Thank you to Mik, Garbriel and Lars from Seven Thorns for taking the time out to fill in this email interview. Mik Holm – Vocal/composer Gabriel Tuxen – Lead Guitar Lars Borup – Drums What does Seven Thorns stand for? Mik: We stand for pure power metal! Gabriel: Yup! …
Read More »Interview with Mats van der Valk, Autumn, November 2011
Ant May from Planetmosh recently asked Mats van der Valk, Guitarist with Dutch rock band Autumn a few questions to mark the release of their latest album, Cold Comfort – read the review on Planetmosh – http://www.planetmosh.com/autumn-cold-comfort/ Planetmosh: Your new album “Cold comfort” is due out in early November. Can …
Read More »Interview with Mario Hirzinger, Serenity, London October 2011
Ant May and Rowena Lamb for Planetmosh spoke to Mario Hirzinger, keyboard player with Serenity before they played Islington Academy in London as part of the “Out of the dark” tour featuring Amberian Dawn, Serenity, Xandria, Van Canto and Tristania. Planetmosh: Your last album, Death & Legacy came out earlier …
Read More »Evile, The Cathouse, Glasgow 21/10/11
Evile returns to conquer Glasgow whilst on tour to promote their latest album ‘Five Serpent’s Teeth’. The Cathouse was only about half full however the support bands local lads Circle Of Tyrant and London based Savage Messiah had whipped the crowd up into a frenzy for Evile taking the stage. …
Read More »Electric Boys, Jettblack, Dynazty, Miss Behaviour, Sencelled & Tainted Nation – 12/10/11
Tonights bill was a packed lineup – Sencelled, Dynazty, Tainted nation, Miss Behaviour, Jettblack, and Electric Boys – six bands. All apart from Jettblack had been touring together, but only London were lucky enough to get Jettblack. Sencelled were first up. Going on stage five minutes after the doors opened, …
Read More »METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST, BELGIUM, OCT 21/22/23 2011 (FESTIVAL)
The ninth annual gathering of Female Fronted Metal took place again at Oktoberhallen in the pretty Belgian town of Wieze. The festival kicked off on the Friday night with a three band lineup to ease everyone into the packed weekend ahead. First up were Greek power metallers BARE INFINITY (7/10), …
Read More »Annotations of An Autopsy – Wrexham’s Central Station 22/06/2011
Welcome to Central Station presenting Annotations of An Autopsy Opening up tonight’s proceedings are local upstarts Impaled Existence. With sounds similar to Whitechapple, I E set about the task of warming the crowd tonight on this hardcore metal bill. Setting about in the manor that you are accustomed to these …
Read More »Gareth Nugent vocalist from the Highway To Hell winning band Gentlemen Of Distorted Sound Email Interview
This is Lee Walker from www.PlanetMosh.com conducting an interview with Gareth Nugent vocalist from the Highway To Hell wining band Gentlemen Of Distorted Sound. LW – Firstly can I offer my congratulations on you winning the Highway To Hell event and landing prestigious slots on Hard Rock Hell, Hammerfest and …
Read More »Jona Nido, Coilguns Interview Oct 2011
Jona Nido from Coilguns gives us a introduction to the band, how their latest tour have went, and an overview of their album. Why did you pick the name Coilguns? Nothing extraordinary actually. We were looking for something short and that would somehow fit the music. So after a few …
Read More »Adrian Shapiro, Lo! Interview Oct 2011
Adrian Shapiro from Lo! gives us a introduction to Lo! and a brief track by track overview of their album “Lo and Behold”. Lo! Is Carl Whitbread – Guitar + BG Vocals Adrian Shapiro – Bass + BG Vocals Jamie-Leigh Smith – Vocals Adrian Griffin – Drums Why did you …
Read More »Henrik Klingenberg – Sonata Arctica Answers Your Questions
Henrik Klingenberg - Sonata Arctica Answers Your Questions
Read More »Apollyon-Wrexham Central Station,19/10/2011
Supporting Evile at this gig,2nd onstage on a 4 band bill,Apollyon shook the rafters of Central Station with a set of lightspeed technical thrash metal.The 3 piece from Queensferry took no prisoners with frontman/bassist Gareth Owen summoning the ever growing crowd to the front.With only a short set in front …
Read More »Evile-Wrexham Central Station,19/10/2011.
To put it bluntly,on the 10th date of an 18 date tour,Evile lay waste to the rabid Wrexham crowd on Wednesday night.The Central Station is getting a well deserved reputation for booking some killer bands and Evile are a worthy addition to that ever growing list. I’ve seen the so …
Read More »The Hawklords, The Ferry, Glasgow 15/10/11
The Hawklords returned to Glasgow after a very successful tour around Europe with Glasgow only being there third date on their UK leg of the tour. The Ferry is packed with Hawk fans both old and new ready to enjoy the show both visually and musically. The Hawklords line up …
Read More »Soil and Puddle Of Mudd, The Garage, Glasgow 18/10/11
When Triple G Music announced the co-headline concert with Soil and Puddle Of Mudd at The Garage, there was huge interest and it was nearly sold out a few weeks prior to the gig. The Garage when I arrived just after Dear Superstar & Verses had finished their set was …
Read More »Out of the Dark, Sunday 9 October – Islington Academy, London
Out of the Dark, Sunday 9 October – Islington Academy, London. Review by Rowena Lamb, photos and some additional reviewing by Ant May. As the days get shorter, the appropriately named Out of the Dark festival arrived in London bringing with it five great bands – Tristania, Van Canto, Serenity, …
Read More »Interview with Chris, Alestorm – Heidenfest, London, 11th October
Planetmosh: Your new album back through time came out earlier this year. Hows the album been doing? Chris: It’s sold three Billion copies which is pretty good – it means at least half the world has heard our music. You’d have thought we’d be richer by now because of that …
Read More »15 Times Dead Interview
Exclusive in-depth interview with 15 Times Dead inc the history behind the band, what they have been up to over the last few years, who they signed with in June this year ;), some new album details and their confirmed gigs and festivals for the remainder of this year and …
Read More »The Hawklords Interview, Glasgow 15th Oct 2011
I had the privilege of interviewing not just 1 of the legendary Hawklords but 7!! Yes 7 of them at The Ferry in Glasgow before their superb show. A huge thank you to Nik Turner, Steve Swindells, Jerry Richards, Ron Tree, Alan Davey, Adrian Shaw and Harvey Bainbridge for participating …
Read More »Evil Scarecrow interview – 15th October 2011
I talked to two members of Evil Scarecrow – Dr Rabid Hell (Vocals and Guitar) and Brother Dimitri Pain (Guitar) before they headlined the all day Metal fest at the Old Bell in Derby on October 15th. The guys wer great to talk to and discussed their next album which …
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