Pelgrim is a 5 headed band from Tilburg (Netherlands). They are growing fast and only with less than 2 years in existence, are making big progress. With a mix of styles like prog, djent and hardcore, they bring forth a good example of the younger metal scene in the Netherlands. …
Read More »Interview with Erik Danielsson of Watain
With the recent release of Watain‘s sensational new album, “The Wild Hunt“, PlanetMosh had the opportunity to conduct an interview with enigmatic frontman, Erik Danielsson. How do you think “The Wild Hunt” differs from earlier albums? It has different songs, different sound, different lyrics and different artwork. You refer …
Read More »Battlecross Interview with Tony Asta, August 2013
Chicken Fighting With Battlecross Battlecross is a band from the rust-belt suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. In 2005, the nascent band crafted up a few tunes and self-released a demo. What a difference a few years makes: by 2013, they’ve been signed to Metal Blade Records, and have partied like rock …
Read More »Aces High Festival 2013, Nottingham
Having never been to The Doghouse venue Carlton, Nottingham before I didn’t know what to expect when I rolled up for The Aces High Festival 2013: 24th and 25th August 2013. The Doghouse turned out to be a smaller concert venue about 2 miles outside Nottingham (on the lilac bus …
Read More »Floor Jansen (Revamp & Nightwish) interview
I spoke on the phone with Floor Jansen, founder and lead singer of Revamp, and currently the singer with Nightwish (although it’s yet to be seen if she becomes their permanent new singer). We talked about the new Revamp album (Wild Card) which has just been released, the band’s upcoming …
Read More »Bullet For My Valentine + Bring Me The Horizon + Gojira – Belsonic, Custom House Square, Belfast – August 21, 2013
Belsonic is what is referred to in modern parlance as a “boutique” festival: taking place in Belfast’s Custom House Square, a man made auditorium, close by the River Lagan, with apartment blocks to the front and one side of the stage, and the imposing edifice of the Custom House from which …
Read More »Hornets + No Spill Blood + PigsAsPeople – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast – 23 August 2013
Tonight’s gig in this former whiskey bonding house come music resource centre is somewhat appropriately branded as ‘Distillation 03’, being as it is the third in the series of special showcase events supported by sponsorship from Bushmills Irish Whiskey… well, such an synergistic association doesn’t really need to provide much …
Read More »Monsters Of Rot III – Letterbreen – 24 August 2013
The car park of a country pub in what we in this part of the universe refer to as ‘the arse-end of nowhere’ may seem an unusual location for an extreme metal event, but here we are: in a tent, in the pissing rain, at the back of a pub …
Read More »Torche + Axis Of + Dott – Voodoo, Belfast – 22 August 2013
Over the past couple of years, Voodoo – a converted restaurant just off Belfast’s main shopping thoroughfare – has become one of my favourite venues in my home city. Having rapidly established itself as the hangout of choice for a large proportion of the local rock and metal fraternity, it’s …
Read More »TORCHE, AxisOf, Dot – Voodoo Belfast 22/08/13
A selection of photographs from the recent Torche concert at Voodoo Belfast Photographs by Paul Verner www.livei.co.uk
Read More »Uli Jon Roth – The Box, Crewe – 17/08/2013
2013 has been a very busy year for Uli Jon Roth with over 100 gigs scheduled and he made his second visit in 12 months to The Box in Crewe last Saturday. It was the first of 2 gigs in 2 days (the other at the Diamond in Sutton-In-Ashfield) before …
Read More »Týr – Interview with Heri Joensen
With their seventh album, ‘Valkyria’, due for release next month, Planet Mosh chats to Heri Joensen, vocalist and guitarist with Faroese folk metallers Týr: Heri-Joensen-Interview ‘Valkyria’ is released on Metal Blade on September 16. Týr play the following dates in the UK and Ireland with Finntroll: Monday September 30 – Epic TV …
Read More »Year of the Goat – Little Devil, Tilburg, Netherlands -16/08/2013
Take some old school rock like Wolfmother and The Sword, add some lyrics about black magic, rituals and exorcism, add a pinch of influences from some obscure seventies bands as Coven and you have something that sounds just like Year of the Goat. This band puts a great effort into …
Read More »Bloodstock Open Air 2013 – An insight
Bloodstock Open Air 2013 marks the 6th consecutive time that I have personally attended the festival and over these years I’ve seen the festival change in many ways, good and bad. In the past the cleanliness of the Bloodstock toilets has ranked as the worst festival toilets that I have …
Read More »Bloodstock Open Air 2013 Review – Sunday 11th August
Today I decided to check out Sacred Mother Tongue whose name seems to be haunting me. To be honest I was quite underwhelmed by them and felt that they would pack more of a punch with a more aggressive approach especially in their vocals. I personally thought that the performance …
Read More »Lamb of God interview
On the Saturday at Bloodstock, we were lucky enough to get an interview with Mark Morton, guitarist with Lamb of God. Unfortunately the band’s other commitments plus the fact things were running late meant that the interview was kept very short. Lamb of god interview
Read More »Gama Bomb – Empire Music Hall, Belfast – Saturday August 17th 2013
Although they don’t play their native Ireland on a regular basis, Gama Bomb were tonight returning to Belfast for the second time in around eight months, this time finding themselves in the rather sedate surroundings of the Empire Music Hall: as its name suggests, this converted church is used to …
Read More »Gama Bomb – Interview with Philly Byrne and John Roche
Planet Mosh chats with vocalist Philly Byrne and guitarist John Roche of Irish thrashers Gama Bomb in a noisy backstage area at Belfast’s Empire Music Hall, where the band were playing the second of two shows on one of their rare visits to their homeland. The interview starts by talking …
Read More »Maverick – Limelight 2, Belfast – Saturday August 17th 2013
There’s a saying about a week being a long time in politics, but in the music business a year can be very short – and that can certainly be said of Belfast upstarts Maverick, for whom this return to the legendary Limelight for their second headline slot in as many …
Read More »Fahran interview – Bloodstock 2013
Friday at 6pm saw Fahran’s debut at Bloodstock on the New Blood Stage. Having already played an acoustic set at Download this year, now was an opportunity for us to see what they could bring to an electric set and if you saw their set at Bloodstock I’m sure you’ll …
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