Album Reviews

@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 …

Well this is the second NWOBHM band I have reviewed this week with them having to  both alter their names. The first was Weapon UK and now we have The Deep with a top drawer 4 track EP. An early version of The Deep came about in the early 80’s …

Existence is Futile is the lively 2014 release by Dublin trio Snowblind. As soon as you start to blast this E.P you can hear the different elements and influences the band has incorporated into their music. As sometimes is the case, bands influences can tend to get in the way …

Who can forget Goatwhore? From Sammy Duet‘s quip on the Relapse Records message board so long ago “I’m going to start a band and call it Goatwhore” to today’s mayhemic brutal machine, Louisiana’s purveyors of musical insanity have bluntly carved a well-deserved niche for themselves within extreme metal’s upper echelon. …

“Bloody Hammers are a heavy rock band from Transylvania County, North Carolina.” Their latest ten-song disc, Under Satan’s Sun, was released in 2014 on Napalm Records. “Although commonly viewed as gothic rock, the band have incorporated elements of doom metal, stoner metal, and psychedelic rock.” By their name and the …

Second Rate Angels are a four piece from Hemel Hempstead, England (a place not known for metal… lol!).   They have been a  hard working band since late 2011 with a load of gigs under their belts, and they have just released their debut EP, ‘The Lost Days’. This EP is …