Markus' Heavy Music Blog

(8/10) 'Another album with coverversions and hopefully better than the latest Hammercult release' ... this was my first thought when I got Jorn's new album. And yes, it is far better. The great rock singer from Norway recorded twelve rock/metal classics...

(7/10) Hmmmm. What to write about this album? Not easy and even after quite some rounds of listening I'm not hundred percent sure when it comes to "Richards/Crane". Richards/Crane is the first album out of a cooperation of Godsmack's Lee Richards and...

(8/10) Hamburg Rock City, something that gets proven by various bands with High Fighter being one of them. The career of this quintet began in 2014 when members of A Million Miles, Buffalo Hump and Pyogenesis found together, forming High Fighter. "The...

(7/10) In case you're missing all shades of grey provided by autumn then at least there is some acoustic stuff available that brings the dark and melancholic season into your home. The title of Sylvaine's new longplayer is a clear indication of what to...

It was in November last year when Swedish doomsters Sorcerer released an independent EP called "Black", featuring 30 minutes of classy doom metal. The disc featured four songs and it was published on CD and vinyl only. Now it's Metal Blade Records that...

German thrash legend Sodom are working on a new release called "Decision Day". Tom Angelripper and his gang put eleven new tracks on this album that is adressing D-Day, linking historic occurences with current world affairs. The album will be released...

Pop punk rockers Good Charlotte unveiled a new video for "40 oz. Dream". The number is the first single, taken from the upcoming album "Youth Authority" which is the band's sixth record. Release date is July 15. Furthermore Good Charlotte will play a...

What you could find already in some online shops earlier is now also officially announced - German pirate metal horde Running Wild is releasing a new record on August 26th. The longplayer is entitled "Rapid Foray" and the album comes via Steamhammer/SPV...

(8/10) Metal and comedy goes together very well. Bands like Spinal Taps and Steel Panther are good examples, the latter being still very successful by reaching a bigger crowd of metalheads. Bit there have been also comedians that got a slot on the billing...

(8/10) I think that Piet Sielk's Iron Savior is one lf the most underrated bands in German metal. The guys are delivering, since many years, excellent metal discs with with excellent metal songs. Furthermore the guys received constantly good feedback...

(4/10) "Legends Never Die", even though I must say that Hammercult tries hard. I think it's great to pay homage to bands and songs you like and it goes without saying that the choice of metal classics on this album is very well done. Accept, Motörhead...

(9/10) It took four years for French metal outfit Gojira to work on their next album. First ideas have been gathered by Mario Duplantier already back in 2013 when the band was touring through North America. But one of the main reason for using four years...

(9/10) If these trees could talk, they would tell the story of an instrumental band from Ohio that has released already two records and gaining momentum. If these trees could talk, the story would be about a band that convinced Brain Slagel that much...

(6/10) A joke doesn't get better telling it more often. I had to think about this when I heard Six Feet Under's newest output "666". Chris Barnes and his metal horde added a new disc to their Graveyard Classic series. As the title presumes it's the number...