New Device were first up.  The British band lost their guitarist just a few days earlier and did well to get a replacement rehearsed and able to play a gig in front of a large crowd.  New guitarist James Arter did well and if you weren’t familiar with the band …

After the success of last year’s Dames of Darkness festival, headlined by Delain, expectations were high for this year’s fest.  As with last year, the lineup was a mix of bands from mainland Europe plus some local bands, with Xandria and Stream of Passion being the top two acts.  As …

This year should be a year of celebration for Walter Trout as it marks his 25th year as a solo artist.  A tour was planned but had to be cancelled as he’s currently ill and awaiting a liver transplant.  Since his health problems have been going on for several months, …

Doro’s current tour is billed as “30 years strong and proud”, but the real celebration of Doro’s 30th anniverary took place at the start of May in her home town of Dusseldorf.  For her 20th and 25th anniversary shows she did special gigs in Dusseldorf with special guests joining her, …

After seeing Epica perform their album launch gig in front of a couple of thousand fans in Tilburg, today saw a much more low-key performance for them – an acoustic set in a record store in front of no more than around 50 people. The band were all present with …

Tonight was to be a special show from Epica – the launch party for their new album, The Quantum Enigma.  As with their other album launch gigs and special shows, this saw fans travelling from all over the world. Support came from Finnish band, Insomnium, a band who have toured …

First up tonight was a London singer-songwriter, Azadeh.  She performed solo, playing guitar and singing.  She’s got a lovely voice and the simple performance sounded great and went down well with the audience.  She played both electric and acoustic guitar and for one song ditched the guitar and played piano …

When Black Country Communion came to an end, two of its members, Glenn Hughes and Jason Bonham, decided they wanted to carry on working together.  Rather than simply finding a guitarist to act as a replacement for Joe Bonamassa they decided to start a new band and take a new …

Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s new album, “Goin’ home” is an album of cover versions.  That’s something that always divides opinion – some critics will say it’s lazy and a way to release an album without going to the trouble of writing new material, while others will argue that albums like this …

I spoke to Within Temptation singer, Sharon Den Adel shortly before the band played their excellent gig at Birmingham Academy. Your latest album, Hydra was released in February and has proved very successful.  One song that has divided opinion though is “And we run” due to it’s inclusion of rapper …

We’ve been talking to those nice people at Alt-Fest and they’ve agreed to give Planetmosh readers 10% off the price of tickets if you order before 2nd May. All you need to do is go to the Alt-fest website and select the tickets you want.  Then hit continue and it …

I recently had the pleasure of speaking to Glenn Hughes, a man whose career spans several decades and includes Trapeze, Deep Purple, Hughes-Thrall, Black Country Communion.  We spoke about his new band, California Breed whose debut album comes out on May 19th.   Your latest project is called California Breed.  …

I don’t often review singles as there are so many great albums to review that singles rarely get a look in.  However sometimes a song is just so good that you can’t ignore it, and that’s the case with this release from No Sinner – “Love is a madness” The …

Finnish death metal band Re-Armed formed in 2001 and over the years made and released a number of demos before finally releasing their debut album, “Worldwide hypnotize” in 2012.  Since then they’ve toured extensively and played festivals including Bloodstock in 2012.  Now they’re back with their second album, Rottendam. As …

I spoke to Epica guitarist Mark Jansen ahead of the release of Epica’s new album, The Quantum Enigma.  I also took the opportunity to ask him about his other band, Mayan. Your new album, The Quantum Enigma is due to be released at the start of May.  First of all …

The queue outside stretching round the block showed that tonight’s gig was either sold out or pretty damn close, and it’s not surprising really – tonight’s lineup sees Within Temptation paired with the best support they could have chosen – Delain. Delain have been rising in popularity rapidly in the …

Ahead of the release of the band’s new album, Heroes, I spoke to Pär Sundström, Sabaton’s bass player to discuss the album. Your new album, Heroes is due to be released in May.  First of all, why “Heroes” as the title? We have to go back to 2010, to the …

First Three Albums Newly Remastered By Jimmy Page, Each With An Additional Disc Of Previously Unreleased Companion Audio Multiple CD, Vinyl, And Digital Formats, Including Limited Edition Super Deluxe Boxed Set, Available June 2 John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant came together in 1968 as Led …

Hellyeah drummer Vinnie Paul recently spoke to Planetmosh to talk about the band’s forthcoming album.

Xandria’s new album, Sacrificium, due out on 5th May. Planetmosh spoke to the band’s new singer, Dianne Van Giersbergen.