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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 …

Over the past three decades or so, Darren Wharton has been a regular visitor to these shores, both as a member of Thin Lizzy – into whose ranks he was recruited, at the tender age of 17, by the late, great Phil Lynott, and with whom he remained until the …

.@louelladeville_ @planetmosh review .@noizelevelcriti .@RAPCAUK .@doomsdayoutlaw .@psychobabylon1 .@littlemammothuk .@SpillSixteen .@TeenageCasketCo .@exitstate .@TheGDEs .@SuicideTuesday  .@dirtboxdisco .@DeadAudioSaints .@HBHuk .@rockandpoleuk NLC/RAPCA Festival now in it’s fourth and final year (but see below), although the first and therefore the last time for me, took place at The Maze, Nottingham over the May Day Bank Holiday …

Perhaps best known to a certain generation as the keyboard player with Irish brawl ‘n’ roll legends Thin Lizzy, Darren Wharton simultaneously has pursued a successful career with his own band Dare. With his commitments to what many may argue as being the “tribute” version of Lizzy, Wharton has had …

Dubliners Killface have been kicking up dust on the Irish scene for quite a few years now, and even more so since the release of their acclaimed debut album, ‘Feeding The Dead’, at the end of last year. Having ventured south of the border recently to find out what all …

Northern Irish death metallers Overoth have been somewhat quiet of late.  They’ve been secreted away writing material for their forthcoming third album, which the band themselves admit is their most ambitious yet… PlanetMosh sat down with guitarist Daniel before their recent ‘comeback’ show to discuss the project and find out …

Saturday 10th May was the final of the Bloodstock Metal to the Masses Ireland competition. So, while most people were at home watching the Eurovision (Gobshites), Fibber Magees was packed with metal lovers, coming to show their support for all the bands vying for a spot on the Bloodstock stage. …

Having seen Dirt Box Disco a couple of times and having the pleasure of reviewing their latest album Bloonz there was no way I was going to miss the launch of the said album having rated it top marks with five (golden) stars! This was to be the second launch …

.@louelladeville @planetmosh interview with Animal from .@antinowhere @club100London Punk Rock Legend, Animal (Nick Culmer) from the Anti-Nowhere League chats to PlanetMosh after their show at 100 Club, London on 24th April 2014 about amongst other things their non-appearance on Top of the Pops, their lyrics, Sonisphere and Jimmy Saville. I …

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 …

.@louelladeville_ @PlanetMosh interview with .@B_P_R_Band after their gig at .@snootyfoxlive on 19th April 2014. Bulletproof Rose, a hard rock band from West Cumbria, talk to PlanetMosh after their gig at The Snooty Fox, Wakefield to give us an introduction to the band, tell us who’s who, influences etc. and what’s …

@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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …