My World of Music – est. 2013
Bergen in Norway is known as the rock and metal melting pot when it comes to Norway. Many bands are hailing from the city at the Norwegian west coast, mostly bands rooted in black metal. But there are other bands too and one of them is Vulture Industries. The band started in 1998 as Dead... Continue Reading →
Denton, Texas is the homebase of a band called Creeping Death. The formation started back in 2015 and released with ‘Wretched Illusions’ a rather astonishing debut album. The following EP, entitled ‘The Edge of Existence’ was equally powerful and now it’s the right moment for unleashing the untamed next records. ‘Boundless Domain’ is the title... Continue Reading →
Under the banner of 'Titans of Creation' two thrash metal veteran bands, Testament and Voivod, make a stop in Hamburg. As you surely know, Exodus should also have been part of the tour, but due to family circumstances on guitarist Gary Holt's side, the band was forced to cancel their participation in this European tour.... Continue Reading →
‘Road’. That is the title of the just announced new album from rock icon Alice Cooper. The album will be released on August 25th, 2023 via earMUSIC and with ‘I’m Alice’ a first single has been launched already. Here you can enjoy the song: https://youtu.be/hVxJwWgv5Gg Once again produced by Bob Ezrin, ‘Road’ features 13 song.... Continue Reading →
Jag Panzer belongs to the spearhead of heavy metal and their debut ‘Ample Destruction’ is a timeless milestone album to date. Unfortunately, the band disbanded in 1988 but returned five years later. Since then, Jag Panzer is a constant deliverer of great metal, even if the time between releases is rather long. This time it... Continue Reading →
Serpent Corpse is a rather new band, hailing from Montreal, Canada. The heavyweights have unleashed the other day a debut album called ‘Blood Sabbath’, a nine-track album with a lot of firepower. Rooted in oldschool death metal the quartet stands for straight forward songwriting that at no point becomes boring. Entombed and Bolt Thrower are... Continue Reading →
Australian powerhouse Witchskull started in 2014 and premiered in 2015 with an album called ‘The Vast Electric Dark’. This debut brought the band to the attention of Rise Above Records, the label of Lee Dorrian. The sophomore album ‘Coven’s Will’ was the first Witchskull album, released through the label and having unwrapped ‘A Driftwood Cross’... Continue Reading →
Fifth Angel belongs to the bands, hailing from the greater Seattle area. Bands like Queensryche, Sanctuary and Heir Apparent have/had their homebase there. Fifth Angel comes from the same area although Bellevue, Washington is on the other side of the Lake Washington. However, Fifth Angel belong to the bands I’m following since the very early... Continue Reading →
10 years ago to the day and to the hour the first post of Markus' Heavy Music Blog has gone online. It was a live report of a Rush show. The band played at the brand new Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam and the focus of the show was the 'Clockwork Angels' album. Since then a... Continue Reading →
One of the bands that had an impact on the 80s hard rock scene are Ratt. The band started in 1976 as Mickey Ratt before transforming into Ratt in 1981. The heydays of the group started in 1984 when the band released with “Out of the Cellar” a debut that featured with ‘Round and Round’... Continue Reading →
Filter will embark on a tour that brings the band to Europe and U.K.. The 30-Anniversary Tour will start to roll on March 8th, 2024 and will end on March 30th, 2024 in Aschaffenburg, Germany. It is the bands first tour in eight years. "It’s been way too long since Filter has been back to... Continue Reading →
Swedish metal outfit Scar Symmetry has already quite a track record. The band started in 2004 and went through different phases in which they offered their version of melodic death metal. From the raw and progressive debut to the acclaimed rather catchy ‘Holographic Universe’ the band offered different versions of their interpretation of melodic death... Continue Reading →
If you are 26 years in business and if you released 12 records, then you obviously do something right. Swiss hard rock outfit Shakra can look back on such a storyline and the journey didn’t end. If this also means that you are invincible is something I can’t tell, but at least ‘Invincible’ is the... Continue Reading →
It might be for sure a nice thing if the debut album of a band can score big success and if the sophomore album continues the winning streak, things feel even better. At the same time, expectations are rising too and the pressure to deliver gets stronger. Extreme is one of the bands that went... Continue Reading →
The Idiots belong to the forerunners of German-based punk rock. The band started its first era in 1978. Sir Hannes and bandmates generated a wider interest with Jello Biafra from the legendary Dead Kennedys ordering the first 5-track single of the band called ‘Der S04 und der BVB’. After a first wild era, The Idiots... Continue Reading →
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