Backstage at Bloodstock  Aisha from Planetmosh chatted with the lovely lads from The Crawling about the inspiration for their music, being miserable and their best festival experiences.

The awesome David from Vektor came and chatted to us in the Media Tent on Sunday at Bloodstock about the (then) up coming set at the festival, the inspiration behind their newest album Terminal Redux and touring in the UK. Sci-Fi or die!

The wonderful Orion from Behemoth kindly took some time to come and see us in the Media Tent on Friday to speak to us about being at Bloodstock, the possibility of a new album next year and a Goliath new project in the form of a 5th music video for a track on …

The lovely Howard and Marc from Acid Reign took some time to come and chat in the comfy Media Tent on Sunday at Bloodstock Open Air.   We cover their set at the festival which set the record for the biggest attendance and number of crowd surfers ever in the …

The lovely Eric from Testament took some time to sit and have an informal chat with myself and Steve at Tuska Open Air Metal Festival 2016. We obviously talked Testament, recording the new album, touring, festivals and his side project Dragonlord but we all went off on tangents at various …

Day three of Tuska Open Air Metal Festival 2016 is about to begin: today’s big three are Gojira, Katatonia and headliners Children of Bodom. There’s been ominous rain all morning and as we head up to the arena we get a nice respite as the sun glistens over the harbour. Block Buster: …

It’s day two of Tuska Open Air Metal Festival 2016 already and it is the hottest day of the weekend so far. I cannot wait to see some more top quality bands throughout the day at this fantastic site. Looking forward to Primordial, Obscura, Anthrax, Havok and Ghost in particular. Brymir: …

This weekend is going to be a bit exciting to say the least. Finland’s premier metal event, Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, starts tomorrow and we have just reached our comfortable apartment in Helsinki, a fifteen minute walk from the arena. Friday’s schedule has an incredible line up and I am …

After witnessing the energy of this project on stage many times I have been looking forward to getting my hands on this album as soon as they mentioned its recording. Live Burial from Newcastle Upon Tyne, England is the UK’s answer for the general lack of straight up, decent old school death …

On a particularly dark and extremely wet Glasgow evening the black clad masses ascended once more onto the streets of Scotland’s largest city for the one and only Kreator had arrived. German thrash at its best. Even though this would be my fourth time seeing them live it will be …

I am backstage at the Garage in Glasgow with Tomas from At the Gates who has kindly taken some time before the show to answer a few questions. Tomas you were saying in an interview earlier this year that you had some new material that you really felt you needed …

On a particularly wet and windy Glasgow evening the most anticipated gig of the year in Scotland (for me at least) is about to commence. The insane powerhouse of Death Metal that is Sweden’s At the Gates are in Glasgow once more and they do it like no other. With …

The lovely Paul, drummer extraordinaire from Cannibal Corpse took some time to chat to me backstage about recording, bibliographies and the new album at Damnation Festival in Leeds.

It’s that time of year again. Leeds is swamped with figures in black heading towards Leeds University, ready for a night of music and mayhem, except this year we are also celebrating 10 years of Damnation. This years show is completely sold out and we look forward to a fantastically varied line …

I sat with three other interviewers in the Press Area of Damnation and had a relaxed chat with the founder of Leed’s Damnation Festival, Gavin McInally to find out how the whole thing began 10 years ago. How does a small one day show go from it’s humble beginnings to being one …

This year’s Damnation Festival marks ten years of extreme metal chaos at Leeds University. Hard to believe it has only been ten years. There have been many interesting line ups for this fest and a few surprises over the years (namely Carcass when they had their “last ever re-union show”) …

  This is without a doubt the biggest review I have undertaken in my few years of writing for Planetmosh. From a personal perspective, as with many other fans of this legendary Swedish band, the news of a new release has kept us all holding our breath.  After albums which have been …

Panopticon are a North American Folk Metal project from Kentucky, USA. The word Panopticon in terms of the 18th century building has quite a sinister meaning which is worth researching if you like your history.  The band released their 5th full-length album, Roads to the North on the 22nd of …

    There is no doubt that Cannibal Corpse are veterans of Death Metal and since the 80s the Buffalo based band have continued to produce technical and aggressive tracks with a distinctive sound and presence. With 12 classic full length albums under their belt, a huge fan base and …

  Bavarian Black Metal band Dark Fortress have released their seventh full length album under Century Media Records. After four years of their last release, Ylem, Dark Fortress have unleashed Venereal Dawn after what sounds like a tough chapter in the band’s life. It will be interesting to see how …