The rootin, tootin, straight from the hip shootin, Oklahoma’s finest, Hillbilly Vegas return to the UK to bring some cool vibes for our boiling hot country with their ‘Feels Good’ single, taken from a forthcoming album, just in time for them to celebrate Independence Day on July 4th, also taking …
Read More »Spades GT-United-Album Review-Planetmosh
Welcome back Spades GT from Toronto, Canada, who have just released ‘United’ their latest studio album, proclaiming “We’re Spades GT from Toronto, Canada. We’ve come to save rock and roll”. This is no bullshit as these eight songs crossover with punk, thrash or just good old rock and roll, point …
Read More »Vanitas-Eclipse-Single Review-Planetmosh
As if it’s not hot enough already, here come Vanitas with their brand new single ‘Eclipse’ to melt our heads even more! The Birmingham based bombastic five piece band obliterate with ease, as in just under four frantic minutes they immediately grabbed my attention and it stayed there, as this …
Read More »Ward XVI-Id3ntity-Album Review-Planetmosh
So, the wait is over as Ward XVI don’t just release their new studio album Id3ntity, they unleash it on Friday, July 11th via Earache Records. These thirteen bakers dozen songs are not for the faint hearted but I can guarantee you will have a rewarding listen. These songs will …
Read More »Letters To Burn-Shadows- Album Review-Planetmosh
A chance meeting in a local jazz and blues festival in Nantwich, Cheshire a few months ago got me talking about metal based music to Michael Morris, vocalist from Letters To Burn, who have recently released their new studio album Shadows. I’m not normally known for reviewing this sort of …
Read More »Ward XVI-At The Window-Single Review-Planetmosh.
Just when I thought Ward XVI had peaked with their last single, ‘We Are Legion’, Ward XVI release a third single, ‘At The Window’ taken from their upcoming studio album, Id3ntity,due for release on July 11th 2025 via Earache Records. They take it up a notch higher with a lead …
Read More »Jayler-‘Riverboat Queen’-Single Review-Planetmosh
Jayler’s monumental rise takes another leap as they fire out ‘Riverboat Queen’. My first aural battery from them came from playing at my local music venue, the Cosey Club in Haslington, not far from Crewe on April 6th, 2024 as part of the Sunday afternoon CozyZone events. They plugged in …
Read More »Robert Jon & The Wreck-“Keep Myself Clean”-Single Review-Planetmosh.
Robert Jon & The Wreck return with all guns blazing as the Orange County, California band release “Keep Myself Clean”, the final track from their upcoming studio album ‘Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes’ on August 22nd 2025. They can do no wrong with me as their material seems to set the …
Read More »The Damn Truth-Addicted-Single Review-Planetmosh.
Montreal, Canadian rabble rousers, The Damn Truth are back, releasing a new single ‘Addicted’, taken from their self titled studio album. Fronted by the unstoppable whirlwind that’s Lee-La Baum, the new single is a full on tub thumper that stomps around an almost spoken word lead vocal. Soul searching choruses …
Read More »Survivalist-Deathbed-Ft Alex Koelher-Single Review-Planetmosh
Belfast, Ireland based Survivalist unleash ‘Deathbed’, a song that you don’t just hear, you also feel it’s power, so it’s fitting that it’s released via Earache Records! It’s brutally brutal to say the least as this guttural, four hate fuelled mantra pummels your ears to shreds and the blood splattered …
Read More »Traction-“Boom”-Single Review-Planetmosh
Traction are definitely the main attraction, point proven by brand new single “Boom”,and certainly lives up to it’s title with ease. It’s definitely one for the headbangers,as the Wildhearts once said,“Riff after riff, after motherf**king riff!”. A broken glass chewed lead vocal ignites the song, especially in the choruses which …
Read More »Wailing Banshee-Lord Of The Flies-Single Review-Planetmosh
Thank God for the underground scene, point proven by myself accidentality finding ‘Wailing Banshee’ and their single ‘Lord Of The Flies’. Back in the day the upcoming UK bands were classed as NWOBHM, but now we have TNWOBHM, a more up to date offshoot who are raging away, and doing …
Read More »Starlite & Campbell-Everything-Single Review-Planetmosh
A warm welcome is well and truly deserved as the mad as hatters husband and wife duo, ‘Starlite & Campbell’ release a positively stunning new single ‘Everything’. At just over a minute and a half long, it’s the shortest review I’ve composed, but it’s almost beyond words due to it’s …
Read More »Underking-Fields Of Fire-Single Review-Planetmosh
All hail Maxwell Jeffries, the mad professor of metal, releasing ‘Fields Of Fire’, not a cover of the Big Country song but the third from their next upcoming release in 2025. It’s a moody, broody but also uplifting magnum opus of melodic metal that chugs on a sturdy main riff …
Read More »Gnawing Hunger-Caligula-Single Review-Planetmosh
There must be something in the water in Birmingham as Gnawing Hunger come back grinding their teeth, point proven by ‘Caligula’, their latest behemoth of a single. It’s an unrelenting, four frantic minutes of apocalyptic fury as a razor sharp intro explodes into an all consuming, bombastic metal assault, pinned …
Read More »Acid Claw-Crimes Against Imagination-EP Review-Planetmosh
Right from the off, Acid Claw got my attention as first impression reminded me of Spazztic Blurr, anyone remember them? Anyway I digress as the multi genre band from Reading, South Of England based noisy bastards Acid Claw have just released an over the top, six track EP titled Crimes …
Read More »Leaf Band UK-Pushing-Single Review-Planetmosh
Welcome back Stoke On Trent based quartet, Leaf Band UK. And it’s a very welcome one as they have just released ‘Pushing’, the first of two new songs from a two track EP, the second of which is ‘Pulling’. ‘They class themselves as, ” A real rock band – no …
Read More »Demon-Hole In The Sky-Official Lyric Video Single Review-Planetmosh
Iconic British heavy metallers Demon are pleased to unveil their new lyric video “Hole In The Sky”, taken from their latest studio album, “Invincible”, released on May 17th, 2024, via Frontiers Music Srl.The album will also be available as double blue vinyl on August 29th, 2025. They formed in Leek, …
Read More »Absolva-Justice-Album Review-Planetmosh
The wait is nearly over as Absolva, the powerhouse of hard rock and melodic metal, from Manchester, UK, are thrilled to announce the release of their new studio album, ‘Justice’. Set to drop on 16th May 2025, this album promises to be a monumental addition to the band’s discography, showcasing their …
Read More »Robert Jon & The Wreck-Dark Angel-Single Review-Planetmosh
Hot on the heels of their last single,‘Highway’,‘Robert Jon & The Wreck’ unleash ‘Dark Angel’, taken from forthcoming studio album ‘Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes’, due for release on August 22nd, 2025 via Journeyman Records. ‘Dark Angel’ has a main riff to die for as this gnarly single bodes well for …
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