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To celebrate the release of their album The False Awakening in January Collibus held an album party at Satans Hollow, Manchester on the Thursday before Easter. Getting the party started were Vice, a four piece heavy metal band from Bury. Opening with Rise Up, Ishmail playing a six string bass …

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 …

Birthdays and anniversaries are important milestones, often forgotten at peril (which probably partly explains why my ex-wife is just that!), and so Belfast hardcore heroes By Any Means decided to mark five years together with a suitably celebratory bash at the city’s most famous rock venue. Chosen to open proceedings …

Beholder arrived in town as part of their Weekend Warriors tour recently with Cambion as their touring support band and with two local  bands also on the bill.  Just to make it an even better night one of the local support bands is 15 Times Dead featuring none other than PlanetMosh’s …

Wizz Wizzard answers a few questions to supplement our review of Rock Lives On by Wizz Acoustic. You were a radio DJ at the tender age of 12. That’s really young and very impressive. How did you get into DJing? Wizz: I was impressed bout some DJ’s here when I got to …

Another night at The Forum in Kentish Town and another sold out show.  Given that this was the last night of the UK section of their touring schedule this was one hell of a way for Halestorm to say goodbye to their UK fans.  The Smoking Hearts were up first …

Plainview are a charismatically mental, tour hungry band who are new to the live music circuit with this being only their sixth ever gig (as a band). With their debut album already in the bag (literally in my case), they are out touring it in various locations across England and …

@Planetmosh interviews Joe from @Halestorm With sold out shows in the UK it is fair to say that this part for Halestorm’s current tour was a raving success.  Ending this leg of the tour at The Forum in London, Planetmosh spoke to Joe (guitar) about life on the road, the craziest …

@Planetmosh interviews @shayleybourget from @DayShell Despite being a very new band, this was the second time Dayshell were playing in the UK, and having one of those shows a sold out gig in at The Forum in London is definitely not bad going.  Before their set Planetmosh spoke to Shayley …

@Planetmosh @TheWildhearts  @HeyHelloMusic @VHBROZ When I saw how big the que was outside of Rock City in Nottingham, I just knew straight away we were in for a good night! Getting there fairly early, I made my way into the venue and settled myself down. I’d found a great spot to see everything, …

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

@planetmosh interviews .@beholderuk on their recent visit to Glasgow Over the past few weeks Beholder have undertaken a Weekend Warriors tour to various places around the UK.  We caught up with Simon Hall and Si Fielding when they hit Glasgow and, truthfully, we could happily let them talk until they …

@planetmosh interviews .@cambionuk on their recent trip to Glasgow Cambion have been taking part in the Weekend Warriors tour alongside behemoths Beholder and enjoying their unique “hospitality” on the road.  We sat down with the guys to discuss their first visit to Scotland, how they about and what lies ahead …

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

New to the live rock circuit, Plainview have taken a slightly different route having got their debut album recorded before playing any live shows. They are now taking that release out on the road in support of Martyr De Mona. PlanetMosh caught up with them before their London show Upstairs …

This wasn’t my first foray to a Status Quo concert. It was however my first time to see the ‘Frantic Four” line up that released the ‘real’ Quo albums (Hello, Dog of Two Head and Piledriver to name a few), that heralded heavy blues rock. No “whatever you want” or …

@PlanetMosh @LouellaDeville_ interview with @MidnightMob101 To supplement our review of their album These days, Midnight Mob have taken the time to answer some questions for us. I sent off my questions by email but as I’m over in the UK and they’re across a big ocean in the USA I can’t …

.@PlanetMosh reviews DevilDriver, @BleedFromWithin and @Sylosis in Belfast On the only previous occasion on which DevilDriver played Belfast – a month short of eight years ago – the local Free Presbyterian intelligentsia (the Norn Iron equivalent of the US’ moral minority/religious right) picketed the outdoor festival which they were headlining: …