My World of Music – est. 2013
Witchbound is a band that has its roots in the early days of Stormwitch. With Stefan Kauffmann und Peter Langer, two of the Stormwitch veterans are on board and Witchbound might not be around if Stormwitch mastermind Lee Tarot wouldn't have started work on new songs before he passed away far too early in 2013.... Continue Reading →
(7/10) It's a wide range of influences that have an impact on Dust & Bones. Simple and good Rock'n'Roll is enriched by some punk vibes and some bluesy tones dominates 'The Great Damnation Stereo Parade', Dust & Bones' newest album. Dust & Bones, that Dirk Ertelt (g), Bernd Biedenbach (g), Thorsten Klöpfer (v/b), Sven Vöhri... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Australian Heavy Metal has a solid home base in Down Under. Bands like Mortal Sin paved the way for many (Thrash) Metal bands and it’s of course legendary AC/DC and Rose Tattoo that brought the fifth continent on everybody's Rock radar. Nowadays it’s the next generation, being in the starting blocks for their Metal... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Nightqueen from Genk, Belgium is a new member on El Puerto Records' roster. 'Seduction' is decisive third longplayer of the sextet from the Benelux and features twelve songs that are rooted on Power Metal. Nightqueen is the brainchild of guitarist Rex Zeco who founded the band in the early 2000s. What started as a... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Dark Blue Inc. is an interesting outfit in many aspects. First of all it's the band members, all with a longer track record in rock and metal. The band is the brain child of Bonfire and Sainted Sinner guitarist Frank Pané who teamed up with other well-known musicians. Göran Edman is known from bands... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Some of you might have heard about Pendulum Of Fortune already but I guess that most of you aren’t familiar with this new band. Pendulum Of Fortune is the brainchild of drummer Bodo Schopf, known from bands like Michael Schenker Group, Eloy and others. He teamed-up with no less than David Readman, bass player... Continue Reading →
01.03 / Kempten / Parktheater 02.03 / Basel (CH) / Redrocks 03.03 / Köln / Helios37 04.03 / München / 8Below 05.03 / Nürtingen / JAB 06.03 / Bern (CH) / Live @ Radio Rabe 07.03 / Luzern (CH) / Bar59 08.03 / Davos Dorf (CH) / Montana Saal 09.03 / Melchsee-Frutt (CH) / Boni-Horst... Continue Reading →
(7/10) A few days ago German thrashers Necronomicon unveiled their newest album. 'Unleashed Bastards' is already album number nine in the band's discography. Things took its course in 1986 when the debut 'Necronomicon' has been released, followed by two additional records. Things slowed down in the 90's before Necronomicon gained speed again in the first decade of... Continue Reading →
(7/10) The first thing you recognize when activating Google for a search for ‘ginger red’ is that you get a lot of links, most of them not leading you to this German rock outfit. It took a bit time to get some research material and the label info provided of course some good information too.... 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 →
German metal veterans Undertow spend quite some time in the studio for recording their next power strike, entitled 'Reap the Storm'. The album will be released on September 21st, via El Puerto Records. Markus 'Brandy' Brand and Joachim 'Joschi' Baschin spend some time with Markus Heavy Music Blog and did a track-by-track session, giving more... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Switzerland is known for some good rock and hard rock bands as well as their striking extreme metal scene with bands like Celtic Frost, Messiah and Triptycon in forefront. It’s not that many thrash metal bands that could gain a widened popularity beyond Swiss borders. The legendary prog thrashers Drifter have been one of... Continue Reading →
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 →
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