Leiden is a city in The Netherlands that is well known for their university. But 'leiden' also means 'suffering' in German, a double meaning that describes this Thursday evening very well. It was at no point suffering to be part of this concert with three...
Power metal pioneers Metal Church are swinging a hot bat at the moment. The latest album “XI” showed that the band is back with full speed after having re-connected the legendary Mike Howe into the bands line-up. The live shows, promoting the new record,...
It might become a tradition that Finnish Amorphis embark on a smaller winter tour around Christmas, celebrating the anniversary of milestone albums. It was two years ago when the guys played a few shows between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, focusing on...
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...
Being on their way to Wacken Jim Mateos and band decided to add two shows in Holland to this short trip to Europe and if Fates Warning's in town you should grasp the opportunity. One of the first questions this time was about the opening act. Sixth months...
A few weeks ago I had the chance to have a chat with In Flames guitarist Björn Gelotte. We talked aminly about the new album from In Flames which will be released on Septemer 5, 2014. It's very interesting things he mentioned. Have fun reading the interview....
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...
During this years Dynamo Metal Fest I had the chance to talk to Metal Church's Kurdt Vanderhoof and Mike Howe who recently returned to the mighty metal institution. The band came from Balingen, Germany where they performed at Bang Your Head, before coming...
(8/10) Opeth in the mid of the 90’s sounded quite different from what Mikael Âkerfeldt and Co. releases nowadays. The group’s history is deeply rooted in Swedish death metal from the days when the scene in Stockholm was growing. This specific style influenced...
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...
Both bands, Danko Jones as well as Audrey Horne, are coming back to The Netherlands on a regular base; this year playing two shows in 'tulip country'; one in Tilburg on Saturday night followed by this gig in Amsterdam a day later. Bergen-based hardrockers...
Breaking news: Pumpkin invasion in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. On Wednesday 03.06.15 pumpkins rolled over the smaller city in the Western parts of Holland. It was Helloween, the metal band from Hamburg, that started their European tour in Zuid-Holland and...
Swiss-based hardrockers Gotthard recently released a new album called "Silver", a record that also celebrates 25 years of the quintet from the Tessin. The celebration continues with Gotthard embarking on a tour through Europe, playing shows mainly in...
It seems like I’m only visiting shows of Swedish bands over the last weeks. Dark Funeral, Grand Magus, Amon Amarth, Europe and now the mighty Opeth. However, in the end it shows the variety and quality of Swedish rock/metal music and that's what counts....
Two former Whitesnake opening bands teamed-up and embarked on a winter tour that leads the guys through Europe. It's The Answer and The Dead Daisies that warm up fans in the cold season of the year. Talking about temperature, it was quite fresh that night...
Gothenburg based metal band Engel released their newest album a few days ago. "Raven kings" is the name of the latest longplayer and MHMB wanted to get more insights. I had the chance to get some more information from guitarist Niclas Englin who is on...
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...
It was back in 1987 when former Waysted singer Danny Vaughn started a new band called Tyketto, a group that also included Brooke St. James, Jimi Kennedy and Michael Clayton. The latter is still part of the band that disbanded in 1996 and came back step...
It seems to be 'Kiss time' this summer. Within one week ex-Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley visited the Netherlands as well as his former band mates from Kiss (next week in Amsterdam). Frehley made the start by playing a show in De Boerderij in Zoetermeer....
Almost a year to the day Queensryche came to The Netherlands for two shows, supported by the mighty Armored Saint and newcomers Beyond The Black. At that time the guys from Seattle played at the Melkweg in Amsterdam with singer Todd La Torre suffering...
When Swedish black metal dinosaurs Dark Funeral hit the road for touring through Europe you better take the chance and visit one of the shows the guys added to their darkened roadmap. After having released a new album, the first one in a six years period...
Norwegian classic rockers Audrey Horne released a new album a few days ago. MHMB wanted to know a bit more about „Pure heavy“. I was talking to singer Toschie some days ago and he gave some new insights into the album and also a preview on the upcoming...
It was three years ago when Whitesnake came to Tilburg, Netherlands, as part of their „Year of the Snake“ tour. This August ‚the snake‘ came back to the 013, performing a „The Greatest Hits Tour 2016“ show. Irish classic rockers The Answer, that supports...
It was Blackie Lawless and band that stopped at 013 in Tilburg for celebrating the 25th anniversary of W.A.S.P.'s classic "The Crimson Idol" album. Before the four guys began with telling the 'story of Jonathan' is was up to Italian rock outfit Rain to...
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...
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