Album Reviews

From the ashes of Obey come the firestorm of Collapser from Stoke-On-Trent. Citing their influences as Pantera, Gojira, Mastodon and American Head Charge as they release their debut single ‘Planet Opioid’. Of course their are still elements of Obey in there which keeps me happy but Collapser are a heavier …

At last Bastette (the Egyptian goddess of protection) finally release their highly expected four track EP Awakening via Rock People Management and it’s well worth the wait to say the least. The Blackburn based alternative rockers were formed in 2019 by lead vocalist/songwriter Caroline Eve Kenyon. Opening with the strongest …

Formed in Derby 2014, These Wicked Rivers add another spotlight stealing song to their catalogue with new track ‘Lonely Road’ released via Rock People Management to celebrate their month long tour in October supporting Hayseed Dixie and it’s available to stream as well as a physical CD which will be …

What does the third full length offering from this international collaboration bring to the table? The answer dear Planetmosh reader, is OLD SCHOOL DEATH METAL! 10 tracks of it too.. Now I have to admit to have been ignorant of this band until now, but rest assured I’ll not be …

Three great tracks from the era of trilobites, ammonites and Eurypterids… Just to clarify, this isn’t a recording that has recently been unearthed in a palaeontological dig somewhere! This is in fact a release from earlier this month by US blackened death metal trio Silurian. It may only be three …

Look out! They’re back! The Hot Damn, the four fiesty females replace LOL with ‘Live,Laugh,Love’, their latest single out now! It follows their debut single ‘Dance Around’ and follow up ‘I Didn’t Like You Anyway’ to make my ears think they’re the UK version of The Runaways. Quite rightly they …

Prepare to be blown away by the Wreckage Vol.2 , latest album from Orange County, California based band Robert Jon And The Wreck due for release on September 30th 2022 on Joe Bonnamassas’s record label KTBA (Keeping The Blues Alive). It’s a collection of exclusive in-studio and live concert performances …

There’s a new guitar hero coming around the bend as Troy Redfern throws a lucky six as he releases his sixth studio album The Wings Of Salvation on Red 7 Records on September 23rd 2022, following The Fire Cosmic album that lit up 2021 with its sheer audacity! It’s a …

Formed in 2019 by lead vocalist/songwriter Caroline Eve Kenyon, Blackburn based alt-rock band Bastette (The Egyptian Goddess Of Protection) release new single ‘Fiction’ taken from their four track EP Awakening via Rock People Management on September 30th 2022. It’s an eerie song, point proven by Caroline saying “Fiction is about …

Old musicians rule, ok! Point proven by the debut CD single ‘Shangri-La/Gypsy Blood’ from Crossover, taken from their debut album The Endless Road. They formed in 2017 by guitarist Paul Gaskin (Gaskin) and drummer Gary Pearson (Vardis). Line up changes resulted in new members joining as the single begins with …

Shake The Roots, the fifth studio album from Tyler Bryant And The Shakedown has just been released via their own record label Rattle Shake Records since leaving Spinefarm Records for more control of their music. Frontman Tyler Bryant formed his first band at 15 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee in …

Let’s shout out a big “Hell yeah” for the return of Robert Jon And The Wreck as they give us a taster of their forthcoming new studio album Wreckage Vol.2 by releasing ‘Rescue Train’, a brand new single taken from it. Formed in Orange County, California, 2011, the album will …

Mumbai, India metal returns courtesy of the most metal Sahil ‘Demonstealer’ Makhija the driving force behind the wheel of Demonic Resurrection with their sixth studio album Decades Of Darkness as it celebrates two decades of the band. The album consists of four single releases and four instrumental versions of the …

Staffordshire based The Midwich Affair step away from their usual high energy covers gigs to record another attention grabbing original song as they hit hard and heavy with the utterly bonkers new single release of ‘Energy’, something we all need these days if we can afford it. This tune to …

Stoke On Trent based The Revenants were a revelation as they put the power into power trio when I caught them play at The Rigger in May this year with an incendiary performance and they’ve channelled that vibe in the studio with their latest single ‘Mutiny + Griffin Castle’. ‘Mutiny’ …

Another day and another band that almost slipped passed my radar until fellow Planetmosh collleague Alex English put Dirty Honey my way. Formed in Los Angeles in 2017 the quartet have come on in leaps and bounds as they release their fourteen track debut release ‘Dirty Honey EP/LP’ on Dirt …

With their first concept album, and first to feature Waclaw “Vogg” Kieltyka can Machine head match the heights of “The Blackening”? As far as Machine Head go, most people will say that “Burn My Eyes” and “The Blackening” are peerless, and by far the best in their back catalogue. And …