Markus' Heavy Music Blog

(9/10) The first time I took notice of Royal Thunder was two years ago when the four piece band from Atlanta. Georgia released an album called “Crooked Doors”. I was very impressed of what I got to hear. Royal Thunder released an album that was build...

Gin Fizzy is a Dutch cover band who did a show on April 1st in De Lier, The Netherlands. The five-piece band played the entire "Live and Dangerous" album from classic rock legends Thin Lizzy. Here are some pics from this night. Gin Fizzy are: Vincent...

(7/10) The albums’ named “Glitter”, the girls wear a lot of glitter and the remaining question is, how shiny the new record is. “Glitter” is the second disc from Stockholm-based trio Heavy Tiger. It was two years ago, almost to date, when the three-piece...

(8/10) Thrash metal and the Bay Area are more than strongly connected. But the American West coast has more places that act as the home base for good metal bands. Ventura, California is one of these places. It’s the hometown of thrash metal machine Warbringer...

Mathcore masters sikTH will release their next album "The Future in Whose Eyes" in June this year. The cover of the album, that comes via Millenium/Edel, is unveiled and also a first video was posted. Sounds like good stuff being on its way.

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Photo: Spinefarm Records (Promo) "Crooked Doors" was the anticipated second album of Atlanta, Georgia based Royal Thunder. The recorded exceed expectations and brought the four-piece band on the radar of fans of intense rock music. After such a success...

(7/10) It was at the end of the 80’s when keyboarder Greg Guiffria formed House Of Lords, releasing three very well received records. It was in 1992 when the band went into a hiatus for 12 years before House Of Lords came back with James Christian (v),...

Photo by Caroline Traitler Ambient rockers Anathema will release a new longplayer on June 9th via Kscope. It's entitled "The Optimist" and eleven new exciting songs of which the first one, "Springfield", is online as a video on the bands website. Tracklist:...

Brooklyn hard rock legends LIFE OF AGONY have completed work on their new album and Napalm Records debut "A Place Where There's No More Pain", which will be released April 28th via Napalm Records. So far only one song from the album has been released...

(7/10) Norwegian rock and metal outfit Dunderbeist worked on a new EP that hits the shelfs in March. This disc is the highly anticipated successor of the 2015 release “Hyklere", an album that received very positive feedback from fans and media. "Tvilja",...

(9/10) My Mastodon trip started with their sophomore album „Leviathan“. This disc made more than an impression and still belongs to my all-time-faves. This was 13 years ago and in the meantime the Atlanta-based band released many more records with an...