@planetmosh reviews .@LionizeMusic and .@clutchofficial. Wednesday night saw the arrival of the Earth Rocker World Tour in Glasgow, and the sold out crowd at the 02 ABC were more than ready to let Clutch know it was about time. Fans started queuing three hours before Clutch were due to take …
Read More »The Answer interview with Cormac Neeson, May 2014
Planetmosh chat with Cormac Neeson, vocalist from The Answer about their latest tours, album and more… Your latest album ‘New Horizon’ came out in September, how has the reception been? The album ‘Rise’ broke the market for you guys, opening a lot of doors and the reaction to the album …
Read More »The Robert Cray Band – Barbican Centre, London – 6th May 2014
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 …
Read More »BC Bass Relay inteview with Charles Tibbles & Donald Campbell
It’s not often we have a special event on in Falkirk, however tonight we got to witness the handover of ‘The Purple Beauty‘ at the end of this stage in the BC Bass Relay*. I spoke to Charles Tibbles and Donald Campbell about the Bass Relay, who and where ‘The Purple …
Read More »IKillYa – Limelight 2, Belfast 03/05/2014
The last time New York’s IKillYa played Belfast, they nearly didn’t – as the venue they were scheduled to appear at closed just a few days before they were due to grace its stage. Fortunately, in the true spirit of metal camaraderie, another promoter stepped into the breach, a few …
Read More »John Coghlan talks to Planetmosh.
John Coghlan, former drummer and founder member of Status Quo, took time out from his very busy schedule to chat with me, Dave Bradbery of Planetmosh. Covering topics from ‘how it all began’, to the making of the ‘Live’ double album recorded at the Glasgow Apollo over three nights in …
Read More »Anti-Nowhere League – 100 Club, London, 24th April 2014
I first saw the Anti-Nowhere League (ANL) by accident (or divine intervention) at Ivory Blacks in Glasgow back in March 2011. I had to go to Glasgow so had a look to see what was going on, saw ANL were playing, watched ‘So What’ on YouTube, decided it would be …
Read More »Damaged Stock 2014 – 26th April 2014
Damaged stock 2014 @EvilScarecrowUK@Rock_City_Notts@epilepsyaction@emperor_chung@DamageScape@tentontabby@ObzidianMetal@Pandemik_666 Outside lurks daylight, in Rock citys basement however, it s dark and Riff Bastard have descended upon the stage to entertain the crowd hiding like vampires with a taste for metal, its time to awaken, it’s time to feed. Its Damaged Stock 2014 and all proceeds …
Read More »Coldwar + Overoth + Killface – Dublin, Voodoo Lounge 26/04/2014
It’s good to get out of the country now and again, and so it was that I gladly accepted an invitation to forsake my normal Saturday routine of a late afternoon of premier local metal followed by an evening of avoiding the local smiks back in Belfast to head south of …
Read More »Fallen Mafia & Bulletproof Rose – The Snooty Fox, Wakefield: 19th April 2014
Having seen both Bulletproof Rose and Fallen Mafia a couple of times before, but not on the same billing. I was pleased to see that they were both playing at The Snooty Fox in Wakefield over Easter, when I was already planning to visit my parents. The Snooty Fox is …
Read More »Kvelertak interview with Erlend Hjelvik – April, 2014
Norwegian black’n’roll metal team Kvelertak have just finished their UK tour. I had possibility to catch them in Glasgow, where they gave us an ass-kicking show. During the chat just before the gig, the band’s vocalist Erlend Hjelvik shared his thoughts about the concerts, music and owls. So, how are …
Read More »Evil Scarecrow Interview for PlanetMosh, April 2014
Planetmosh reporter Lulu spoke to Evil Scarecrow‘s Brother Pain and Dr. Hell, Damaged Stock Fest at Rock City (Nottingham) prior to them taking to the stage as headliners.
Read More »Kvelertak – The Cathouse, Glasgow – 22/04/2014
.@Kvelertak , @woundsband and @empressad show in Glasgow reviewed by @AnybodyBC for @Planetmosh Tuesday, the 22nd of May, the day just after the long Easter weekend, when everybody’s getting back to work and still not feeling in the mood for the return to the grind. Oh well, Glaswegians had a …
Read More »Scott Stapp and Voodoo Six, London, 23 April 2014
@Planetmosh reviews @ScottStapp and @VoodooSix show at the Electric Ballroom, London, April 2014. Thoroughly encouraged by how good this gig was going to be I arrived at the Electric Ballroom full of expectation. Having been the lead singer of Creed one of the ten most successful US bands of the 2000s, …
Read More »Exmortus Interview for PlanetMosh, April 2014
Following successful North American back-to-back tours with Dark Tranquillity and Lich King, California’s young “powershred” foursome Exmortus decided to have a wee chat with PlanetMosh. Summarizing Slave to the Sword, these ten tracks have a thrash metal backbone, abrasive or ‘harsh’ vocals, and every song is packed to the hilt …
Read More »Arkona interview with Masha “Scream” – April 2014
Arkona is definitely one of the most remarkable metal bands from Russia. Those who have seen these pagan metallers in their boiling energetic live shows, know that this is something hard to forget. The same goes for their music and to prove that once again, Arkona is presenting the new …
Read More »Sharon Den Adel, Within Temptation interview, April 2014
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 …
Read More »Vampire Interview for PlanetMosh, April 2014
Vampire is a dark, heavy metal band from Sweden. Formed in 2011, the band released their sole demo in 2012. On the strength of that demo, and about 12 live shows, the band signed to Century Media Records. Currently waiting for just the right tour deal to come along, Vampire …
Read More »Glenn Hughes interview, April 2014
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. …
Read More »Metalfest IV – Ahoghill, Diamond Rock Club 21/04/2014
You know, I can think no better way of spending Easter Monday – for those of you not familiar with it, the end of a weekend of celebrations dedicated to the ancient Semitic goddess of love, war (aren’t they one and the same thing?), fertility and sex – than ensconced …
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