Interviews

Opening up the second stage at Hard Rock Hell on Saturday were The Jokers who recently finished their Spanish headlining tour.  We caught up with Paul Hurst (Guitar) and Wane Parry (vocals) later in the day to talk about their musical influences, song writing, first impressions and their very first gig, …

The last band to play Stage One at this year’s Hard Rock Hell, The Answer were at the end of a 40 date tour; wrapping things up in Wales for the Hard Rock Hellions….and what a last show it was.  I managed to catch the last 50 minutes of their …

After what can only be described as an absolutely cracking set on the last day at this year’s Hard Rock Hell, I caught up with Pete Spiby from Black Spiders.  Having just finished around six weeks of touring it was good to hear their set being described as one of his …

Currently in the midst of their fourth European tour Canadian band Striker have finally made their way to the UK for the first time and Hard Rock Hell 7 was their penultimate show before heading off to mainland Europe.  Being new to our shores Planetmosh took the opportunity to find …

Despite having arrived at Hard Rock Hell just a few hours earlier, Cage The Gods were off on their interview path and Planetmosh caught up with them early on. Only forming a year ago their set on Stage 2 later that day was superb, with more confidence and finish than …

PlanetMosh recently caught up with Michael Monroe on the UK leg of his Horns and Halos world tour for a chat with the high energy front-man of the band. We talked about how the tour was going, shopping and what he likes to do when he isn’t working plus other …

One of the first bands on the Planetmosh interview sheet at this year’s Hard Rock Hell was the always fun Attica Rage. Some of you may already have their latest album 88MPH.  Some of you may already know about their new single Long Ride Home, but do you know about …

  Planetmosh took a road trip up the A55 to Colwyn Bay to meet up with the boys from I.C.O.N. where they were playing (finally) the last gig of the tour promoting debut album ’New Born Lie’, a tour which has seen them play the length and breadth of the …

Hailing from different parts of America, it has not exactly been often that we in the UK have had a chance to see American Head Charge of late.  But with a reformed band and a new EP Shoot released now was definitely a good time to rekindle that flame. Just …

On the second night of their tour with American Head Charge, RSJ hit London town, and I took the opportunity to have a little catch up with them to see how things were going so far (first night accidents aside).  As you would expect from an RSJ interview it’s very …

I spoke to Fredrik, drummer with Amon Amarth before their gig in Birmingham on the Defenders of the Faith tour. Planetmosh: Your latest album, Deceiver of the gods was released in the summer.  How do you think the album sounds compared to the previous ones? Fredrik: I think it’s a …

In The Iron Grip Of Steve Asheim Florida death metallers Deicide return to the fray with In The Minds Of Evil, their 11th studio effort, released via Century Media Records. Recorded at AudioHammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof, the album boasts eleven tracks of blistering, blasphemous music, …

I spoke with Brock Lindow, singer with Alaskan band 36 Crazyfists to talk about the band, their tour and their next album.  Hear what he had to say with the player below….                

The Ocean – also known as The Ocean Collective, are currently on their part two tour, for their album ‘Pelagial’. The album is not just any old 10 to 12 song tracks but a 53 minute track masterpiece. Musically their album reflects a journey to the bottom of the sea, linking lyrically …

The boundary- pushing enthusiasts are still striving to take their music forward, with their new project just recently launched with the tranquil  and ambient alternative to their new album ‘Dead End Kings’ – ‘Dethroned and Uncrowned’. Damnation was also the anniversary of the album that revolutionized Katatonia; ‘Viva Emptiness’, as …

I managed to have a short interview/chat with Kobra Paige and Jasio Kulakowski shortly before their gig at Alter Ego, Manchester on the 5th November 2013. Here’s what they had to say: – Hello I’m Louise (AKA LouellaDeville) from Planetmosh. Thank you for taking the time to speak to us. …

It’s safe to say that we love speaking with Csaba Zvekan.  He’s a wonderfully warm, larger than life personality who is never afraid to give you his thoughts and more importantly is someone incredibly passionate about his music and metal in general.  He also never likes to sit still when it comes …

On the coldest day of the year so far, a black wind blew in from the north as Norwegian black metal legends Satyricon arrived on British shores as part of their European tour to promoted their self-titled eighth album. PM hooked up with front man Satyr before the band’s debut …

I spoke to Christopher Bowes and James Cartwright from Power metal band Gloryhammer at the end of their first UK tour to talk about how Chris formed the band, the writing of the album, the forthcomign Alestorm DVD, why Alestorm decided to do a cover of “In the navy” and …

I recently spoke to Liv Kristine, Lead singer with Leaves Eyes to talk about the band’s forthcoming album, Symphonies of the night, and their UK and European tour with Atrocity planned for early next year.. Listen to what she had to say using the player below..