My World of Music – est. 2013
(7/10) Swedish AOR outfit Von Baltzer unveils its ‘Cultural Daze’ album end of June. The longplayer features ten melodic rock songs, referring back to 80’ rock of bands like Asia and Bon Jovi. Von Baltzer is a band I have heard for the first time by receiving the promo for their current longplayer. Swedish melodic... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Twelve months after having released the groundbreaking 'Amber Galactic' it's album number four of shooting star The Night Flight Orchestra that will be a delight for fans of melodic rock music. What started as a more or less spontaneous idea 12 years ago on endless American highways evolved to one of the most inspiring... Continue Reading →
(8/10) German power outfit Motorjesus starts their engine again on June 15th with their fourth album, entitled ‘Race to Resurrection’. The three-piece from Moenchengladbach, Germany debut in 2006 as Motorjesus, after having been around for several years as The Shitheadz. The latest release this trio dates back to 2016 when ‘Electric Revelation’ hit the shelves... Continue Reading →
Kiss- co-founding member and guitarist Ace Frehely unveiled a first song from his next studio album. The track is called 'Bronx Boy' and the album is announced for autumn this year. Stay tuned for more and WATCH 'Bronx Boy'. It's worth it.
Rock and metal pioneers Uriah Heep will announced a next studio album. 'Living the Dream' will be released on September 9th via Frontiers and a first appetiser can be watched HERE 'Living the Dream' is the band's 25th longplayer and features ten songs plus a bonus track: Grazed By Heaven Living The Dream Take Away... Continue Reading →
(*/10) Right in time for their European shows Powerflo releases an EP entitled ‘Bring that Shit Back’. For the ones that missed Powerflo so far – Powerflo, that’s Cypress Hill rapper Sen Dog, downset guitarist Rogelio “Roy” Lozano, Biohazard singer und guitarist Billy Graziadei, Fear Factory bass player Christian Olde Wolbers und Worst drummer Fernando... Continue Reading →
(7/10) When it comes to me, THE TNT album is entitled ‘Knight of the New Storm’, released in 1984. It was the time of melodic metal and rock music. TNT picked-up this vibe for their sophomore longplayer and transferred it into awesome songs like ‘Ready to Leave’. Ronnie Le Tekro, Tony Harnell and Diesel Dahl... Continue Reading →
Norwegian progressive Rock group LEPROUS are releasing their new digital single “Golden Prayers” today. The song was not part of their latest album “Malina” and serves to introduce to the group’s next chapter in their 2018 campaign, which covers several festival appearances throughout the Summer, as well as further worldwide touring afterwards. Check out “Golden... Continue Reading →
(9/10) Sunstorm is the solo project of hard rock veteran Joe Lynn Turner. Twelve years ago it was the charismatic singer and Frontiers Music president Serafino Perugino that explored options for such an endeavor. Things turned out well with a self-titled debut hitting the shelves in 2006. What started as a project found a continuation... Continue Reading →
Halestorm announced their fourth album ‘Vicious’ and the release date will be July 27th. The first single ‘Uncomfortable’ has been revealed as well and is a great appetizer for the album. The tracklist of ‘Vicious’ looks like this: Black Vultures Skulls Uncomfortable Buzz Do Not Disturb Conflicted Killing Ourselves To Live Heart of Novocaine Painkiller... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Swedish Lugnet unveiled a first 7" with a song taken from the upcoming album. 'Begging' is a classic rock song that reminds very much of bands like Deep Purple and also some Jimi Hendrix. The B-side includes with 'Cockroack' another tune that refers back to the 70's as well. It's a grooving rock song... Continue Reading →
Marillion played for the first time aver at the Royal Albert Hall in London on October 13th, 2017. The show was recorded and will be released as CD, DVD, Blu-ray and LP on July 27th. ‘All One Tonight (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)’ comprises of two parts. The first one is the ‘Fuck Everyone... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Cosmic constellation seems to be quite good for Fargo and their new endeavour. It was Peter ‘Frago Pedda’ Knorn, also known from bands like Victory, who wrote a book, looking back to his career as musician, producer and label manager. This retrospect included the days with Fargo in the 70’s and early 80’s and... Continue Reading →
Progressive Rock masters RIVERSIDE have just signed a new deal with longtime partners InsideOutMusic and are pleased to announce their upcoming seventh studio album “Wasteland” as well as its corresponding first European tour for October/November. RIVERSIDE checked in with the following words: “Well, we're back in the game! We're happy to tell you that our... Continue Reading →
This year’s Wacken festival is just around the corner. There are just a few more weeks to go before one of the most exciting metal festivals open that doors to a weekend filled with rock, metal and party time. To get you into the right mood a DVD/CD package will be released on July 20th,... Continue Reading →
Markus' Heavy Music Blog 