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Saturday night at Wembley arena was the scene for one of the most impressive nights of music the venue has seen. The event had advertised a whole host of stars – Doug Aldrich, Nicko McBrain, Phil Campbell, Tim Ripper Owens, Billy Duffy, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Corey Taylor, Glenn Hughes, …

Very soon after the doors opened, the first band took to the stage – “Sound storm” from Italy.  Despite having a male singer and a female singer, it quickly became clear that the female singer was going to play little part in the performance.  To be honest apart from some …

I catch up with guitarist Ben Varon from Amoral. This is their third time in the UK and ready to show off their melodic metal madness to UK citizens. They are currently on a European tour at the minute with Ensiferum and Profane Omen. You catch all the detail about …

I had the pleasure of catching up with Arthemis vocalist Fabio D for this interview about there new album ‘We Fight’ and their up and coming tour next month with I AM I. Fabio give us some basics about the band, the Italian music scene, influences writing and a track by …

I spoke to Tristania singer Mariangela Demurtas shortly before the band played the Camden Underworld as part of their European tour to talk about touring, progress on the new album, and more. You can listen to the interview using the player below..  

Ensiferum are currently on tour at the minute with special guests Amoral and Profane Omen. Ensiferum are promoting their newest release ‘Unsung Heroes’. Back again to the dark and dingy Moho Live in Manchester City Center, although it does have complete new decor. The venue is filling up nicely. There is a buzz …

September bank holiday weekend in Glasgow was, for a change, fairly clement when it’s usually drab and dreich as we say up here.  Not only were we cheered by the weather, we were also treated to a killer set from not just the headliners of the night, Halestorm, but also …

AreJay of US rockers Halestorm sat down with us on their trip to Glasgow at the start of their first headlining tour and gave us some insights on why they’re such a hard working band, playing with the likes of Godsmack and Evanesence and writing songs on the road. [youtube …

I had the pleasure of catching up with Julian Matejka, drummer for German outfit Over Your Threshold. The band’s debut album ‘Facticity’ was released earlier this month. Can you please introduce Over Your Threshold to the readers, please? Hi folks, we´re Over Your Threshold from Munich, Germany. We play what …

Sunday night saw a large gathering at the historic Royal Albert Hall for Superjam, presented by The Sunflower Jam (http://www.thesunflowerjam.com/) and what a night this would turn out to be!  Not only for the immensity of the line-up but also for the very cause we were all there to support; …

I had the pleasure of catching up with Adriano Troiano, bassist from Emerald. We find out more about the band, their influences, Adriano gives us a quick track by track description of all the tracks from “Unleashed”, what their plans are and so on. Can you please introduce the band to …

Sunday 16th September was the fourth heat of Molten Magazine’s Battle of the bands. The fourth stage of the competition was held in The Pint, Dublin. In each heat four bands will battle to win prizes and opportunities that most people would sell their mother for. Prizes for the winners …

I had the pleasure of catching up with Chris Sanders, guitarist from Knight Fury for this interview. We find out more about the band, their influences, debut album ‘Time to Rock’ , Chris gives us a quick track by track description of each track, what their plans are and so …

I caught up with Hampus Klang, lead guitarist from Bullet for a interview . Firstly, lets go back to 2001, what made you form Bullet as a band, were you all playing in the local scene in Sweden at the time? I was playing every day for many hours with …

I get the chance to catch up with Sponge the bass player from Electric River, after releasing their brand new EP ‘In Your Name’. There is talk of a new album and a tour in October…Enjoy! Lara Kisel – Electric River I have to say is a very intriguing name, …

They say the music business is about who you know and not what you know and on this occasion that rang true as I happened to know the right person to get me in and to him I am very grateful. Jake Bugg is a name if you have not …

What is the collective noun for a group of guitarists? In this case, may we proffer forth the description ‘an audience’ – as nearly every other person assembled for this Belfast stop-off on Firewind’s ten date UK and Ireland tour appeared to be a six-string slinger from one local metal …

Planetmosh: OK for anyone who hasn’t listened to Splintered Soul before, can you tell us a bit about the band? Chris: Splintered Soul are a dual-female-fronted 5-piece Metal band that produce a new subgenre we call ‘Cinematic Metal’. Established in 2006, we are a unique blend with an atypical background. …

Many countries jealously guard their culture and heritage – but when a band such as Leaves’ Eyes openly defy national boundaries, not only in terms of their membership but also in their lyrical inspiration, cultural identity becomes secondary to the new cultural infusion of symphonic heavy metal which draws its …

Planetmosh caught up with Disintegrate, and talked about the new album, future plans, influences et al.     Welcome to Planetmosh guys, fill us in on the history of the band, you formed in 2005 I understand?   Thank you for having us! The band started out in 2005, but …