Album Reviews

DevilDriver are a band I have been lucky enough to have known and loved from Day 1, from the first time I saw them play at London Underworld shortly after the release of the original self-titled album in 2003. Throughout the years we have been treated to some of the …

After witnessing the energy of this project on stage many times I have been looking forward to getting my hands on this album as soon as they mentioned its recording. Live Burial from Newcastle Upon Tyne, England is the UK’s answer for the general lack of straight up, decent old school death …

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the living and the undead I summon you on this occasion to witness my review of the spine tingling master’s first solo studio album since Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor, Mr Rob Zombie’s The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser (released 29/04/16). As …

Jeff Angell recently announced his latest project, Jeff Angell’s Staticland, and in turn their self-titled debut album, which was released on Friday 6th May 2016. Staticland came together as a result of Duff McKagans hiatus from Walking Papers, who is currently focusing his time on the reunion of the almighty …

Bonfire have been knocking around the hard rock scene for 30 years now and to celebrate their three decades of rock, they have released a double CD entitled ‘Pearls.’ You may think that this is just a collection of their greatest hits, with some rarities, alternate versions and other stuff on …

In the mid-Eighties, a band of five extremely different musicians of mixed musical and ethnic backgrounds sauntered out of the American midwest and into the international conscience.  Taking their name from the charismatic, and often enigmatic, lead singer, the Dan Reed Network engineered a combination of hard rock, funk and …

This is the fourth album from France’s BlackRain and it has been produced by Jack Douglas, a name that I’m sure will be familiar to PlanetMosh readers thanks to his work with such rock icons as Aerosmith and Cheap Trick. Due to his input the sound may be a little …

Prayers for the Damned is the new album from SIXX A.M., released on April 29th via Eleven Seven Music.  It is the fourth studio album from the band made up of bassist Nikki Sixx, guitarist DJ Ashba and James Michael, who takes on lead vocal, production and mixing duties.  The band are about …

British 90s Rockers, Last Great Dreamers, reunited a couple of years ago, and are releasing a new single, Glitterball Apocalypse, ahead of the release of their new album.  The band currently have a Pledgemusic campaign running to raise funds for the new album – http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/lastgreatdreamers. This is an incredibly catchy …

With the release of the new King King album, Reaching for the light, rapidly approaching (release date is 4th may), King King have released a single – Rush Hour. It’s not often you get a Blues rock band releasing a radio edit of a song – in fact it’s not …

Aluk Todolo are peddlers of occult rock, if you are not familiar with the term occult rock, just imagine a Hammer House of Horror movie with a heavy metal soundtrack and that’s pretty much the jist. I have to admit I wasn’t familiar with the term, but the first track …

With the release of this their first full length album, Italy’s Deadsmoke are looking to make a huge noise in the doom/sludge world. But with any first release there are bound to be some pitfalls.  Deadsmoke opens with the slow power house monster of Branches of Evil. A song that …

It is a word which is overly bandied by music journalists but there are a very few acts to whom the term “iconic” genuinely applies.  I can think of a handful… OK, maybe enough to make me employ the fingers on both of my aging, wrinkled hands.  One of them …

NWOBHM band Salem release their latest studio album Dark Days on April 29th 2016, available from Pure Steel Records and shows them in a strong songwriting vein following the 2013 release of Forgotten Dreams. April will prove to be a busy month as the day after Dark Days is released, …

Robin Trower is unquestionably one of the world’s great guitar players, as a young boy I first heard ‘Bridge Of Sighs’ and I was hooked, his guitar tone clawing deep at my soul. The new album features Trower on guitars, vocals and bass, with Chris Taggart on drums. It was …

Dan Patlansky returns with Introvertigo, the follow up to Dear Silence Thieves, which was in my top 20 albums of 2014, so expectations are high for this eagerly awaited follow up. The album opens with the hard rocking “Run.”  While not a bad song, I am expecting better, and I …

                    The Last Vegas are an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois. With influences from many genres including ‘70s classic rock and glam, ‘80s hard rock, heavy metal, garage and punk rock. Formed in 2003 The Last Vegas won Guitar Center‘s ‘On-Stage: …

Formed in 2011 in Australia, White Miles are a blues/stoner rock duo comprising of Medina on guitar/vocals and Lofi on drums. Their latest offering is album number two, entitled ‘The Duel’ which they describe as ‘dirty pole dance stoner blues rock’, an interesting genre if one existed, and now it …

Skarlett Riot are set to release their new EP ‘Sentience‘ next month and I was very happy to take on the task of reviewing it for PlanetMosh. The EP has a broad variance in sound ranging from track to track and the release has an overall feel that would attract fans …

Zakk Wylde released Book of Shadows II via Spinefarm Records on April 8th.  It’s his first solo release in twenty years, and is the follow up to his classic Book of Shadows album.  The album was recorded and produced at Wylde’s home studio, The Black Vatican. Wylde has previously released …