‘Punching the Sky’ is done with a steelworker approach rather a Houdini show. There are no tricks or false bottom. Armored Saint and ‘Punching the Sky’ is real and authentic from start to finish. The band successfully lift the bar that was already on a very high level. ‘Punching the Sky’ is a clear candidate for becoming ‘Album of the Year’.
FATES WARNING reveal a next song from the upcoming album
Legendary metal veterans Fates Warning recently announced a new album called 'Long Day Good Night'. 'Now Comes the Rain' is the next sonic appetizer for an album that will belong to the highlights in 2020. Check out 'Now Comes the Rain': https://youtu.be/tUPJXrMV4W0 Release date of the album will be November 6th, and the longplayer comes... Continue Reading →
CD review SIX FEET UNDER ‘Nightmares of the Decomposed’
Chief growler Chris Barnes is back with his Death Metal crusher Six Feet Under. 'Nightmares of the Decomposed' is already album number seventeen, penned by Barnes. I don't consider myself being the biggest Six Feet Under fan but what Barnes and bandmates deliver with their newest offer is thrilling. With many band members joining and... Continue Reading →
CD review THE OCEAN ‘Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic’
The collective is back. Nearly two years after 'Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic' entered the German album charts, The Ocean return with their eighth album. 'Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic' features eight songs, being the announced second part of the conceptual approach the band started in 2018. Both records are supposed to close the gap between 'Precambrian'... Continue Reading →
CD review LIK ‘Misanthropic Breed’
Stockholm-based Lik (the Swedish word for "corpse), release with 'Misanthropic Breed' their third album, a longplayer with a title that's very relevant these days in various ways. Lik was founded in 2014, with a debut album that alighted from the moistly soil of Stockholm in 2015. 'Misanthropic Breed' follows 'Carnage' from 2018 and marks a... Continue Reading →
ARMORED SAINT launch a new video
A few weeks ago Armored Saint announced a new album. 'Punching the Sky' is the title of their eighth longplayer, featuring eleven new songs. 1. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants2. End of the Attention Span3. Bubble4. My Jurisdiction5. Do Wrong to None6. Lone Wolf7. Missile to Gun8. Fly in the Ointment9. Bark, No Bite10.... Continue Reading →
SIX FEET UNDER and ‘Zodiac’
Splatter masters Six Feet Under announce a new album with a release date on October 2nd. 'Nightmares of the Decomposed' will feature a twelve song tracklist. 'Zodiac' is a part of it and the songs is already launched as a lyric video which you can find HERE. Tracklist: AmputatorZodiacThe RottingDeath Will FollowMigraineThe NooseBlood of the... Continue Reading →
CD review CULT OF LILITH ‘Mara’
Cult Of Lilith is a band, hailing from Island and being anchored in Death Metal. The smaller island in the North delivers a relatively big number of excellent bands and the quintet is a rather new Death Metal volcano. Having had a starting point in 2015, a first EP called 'Arkanum' unfold as a self-release... Continue Reading →
FATES WARNING reveal album details and a new song
Legendary Fates Warning unveil the release date for their upcoming longplayer 'Long Day Good Night'. On November 6th the album will be available in the record stores in various formats. "The styles of music we've written distinguish this record from the rest of our catalogue," states vocalist Ray Alder. "There are some songs with electronics and some... Continue Reading →
New ARMORED SAINT album in October
On October 23rd, Armored Saint will release their eighth full-length, 'Punching The Sky', via Metal Blade Records. For a first preview of the album, a video for the new single, 'End of the Attention Span' (directed by Robert Graves). Bassist Joey Vera comments: "We've teamed up with video director Robert Graves for our first single,... Continue Reading →
CULT OF LILITH and the upcoming album ‘Mara’
On September 4th, Iceland's Cult Of Lilith will release their debut full-length, Mara, via Metal Blade Records. A frantic collision of death metal, prog, complex classical structures and more, Mara is a restless, constantly shifting collection that is as imaginative as it is compulsive. Founded in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2015 by guitarist Daniel Þór Hannesson... Continue Reading →
CD review ENSIFERUM ‘Thalassic’
If you visit Markus' Heavy Music Blog more frequently, you know that Folk/Viking Metal is not my particular area of expertise. But there are exceptions and among them are certainly Ensiferum from Finland. Since 1995 the quintet has been one of the protagonists of a style that combines Death Metal, Folk Metal and Viking Metal... Continue Reading →
CD review FALCONER ‘From a Dying Ember’
Falconer originated from Mithotyn, a band that disbanded in 1999 and it was Stefan Weinerhall who founded Falconer with songs that were originally intended to be for used in a solo project. Falconer released a self-titled debut in 2001 and after numerous other records the ninth album will follow this summer. 'From a Dying Ember',... Continue Reading →
CD review SORCERER ‘Lamenting Of The Innocent’
That Swedes can compose and play doom metal is nothing new. After all, it was Candlemass who released with 'Nightfall' a reference album which is still the benchmark for every doom metal band today. Piece by piece it is now their Swedish compatriots from Sorcerer who are getting closer to this milestone album. Sorcerer is... Continue Reading →


