Markus' Heavy Music Blog

It seems to be Death all over. After the re-relase of the "Leprosy" album Death (DTA) announced some dates for shows in Europe. Paul Masvidal, Sean Reinert, Steve di Giorgio and Max Phelps will play songs from all Death albums in rememeberance of Chuck...

I focussed on the music already in the CD review. I have nothing more to add here. But when it comes to the DVD I want to mention a few thing. First of all it is an even better experience than only listening to the songs. The CD is good, but if those...

(8/10) It was a sad moment four years ago when the news spread around the world that one of the most talented singers in Heavy Metal died - Ronnie James Dio. Now, almost four years after the exact date of death, a new release with the small Italian rooted...

(9/10) First class hardrock from Scandinavia - nothing really new. Brother Firetribe is on of of those bands which found their passion in this genre and they rock. The five guys are from Finland and their most known member is Nightwish guitarist Emppu...

(*/10) Doubtless Death has been one of the biggest influencers for a whole new genre - death metal. Brutal and racing fast death metal songs have been merged with technical capabilities. And with Chuck Schuldiner, the founder of the band, Death had a...

(8/10) Finland is a country which is well known for good metal bands. On the one hand their are groups like Nightwish and also the early Stratovarius, which are covering the area of more bombastic and symphonic metal. On the other hand there are constantly...

( 8/10) German hardcore legend Ryker's are back. Founded in 1992 in Kassel, Germany the band released with records like "Ground zero" some great hardcore discs. It has been those records which lead to a lot of enthusiastic feedback. The Ryker's have been...

(8/10) It was the year 1982 in Houston, Texas when Helstar was founded. Power metal is what they wanted to play. And they did it and still do it. Records like "A distant thunder" and "Nosferatu" are still highlights in my vinyl collection. Sad enough...

(8/10) Go Go Berlin aren't from the German capitol. They are from Silkeborg, Denmark and are since four years in business. The five guys stand partly for typical 60's and mainly for 70's rock. They release with "New gold" their debut album. The record...

(8/10) Seven years after Toto released their last live output the band decided for getting an new live album out into the shops. The motive was the 35th anniversary of the rock legend - a great occasion. The show, which was recorded, took place in Lodz,...

(8/10) After a few demos High Spirits released their debut in 2011. The record was called "Another night" and was perceived very positive. But let's start from the beginning. High Spirits is the project of Chris Black, who is known from bands like Pharao...

(7/10) Haven’t heard about the Jupiter Society yet? Me too. But this will change with this review. The band/project was founded in 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden by Krux/Avatarium keyboarder Carl Westerholm. The project released already three full-length records...

(7/10) For me female fronted thrash metal has three vocal icons. One of the them is Angela Grassow who did a fantastic job at Arch Enemy. Another one is Dawn Crosby (RIP) from Detente and Fear Of God. And last but not least there is Sabina Classen from...

(8/10) A long time before Ghost discovered the fascination of masked and ‚secret‘ band members German prog metal band Mekong Delta had already the same idea. I can remember 1987 when the band released their debut and it was the big myst who is actually...