My World of Music – est. 2013
(7/10) Brant Bjork’s musical history is a long one and it’s legendary Kyuss that was, next to the success of the band itself, a springboard for new adventures in the fields of rock. Bjork was part of quite some projects and bands after he left Kyuss. Bands like Vista Chico and Fu Manchu were bands... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Slash albums attract success and chart positions as almost nobody else does in the fields of rock. I can't imagine that anybody, that's interested in music, doesn't know the iconic guitarist from London, England. Guns'n'Roses was the mega-successful springboard, followed by solo albums and many musical cooperations. The first solo album Slash unveiled was... Continue Reading →
(8/10) I don’t think that I have to introduce Ann Wilson to readers of Markus Heavy Music Blog. The singer is very well known from Heart, the band she and her sister Nancy celebrate huge success with. Ann Wilson worked recently on a solo album that will be released mid-September. ‘Immortal’ is the title of... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Swedish Iron Lamb will release their newest longplayer end of October. ‘Blue Haze’ is the crucial album number three in the bands history and follows ‘Fool’s Gold’, which saw the light of day in 2015. The new record isn’t an album that’s extremely overloaded with songs. Actually it’ a rather limited amount of music... Continue Reading →
(8/10) The first thing you notice of an album is the artwork and maybe some first songs that have been revealed as videos. In the case of ‘You Can’t Kill My Rock’n’Roll’ it was more than just one single that has been unveiled, with ‘Have Mercy On Me’ being the first one. These forerunners already... Continue Reading →
(6/10) Artwork and moniker remind of legendary Whitesnake and I think it's a planned thing and for sure drives attention by its visual similarities. However, it's also misleading since the band has not much to do with David Coverdale and Co.. Frontman Stefan Berggren was the singer though for Company Of Snakes, a band started... Continue Reading →
(8/10) This time I would like to shift your attention a bit more towards blues rock. Guitarist, singer and songwriter Ben Poole has a new offer. It's his next album, entitled Anytime You Need Me', that provides you with ten new blues rock anthems. The album was recorded at Superfly Studios in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire with... Continue Reading →
(8/10) ‘Palms’ is Thrice’s second album in the new era of the band. After a start with hard and harsh sounds and a shift towards alternative rock, the band went on a hiatus in 2012. The return to the scene in 2015 led to a new longplayer, entitled ‘To Be Everywhere is to Be Nowhere’.... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Uriah Heep are real veterans in rock. Having a band up and running for 47 years is an impressive endeavor. In these almost five decades Mick Box and band released 24 studio records and it is 'Living the Dream' being the next one that sits right in the starting blocks. It goes without saying that... Continue Reading →
(*/10) Swedish progressive metallers Soen released their third album, ‘Lykaia’ in the beginning of 2017 and it’s in late summer 2018 when the quintet will launch an extended version, entitled ‘Lykaia Revisited’. If this new edition of the album makes sense or nonsense is what each of you has to decide individually. What I can... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Rome isn't a capitol of rock and metal, which doesn't mean in reverse that there's no good music hailing from the Italian capitol. Kingcrow is such a band, proving that also prog rock has a homebase in Italy. Founded in 1996 as Earth Shaker the moniker morphed to Kingcrow, based on a poem by... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Eindhoven Rockcity is more than just a name. It's the moniker of an initiative that combines Eindhoven's vital rock- and metal scene, with Komatsu being one representative of. The quartet, consisting of Martijn Mansvelders, Mathijs Bodt, Mo Truijens and Jos Roosen, started Komatsu in 2010 and debuted in 2013 with ‘Manu Armata’. Komatsu plays... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Lioncage premiered in 2015 with ‘Done at Last’ before they went into studio again two years later to record ‘Second Strike’. Already one year later the third album is in the starting blocks, ready to spread a melodic rock vibe. The band from Elmshorn, Germany put together a 12 songs tracklist, including songs that... Continue Reading →
(7/10) We had to wait pretty long this year for getting served the worst artwork of 2018. Here it is. I don’t know what inspired Spanish rock’n’roll ladies Lizzies to go for the chosen artwork of ‘On Thin Ice’, but it for sure leads to some big smiles. Catching girls, drawn in a way a... Continue Reading →
(8/10) If you’re a regular follower of Markus’ Heavy Music Blog (which I can recommend … hahaha), you recognised that I sometimes write about releases that might not be metal or sometimes even not rock music. However, they have a link to our beloved musical style. One of these bands is MCC which stands for... Continue Reading →
