Devil City Angels Premiere Début Music Video ‘Boneyard’ Album Available Today for Pre-Order DEVIL CITY ANGELS today première the début video for the track ‘Boneyard’ from their self-titled album, scheduled for release September 18th through Century Media. The video was shot in Los Angeles and was directed by Marco De Molina. You …

Coal Chamber Début Video For ‘Rivals’ Prepare to Kick Off North American Tour With Fear Factory COAL CHAMBER have just undertaken a European tour that saw them playing to sold out rooms across the continent. At their London tour stop, the band filmed live footage performing the title track of their new …

Revocation launch ‘Scorched Earth Policy’ lyric video Headline tour begins in September Revocation continue their series of lyric videos with fellow guitarist and director/animator Nick Hipa. The latest, “Scorched Earth Policy“, is live now at metalblade.com/revocation. The previously released lyric videos, “Madness Opus” and “Labyrinth of Eyes” can also be seen in …

Noctum announce extra UK headline date “Until Then…Until The End” 7″ single out on August 7, 2015 Summer tour with Steelwing in August/September! Noctum have added another headline show before their tour with Steelwing kicks off. The Swedish heavy/doom metal outfit will play The Lab in Northampton on August 27, …

MAC Coventry 2016 Announces Four More Bands Lifer, Obzidian, Pandemik & Firenado are the next four bands to be announced as playing the Coventry leg of Mosh Against Cancer FATangel and Fargo Events are proud to announce four more bands to be added to the line up  for the inaugural …

 The Slytones Announce Tour With Moulettes & New Single ‘She Said She Came From The Sea’  Brighton’s Own Psychedelic Genre Pioneers Set To Tour With Modern Day Alt-Folk Heroes Moulettes This September. Following a ruckus set at this year’s prestigious Great Escape Festival, Brighton’s own Psychedelic genre pioneers The Slytones …

Empire Of Fools Début Mini Album out September Devon, UK melodic rock band Empire Of Fools follow up on the success of their recent single with new debut mini album ‘Devil Inside’. Released on 20th September 2015 – This new 6 track mini album follows the lead of the single …

Power Prog Metal Elderoth Posts New Lyric Video ‘Falling Star’ New Album ‘Mystic’ Out Now ‘Mystic’ Album Stream – Listen here. ‘Mystic’ Album Order – Purchase here and iTunes Track Listing – Elderoth – Mystic: 1. Within (1:01) 2. Black and Blue (4:15) 3. This Shadow By My Side (4:48) 4. My Future (3:27) …

Bristol band Goose the Nun raise two fingers at “Overproduced Rock” with new E.P. Skeletons Bristol based Alternative Rock band Goose the Nun will release their highly personal début E.P. Skeletons on 29th September 2015 for digital download and streaming. Drawing on diverse punk, rock, and metal influences, Goose the Nun …

Steve Hackett to Re-issue Box Set Collection of Early Recordings ‘Premonitions’  ‘Premonitions – The Charisma Recordings 1975-1983’ Prog rock pioneer Steve Hackett has announced the release ‘Premonitions – The Charisma Recordings 1975-1983’, a comprehensive reissue project that includes his first 6 albums on the Charisma label, together with a wealth of …

Screaming Eagles – Interview with Chris Fry July 2015 Screaming Eagles (sometimes shortened to Screagles), a Rock ‘n’ Roll band from Northern Ireland are due to release their second album Stand Up and be Counted this Saturday (11th July 2015) via Off Yer Rocka Recordings. Ahead of their release Front-man …

Screaming Eagles, sometimes abbreviated to Screagles, a Rock ‘n’ Roll band from Northern Ireland release their second album Stand Up and be Counted via Off Yer Rocka Recordings on 13th July 2015. A phoenix arising from the ashes of Soundstone the Screaming Eagles formed in 2010. (Read more about their history …

Stoned Jesus: European Tour to kick off this week at Stoned From The Underground Festival Ukrainian stoner rock frontrunners STONED JESUS are all set to hit the European highways this Thursday, for an extensive summer tour in support of their rocking third album “The Harvest”. STONED JESUS SUMMER TOUR: 09.07 …

Blackmore’s Night To Release New CD ‘All Our Yesterdays’ On September 18, 2015, Frontiers Music SRL will release All Our Yesterdays, the tenth studio album from Blackmore’s Night, the world’s number one Renaissance act and one of the most popular folk-rock bands in the world. All Our Yesterdays will be …

AC/DC – Glasgow, Dublin and London 2015 Review AC/DC must surely rank as one of the greatest bands of all time! Formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young with Dave Evans initially on vocals, followed by Bon Scott from 1974 until his untimely death in 1980, and for the …

 AHAB – Unveil Video Teaser of Upcoming Music Video     They are hitting the sea again! Nautical Doomsters AHAB cast their net across the oceans and capture their fans with their impressive soundscape! The German quartet are set to release their album The Boats Of The Glen Carrig on August …

Biters release ‘Restless Hearts’ video following brush with police Atlanta rock ‘n’ roll punks Biters have released their edgy new music video for the track “Restless Hearts”, which appears on their forthcoming debut album, ‘Electric Blood’. Filmed with director Video Rahim (Mastodon) on location in their hometown, the video for “Restless …

Dragony Reveal Cover Artwork Of The ‘Shadowplay’ Austrian Power Metallers Dragony announced title of their second album, and revealed its front cover artwork. Follow up to their debut album “Legends” from 2011, will be titled “Shadowplay”, and will be released in September of 2015 via Limb Music. The album’s cover artwork …

Methane Release New Single ‘Spit On Your Grave’ Methane formed in 2012 by brothers Tim Scott (Revenant/HatePlow) and Dylan Campbell and Tim’s long time friend and guitarist Jimi Masterbo. They quickly recruited drummer Andreas Strom and released E.P. single ‘Southern Metal‘  in 2014. Methane spent 2014 touring both Scandinavia and …

Project Pain signs to Dead Inside Records‏ Dutch thrashers Project Pain  have inked a deal with Dead Inside Records‏ and the signing couldn’t have come at a better time as the band follows-up on the success of their 2012 release “I Have Sinned” with their brand new album “Thrashed To Kill”. Project Pain  returns in 2015 faster, …

Popes of Chillitown a Ska/Dub/Punk band from London founded in 2006 have gone through several line-up changes before the six piece line-up we see today. To date they have self released two EPs and pledge funded début album ‘A Word To The Wise‘ in 2013. Their second album ‘To The …

Ten Release New Lyric Video For ‘This Love’ After a successful first radio single ‘Tell Me What To Do‘, it’s time for that master song-writer Gary Hughes to show us what he can do with a ballad. ‘This Love‘ is the second single to be lifted from Ten‘s new album ‘Isla …

When I was asked to review ‘Vibration of Sound’ by The Hicks I was intrigued by the description of an alternative/hard rock with a hint of reggae from Wigan, a town famous for it’s Pier and for being home of the annual World Pie Eating Championship.  These Hicks are not to …

Mother Engine – Exclusive Vinyl Edition of ‘Absturz’ Mother Engine plays instrumental rock music influenced by the current stoner and post rock scenes, the psychedelic rock of the 60s/70s and the native krautrock scene.  Founded in 2011 and following gigs at ‘Desertfest’, ‘Stoned from the Underground Festival’, or ‘Keep it low …

Russkaja – Present Full Album Trailer of ‘Peace, Love & Russian Roll’ Russkaja is in the house – and that means no stone will be left unturned! Vienna’s sons and kings of turbo polk metal love catchy rhythms, badass riffing, punk spirit, Russian disco even country and ska have a place …

Powerwolf Celebrate Exclusive Music Video Premiere for ‘Army Of The Night’ Heavy Metal masters Powerwolf celebrate a worldwide music video première or let’s say a Powerwolf ceremony in the form of “Army Of The Night“ Come & celebrate the special music video première for “Army Of The Night” This is definitely another …

Jackson Firebird – Unleash Details of Upcoming Album ‘Shake The Breakdown’ Brendan Harvey and Dale Hudak aka Jackson Firebird have proved for the second time that it only takes two guys to raise pure rock fury hell. On their upcoming album Shake The Breakdown the Australian duo invites us on …

Ensiferum Announces European Tour in October Finnish Metal heroes Ensiferum have announced another European tour for October. This time the band will be conquering Switzerland, France, Spain and Portugal and perform a total of 13 shows! Ensiferum 13/10/15 CH – Zürich – Komplex 14/10/15 FR – Marseille – Le Moulin 15/10/15 ES …

Year Of The Goat – Release First Lyric Video for Track ‘The Emma’ Year of the Goat invite us deeper into their second full length album The Unspeakable. With that being said the band has just unveiled a brand new lyric video for the track ‘The Emma’ Painfully beautiful guitar work …

Sorcerer Announced for Hammerfest 8 Sorcerer have been added to the bill of Hammerfest 8. The epic Swedish doom legends will join Exodus, Turisas, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Evile and a whole load more already announced plus tons more to be added to the bill. Check out the video for “The Dark …

Die No More a young four piece NWOBHM band from Cumbria formed in  2011, since then they have impressed people with their energetic live shows. They released self-financed, four track, début EP ‘Blueprint’ in 2013 which led to them being signed by Rocksector Records with whom they released their debut …

ColdSpell – New Video For the Song ‘Legacy’ Swedish hard rockers ColdSpell posted a brand new video for the song ‘Legacy‘, out of their album ‘Frozen Paradise‘. The video can be viewed below. ColdSpell are going in the studio this fall, to record their fouth full-length album. The Swedish melodic …

Silent Jack To Release Début Album ‘Play The Game’ Birmingham based hard rockers looking forward to first full-length release. Silent Jack are ready to unleash a hail of hard rock and invite fans to ‘Play The Game’!  The follow up to 2012’s ‘Snakebite‘ EP is thirteen tracks of pure, unfiltered rock straight …

Miss Behaviour Working On New Album and Announce New Band Management Swedish Melodic Rockers Miss Behaviour are working on their fourth yet-untitled album, for a tentative late fall release. The band is now in the studio with producer/songwriter Patrik Magnusson, who previously worked with, Crashdiet, Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe) and Ace Wilder among others. Miss Behaviour recently signed a …

Die No More – Interview with PlanetMosh June 2015 Louise Swift for PlanetMosh interviews Die No More ahead of their first headline gig at Manchester Academy 3 on 20th June 2015. Find out a bit more about the band, what festivals they have lined up and more! Die No More are: …

Thunder reveal video for new single ‘Black Water’ ‘Black Water’ The new single – out now Taken from the Top 10 album ‘Wonder Days’ Triumphant set at this year’s Download Festival Supporting ZZ Top at Wembley Arena – June 24th The sensational return of UK rock legends Thunder continues with …

Screaming Eagles – New Album ‘Stand Up and be Counted’ to be released 13th July 2015 Screaming Eagles release new album ‘Stand Up and be Counted’ world-wide via Off Yer Rocka Recordings ‘From the Flames’ was a classic , ‘Stand Up and be Counted’ is a “Killer” and is set to …

New Album ‘Book of Souls’ to be released 4 September 2015 Iron Maiden’s eagerly awaited new studio album The Book Of Souls will be released globally on 4th September through Parlophone Records (Sanctuary Copyrights/BMG in the U.S.A.). It was recorded in Paris with their longstanding producer Kevin “Caveman” Shirley in …

Norwegian Prog Death Eaters Defect Designer Unleash New Video ‘Crusaders’ and  New Album ‘Ageing Accelerator’ Live Line-up, Left to right: Dmitry Sukhinin (vocals, guitars), Martin Storm-Olsen – Guitars, Clean Vocals, Anders Faret Haave – Drums – Photo by Polina “Helvete” Kulikovskikh Norwegian progressive death metal band Defect Designer have posted their latest video …

Marilyn Manson Announces UK Tour Dates for November 2015 Fresh from an acclaimed USA tour and show stopping performance at UK’s Download Festival on the 13th June 2015, Marilyn Manson announces a four date UK headline tour for November 2015. Full dates are… Thursday 19th November 2015 London, Eventim Apollo …

Rue Morgue Magazine Premieres Gothic Shockers New Jacobin Club’s New Video ‘Into The Fire’   The Luminous – cello, The Ruin – bass, Mistress Nagini – backing vocals/keyboard, Rat King – drums, Poison Candi – Vocals/theremin/percussion, The Horde – vocals/guitar       Canadian gothic shock rockers New Jacobin Club have teamed up with horror …

Kagoule Announced for British Summer Time Hyde Park Festival Nottingham alt-rock trio Kagoule have been announced for this year’s British Summer Time festival in London’s Hyde Park. The rising teenage rockers will be performing on Friday 26th June on the PlayStation Music stage, joining a line-up of artists such as The …

  Glowsun Unleash Brand New Lyric Video for Track ‘Against The Clock’ French Psychedelic Rockers Glowsun will release their upcoming album Beyond The Wall Of Time on June 29th in the UK & July 7 in the US on Napalm Records!Just in time the trio has unleashed a brand new lyric …

‘Ten Years of Pussy’ is the title of Nashville Pussy’s new compilation CD to celebrate their tenth year with SPV records, with whom they have released five albums from ‘And Get Some’ in 2005 to ‘Up The Dosage’ in 2014. ‘Ten Years of Pussy’ takes sixteen studio tracks from their …

Gloryhammer to Release New Album ‘Space 1992: Rise Of The Chaos Wizards’ on September 25th 2015 In the distant future of the year 1992…war has returned to the galaxy. One thousand years have passed since the brave hero Angus McFife defeated the evil sorcerer Zargothrax in the battle of Dunfermline, …

Moonspell Extend Worldwide Deal with Napalm Records First they brought the dark flames to their native country – and then set the rest of the world aflame with milestone records such as ‘Irreligious’ or ‘Night Eternal’: After the sucessful release of their eleventh studio album Extinct in March 2015, which …

Vancouver Anthem Thrashers Titans Eve Unleash New Album ‘Chasing The Devil’ L-R – Jesse Hord – Bass/Backing Vocals  |  Casey Ory – Drums  |  Brian Gamblin – Lead Vocals / Guitar  |  Kyle Gamblin – Vocals/Guitar – (Photo Credit : Shimon Karmel) Vancouver thrashers TITANS EVE their third full length ‘Chasing The Devil’ featuring seven …

Swedish hard Rockers ColdSpell signs management and booking deal with Sun Hill Production from Sweden. The Swedish melodic rock band ColdSpell has been a rising star on the international stages and is one of the headliners at Scotland’s premier Wildfire Festival. And is warming up a US audience as runner-up to Judas Priest at Rock Fest in Wisconsin, USA. In 2009 they performed at Kirunafestivalen in Sweden and now they are back to give …

Madball announce surprise Old Blue Last Show on Monday 15th June 2015 NYHC Heavyweight legends Madball have announced a London show at The Old Blue Last for next Monday following their already announced Download Festival set. Frontman Freddy Cricien commented ‘We are very excited to be playing Download for the …

Classic Rock Premieres Johnny Wore Black’s ‘Comfy Slippers’ Music Video Second Video Released After “Firefly” – Double A-Side Single Unleashed June 15th UK dark rock artist Johnny Wore Black uses words to draw listeners in to his unusual tales to create a powerful and cinematic sound.  No surprise as you might …

Hooligan a punk/rock ‘n’ roll band formed in Dublin, Ireland in October 2009. Their fourth and latest 7″ EP ‘Criminal Damage’ features guest appearances from Tony Van Frater (Cockney Rejects) on guitar and bass, with Decca Wade and Nicky Buck (original and latter day Angelic Upstarts) splitting drum duties. ‘Criminal …

Anzi Destruction former lead singer of Finnish rock band Stereo Junks! well known for his exciting and energetic live performances, which included fire breathing, launched his solo career in 2011 when he released his début self produced album ‘High Clash Motherfucker’, on which he played nearly every instrument.  As a solo performer the …

Motörhead To Release Their 22nd Studio Album ‘Bad Magic’ on August 28th 2015  In their 40th Anniversary Year, the band also announces 40th Anniversary European tour in the Fall with more dates internationally to follow. Freedom to believe don’t have a price Innocence never gets too old You need a …

Biters narrowly avoid arrest filming ‘Restless Hearts’ music video Atlanta rock ‘n’ roll punks Biters have finished shooting a brand new music video for the track “Restless Hearts“, which appears on their forthcoming debut album ‘Electric Blood‘. Filmed with the band’s long-time director Video Rahim (Mastodon) on location in their hometown …

  Hotei Hotei Releases lyric video for ‘How The Cookie Crumbles’ featuring Iggy Pop.  Single out June 15th through Spinefarm Records One-off intimate show at The Lexington on July 7th Guitar superstar Tomoyasu Hotei has revealed the lyric video to his debut UK single ‘How The Cookie Crumbles’, which features the legendary front man …

Seattle Thrashers Fallen Angels Reveal New Album Details, Artwork, Track Listing L- R – Steve Spitzbart – Drums, Bradzilla – Vocals, Erik Hanson – Guitars, Carl Larsson – Bass, Matt Be Roth – Guitars (Photo Credit – Aaron Meyers)         Seattle, WA thrashers Fallen Angels return in 2015 with …

Constant Source of Disappointment, often shortened to the initials C.S.O.D. are a  four piece Thrash Punk Metal band formed in Blackpool in 2004. Final Insult, released in May 2015, is the third and final E.P. in their ‘666 Trilogy’. Lead vocalist Ligzig Rightguard said “Since we formed as this line up in …

Graveyard Johnnys a Punk/Psychobilly trio from Chepstow formed in 2008. With a self-funded EP, ‘Streetblock and City Lights’ and debut album ‘Songs From Better Days’ already under their belts. A few line-up changes along the way, they released their latest offering ‘Dead Transmission’ via Bomber Music on the 11th May …

It’s not every day a fellow music journo is 50 but the big day arrived for Woodstock Punkrock, owner of PunkBob and a celebration was arranged at The Boathouse in Cambridge, a spacious white pub on the banks of The River Cam, didn’t look like a place for punk but looks …

Albatross – Release Debut Album ‘Fear From The Skies’ ALBATROSS (India) – ‘Fear from the Skies’ ALBATROSS, arguably India’s most well-known heavy metal band, release their début full length on Transcending Obscurity India. After releasing two well known albums, one EP and one split, the members have spent years perfecting their magnum opus …

Louise Swift for PlanetMosh interviews Bulletproof Rose just after they opened NLC/Rockin’ For The Children Festiva 2015, at The Maze, Nottingham on 2nd May 2015. Find out a bit more about the band’s history and what they have in the pipeline. Since this was recorded they have now been confirmed …

King Parrot Stream New Album ‘Dead Set’ The Aussie thrash metal/grindcore/punk mad men, KING PARROT, have teamed up with Metal Hammer UK to launch an advance stream of the band’s forthcoming album, Dead Set. The album is set to be released on May 15th in Europe (Agonia Records), May 19th in North America (Housecore Records) and May 15th in …

The Fifth NLC/Rockin’ For The Children Festival took place at The Maze, Nottingham over May Day Bank Holiday Weekend 2015. This now annual event is organised by David Tonge (AKA Big D) and his family and friends with a lot of time and hard work going into the organising. Last …

Heavens Gate To Release ‘Best For Sale!’ Compilation From their first days in 1987 until their break in 1999, HEAVENS GATE were among the top representatives of German Heavy Metal. They had a large fan base, especially in Japan, and their albums such as ‘In Control’, ‘Livin’ In Hysteria’ or …

Coal Chamber on Tour in May & June 2015! 13 years after the band split up, US nu-metal legends in Coal Chamber are finally back with their sensational new album ‘Rivals‘, to be released on  May 19th in US/CAN and May 25th in the UK via Napalm Records! To celebrate the …

Zombie Crash, learning disability metal band, Devour Boy Band in New Music Video Hardcore On Tour Single Released 18 May ‘If Finland can do it, so can we‘ That’s the rallying cry from Ryan O’Donovan of Zombie Crash, the UK’s hardest rocking learning disability metal band. In May’s Eurovision Song Contest, Finland is represented …

ANZI – Industrial punk rebel releases spectacular second album ‘Black Dog Bias’ on 22nd June ‘Black Dog Bias’ is the stunning second album from Finnish-born London-based industrial rock rebel, Anzi. Taking its title from a known phenomenon in animal shelters, the record explores our subconscious fears and prejudices, and sets its …

Dew-Scented announce European ‘Thrash Mercenaries’ tour for October 2015 Dew-Scented are heading out on the ‘Thrash Mercenaries’ tour across Europe in October together with Spain’s Angelus Apatrida, France’s No Return and Heboidophrenie as opening band. Comments singer Leif Jensen: “We are excited to not only bring you a killer quality-package as …

Artillery return to studio this summer to record new album Danish thrash battalion, Artillery, have just undertaken their United Legions Tour 2015 of the USA. They will embark upon their first ever tour of China commencing in Beijing on 30th April and concluding in Tangshan on 10th May. Visit https://www.facebook.com/ARTILLERY.DK for a full listing of dates. Guitarist …

The Great Discord Launch Second Video Teaser for New Album Duende Debut Album ‘Duende’ Out This June on Metal Blade Records Sweden has been a fertile ground for metal of all varieties for multiple decades, and there appears to be no sign that this will change any-time soon. The variety and …

Lemmy Sings Summertime Blues with Ricky In 2014, Black Star Riders/Thin Lizzy vocalist Ricky Warwick decided to record two new solo records, funded through the popular Pledgemusic crowd funding system.  The results are two fan and critically acclaimed releases, ‘Hearts on Tree’ and ‘When Patsy Cline Was Crazy (And Guy …

Armored Saint debuts ‘Mess’ from ‘Win Hands Down’ Los Angeles, California’s Armored Saint are set to release their seventh studio album this summer. The album ‘Win Hands Down’ is all things Armored, a vintage crush of classic power propelled by a cathartic blast of life in the year 2015. The album is scheduled …

Confess – Interview with Louise for PlanetMosh – 17th April 2015 Louise Swift caught up with Swedish, Hard Rock band Confess ahead of their show at Rebellion, Manchester (reviewed here), find out what they chatted about below! Band Members: John Elliot-Vocals Samael-Drums Lucky-Bass (On this tour Richie was standing in …

Rebellion, is a small bar/venue/nightclub on Whitworth Street Manchester, near to Deansgate Rail Station and Deansgate Locks and conveniently close to Manchester’s tallest building Beetham Tower, which houses The Hilton Hotel (should you wish to stay there for a rocking night out), although having spotted the picture of the accommodation …

Nitrodive Release New Video ‘Someday’ from their latest album ‘Re-Evolution’ Nitrodive, an Alternative Rock/Punk Rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden have just been out on a European Tour with Hardcore Superstar. They have just released their latest video for ‘Someday’ from their latest album ‘Re-Evolution’. PlanetMosh reviewed the gig at Manchester Club Academy …

Redemption Festival 2015 Redemption CHARITY Music Festival, Wakefield, One day, One stage, One Thousand tickets. The first Redemption Music Festival will be held in Wakefield, West Yorkshire to raise funds for Barnsley Hospice & Wakefield Hospice. Redemption Festival will take place at Warehouse23, 23, Smyth Street, Wakefield on Saturday 12th September …

Hardcore Superstar – ‘HCSS’ – New album out today Gold and platinum selling Hardcore Superstar have already had several number one hits and undertaken eight world tours. Now they release a new studio album ‘HCSS’. It all started when a fan gave Martin a copy of a demo they recorded back …

 New Single ‘I’ll Give You Hell’ out on 11th May 2015 Dumbjaw is pleased to announce the release of their new single ‘I’ll Give You Hell’ on 11 May 11 2015 via Maybe Records. ‘I’ll Give You Hell’ presents a well-crafted balance of melodic elements with a sturdy rhythmic section. The …

New music video from The Poodles – The Greatest The Poodles are proud to announce the release of their new video ‘The Greatest’. The Poodles new single: ‘The Greatest’  from their latest album ‘Devil In The Details’ was released via Gain Music today (21 April 2015). Here’s what the band …

2016 Axes & Anchors Cruise  Witness Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Schenker and More  Cruise with Today’s Greatest Guitar Gods – Setting Sail February 20, 2016 from Miami, FL Learn from Your Favorite Musicians on the High Seas! Featuring More than 40 Blazing Performances Tons of FREE Guitar Workshops with …

Europe’s Joey Tempest Issues U.S. Tour Video Update Touring the U.S. for the First Time in 10 Years, Beginning Saturday, April 18th! Watch Joey Tempest’s Video Update Here: New Album “War of Kings” Out Now via Hell & Back Recordings Order Here via Amazon Rock legends EUROPE will kick off …

World-renowned power trio HIGH ON FIRE will release its highly-anticipated new album, Luminiferous, on June 22 via Century Media in Europe. Recorded at Salem, Massachusetts’ GodCity Studios with producer Kurt Ballou, the record is the follow-up to the group’s 2012 release, De Vermis Mysteriis. Universally recognized as one of the …

UK rockers Colour of Noise have been confirmed to play at this years Download Festival on Sunday 14th June, 2015, further solo dates to be announced soon. From Little Angels’ Bruce John Dickinson comes a new rock band called Colour of Noise, steeped in the tradition of the late 60’s British blues boom, and early 70’s stadium rock. Joining Bruce is singer Matt Mitchell (Pride and Furyon) …

Wheatus Return for 15th Anniversary UK Tour Playing Début Album in Full & More! What if you really REALLY loved your part time job? …but, what if it didn’t pay enough? Well then you may be in Wheatus. It’s a special time for music. Not too much of it sticks and when …

Release of ‘Spectral Mornings’ Charity Single for Parkinson’s Society UK Esoteric are delighted to announce a special charity EP of a newly recorded ‘song’ version of Steve Hackett’s much loved track ‘Spectral Mornings‘ – Release date is 27th April and the record will be available both as a physical EP and …

Dirt Box Disco who, in their own words, describe themselves as ‘Born in the UK from the malfunction of a terrible musical chemical laboratory experiment!‘ release their fourth album ‘Only In It For The Money’ via STP Records on 19th April 2015, with a series of album launch shows this weekend. …

First Ever Riot Tribute Album To Be Released 24 April 2015 ‘Thunder And Steel Down Under’ – first ever Riot tribute album, will be released on 24 April 2015, via Skol Records. Compilation has been produced by Bart Gabriel (Sacred Steel, Crystal Viper, Jack Starr’s Burning Starr), and will include Riot …

The Quireboys released their ninth studio album ‘St Cecilia And The Gypsy Soul’ via Off Yer Rocka on 30 March 2015. They head into their fourth decade by bringing out this Four CD deluxe edition, which was preceded by the release of the ‘Gracie B’ EP on 16 March 2015. Whilst this is …

Shoshin announce the release of new single ‘Plan C’ Shoshin will release their brand new single ‘PLAN C’ on 18 May, the first single taken from their much anticipated album “Epiphanies And Wastelands”, collaboratively worked on by Chris Sheldon ( Foo Fighters, Pixies, Heaven’s Basement ) and James Kenosha ( …

Gothic Fate feat. ex-Gamma Ray bassist to release ‘Illuminati’ via Skol Records It’s not a  secret that Hamburg is the capital city of German Power and Heavy Metal, and gave birth to such legendary acts like Helloween, Gamma Ray, Running Wild or Iron Savior. On 29 May 2015, Skol Records will …

Skid Row and Solinger Split New York, NY – After 14 years of touring and 4 releases, Skid Row and singer Johnny Solinger have parted ways. Founding member Snake Sabo said, “We had a lot of great times together and created a lot of great music. We wish him nothing …

I first came across Bulletproof Rose when I saw them supporting Dave Evans at The Towler in Tottington in June 2013. I was instantly hooked and, impressed by their raw and energetic performance, have seen them several times since, with a few line-up changes along the way. Bulletproof Rose have …

Swedish Hard Rockers Hardcore Superstar release their latest album ‘HCSS‘ via GAIN Music Entertainment on 22nd April. With ten albums already under their belts (or braces in Jocke’s case) including the 2011 compilation album ‘The Party Ain’t Over ’til We Say So’ since they started the band back in 1994, that’s …

When Adrenaline Mob released their latest EP Dearly Departed in February via Century Media, no-one can have foreseen that drummer A J Pero would tragically be found dead (further information here) on the tour bus in the middle of a tour the following month, and therefore the poignancy of the …

The Franklys – New Single ‘Bad News’ Released 27th April 2015 The Franklys release Bad News a thunderous piece of sabbathesque Rock’n’Roll on 27th April 2015. To pre-order the Bad News  deluxe CD single on Electric Wood Records from go to  http://www.thefranklys.com/product/epbadnews/ The Franklys are a four piece force of nature – an all girl rock ‘n’ roll band …

Anti-Flag reveal evocative ‘American Spring’ album artwork plus full tracklist Spinefarm Records Debut Releases May 25th Historically, Pittsburgh-based punk stalwarts Anti-Flag have always had important, socially conscious messages to convey and musical statements they’ve been driven to make, and that ethos remains intact with new album, American Spring – their Spinefarm Records debut, due out May 25th. …

German Heavy Metallers Wizard To Reissue Four Studio Albums  German True Heavy Metallers Wizard will reissue their four studio albums in 2015, via Limb Music. New editions of: ‘Bound By Metal’ (1999), ‘Head Of The Deceiver’ (2001), ‘Odin’ (2003) and ‘Magic Circle’ (2005), have been remastered by Markus Teske (Vanden …

Gabriel Management presents the new Evil Spell Records release: Erazor “Dust Monuments” “Dust Monuments”, the brand new, second studio album of the German Black/Thrash Metal act Erazor, is out now via Evil Spell Records / Undercover Records, and is available as CD and limited edition LP format (tape version will follow). …

Last of The Dogs are an Indie Rock band from Crewe, Cheshire. They are holding an album launch party for their debut E.P. Evil Never Sleeps this Saturday (28th March) at Percy’s Cafe Bar at the Star Hotel, Whitchurch. This is a free entry show with a guest band, food …

Barnyard Boogiemen Steve ‘N’ Seagulls Go From Viral Sensation to Signed Act What became a genuine international phenomenon actually started out on a farm in central Finland; in a barn, to be precise… There, in said barn, a bunch of like-minded countrymen—with the emphasis on “country”—played a customized version of AC/DC’s …

Jack Starr’s Burning Starr (featuring ex Virgin Steele and Manowar members) Reveal First Details Of The New Album Legendary American Power Metal act Jack Starr’s Burning Starr (founded in 1984 by the ex Virgin Steele  / Phantom Lord guitar hero Jack Starr), started pre-production process of the new studio album titled “Stand …

The Jury And The Saints from Auckland, New Zealand (NZ) who describe themselves as ‘Monster Rock from Aoteoroa‘ (which is the Maori name for NZ) released their self-titled second album via SPV on 2nd March 2015. Formed by Jesse and Rowan as a two piece in 2009 they toured hard but …

Louise Swift for PlanetMosh interviews Bad Touch ahead of their show at Sheffield Corporation supporting The Answer. Find out a bit about the history of Bad Touch and their forthcoming album Half Way Home. The interview took place in front of the stage so it looks like there’s a halo …

I saw Bad Touch about eighteen months ago when they supported The Quireboys at Club Academy, Manchester (reviewed here). They have been out on tour supporting The Answer on their ‘Raise A Little Hell Tour’ and I caught the gig at Sheffield Corporation last night. Mark Ashby for PlanetMosh reviewed …

A small slice of Swedish rock came to Manchester last Saturday. Hardcore Superstar fresh from an appearance at Hard Rock Hell United in Wales on Friday 13th brought their ‘When We Touch The Sky Tour 2015’ to Manchester Club Academy. With Bonafide and NitroDive as support. The problem with playing …

I’ve been very lucky recently, in that last month a friend won tickets to see Thunder play an acoustic show at PMT (which stands for Professional Musical Technology) store in Manchester and then only last week another friend, Arwel, won tickets for the Black Star Riders acoustic show at the …

Formed in Whitby in 2003 and now based in Leeds utoXator release their second E.P. ‘Songs From The City …Tales of Our Sea‘ via Rock Paper Scissors records on 21st March 2015 with an official launch party at The Key Club, Leeds in association with Slam Dunk that day (details …

Knock Out Kaine, a four piece Rock band from Lincoln, released their second album ‘Rise of the Electric Jester’ on 2nd March, with an album launch show in their hometown of Lincoln. The first night of their UK tour (see poster and any additional dates here) took place at The Salutation …

London’s Bad Guys bring you their 2nd opus: Bad Guynaecology Recorded in a snake pit, in a quarry, on top of a mountain, in the desert, at night, during a thunderstorm, Bad Guynaecology is the second album from London’s own hard rockers Bad Guys. Featuring heavy riffs courtesy of a …

New Ostrogoth Album “Last Tribe Standing” Out Now! “Last Tribe Standing”, the first official Ostrogoth release since 1987, which features current band lineup that has been active since their return at Germany’s Keep It True Festival (in 2012), is out now on Empire Records. “At first the idea was to …

Billy Idol to release new single ‘Save Me Now’ on 13th April 2015  Idol will tour the UK and Europe in the summer of 2015 Rock icon Billy Idol will release his new single “Save Me Now” on 13th April. This Epic rock number is the second single from Idol’s new album Kings & Queens of …

Valentine’s Day loomed bright but breezy in Carlisle and after a day opening all my cards, erm make that looking round Carlisle Cathedral, Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, the market  every charity shop I passed and several fine cafés I’d built up an appetite for Rockmantic 3, Day 2. …

Louise Swift for PlanetMosh interviews Dean Foxx and Lee Byrne from Knock Out Kaine ahead of their gig at Wildside, The Salutation, Nottingham on 7th March 2015. This was to be the first date of their Rise of The Electric Jester Tour, following an official album launch party in their …

Persian Metal Festival 2015: Peace, Love & Rock in the Middle East In 1915 the Battle of Gallipoli wreaked havoc on Çanakkale, Turkey. The brutal war left over 100,000 Australian, European and Turkish soldiers dead in its wake, but resulted in the formation of the Republic of Turkey. On the …

Shawn Smith (Brad / Pigeonhead ) UK AND IRELAND April / May Tour  2015 Shawn Smith plays an all too rare run of shows in the UK from April 23rd to May 5th.  Shawn has been heralded as “One of the best Rock Vocalists of all time” by Mojo Magazine and this intimate tour will be his …

Von Hertzen Brothers Get Into ‘Trouble’!   Finnish chart-toppers the Von Hertzen Brothers release lyric video for ‘Trouble’ – a track from their forthcoming studio album, ‘New Day Rising’, out March 23rd on Spinefarm Records… Mixed by Juno Award winner Randy Staub (Metallica, Alice In Chains), ‘Trouble’ blends the key elements of VHB‘s music: atmosphere, intelligence, epic feel, progressive leanings and serious riffs. …

Wolfheart release ‘The Hunt’  video taken from their debut album ‘Winterborn’ via Spinefarm Records.   ‘We’re meandering through the dead of winter, dealing with ice, snow, bitter chill, and, well, misery in much of the country. But rather than lament the climate and wish away our lives, thinking about warm weather, …

Sky Valley Mistress, have just been confirmed as the only support for The Cadillac Three on their March UK tour,  starting this week. “Sky Valley Mistress mean business as they come swaggering out of Blackburn to set hips shaking and pulses racing with a blend of dirty blues and raw rock and …

Bad Guys Release Surprise Music Video For ‘Prostitutes (Are Making Love In My Garden)’ London’s hard rockers Bad Guys have unleashed the video for ‘Prostitutes (Are Making Love In My Garden)’ on an unsuspecting public. Bad Guys have teamed up with Rock-A-Rolla to premiere their epic music video for the …

Ian Anderson Celebrates Jethro Tull With a New Show – UK Dates Announced Progressive Rock pioneer Ian Anderson has announced 6 dates of a 2015 UK tour, titled ‘Jethro Tull – The Rock Opera’. The shows will take place in September, with tickets on general sale from 9th March. ‘Jethro …