Ant May

I spend half my life at gigs or festivals and the other half writing the reviews and editing photos, and somehow find time for a full time job too. Who needs sleep - I've got coffee.

VOLBEAT announce free London show at House Of Vans

Grammy-nominated Danish hard rock outfit VOLBEAT are delighted to announce a extremely special London show on Wednesday 30th May, at House of Vans. This notable event will be free to the public. Tickets can be applied for at www.houseofvanslondon.com from 4pm BST on Monday 14th May. Rebels & Angels fan club members will have exclusive early access …

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Download festival – a spotlight on the environment.

Download Festival is a huge event with tens of thousands of people on site for a few days each year. There’s inevitably an environmental impact, but the Download team are looking to minimise this wherever possible. Initiatives such as re-usuable drinking cups introduced last year meant a saving of 500,000 …

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Andy Copping, Download festival interview

Planetmosh recently spoke to Andy Copping about this year’s Download festival. If you had to pick six bands you want to watch at Download this year, who would they be? Right….Lawnmower Deth, because I think they’re going to be a lot of fun. Definitely Guns’n’Roses, Definitely Ozzy, Avenged sevenfold, Greta …

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Hell’s Gazelles announce new EP

UK hard rock four piece Hell’s Gazelles deliver on the promise shown on their self titled debut and are preparing to release their brand new ep ‘Take Your Medicine’ on the 27th of July. Recorded and produced by Chris D’Adda (Wayward Sons, Toseland) at Vale Studios and mixed / mastered …

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Dana Fuchs – Love lives on

New York blues-rock singer Dana Fuchs releases her fourth album on 18th May. In the last few years she’s seen the death of three close family members, the birth of her first child, and has moved away from New York. “It’s a new beginning for me in every way, as …

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ZEAL & ARDOR shares new song ‘Waste’

After dropping eerie track ‘Gravedigger’s Chant’ on Good Friday, ZEAL & ARDOR now share a contrasting, second new song, titled ‘Waste’, from their forthcoming new album, ‘Stranger Fruit’. Zeal & Ardor provocateur Manuel Gagneux explains, “Waste is the introduction of the other half of ‘Stranger Fruit’. Fully incorporating the gospel …

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Lamb of god reveals cover of Big Black’s Kerosene

Chart-topping, five-time Grammy nominated Richmond, Virginia band LAMB OF GOD recently announced the release of their highly-anticipated full-length covers album as BURN THE PRIEST – ‘Legion: XX’ – a collection of songs reflecting the greatness of the classic punk, hardcore, crossover and noise artists that influenced them in their formative …

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Ryan Roxie interview – London, April 2018

I spoke to Alice Cooper guitarist Ryan Roxie during his visit to London earlier this month to discuss his new solo album as well as working with Alice Cooper. You’re about to release your first solo album (under your name rather than band). You’ve been playing on albums for over …

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DeWolff – Thrust

DeWolff are a Dutch band, from the town of Geleen, right in the South of the country near Maastricht. They’re a three-piece psychedelic rock band that formed in 2007. Since then they’ve released six studio albums and a live album with them all reaching the Dutch music charts and have …

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Scream serenity – Eye of the storm

Eye of the storm is the debut album from British band Scream Serenity. Based in East Anglia, they’ve released a debut album that’s both heavy and commercial – not an easy thing to do. On the one hand it’s loud, fast and heavy, but at the same time it’s got …

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