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I met up with Luke Appleton, bass player in Iced Earth at Hard Rock Hell VI to talk about life on the road with Iced Earth, their upcoming World Dystopia tour and Belgium Beer.  Oh and cake, there’s always room for cake.     http://www.icedearth.com/        

Having played their set on Friday at Hard Rock Hell VI, I met up with BlackWolf who were chosen to play through Highway To Hell.  Their EP ‘Taking Root’ is available to buy so get onto their website and check it out.         Websites http://www.ukblackwolf.com/# https://www.facebook.com/ukblackwolf   …

In the middle of a European tour with Soil and Fozzy, I caught up with guitarist Danny Felice from Breed 77 literally right after their set on Sunday at HRH 6 to talk about their latest single ‘Drown’, gigs,  guitars, the Intrepid Fox (great venue) and King Diamond. Their new …

Things weren’t going too well at the start of this evening’s debut visit to their Irish diaspora of fans by Polish ‘legends’ Turbo. First of all, local support Bäkken – who less than a week earlier had officially launched their worthy ‘Death Of A Hero’ album – pulled out at …

There are many great guitar players in the world, a few of whom can be described as truly innovative – Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Richie Blackmore, Eddie Van Halen, David Gilmour and Joe Satriani are among the names that comes instantly to mind in this regard. There are …

As I made my way down to the House of Blues from my new home in Hollywood a few things were going through my head, “will my pass be there?” Was the first and most prominent as this show is my first in Hollywood in my official capacity as Planetmosh …

Walking into the Southampton venue, ‘Mo’Club’ I found myself confused as I approached. The venue is situated in between two car companies and in the middle of an industrial estate. The front of the venue includes a large image of a roller-skating disco venue with ‘Jiving’ and ‘Bollywood’ as themed …

I was lucky enough to catch up with vocalist and guitarist, Joe for Gojira before their gig at Southampton’s Mo’Club. We discuss their current tour in the UK and the new album L’Enfant Sauvage.

The night started with Blurred Vision.  No not from people drinking too much at the nearby Crobar – this is a Canadian band who are on tour in the UK and were last minute replacements for the band that had originally been supposed to open the bill but had to …

We grabbed a chat with the most excellent Illdisposed to talk about their current album, the state of the music industry in these troubled economic times, and the bands future plans. Firstly, many thanks for taking time to talk to us. Illdisposed can trace their roots back way back to …

The Arches in Glasgow is not renowned as a venue for metal bands to play. Its very design, part of the old railway arches under Glasgow Central Station, means playing anything loud tends to bounce from one end to the other and can make things sound very muddy. Thankfully however, …

After their set on Sunday I caught up with the lovely Kobra from Kobra and the Lotus, who are currently touring with Buckcherry.     Their self-titled debut album is available to buiy on iTunes and Amazon.  Don’t forget to also check out their latest video ’50 Shades Of Evil’ …

Adam Zadel of US rockers SOiL took time out when they came to Glasgow with Fozzy and Breed77 to chat to us about the tour and how progress on the new album is coming along. SOiL have launched an interactive pre-sale campaign on Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/soil/soil) to enable fans to participate …

Chris Jericho of US rockers FOZZY took time out when they came to Glasgow with SOiL and Breed77 to chat to us about the tour and how life is treating the form WWE wrestler. To see photos taken at the gig click here [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLl8uhImtDk&w=560&h=315] FOZZY are: Chris Jericho – …

  The night started with Gaz Brookfield, a singer songwriter who performs by himself with an acoustic guitar.  Despite being on early the venue was already busy, so there was a large crowd to watch his set.  His folk sound went down well with the crowd, and a song about …

It confounds me. No, it really annoys me. Actually, it makes me really fucking angry. OK, I know there’s a recession on and all that, but for four damn fine bands – including one who have travelled since the wee small hours to play the gig – to play to …

Testament came to Glasgow earlier in the week and absolutely destroyed it with a monstrous set as you can read from our review right here. Beforehand we had the opportunity to sit down with one of the band’s guitar maestros, Alex Skolnick, to discuss the tour and life in general. …

Ben Symons and Dale Butler of British metallers Malefice took time out when they came to Glasgow with Testament to chat to us about the tour and what they’ve been up to since their move to Transcend Music this year. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IQR3d34EfU&w=560&h=315] MALEFICE are: Dale Butler – Vocals Ben Symons – Guitar Andrew Wilson – …

Owain Williams and Richard Thomson of British orchestral groove metallers Xerath took time out when they came to Glasgow with Testament to chat to us about the tour and how they go about bringing their unique sound to the live shows [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyNXExi807I&w=560&h=315] XERATH are: Richard Thomson – Vocals Owain Williams – Guitar Christopher Clark …

With High Wycombe sleaze rockers Jettblack having recently finished their first UK headlining tour, in support of their sophomore ‘Raining Rock’ album, vocalist Will Stapleton is not about to take things easy…  Instead, he has taken to the stage again – but in a completely different role, as ‘The Voice …