Markus' Heavy Music Blog

John Garcia, the living desert rock legend and most distinctive voice of an entire genre, is finally back with a new studio album! Normally you would expect some heavy guitars, pounding drums and fuzzy tunes from Mr Garcia. But not this time, as he is...

(7/10) Like I mentioned already in some of my earlier posts that it seems to be a revival of 'old' German thrash metal bands. Exumer and co. released during the last years new longplayers followed now by another band. Darkness, that released some thrash...

(9/10) It's always amazing what the Swedes come up with. These guys found the formula to structure chaos. In a bit less than an hour the guys present ten tracks that sounds like steering a heavy steamroller with the sensitivity of a surgeon. The way how...

(8/10) "Somewhere to Elsewhere" have been released in 2000 and afterwards it almost feels like the title being an omen for the coming years since the band had their time-outs when it comes to studio albums. The classic rock legend from Topeka can look...

(9/10) It was a few months ago when, under the header of 'Noise lebt', re-releases of label classics have been published as a kind of 'Best of...' compliation. Kreator's first highlights have been part of this series as well as Running Wild, Sinner and...

(8/10) This autumn seems to be the season for math metal bands to release albums. We already welcomed a new longplayer from Meshuggah and also SikTh delights fans with a new record - actually a re-release of their 2006 album "Death of a Dead". It was...

(8/10) "Memorial Roots" was and is to date one of Brainstorm's best records. Originally released in October 2009 the longplayer includes highlights such as "Shiva". Since the band was under time pressure while recording this album things went well but...

Leiden is a city in The Netherlands that is well known for their university. But 'leiden' also means 'suffering' in German, a double meaning that describes this Thursday evening very well. It was at no point suffering to be part of this concert with three...

A few days ago German metal powerhouse Undertow entered the studio for starting to work on a new album. A good moment to reflect on the time between the last release "In Deepest Silence" and the here & now. Markus' Heavy Music Blog had the chance to talk...

(8/10) I guess that Saxon was one of the bands I have seen live most during the last years. It was always a pleasure to this fivepiece live on stage. Next to excellent new studio releases Saxon shows their real strength when they play live To capture...

(9/10) It was in an interview I had with Mark Tremonti at the end of last year when he mentioned that the beginning of 2016 will be the starting point for working on the next Alter Bridge album. Having heard this excitement was pretty high and now, nine...

(6/10) What happened to Sonic Syndicate? Where are their metalcore parts? At least there aren't any on the new album. But let's start with the beginning. It feels like the guys having to confess something which maybe led to a conscious decision when it’s...