(7/10) Bay Area metal veterans Trauma might a sound like a rather new band for some of you. You might never heard of this quintet before. Trauma isn’t a new band. There start dates back to 1980 and it was no less than former Metallica bass player Cliff Burton (R.I.P.) who was founding member of... Continue Reading →
BEYOND THE BLACK announces new studio album
German symphonic metal shooting stars Beyond The Black announced their next studio album, which is entitled ‘Heart of the Hurricane’. If the new longplayer will be a real storm or more of a breeze can be found out on August 31st this year, when the album will be released via Airforce 1 Records. A first... Continue Reading →
CD review MADBALL ‘For the Cause’
(9/10) There aren’t that many hardcore bands that are part of Nuclear Blast’s portfolio and one of them is New York veterans Madball. The band began in the late 80’s as a side project of the legendary Agnostic Front. Madball grew slowly but steady. The guys played for many years some smaller regional venues, a... Continue Reading →
CD review BLEEDING THROUGH ‘Love Will Kill All’
(8/10) Bleeding Through is generally described as a metalcore band and in one or another way it’s right. Looking back into history shows a bunch of young guys, being influenced by hardcore and punk music, that started an own band – Bleeding Through. This was in 1999 and from beginning to now the five-piece band... Continue Reading →
5 years of MARKUS HEAVY MUSIC BLOG
Five years ago the first post went online for Markus' Heavy Music Blog. It was a live report of a Rush concert the Canadians played in Amsterdam. Many more posts followed and it's a good moment to also say THANK YOU to everybody who reads stuff on my blog as well as to everybody that... Continue Reading →
CD review MOTORJESUS ‘Race to Resurrection’
(8/10) German power outfit Motorjesus starts their engine again on June 15th with their fourth album, entitled ‘Race to Resurrection’. The three-piece from Moenchengladbach, Germany debut in 2006 as Motorjesus, after having been around for several years as The Shitheadz. The latest release this trio dates back to 2016 when ‘Electric Revelation’ hit the shelves... Continue Reading →
CD review MATTERHORN ‘Crass Cleansing’
(8/10) It feels like a trend that Swiss rock and metal outfit name themselves for mountains. Gotthard was the first group that appeared on the scene and now we get Matterhorn. You can already start to wonder whi‘s next. Piz Buin or Eiger? While eleborating about this fundamental question in life it‘s maybe a good... Continue Reading →
CD review TREMONTI ‘A Dying Machine’
(9/10) There is a pattern recognizable when it comes to releases of Grammy award winner Alter Bridge and solo records of some of the involved keyplayers. Following the latest Alter Bridge album it was earlier this year when singer and guitarist Myles Kennedy revealed his new solo record and a few months later it’s guitarist... Continue Reading →
Here comes a new ACE FREHLEY song
Kiss- co-founding member and guitarist Ace Frehely unveiled a first song from his next studio album. The track is called 'Bronx Boy' and the album is announced for autumn this year. Stay tuned for more and WATCH 'Bronx Boy'. It's worth it.
CD review MOS GENERATOR ‘Shadowlands’
(7/10) Over the last 18 years heavy metal powerhouse Mos Generator released seven albums with ‘Shadowlands’ being the newest one. The longplayer comprises of eight songs of which ‘Stolen Age’ and ‘The Wild & Gentle Dogs’ can be seen as the epical outbursts. Both numbers easily cross the seven minutes line, while rest of the... Continue Reading →
CD review WITCHSKULL ‘Coven’s Will’
(7/10) Lee Dorrian’s Rise Above Records is the label that releases Witchskull’s new longplayer ‘Coven’s Will’. The trio, hailing from Canberra, Australia, unveils their sophomore album three years after having debut with ‘The Vast Electric Dark’ It looks like running time doesn’t seem to be the main focus these days with ‘Coven’s Will’ being another... Continue Reading →
Interview with Matt Bischof of EL PUERTO RECORDS
Normally it's about releases, bands and live shows on Markus’ Heavy Music Blog. To widen things a bit, I would like to take a glimpse behind the scene, featuring a rather new label that released some quite exciting albums over the last months - El Puerto Records. The German label started in 2014 and has... Continue Reading →
New SAXON video – ‘The Secret of Flight’
British metal pioneers Saxon revealed a new video. The clip is for 'The Secret of Flight', taken from the latest release 'Thunderbolt'. Furthermore Saxon continues with their tour and check for the latest dates HERE.
CD review TAD MOROSE ‘Chapter X’
(7/10) Bolinas metal veterans Tad Morose is a band that can look back on a long track record in music. The foundation of Tad Morose happened in 1991 and since then the metallurgists released nine longplayers, starting with the debut ‘Leaving the Past Behind’ in 1992. Since then the band is around, although it was... Continue Reading →









