Markus' Heavy Music Blog

(9/10) Oh boy, these girls know how to rock. The Amorettes release these days their newest punch called "White Hot Heat" and for sure this album is hot. The ten songs on this longplayer are a pure rock firework that is a true energiser. From beginning...

(8/10) A few months ago Metal Blade Records announced an EP that immediately asked for my attention. Danish master of twin guitars Michael Denner and Hank Shermann started to work together on an EP. This was great news and the fact that the line-up was...

(8/10) German melodic deathers Deadlock left a dark period behind. A real stoke of fate hit the guys back in 2014 when founding member and drummer Tobias Graf lost his fight against cancer. And if this wouldn't have been enough it was singer Sabine Scherer...

Bonfire and David Reece part ways after some years of a very successful cooperation. Read here the official statement: "After two successful charting albums Glorious (2015) and Pearls (2016) and over 100 shows performed Bonfire and David Reece part ways...

(9/10) Almost a year ago many die-hard fans of Ayreon witnessed the musical production of the iconic "The Human Equation" prog metal album from 2004. Unfortunatley Arjen Lucassen didn't perform himself that night, but there have been many guests and friends...

(6/10) Modern Metal might reached its peak already a couple of years ago. However, there is still a bigger amount of new records that see the light of day every month. June this year is the period of an And Then She Came release. The first thing that...

(4/10) It's amazing how fast time goes by. It was 21 years ago when Erlangen-based J.B.O. released their debut "Explizite Lyrik". Since then the guys from Bavaria continued with their fun metal that finds a home in each Bierzelt that wants to present...

(8/10) Surprise, surprise - sometimes it's the unexpected things that makes everyday life more colorful. On of these moments was for me personally when I listened to the new longplayer of In Extremo. The seven-piece band from Berlin, Germany is very well...

(7/10) Anthrax wrote a song called "Caught in a Mosh" and I had to think about this track when I was listening to the new album of Dust Bolt. On the one hand the guys from Landsberg am Lech, Germany continue with their thrash-/crossover melange and their...

(8/10) Normally it's Frontiers Music that brings together a well-known singer with an excellent guitar player. InsideOut did the same, just on a next level when it comes to creativity and technical capabilities. "Invention of Knowledge" combines two eras...

Australian hardrock powerhouse Airbourne annouced the name of their next album, which is their fourth: "Breakin' Outta Hell". The record will be released in autumn this year and it's the first Airbourne disc that comes via Spinefarm Records. The quartet...

Good news for all fans of hard rockers Tesla. The band did a live recording of their classic album "Mechanical Resonance" and will release this longplayer on August 26th via Frontiers Music. The album comes right in time for Tesla's North America tour...