Pierce The Veil belong more to the rock genre and don't really offer metal. Nevertheless, the band is also interesting for one or the other reader of Markus' Heavy Music Blog. Rolling Stone Magazine described the band's sound as "hyperactive, progressive post-hardcore" and they are certainly not wrong. The trio of Vic Fuentes, Tony Perry... Continue Reading →
Review THE ABBEY ‘Word of Sin’
Abbey of Thelema is a small house in Sicily that served as a temple and spiritual center. Founded by Aleister Crowley and Leah Hirsig, the place has been empty for a long time and is doomed to decay. But it was also an origin of occultism and already at the time not entirely uncontroversial. These... Continue Reading →
Review IN FLAMES ‘Foregone’
In Flames are among the pioneers of the Gothenburg metal sound and it is their early albums like 'Whoracle' and especially 'Clayman' with which the band cemented their position in melodic death metal. Even though In Flames never released a bad album, they continuously developed their sound over the years. Melodies played a bigger and... Continue Reading →
Review AVATAR ‘Dance Devil Dance’
That Gothenburg is one of the Swedish metal epicenters is well known to everyone who is seriously interested in hard riff-based music. A representative of this scene from the Swedish west coast are Avatar. Jonas Jarlsby and John Alfredsson founded the band in 2001 and in the last few years Avatar has become one of... Continue Reading →
Review WIG WAM ‘Out of the Dark’
That glam rock is not only made in America has been shown by Wig Wam from Norway for a few years now. The country, which is rather rooted in black metal, has with the colorful outfit from Halden a supplier of good mood music already since many years. With 'Out of the Dark' the five... Continue Reading →
Review KHYMERA ‘Hold Your Ground’
Normally bands and projects Dennis Ward is involved in are of high quality. Khymera is no exception. Since their debut album in 2003, the band has been regularly delivering new records, and the sixth album, 'Hold Your Ground', is being released as we speak. Despite a very busy schedule Ward always manages to find time... Continue Reading →
Review OCEANHOARSE ‘Heads Will Roll’
Oceanhoarse hail from Finland and state 2016 as the year of their founding. Thus, the four Finns are not exactly to be called newcomers. At the same time, it took a little while for Oceanhoarse to get their debut album into record stores. In the midst of the pandemic, the quartet released 'Dead Reckoning' in... Continue Reading →
Live report LEPROUS, MONUMENTS & KALANDRA, Gruenspan, Hamburg – February 3rd, 2023
It is a stormy day when Leprous, together with Monuments and Kalandra visit the Hanseatic city. Nevertheless, many fans find their way to the Gruenspan to witness a very varied musical evening. 'Variety' is certainly the motto for this evening, because there are very diverse bands that perform one after the other, which is also... Continue Reading →
Review eMOLECULE ‘The Architect’
eMolecule is the band of Simon Collins and Kelly Nordstrom. With 'The Architect' the two have finished their debut album, which will hit the record stores these days. The collaboration of the both started already in 2005 in Vancouver, Canada and focused at the beginning on Collins' solo career. This fueled the creativity of the... Continue Reading →
Review ZSK ‘Hass/Liebe’
ZSK is a German punk rock band, hailing from Göttingen. The guys started back in 1997 and unleashed a demo the same year. Nowadays ZSK belongs to the established bands when it comes to punk rock with a noticeable number of releases over the last 25 years. The second era of the band began in... Continue Reading →
Review THE POOR ‘High Price Deed’
We have known that hard rock made in Australia is a quality feature at least since AC/DC. In addition, bands like Rose Tattoo and Airbourne have delighted the world with excellent rock music. In addition, The Poor have been drawing attention to themselves since 1986 with well-made hard rock. Started as The Poor Boys, the... Continue Reading →
Live report APOCALYPTICA, EPICA & WHEEL, Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg – January 28th, 2023
Hamburg faces tonight a kind of ‘-ca’ night with Apocalyptica and Epica being in town. The third band, being part of the ‘The Epic Apocalypse Tour’ are Wheel from Finland. The first thing one notices is a 200m queue of fans, waiting for the opening of doors of the Grosse Freiheit 36. Such a line... Continue Reading →
Review DEWOLFF ‘Love, Death & In Between’
DeWolff belongs to the exciting acts in rock and blues. The Dutch outfit is active since 2007 and it’s Luka and Pable van de Poel as well as Robin Piso, who bring the sound od of blues to Holland. The career started in 2008 with DeWolff winning a national talent competition. This was the beginning... Continue Reading →
Review URIAH HEEP ‘Chaos & Colour’
After more than 50 years in the music business, it's not really necessary anymore to introduce Uriah Heep. Mick Box and his bandmates have released timeless hard rock classics with hits like 'Lady in Black' and 'Easy Livin'', just to name the most famous ones. Uriah Heep have just finished their '50 Years Anniversary' tour,... Continue Reading →
CHÉ AIMEE DORVAL’s new album released today
Today Canadian singer Ché Aimee Dorval release her new album ‘The Crowned’. The singer from Vancouver enjoyed a colorful youth, full of creativity and adventures. All this helped Dorval to develop an individualism which she transports nowadays into her music. Rock and metal fans might know the singer since she joined prog master Devin Townsend... Continue Reading →









