Album Reviews

If I was to name any French rock/metal bands I would only know Trust, Gojra or Shakin Street and now there is Nightmare, a very welcome addition to the list. I don’t really know why they have not crossed my path before as they were formed way back in 1979 …

German 80s metal band Grave Digger are releasing their latest album, “Return of the reaper” on 14th July 2014.  It’s their seventeenth studio album – since they released their debut album in 1984, they’ve released albums every year or two (except for a six year split at the end of …

This lavish re-issue of VS’s 1998 opus is very much – as it was originally – a companion piece to the also re-packaged ‘The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell I+II (reviewed here:  http://planetmosh.com/virgin-steele-the-marriage-of-heaven-and-hell-iii/) – and indeed serves as the third instalment of what eventually would become a quartet of themed …

There’s a saying about first impressions being misleading, and this certainly was the case the first time that this reviewer listened to the latest, sixth full-length offering from Atlanta’s finest musical export.  The initial wave of reaction which not so much swept over me but lapped mildly at my ankles …

 @planetmosh reviews Eyes by .@therocketdolls The eponymous debut album can often be many years in the making and for The Rocket Dolls this has certainly been the case, for those who know the band it has been a hell of a fight, but good things come to those who wait …

@planetmosh reviews Paint Me The Devil by .@fireredempress Birmingham hard rockers FIRE RED EMPRESS have released their debut EP, Paint Me The Devil and it’s a glorious head on collision of Queens of the Stone Age rock coupled with Muse-like vocal harmonies. It doesn’t half pack a wallop too, for all …

It could be argued that, over the past 30 years, Virgin Steele have been one of the most maligned, under-rated and controversial – the latter in respect of the fact that they divide fans straight down the middle of the love ’em or hate ’em divide – metal bands of …

Russian Pagan Folk metal band Arkona were founded in 2002, and in the last few years have been starting to build a larger following in Europe and other parts of the world, helped by several tours and a date at the Metal Female Voices Fest where they won over a …

“Bloodbath at the disco” is the second album from South Wales rock band Psycho Kiss.  Like Triaxis (also from South Wales), they have a classic rock/metal sound, although whereas Triaxis are more classic metal, Psych Kiss are more classic hard rock. Like Triaxis they have a talented female singer with …

Flight 49 are a four piece hard rock band from Llandudno in North Wales.  Formed in 2011, they started work on their debut EP in 2013 and it’s now finally here – That smell of sweat and sin. Brief comments on a couple of tracks… “Rage” opens with a piano …

If you have ever been to a Rob Zombie concert, you will know it is more than an event, it is a spectacle, an extravaganza, and all that and more is captured in his first concert film ‘The Zombie Horror Picture Show’. This feature-length concert film, recorded live over two …

At first glance I was not entirely convinced there was a genuine reason for this release, after all the guitar legend scooped Prog Magazine’s 2013 Progressive Music Award for “Event Of The Year” following another Genesis Revisited sell out performance at London’s Hammersmith Apollo. So why the release of a …

.@Planetmosh @AnybodyBC reviews ‘Perfect Cult’ by @deathstars released via @nuclearblasteu Deathstars came to the heavy music scene 14 years ago and their musical style varies from gothic metal to industrial synth death rock. Confused? Oh well, I think you might find everything mentioned above in their music. These Swedish guys have …

Powerwolf, for those who are unfamiliar with the German quintet, are a power metal band who write about over the top religious imagery and of werewolves and demons. They also do it with a grandiose tongue in cheek and the last 3 albums ‘Bible of the Beast’, ‘Blood of the …

@planetmosh reviews Pronto by .@Jamesonmusic Every so often you go to a gig having never heard of the support act and leave feeling like you witnessed the beginning of something pretty huge.  This happened to me on Monday night, when I turned up at Edinburgh’s Liquid Room to see Rival …

The Starling Radicals are a fairly new band from South Wales, who only formed a year and a half ago, but who have already released their first mini-album, The World Outside.  The plan is for them to release a full album soon which will contain the six tracks from this …

At this years Download festival one of the bands I saw really impressed me with their live performance that just stood out from the crowd – The Bosshoss.  Dressed as cowboys their rock is mixed with country and Blues amongst other things.  Throw in a horn section, washboards and castanets …

Peter Frampton’s latest release has an unusual background – Ballet.  In April 2013 the Cincinnati Ballet performed two segments to some of Peter Frampton’s music before doing a third segment to new music from Peter Frampton, with Frampton and his band performing live for all three segments.  That new music …

.@louelladeville_ @PlanetMosh review of Embrace The Strange by .@Psychobabylon1 released via Plague Dog Records. Psychobabylon released second album Embrace The Strange via Plague Dog Records on 1st May 2014. Formed in 2009 in Selby, West Yorkshire the band have supported the likes of Girlschool and (one of my faves – …

Hmmm, how to describe Dick Venom & The Terrortones?   Well one description might be Psychobilly.  In case you haven’t come across Psychobilly before, it’s best described as a blend of Rockabilly and Punk rock. Throw in a healthy dose of Horror movies or B movies and that gives a rough …