My World of Music – est. 2013
(8/10) Jacksonville, Florida is the homebase of Artizan, a US metal powerhouse that has its fourth longplayer in the pipeline. 'Demon Rider' follows the 2015 release 'The Furthest Reaches' and features, in the standard version, 5 songs. A limited version includes, next to the 5 songs, the title track with no less than Jag Panzer's... Continue Reading →
It doesn't happen very often that Kiss mainman Gene Simmons comes to Europe with the Gene Simmons Band. The iconic bass player is a regular guest with Kiss, but having him unmasked on stage with his solo band is a rare thing. On June 19th 'The Demon' came to Holland for playing a show at... Continue Reading →
... and here comes the link: https://www.instagram.com/stoneman_band/
After having finished the touring activities with Guns'n'Roses, guitarist Slash is in the starting blocks for releasing a new album. Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators will launch their next studio album, entitled 'Living the Dream’, on September 21st via Snakepit/Roadrunner Records. The album has the following tracklist: Call of the Wild Serve You... Continue Reading →
(8/10) British vocalist Graham Bonnett, well known from his days with Rainbow, Alcatrazz and Impellitteri, always had solo releases too with 'The Book' being the latest one to date. Two years after 'The Book' was unveiled it is 'Meanwhile, Back in the Garage' that opens a new chapter of Bonnett's solo journey and it's an... Continue Reading →
(9/10) One of the bands that constantly delivered excellent music over the last few years was prog metal powerhouse Redemption. The band is the brainchild of guitarist Nick van Dyk and debut in 2003 with their self-titled first album. After some years with InsideOut the band released the first album for Metal Blade in 2016.... Continue Reading →
Canadian thrasher Voivod will release their next strike on September 21st and 'Obsolete Beings' is a first song, taken from 'The Wake'. Enjoy the song HERE.
British metal pioneers Saxon will release on September 7th their latest longplayer 'Thunderbolt' in an special tour edition. The album contains two live bonus tracks plus a 10"x10" photo of the band on tour. Tracklist: Olympus Rising Thunderbolt The Secret of Flight Nosferatu (The Vampire’s Waltz) They Played Rock and Roll Predator Sons of Odin... Continue Reading →
(8/10) I had the chance to witness the Night Demon live show the band performed at this year’s Rock Hard Festival and I can tell you that the upcoming live release captures the enormous power of the Californian metal outfit as good as it can be done on CD. Jarvis Leatherby and his metal warriors... Continue Reading →
(9/10) Rock pioneers Marillion have a long track record in music. The band, that debut with 'Script for a Jester's Tear', has unveiled many brilliant rock albums from then till now. Most Marillion longplayers went right into the charts, some of those even achieving gold status. The latest studio release of Steve Rothery and bandmates... Continue Reading →
Hespera, that's Björn 'Speed' Strid (v), Cole Martinez (g), Matt Silac (g), Andrew Lenthe (b) and Dirk Verbeuren (d). This powerful quintet will release a six track EP on August 31st. Not much more than a teaser has been unveiled so far, but what we can expect is an aggressive EP entitled 'In Absence'. Stay... Continue Reading →
(9/10) Halestorm definitely belongs to the rising stars in rock over the last few years. The quartet from Pennsylvania debut in 2010 with a self-titled longplayer, which entered the US charts immediately. The ice was broken by this stunning kickstart and Lzzy Hale and band managed not only to maintain success, the band grew even... Continue Reading →
(*/10) An album that doesn't entirely fit into the context of Markus' Heavy Music Blog is the newest release of guitar legend Al Di Meola. Therefor I will not write a regular review for the album, but I still want to mention it. The passionate and talented musician from New Jersy is one of the... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Jungle Rot's start in the first half of the nineties wasn't the easiest time for a metal band to enter the scene. Traditional metal faced a hard time during these years, a time when nu metal and grunge grew rapidly. However, the band from Wisconsin showed a lot of willpower and premiered in 1997... Continue Reading →
Music On Vinyl released a limited vinyl version of the Watchtower classic 'Control and Resistance'. The longplayer was originally published in 1989 and belongs to the milestones in progressive metal. Alan Tecchio (v), Ron Jarzombek (g), Doug Keyser (b) and Rick Colaluca (d) combined the brutality of thrash metal and the filigree of progressive metal... Continue Reading →
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