(8/10) It's always the question if a live album is needed or not. Of course there are the milestones like Deep Purple's "Made in Japan" and Iron Maiden's "Life after death". But sometimes the release of a live record also feels like earning some extra...
August in Amsterdam. Sun outside. 26 degrees. The weather tried to be a bit Lousiana style to welcome Down in the Melkweg. The guys from New Orleans touring through Europe at the moment to play some of the big festivals. The Amsterdam crowd had the pleasure...
(8/10) German mediaeval rockers In Extremo are a quite productive rock outfit with some releases spread out over the last years. The band started their winning streak back in 1995 and belongs to the spearhead of this genre. Twelve longplayers represent...
Michael Kiske and Amanda Somerville are a successful combination. They have proven this in the past and now a new longplayer is waiting to be released. The name will be "City of heroes" and a first trailer is now on YouTube. Sounds excellent. Release...
Motor Sister is the new band with Scott Ian from Anthrax. Next to the guitarist Motor Sister is Jim Wilson (v,g), Joey Vera (b), John Tempest (d) and Pearl Aday (v). The spark for this band was actually Ian's fiftieth birthday. The most wanted present...
Der Elefant is a new metal outfit hailing from Stuttgart, Germany. It is Tieflader and Farmer Boy guitarist Alex Scholpp who started this project. The first 3-track EP was released a few days ago and it's interesting enough to get some more information...
What is better on a Saturday night than watching a rock'n'roll show? This was the thought of all the rock fans who came together in De Boerderij in Zoetermeer to see Vengeance. But before the Dutch hardrock veterans entered the stage it was time for the...
I have seen Saxon now two times within the last 6 month and they had two great shows in Holland. In Novemer 2012 they played a kind of best of show in the Patronaat in Haarlem. Then they came back in May with the new album called "Sacrifice". The album...
(9/10) If you haven't lived under a rock for the last thirty years you don't need an introduction in the sense of 'who is Slash'. The man with the hat is many years around and belongs to most influential guitarist nowadays. After the fabulous career with...
Copyright: earMUSIC, Photo: Jim Rakete ‘Deep Purple goes cinema’ – this could be the headline for what the classic rock legends planned for their upcoming release “inFinite”. The band documented their work on creating and recording the new longplayer....
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...
(8/10) „Knight Call“ is the title of the next brilliant longplayer of German guitar wizard Axel Rudi Pell. Pell is a hard working ‚craftsman‘ in the fields of classic rock and metal. Over almost 30 years the blond six-string player released many excellent...
(9/10) Oh man. How awesome is this album. The great moments of life are when great and unexpected things happen. I got this album on a greyish Monday morning and the name didn’t ring a bell. The Last Internationale – what should I expect from this band?...
(8/10) Power metal veterans Metal Church got a real boost with Mike Howe re-joining the legendary power metal band from the west coast. "XI" was a fantastic studio album that was followed by mind-blowing live shows, presenting a band that's celebrating...
(9/10) Septic Tank is a band, hailing from the UK that has its roots in the early 90. It was in 1994 when Septic Tank began as an outlet for members of doom metal veterans Cathedral, following their passion for hardcore and punk. No less than Cathedral...
(9/10) End of June marks the return of Stone Sour, having a new album right in the starting blocks. The 15 songs containing longplayer is entitled “Hydrograd” and comes via Roadrunner Records. The bands achievements over the last 1,5 decades is pretty...
It is not that often that Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora comes to Europe for playing some solo shows. If I have it right in mind it was in 2012 when he played a few shows on this side of the Atlantic Ocean. Since he decided to have a break from Bon...
As reported earlier Kai Hansen worked on his solo debut under the banner of Hansen & Friends. The iconic guitarist from Hamburg worked together with Eike Freese on guitar, Heaven Shall Burn guitarist Alex Dietz on bass and Carcass' Dan Wilding on drums....
Introducing Bruce Dickinson feels like carrying sand to the beach. If you're interested in metal there's now way around it, knowing the iconic frontman of NWoBHM spearheads Iron Maiden. The legendary singer from Worksop, England started was part of many...
(9/10) You might wonder why this album gets a review on Markus' Heavy Music Blog. It's maybe not real metal, but it rocks quite a lot. That's why it is worth to be mentioned on my blog. Whom we are talking about? Jan Delay is a German artist from Hamburg....
Photo: Robert Eikelpoth (Promotion) "(sic!)" is the title of Broiler's upcoming longplayer that will be released on February 3rd, 2017 via their own label Skull & Palms Recording. Broilers will also promote the new longplayer with a tour through Germany...
Markus’ Heavy Music Blog: „L.O.V.E“ is the new Bitch Queens album that will be released these days. Please tell us a bit about the album. What can fans expect? Melchior Quitt: First of all the album contains eleven songs which are interesting for everybody...
(8/10) When an album has just four song you're tempted to say that it's an EP. Not in the case of YOB. Their four song lead to an album length of more than an hour. My first experience with YOB was on the Roadburn festival this year, when they have performed...
(9/10) Blues Pills is one of the most talented bands in the over-crowded retro trend. For me they belong to the top three ones. Unfortunately their debut album comes pretty late into the stores, but I hope, that this doesn't limit the attention for the...
(9/10) Opeth has already a longer history in metal. It's a story of constant development, renewal, creativity and passion which Opeth and their music stands for. What started already almost 25 years ago as a death metal based band developed into one of...
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