Markus' Heavy Music Blog

(9/10) One of my most favorite underground metal bands is Hexx from California. “No Escape” and especially “Under the Spell” are terrific longplayers, featuring an exciting mix of power metal with some thrash references too. To my disappointment the band...

(9/10) Norwegian prog unit Leprous will release end of August their anticipated next longplayer, entitled “Malina”. The five-piece band isn’t a new player in the fields of progressive music. The guys are well established with a musical history that covers...

(8/10) German metal band nulldB is back with their third longplayer. After the debut “Im Auge des Sturms” and the sophomore “Endzeit” paved the road it’s “Geboren in Ketten” that comes new songs reflecting nu metal with German lyrics. nulldB starts heavy...

(8/10) The older ones of you are familiar with Jack Starr's Burning Star while some younger readersmight not heard of the New York City-based guitar wizard so far. Starr formed, together with singer David DeFeis, the iconic metal outfit Virgin Steele...

(8/10) The Nights is a new player in the fields of melodic rock and they fit in a perfect way into Frontiers musical vision. The band was formed in 2015 when two Finnish guys combined their passion for rock. Sami Hyde and Ilkka Wirtanen started to work...

Black metal legends SATYRICON have revealed their highly anticipated ninth studio album, 'Deep calleth upon Deep' is set for release on 22nd September on Napalm Records. Now the iconic duo fronted by visionary Satyr has unveiled a lyric video for the...

( 8/10 ) "Alpha Tiger" is the self-titled fourth longplayer of the Freiberg, Germany based metal outfit. After having published "iDENTITY" in 2015 things evolved. While the third album was more a wild horse it's the new longplayer that reflects a more...

(8/10) Lionheart isn't a new player in the fields of rock. The band has its roots in the late 80's when ex-Iron Maiden guitarist Dennis Stratton started this metal outfit together with Jess Cox, Steve Mann, Rocky Newton and Frank Noon. Lionheart released...

(8/10) Even though being in the heavy rock business already since 2003, Dawn Of Disease might be new to some of you. The band from Osnabruck, Germany, started in 2003 with Tomasz Wisniewski being the only founding member that’s still active. The rest...

(8/10) To introduce Venom is like carrying sand to the beach. It’s unnecessary since you all know the band and if not, you probably didn’t reach my blog. But what I want to introduce to you is Venom Inc. It was in 2015, during the Keep It True festival...

The announcement of a 'Pumpkins United' tour was a sensational news for metal fans all over the place - especially for the ones following Helloween since their very early days. What sounded like almost being too good to be true became reality. Michael...

(8/10) "Cypress Ave." is the title of The Midnight Ghost Trains' newest strike. It's the fourth full-length disc from Steve Moss and band, showcasing the trio more diverse than what we know from the earlier releases. Was it stoner rock and some sludge...

(7/10) Is Kryptonite an artificial band/ project? In one or another way it is. The Poodles singer Jakob Samuels developed the idea together with producer Alessandro Del Vecchio, both forming Kryptonite by adding some more musicians from bands like Treat...

( 7/10 ) If a band like Quiet Riot announces a new album, expectation are sky-high. In a time when heavy metal was still in the starting blocks it was Quiet Riot that acted as a trailblazer for hard rock music. These guys released with "Metal Health"...