My World of Music – est. 2013
(8/10) Árstíðir is a rather unconventional band when it comes to Season Of Mist’s portfolio. The label, known for extreme metal bands like Destroyer 666 and Mayhem, will release an album that’s different. Actually it’s not even metal and a glimpse on the label info sheet says, that this album features “Icelandic Independent” music. Since... Continue Reading →
(7/10) German rock outfit Unherz is around since almost ten years, a decade that included 6 longplayers and new one being in the starting blocks. ‘Fuer immer’ is the seventh longplayer and follows the 2017 release ‘Das Volk stellt die Leichen’, which could score a chart entry in the German longplayer charts. Eleven new songs... Continue Reading →
Münster-based alternative rockers unveiled a first song from their upcoming album 'Amoretum Vol. 2'. The longplayer will be launched on July 27 and this first song bridges the waiting time. You can watch the video HERE.
(8/10) Polarizing Swedish black metal quartet Marduk is back with a new album. ‘Viktoria’ follows the 2015 release ‘Frontschwein’ and marks a continuation of what started in 1990, the year Marduk was founded. As with the latest releases it’s again the furious leads and the hoarse nagging vocals of frontman Rosten being the fundamental assets... Continue Reading →
(4/10) The first Lizzy Borden record that crossed my way was ‘The Murderess Metal Road Show’ release from 1986. It was the mix of metal, horror and rock’n’roll circus that caught the attention of an 18 year old and it was the sophomore studio album ‘Menace to Society’ that intensified the positive impression. Metal lost... Continue Reading →
Germany’s progressive death metal masters OBSCURA have shared the second single from their highly anticipated impending full-length album Diluvium. Watch the official visualizer video for “Emergent Evolution” HERE.
(7/10) Swedish AOR outfit Von Baltzer unveils its ‘Cultural Daze’ album end of June. The longplayer features ten melodic rock songs, referring back to 80’ rock of bands like Asia and Bon Jovi. Von Baltzer is a band I have heard for the first time by receiving the promo for their current longplayer. Swedish melodic... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Twelve months after having released the groundbreaking 'Amber Galactic' it's album number four of shooting star The Night Flight Orchestra that will be a delight for fans of melodic rock music. What started as a more or less spontaneous idea 12 years ago on endless American highways evolved to one of the most inspiring... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Next to getting together a new Sodom line-up Tom Angelripper had some extra time for working on another Onkel Tom release. For the ones of you haven’t heard of Onkel Tom yet, it’s the rock outlet of Sodom's Tom Angelripper with lyrics very much attached to his native soil. The Ruhrgebiet in Germany is... Continue Reading →
(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 →
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 →
(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 →
(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 →
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 →
(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 →
