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Swabian metal command Brainstorm released their newest album "Scary Creatures" a few days ago . This well-crafted metal release got some support by an official release show the band performed in Giengen, Germany. A few kilometers away from their hometown...

Markus' Heavy Music Blog met Alter Bridge and Tremonti mainman Mark Tremonti for an interview before he entered the stage in Tilburg, Holland for a sold-out show with his solo project. The iconic guitarist talked about the current tour that led the band...

Our dear friends from Imperial State Electric have an excellent new album in the starting block. Therefore it was great Nicke Andresson, mainman of Imperial State Electric, gave us some more information about the new longplayer. MHMB: "Honk machine" became...

Müster seems to be a creative hub when it comes to music. Especially alternative rock has a solid foundation in the student city in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Next to bands like Eat The Gun and Zodiac, it is also the Black Space Riders that call Münster their...

A few days ago I had the chance to talk with Jeff Waters about the upcoming Annihilator album “Suicide society”. The Canadian guitar wizard was in a very good mood and talked about the new longplayer, the Annihilator history and if he might have a chance...

Hard Action is a new band from Finland that plays rock'n'roll with a heavy punk attitude. The guys release there new album "Sinister vibes" as we speak. Of course we have been curious to get more insights and asked some questions to Ville Valavuo, guitarist...

Markus Heavy Music Blog: He Marios, how are you? Marios Iliopoulus: Hey man all fine here. We are working a lot for the promotion of the new album which means a lots of phoners and email interviews. We are very happy that the new album is already out...

On Friday this week the new album from Kiske/Somerville will see the light of day. The right moment to contact singer Michael Kiske for getting some more insights about the record. I got a pretty relaxed Michael Kiske on the phone, being at home in the...

Norwegian Dunderbeist released their newest album "Hyklare" a few weeks ago. The five-piece from Hamar put ten songs on the album that are a great mix of different styles - all in Norwegian. Furthemore the band has planned already some shows in Norway...

Swiss groove metal institution Gurd has released anew album a few weeks ago. It is called "Fake" and it's for me one of the best ones the band has released so far. Therefore MHMB was interested in how this masterpiec was created, but also to get a few...

Brazilian metal band Angra released their newest album "Secret garden" in January this year. The record is the first one since four years and belongs to the best ones the band released so far. Markus' Heavy Music Blog wanted to get more insights about...

Some of you might still remember Toxik. The US thrash metal band released two brilliant records in the end of the 80's. Their debut "World circus" and the following "Think this" record have been milestones in the history of progressive thrash metal. Eventhough...

Introducing Udo Dirkschneider is like carrying sand to the beach. The charismatic singer from his band U.D.O. celebrated already big successes in his career. The man in the camouflage outfit has been the frontman from German metal dinosaur Accept and...

Swedish 'newcomers' Avatarium had a great year 2014. Their debut album was received very well by the metal community. Also the EP, that was released a few weeks ago, got a lot of positive feedback. And last but not least Avatarium played also quite some...