Markus' Heavy Music Blog

(8/10) It's more and more that I take a shine on what's In Extremo doing. For many years I could really find my way into their music, something that changed with the latest release "Quid Pro Quo". Lucky enough it's this album that was the base for the...

(5/10) I wonder what's the purpose of this release. I guess it's a kind of Christmas present for Enuff Z'Nuff die-hard fans since it doesn't really come with new material. Actually it does, since the songs haven't been released earlier, but they are from...

(7/10) The other day I received a CD from a band called Goldsmith. Never heard from the guys before and after digging a bit deeper into the origins of Goldsmith I found out that the four-piece from Germany is the brainschild of guitarist Michael Goldschmidt....

(7/10) I'm not really sure what I should think about MF Ruckus sophomore album "Thieves of Thunder". The first thing is the artwork since this is another album that proves that you shouldn't rate a longplayer based on the packaging. In my point of view...

Looking back on the festival edition 2016, and looking forward to celebrating again with you in 2017! August 11 + August 12, 2017 @ Graz, Austria www.metal-on-the-hill.com ...

(8/10) Some blues rock from Ireland? Why not. What Boneyard Dog delivers with their new longplayer is fine stuff that’s a real treat for each rock fan’s ears. The band was founded by Rob Mancini and guitarist Davy Kerrigan not more than a year ago. The...

(7/10) “Speed & Violence” is the title of Ranger newest longplayer, featuring ten blistering metal tracks from Finland. Dimi, Miko, Mikael and Ville started their metal adventure back in 2008 and a first demo brought them up on the metal agenda in 2009....

I got Social Distortion on my radar when the guys released “Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell”, an album that saw the light of day in 1992. Mike Ness and his gang filled this record with awesome rock songs. “Cold Feelings", the opener, is still one of...

(8/10) Leif Edling is a phenomenon. Not only that the bass player of Candlemass belongs to the group of highly influential musicians in metal, he’s also a good example when it’s about not giving up and do what you burn for. In his case things went even...

(9/10) This album is epic and brutal. What became apparent on the debut is now gets proved again by Ultha's sophomore release "Converging Sins". What the guys from Cologne recorded for this longplayer is actually the opposite of a light-hearted Cologne...

(4/10) There is a tendency at the moment to combine all kinds of different music styles with heavy metal. Some of them work very well but there are enough examples of failure - at least in my humble opinion. There needs at least a common vibe and groove...

No doubt about Amon Amarth being one of the biggest metal bands in the World right now. The Swedes have a long history with Metal Blade that goes back to January 1998 when they released their debut album "Once Sent From the Golden Hall" via Metal Blade!...