Markus' Heavy Music Blog

(8/10) Some of the The Old Dead Tree members started a new band called Arkan back in 2005. A year later the first EP hit the shelves, followed by three longplayers. "Kelem" is the newest record of this French metal outfit and it combines again metal and...

(8/10) Interesting stuff comes from Dawnbringer. One day before Christmas the band of Chris Black comes with a new four-track EP which seems to mark the end of this two decades lasting band. Black started some years ago with High Spirit another highly...

(7/10) The vintage spirit gained and still gains momentum and Stockholm-based Luciferian Light Orchestra is one of the representatives of this kind of music. The band is a side project of Therion's Christofer Johnsson who found with Luciferian Light Orchestra...

(9/10) It seems that this year's Christmas present arrived already two weeks too early. As reported a few weeks ago it's power metal legend Armored Saint that started a PledgeMusic campaign for a new live album of the iconc five-piece band. Armored Saint...

(*/10) Soggy is from France and there is one thing for sure, these guys have nothing to do with traditional chanson. Beb, Eric Dars, Francois Tailleur and Olivier Hennegrave are more inspired by bands like MC5 and The Stooges. The guys started in 1978...

(6/10) I guess that YouDash from Poland are fans from Swedish extreme metal outfit Meshuggah, at least you could get this impression while listening to the band's debut "Astrophobia". The four-piece from Poland came into the picture in 2012 when the the...

Pink Floyd continues with vinyl reissues of their back catalogue. In January 2017, on the 20st to be precise, it's "The Final Cut" and "A Momentary Lapse of Reasons" that will hit the record stores. Both longplayers have been remastered and are, after...

Swedish metal outfit Opeth will re-release the first three records; "Orchid", MorningRise" and "My Arms Your Hearse", as CD and in a 180gr. vinyl version. These re-releases will come via Candlelight Records and the date you need to mark in your calendars...

(7/10) Eternal Idol is the name of a new melodic metal outfit, hailing from Vicenza. "The Unrevealed Secret" is the name of the band debut that was published by Frontiers Music a few days ago. Even though this album is a debut, it's the musicians that...

(7/10) Crossbones isn't a new outfit of Italian guitarist Dario Mollo. He started with the band already back in 1981, but it was his cooperation with Tony Martin and Glenn Hughes that brought him more into the spotlight. Now, in 2016, Mollo returns to...

(8/10) Maybe the days when Night Ranger filled the very big venues are over, but this doesn't mean that the relevance of the band became less over the last years; quite the opposite. Jack Blades, Brad Gillis, Kelly Keagy, Eric Levy and Keri Kelly can...

Here are the dates: 15.02.17 UK Glasgow - Audio 16.02.17 UK Manchester - Club Academy 17.02.17 UK Sheffield - Corporation 18.02.17 UK Wolverhampton -Slade Rooms 19.02.17 UK London - Underworld 21.02.17 UK Southampton - Engine Rooms 22.02.17 FR Paris -...

Gojira will embark on a tour through Europe and the UK in spring 2017. It will be headliner shows and HERE are the dates.