orchestra, News, Live, Tour, Classic Rock, Rock, Hardrock, De Helling

Live review THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA, De Helling, Utrecht, 13.12.2017

Even though Utrecht, The Netherlands doesn't have an airport there was a first flight that left from the Holland's 5th largest city. It was The Night Flight Orchestra that invited for a flight from Utrecht with De Helling being the airport and starting...

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CD review AUDREY HORNE "Blackout"

Veröffentlicht am 20. Dezember 2017 von Markus W. in Audrey Horne, Blackout, Hardrock, NWoBHM, Rock, Classic Rock, CD Review, Napalm Records

CD review AUDREY HORNE "Blackout"

(9/10) Audrey Horne, hailing from Bergen, Norway, can hark back to some excellent longplayers and energetic live shows. Their hunger for hard rock music obviously can’t be fully stilled which is great for fans of classic rock music - in this case since...

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CD review GHOST "Ceremony and Devotion"

Veröffentlicht am 13. Dezember 2017 von Markus W. in Ghost, Rock, Hardrock, Classic Rock, News, CD Review, Live, Spinefarm, Loma Vista, Ceremony and Devotion, Heavy Metal, Papa Emeritus III, Ghoul

CD review GHOST "Ceremony and Devotion"

(*/10) Seven years of Swedish rock outfit Ghost can be summarized as a roaring success story. The band, being the brainchild of Papa Emeritus III (Tobias Forge), began as Ghost B.C. back in 2006 and a debut that was published four years later. “Opus Eponymous”...

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Live report VANDENBERG'S MOONKINGS, De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, 18.11.2017

Veröffentlicht am 3. Dezember 2017 von Markus W. in Vandenbergs Moonkings, Hardrock, Classic Rock, News, Live, Live Review, De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Adrian Vandenberg, RUV

Live report VANDENBERG'S MOONKINGS, De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, 18.11.2017

A couple of weeks a Dutch guitar wizard Adrian Vandenberg released, together with the Moonkings, a new album entitled "MKII". To also bring these fantastic new songs on stage, the quartet scheduled some shows in The Netherlands, of which the Zoetermeer...

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