Witchbound is a band that has its roots in the early days of Stormwitch. With Stefan Kauffmann und Peter Langer, two of the Stormwitch veterans are on board and Witchbound might not be around if Stormwitch mastermind Lee Tarot wouldn't have started work on new songs before he passed away far too early in 2013.... Continue Reading →
WITCHBOUND announce a new album
German metal veterans Witchbound announce a new album. 'End of Paradise' is the title of their new longplayer that will hit the shelves on April 30th. Witchbound, with some legendary Stormwitch members, unleashed the debut in 2015, an album that was built on song ideas generated by Harald Spengler, Stefan Kauffmann and Peter Langer. After... Continue Reading →
Classics: STORMWITCH ‘The Beauty and the Beast’ – re-issue
Every now and then, especially during the Holiday season, Markus' Heavy Music Blog is featuring some classics, some well-known and some not so much. This time we go to Germany, more precisely, Gerstetten on the Schwaebische Alb. We go back to the year 1987 and the band we are talking about is Stormwitch. "The Masters... Continue Reading →
Classics: STORMWITCH ‘Stronger Than Heaven’ – re-issue
I guess the artwork would qualify for being one of the 10 most embarrassing covers in metal in the '80s. However, the witches brew that's produced by the 'three witches' seems to have metallic firepower that can be transferred to musicians. According to the album title the brew makes you 'Stronger Than Heaven' and you... Continue Reading →
Interview with Matt Bischof of EL PUERTO RECORDS
Normally it's about releases, bands and live shows on Markus’ Heavy Music Blog. To widen things a bit, I would like to take a glimpse behind the scene, featuring a rather new label that released some quite exciting albums over the last months - El Puerto Records. The German label started in 2014 and has... Continue Reading →









