NEW MODEL ARMY will embark on a tour in spring

Iconic rock powerhouse New Model Army will be on tour in spring 2024 which includes some shows in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Here are the dates: 02.03.2024 – CH-Zürich (Mascotte)04.03.2024 – CH-Bern (Mühle Hunziken)05.03.2024 – München (Backstage)06.03.2024 – AT-Wien (WUK)13.03.2024 – Berlin (Huxleys Neue Welt)20.03.2024 – Hamburg (Grosse Freiheit)21.03.2024 – Coesfeld (Fabrik)22.03.2024 – Frankfur (Batschkapp)23.03.2024... Continue Reading →

20. January 2024

ME AND THAT MAN will come to Europe for some shows in 2024

Me and That Man, the folk, country and blues driven project of Behemoth mainman Adam Darski (aka Nergal), will embark on a European tour in early spring 2024. In total 14 shows are on the bands intinerary, including a show at Bahnhof Pauli in Hamburg.

23. November 2023

MYKRUR announce a new album and launch a first single

Myrkur announced a new album called 'Spine'. 'Spine' will be available on October 20th, 2023 and will come via Relapse Records. 'Spine' is a title with a host of potent connotations: growth, strength, defiance, a core of our being, and flexibility. It’s what holds a human up, and allows us to rebuild. It’s an album... Continue Reading →

22. August 2023

BLACKMORE’S NIGHT and the anniversary edition of the debut album

Once a guitar hero and for years more of a rock bard, Ritchie Blackmore is both. Acclaimed as the guitarist of Deep Purple, respected as the bandleader of Rainbow and always a disputatious representative of hard rock, that's how fans knew the musician who significantly shaped classic rock. In the second half of the 90s,... Continue Reading →

12. March 2023

Review ENSLAVED ‘Heimdal’

Sinister metal from Scandinavia is booming these days. First Katatonia from Sweden released their new masterpiece, followed by Finland's blackened death metal veternas Insomnium. What's missing is an album from a Norwegian band and the gap will be closed by 'Heimdal', the newest strike from Enslaved. The guys from Bergen, Norway present with 'Heimdal' their... Continue Reading →

25. February 2023

Review ISAFØRD ‘Hjartastjaki’

Listening to 'Hjartastjaki', one or the other might ask why this record gets a review on MHMB. Well, the answer is simple. Isaførd, that's the moniker that stands for the collaboration of well known artists, musicians from rock and metal. The first hint is given by the band's origin: Iceland. More precisely Ísafjörður, a town... Continue Reading →

5. December 2022

Review HEILUNG ‘Drif’

Heilung is certainly more than just a band. Heilung is a holistic concept in which rites and history are a fundamental pillars. Kai Uwe Faust and Christopher Juul from Euzen founded the band in 2014, and Maria Franz joined the band as a vocalist, who has since then became a central part of every Heilung... Continue Reading →

25. August 2022

Review JETHRO TULL ‘The Zealot Gene’

To introduce Jethro Tull is like carrying sand to the beach. Everybody, who is seriously interested in rock music have heard of the band and the iconic bandleader Ian Anderson. And even if one isn’t familiar with the catalogue of the band it is a song that everybody should know. ‘Locomotive Breath’, from the legendary... Continue Reading →

23. January 2022

Review AURI ‘II-Those We Don’t Speak Of’

Voices, violin, viola, keys, guitars, bouzouki, mandola, ulleann pipes, low whistles, aerophone and bodhran are not exactly what heavy metal band use and if you are familiar with Auri, than you also know that we are far away from metal here. Auri is a rather new band. Having been founded in 2017 by friends Tuomas... Continue Reading →

8. September 2021

CD review BLACKMORE’S NIGHT ‘Nature’s Light’

Ritchie Blackmore belongs to the most gifted guitarists that rock and metal ever saw to date. Renowned from his days with Deep Purple and Rainbow, Blackmore has created an iconic sound with his guitar that is timeless and a strong element of the success of the mentioned bands. With the exception of three live shows... Continue Reading →

5. March 2021

CD review WARDRUNA ‘Kvitravn’

Wardruna’s new masterpiece was announced for a release in summer 2020 and had to be postponed to January 2021. Limitations and restriction, based on the pandemic situation, forced the band to bring their new longplayer to the record stores a bit later than expected. In the meantime the new release date is announced, which will... Continue Reading →

15. January 2021

CD review BLACKMORE’S NIGHT ‘Here We Come A-Caroling’

Christmas time means carols and what would fit better in such a context than a new release from Blackmore's Night. It seems like Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night had a bit of the same thinking, which leads to a Blackmore's Night EP called 'Here We Come A-Caroling'. While working on the new studio album, which... Continue Reading →

1. December 2020

CD review LUNATIC SOUL ‘Through Shaded Woods’

It was in 2008 when Riverside frontman Mariusz Duda fathered his solo project Lunatic Soul. Creativity was the driving force for Duda, combined with the strong wish to explore music outside the frames of the musical mothership. Two years after the 'Under the Fragmented Sky' has been released, 'Through Shaded Woods' stands for the next... Continue Reading →

13. November 2020

HEILUNG music used in popular ‘Vikings’ series

The music of enigmatic world music outfit Heilung is featured in the brand new season of 'Vikings'. Episode 10 of Season 6 features multiple fragments of the tracks 'Fylgija Ear', 'Hamrer Hippyer' and 'Alfadhirhaiti'. A snippet of the music use in one of the 'Rus Army' scenes can be found HERE. Heilung comment on the collaboration: "We are honoured to... Continue Reading →

30. June 2020

THE HU feat. LZZY HALE unveil ‘Song of Woman’

The Hu launch a new version of 'Song of Woman' featuring no less than Halestorm's Lzzy Hale. The song will be on the upcoming deluxe version of The Hu's debut album 'The Gereg'. The deluxe version will be released on July 10th and includes next to three newly recording songs (together with special guests) also... Continue Reading →

4. May 2020