Opinion

There is a chill in the air in our nation’s capital on this grim Thursday evening. The first real signs that the Indian Summer is coming to a close are evident. How fitting that Children Of Bodom, the Warriors of the Northern Ice wastelands have arrived to break the necks …

Tonight’s gig – unbeknownst in advance – turned out to be something of a victory for live music here in Belfast.  Despite its history as the premier rock venue in the city, the Limelight (now with the suffix ‘2’ to signify the fact that it is the smaller of the …

Tonight’s gig at the Garage was headlined by Gloryhammer, with supports coming from Dendera and Darkest era (who have been the supports on the whole UK tour) plus a local support band, Death Valley Knights. Death Valley Knights opened the night with a very good set.  When a 4 band …

The Diamond Rock Club, buried deep in the County Antrim hills, seems to be the venue of choice for Glaswegian troupe Attica Rage to end up their tours, as this is the second such occasion they’ve chosen the best li’l rock club on the island of Ireland to host their …

Just one month after the release of their third album – Spirit, Finnish Glam Rock band Reckless Love came over to the UK for a 9 date UK tour. The opening night conveniently (for me) being at Manchester Academy 3. Support came in the form of Australian born Laura Wilde …

I recently caught up with 3 members from the band Attica Rage at The Classic Grand in Glasgow, before their performance for their 88mph tour. The band discuss the tour, festivals, trying to get a copy of their 88mph album around the world within 88 days amongst other things. Attica …

The wolf pack head out on their Wolfsnächte European tour, establishing their dominant position within the power metal genre. Tonight is their only UK date at the famous Underworld venue in London. German band Majesty kicked the night off. Manowar style metal can be a bit cheesy (ok very cheesy at …

Tonight was a night I was really looking forward to. For Scottish grunge rock/metal band Afterlife showcasing new songs from their forthcoming debut album “Omega“. It would also be a night I was looking forward to see support act Christie Connor-Vernal perform with her new band, and not on her …

Velvet Star was formed in East Yorkshire, back in 2007 by brothers Danny and Corey Jones. Several line up changes, and a change in direction, have seen the brothers decide to call it a day and move on with new venture Deadaudiosaints. To thank loyal fans Velvet Star didn’t just …

I took the last possible opportunity to ask brothers Danny and Corey Jones, from Velvet Star, a few questions about why they had decided to call it a day with Velvet Star and continue in their new venture, Deadaudiosaints. You two founded Velvet Star back in 2007? Danny: Yeah, it’s …

I recently caught up with Scottish band Afterlife prior to their debut album showcase gig at the Garage’s second venue, the G2 in Glasgow. The band discuss the making of their debut album “Omega”, the touring life, and reveals some exclusive news to PlanetMosh. Afterlife are: Pete McCoy – Vocals …

Monday Night in The Pint was the temporary home of Exhumer, Dyscarnate, Hour of Penance and Psycroptic. Although the line up was promising the turn-out was not all that great and I will have something to say about that too at the end. First up were Italian band Exhumer. Now, …

Following the success of their last UK tour, Skid Row are heading back to our stages for a co-headlining tour with Ugly Kid Joe which kicks off in Southampton on 22 October.  I caught up with one of the founding members, Rachel Bolan to talk about the upcoming tour, the …

Blackwater are a hybrid band formed of a Brit and two Swedes, which cannot make arranging band practise either an easy or cheap affair. At last they have brought themselves to singer/guitarist Jay Bartlett’s home country for their first UK gig, after a selection of shows in Sweden and to …

For this live review I would like to say first of all, I missed support act Samuel Taylor due to doing an interview with The Temperance Movement during his set. Sorry Sam, but for the record a few days later I did manage to catch Sam at the Newcastle gig, …

With a 37 year career and at least 30 major releases behind him, influential guitarist Pat Travers knows a few things about music, guitar, and ‘the business’. PlanetMosh’s Iris North was delighted to have the opportunity to pick his brain, regarding his fantastic new album Can Do, his upcoming tour, …

With their new album ” Kings Of Carnage” sitting rather nicely in the German album chart, we decided to brave the blood soaked, gorefest that is Debauchery the band and dig deeper to find out exactly what makes frontman Thomas tick.     Firstly, welcome to Planetmosh and thanks for …

I recently caught up with three members of The Temperance Movement in the grand, recently refurbished and rather plush dressing room in Glasgow’s Oran Mor. Guitarist Paul Sayer, Bassist Nick Fyffe, and Vocalist Phil Campbell kindly gave me some of their time before taking to the stage to perform. The …

The Crunch release their debut album ‘Busy making noise’ at the end of October.  We spoke to band member Sulo Karlsson to ask about the band and their album.. OK for anyone unfamiliar with The Crunch could you give us a quick overview of who the band is? It’s me, …

As a venue The Borderline ticks many boxes, a nice intimate size, different viewing levels, decent toilets and of course the fantastic Crobar is right next door, with pre-gig happy hour prices. It was there, that over the summer Sons of Icarus almost became the resident band with a run …