My World of Music – est. 2013
(8/10) Uriah Heep are real veterans in rock. Having a band up and running for 47 years is an impressive endeavor. In these almost five decades Mick Box and band released 24 studio records and it is 'Living the Dream' being the next one that sits right in the starting blocks. It goes without saying that... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Starting a review with talking about the artwork isn’t what I normally want to do, but in this case I have to. The reason for it is, because it was misleading for me of what to expect from this release. I missed the earlier albums of German metallers Horseman and wasn’t sure what to... Continue Reading →
(8/10) It’s not that often that something else than black metal hits the plate when it comes to new releases from Norway. I’m not that much aware of many thrash- and speed metal band hailing from there, but here is one. Black Viper has its home base in Oslo and releases a first album mid-September... Continue Reading →
(*/10) Swedish progressive metallers Soen released their third album, ‘Lykaia’ in the beginning of 2017 and it’s in late summer 2018 when the quintet will launch an extended version, entitled ‘Lykaia Revisited’. If this new edition of the album makes sense or nonsense is what each of you has to decide individually. What I can... Continue Reading →
(8/10) It was a year ago when German-Italian metalers The Unity debuted with a self-titled album. The Unity is the brainchild of two Gamma Ray members, Henjo Richter and Michael Ehre. The debut received very good feedback, from media and fans, with some touring activities helping the band to establish themselves in the German metal... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Eindhoven Rockcity is more than just a name. It's the moniker of an initiative that combines Eindhoven's vital rock- and metal scene, with Komatsu being one representative of. The quartet, consisting of Martijn Mansvelders, Mathijs Bodt, Mo Truijens and Jos Roosen, started Komatsu in 2010 and debuted in 2013 with ‘Manu Armata’. Komatsu plays... Continue Reading →
(9/10) A lot of things happened since Undertow released their seventh album „In Deepest Silence“. A line-up change took place in 2017 when longtime member Thomas Jentsch left Undertow and a successor needed to be found rather quickly. At that time recording activities have been planned already and things shouldn‘t face major delays. Fortunately Andreas... Continue Reading →
(8/10) It’s not by conincidents that Dream Child sounds very much like ‘Dream Evil’. The moniker is inspired by the Dio album and “Dream Child’ was Goldy’s nickname from these days. So far so good, but let’s begin from start. Dream Child is a new metal formation that comprises of some scene veterans and like... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Black Majesty, hailing from Australia, is a band that releases albums on a very regular base. The guys provide new melodic metal songs in a three years pattern and since the latest longplayer ‘Cross of Throns’, has been launched in 2015 it’s time for a new longplayer in 2018. That's the math an here... Continue Reading →
(8/10) If people think about US death metal it’s often bands like Obituary that come to their minds. The quintet for sure belongs to most popular representatives of Tampa-based death metal, but they aren’t the only ones. Another band that hails from Florida is Monstrosity and the guys can also build on a long track... Continue Reading →
(7/10) We had to wait pretty long this year for getting served the worst artwork of 2018. Here it is. I don’t know what inspired Spanish rock’n’roll ladies Lizzies to go for the chosen artwork of ‘On Thin Ice’, but it for sure leads to some big smiles. Catching girls, drawn in a way a... Continue Reading →
(8/10) If you’re a regular follower of Markus’ Heavy Music Blog (which I can recommend … hahaha), you recognised that I sometimes write about releases that might not be metal or sometimes even not rock music. However, they have a link to our beloved musical style. One of these bands is MCC which stands for... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Gothenburg is known for a vital metal scene. Death metal and especially the melodic version of this extreme metal genre has a solid homebase in Sweden’s’ second biggest city. But the epicenter of Swedish metal has more in the offer. Also more traditional based metal is hailing from Gothenburg and one ambassador in Manimal.... Continue Reading →
(8/10) It very rarely happens that a band has a longterm consistency in their line-up. Brazilian riff grinders Krisiun is such a band. The trio started in 1990 and together maneuvered through almost three decades in death metal. Next to the fact that this is a rather unique thing I mention it, because I have... Continue Reading →
(9/10) It was on October 2nd and 3rd last year, when Alter Bridge played two special shows at a special place. The quartet performed at legendary Royal Albert Hall in London and it was more the solely the location that was special. Alter Bridge teamed-up with conductor Simon Dobson and the 52-pieces Parallax Orchestra these nights,... Continue Reading →
