(9/10) Is it Death Metal? Is it Power Metal? Does it matter? Children Of Bodom can’t be put in a certain labelled box. The five Finns create metal that bridges many metal styles. The only thing that counts is that their music is relevant and this can be clearly answered with a ‘Yes’. The fact... Continue Reading →
IN FLAMES present a new lyric video
We’re less than a month away from the highly anticipated release of In Flames thirteenth studio album, 'I, The Mask' out March 1st, via Nuclear Blast (worldwide, excl. North America) and Eleven Seven Music (North America). In Flames unveil a fourth song from their upcoming album, adding to the over 10 million streams accumulated from the first three new tracks. Watch the... Continue Reading →
ARRIVAL OF AUTMN in spring
Canadian metal upstarts Arrival Of Autumn, will release their second full-length album and Nuclear Blast debut on March 29. 'Harbinger' was produced and mixed by Jason Suecof (Devildriver, The Black Dahlia Murder, All That Remains, Trivium) and mastered by Alan Douches (Darkest Hour, Everytime I Die, Suicide Silence). Check out the first single 'The Endless': "'Harbinger' is a warning for all of us to pay attention to what's going on in the world and improve what we can... Continue Reading →
Watch CHILDREN OF BODOM’s newest video
Finnish metallers Children Of Bodom revealed a new song. 'This Road' is taken from the upcoming album 'Hexed', which will come through Nuclear Blast. The record is scheduled for March 8th, 2019
CD review DESERTED FEAR ‘Drowned By Humanity’
(9/10) German metalers Deserted Fear come up with their fourth longplayer and it’s certainly the best to date. Originally hailing from Eisenberg (Translated into English it means Iron Mountain), Manuel Glatter (g/v) and Fabian Hildebrandt (g) moved to Jena during the last years, which added a new dynamic to Desert Fear’s music. ‘Drowned by Humanity’... Continue Reading →
CD review SWALLOW THE SUN ‘When the Shadow is Forced Into the Light’
(9/10) Exactly four years ago, I had the chance to visit Jyvaskyla in Finland, which is a smaller city North of Helsinki. Every time a new Swallow The Sun album is on its way, I'm reminded of walking through the wintery streets of Jyvaskyla, which, on a grey day, feels like someone seriously swallowed the... Continue Reading →
CD review ARCH ENEMY ‘Covered in Blood’
(8/10) Arch Enemy got in the spotlight more than wished between Christmas and New Year. I think that everything's said about 'Photogate', for the good and the bad, and I will not elaborate on this during this review. This post is about something more positive. meaning a new album from the Swedish/Canadian quintet. The idea... Continue Reading →
New SOILWORK album and video released
Today is release date for the new Soilwork album 'Verkligheten'. In addition another songs was revealed as a video. 'Witan' is the third video from this great new melodic death metal longplayer.
CD review SOILWORK ‘Verkligheten’
(9/10) 'Verkligheten' is not only the title of Soilwork's newest delivery, it's also the Swedish word for 'reality'. Now, why am I telling this? The thing is that if you have a hard time and went through changes, you have to face reality at a certain moment. In such a context Swedish Soilwork couldn't have... Continue Reading →
NAILED TO OBSCURITY talks about ‘Black Frost’ and the upcoming European tour
Markus’ Heavy Music Blog: Hello guys. First of all thank you for taking some time for MHMB. The new year starts extremely exciting for you and with 'Black Frost' you have your 4th longplayer ready to be released. Can you tell us a little about the new album. What can the fans expect? Volker Dieken:... Continue Reading →
CD review NAILED TO OBSCURITY ‘Black Frost’
(8/10) 'Black Frost' with all its blackness fits perfectly into the dark month of January. Nailed To Obscurity's debut for Nuclear Blast is a seven-track trip into melancholy and greyness,a journey you should joi. The quintet from Northern Germany adds with 'Black Frost' an album to their discography that shows the band on a next... Continue Reading →
SOILWORK – a new video teaser
Swedish metallers Soilwork have released a video teaser for the brand new Song, 'Stålfågel'. Check the excerpt from the upcoming music video here: https://youtu.be/5LgJLGNnifk
DYNAMO METALFEST adds a day 2
Was it so far just one day, metal fans in The Netherlands can enjoy a 2-days Dynamo Metalfest this year. The DMF team added with Friday, July 19 another day of metal and what's exciting news too is the line-up. Arch Enemy, Carcass and Soulfly are just some of the confirmed bands to date and... Continue Reading →
CHILDREN OF BODOM announces ‘Hexed
Finland's melodic death superstars Children Of Bodom are proud to the announce the release of their tenth album, 'Hexed', on March 8th, 2019 via Nuclear Blast Records, COB frontman, guitarist, and mastermind Alexi Laiho comments“People have said that the album is generally catchier. So I started thinking about that, perhaps the song structures are easier to grasp on initial listen. But there’s... Continue Reading →
TIAMAT’s ‘Clouds’ album re-released by Alma Mater Records
Portuguese label Alma Mater Records, run by Moonspell's Fernando Ribeiro, has just announced part #3 of their 'Underground Majesty'-series and will reissue no other than the groundbreaking third album "Clouds" by Swedish masters Tiamat! Originally released in 1992, this record expanded Tiamat’s musicality and atmosphere to greater heights, picking up their darkened Death and Black... Continue Reading →









