Storming out of Brisbane Australia come Down Royale, a heavy metal quintet looking to burst out of the colonies with their explosive sound.  Formed in 2008 by vocalist Scott Michael and guitarist Corey James, they were joined in 2009 by second guitarist Jackson Cheng and then in 2011 by drummer …

Since being formed in early 2006 Final Silence have been carving out a solid fan base in their native Scotland supporting bands such as Bleed From Within.  In 2009 they recorded their debut EP “Past Remains” quickly following that up in 2010 with a second EP “Dawn of a New …

Empire are your traditional four piece classic rock metal band, the hair, jeans or leathers and the boots together with a package of soaring vocals and catchy riffs. We have Rolf Munkes on guitars, Tony Martin vocalist, Neil Murray on bass, Don Airey on keyboards and Gerald Kloos on drums. There …

The term ‘supergroup’ seems to be thrown around very loosely these days with critics only too quick off the mark to judge a band on the names of the members and their previous musical efforts. Eye Empire should have no worries, as they are a band that blow their collective …

Sub genres of metal are getting weirder and weirder and now with the rise of what is known as “Cinematic Extreme Metal”, fronted by pioneers Chaosweaver, we have finally got a type of metal that combines both the hell razing brutalness of black metal and the melodic beauties of symphonic …

Opening for the Foo Fighters and getting Ricky Warwick; of Thin Lizzy fame, to sing one of your songs with you is all in a day’s work for Northern Irelander’s Trucker Diablo – who have just released their new album, entitled The Devil Rhythm. Ram jammed full of high octane, …

Interview with Misha Mansoor of Periphery

Setting off today’s shindig with a bang; Chorley’s own Fire In the Empire [8/10] hit the stage with full force, bathing the few followers who turned out to seen them in an onslaught of melodic, yet furious thrash metal. With a God like stage presence and songs that could topple …

Founded in 2004, Obsessive Compulsive are a 4 piece, female fronted hard/gothic rock band from Manchester. Since their last album release in 2010, the band have been gigging relentlessly all across the UK; supporting Anthrax, Wolfsbane as well as playing at both Download and Bloodstock festivals in 2011. We caught up …

Triaxis are a female fronted NWOBHM band from Wales, who are currently breaking into the scene with full force, playing this years SOS Festival and being confirmed for BOA 2012. In the past week they have been added to the artist roster for Rocksector Records and are on the verge …

Hailing from Bolton, Ten by Ten are a hybrid band who combine elements of hard rock, metal and grunge to form a raw and powerful sound both live and on record. I caught them after their brilliant set at this years SOS festival to have a bit of a chin way …

Hailing from the lovely Manchester – The Goddamn Electric are a 4 piece hard rock band who have just played SOS festival for the first time. Teaming up with fellow Planet Mosh journalist Lara Kisel, Matt talks to the band about: Their up and coming new album, who their musical inspirations are, …

Matt Seddon from Planet Mosh caught up with Broken after their mindblowing set at SOS Fest 2012 and spoke to the entire band about their new album (which only came out on the day of the festival), their awesome experience at this years Download festival and what the rest of …

If you want a band that sing about booze, who are not your run of the mill folk metal band, than the powerhouse that is Trucker Diablo is your best bet to listen to. Matt Seddon caught up with their lead singer Tom just after their set at SOS festival …

Sleaze/Punk rockers Velvet Star did an interview with Matthew Seddon at the latest SOS festival in Radcliffe, Bury. Although only a catch up interview – talking to the new lineup of the band about their upcoming EP release, what they have been up to since December and why the band …

It has finally been released! After being teased with the 3 track preview for Mark Tremontis solo project, the album ‘ All I Was’ hit stores internationally yesterday.  Not only is this Tremontis’ debut solo album, it’s also is the first time he has stepped up to the lead vocal …

Over the past few years Linkin Park have ditched their nu metal roots seen on their first two albums, Hybrid Theory and Meteora and taken to more of a pop, radio friendly sound to keep up with the times and trends of the ever changing music scene. Now in 2012 …

Blackened psychedelic metal band, Nachtmystium are back with their sixth studio album entitled Silencing Machine, an album that can only be described as Nachtmystium’s best work to date.  Made up of ten dark, melancholic and twisted songs, Silencing Machine is one of the finest releases of 2012 so far, spewing …

If Steel Panther kept up the comedy, ditched the glam and became a brutal death metal band, then they still wouldn’t sound as comical and aggressive as Manchester based death metal/grindcore 5 piece Footprints in the Custard. Singing about: STD’s, doing naughty things with Paramore’s own Hayley Williams and of course… …

When you get past the rather childish/stupid band name and the extremely gimmicky album artwork – Ghostmaker by Rumpelstiltskin Grinder is an album made up of some rather promising and tuneful thrash metal anthems; that although may be cushioned by mountains of filler, really hits you hard the moment they …