PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

It’s been a long time since I’ve been so excited waiting for the second album from a band. The first time was way back in 1980 for Iron Maiden when their self titled debut was followed by Killers and now Bridgend based Those Damn Crows have shown their full potential …

PHIL X & THE DRILLS have announced UK tour dates in March, with Collateral confirmed as support. 3rd March Rescue Rooms, Nottingham 4th March The Fleece, Bristol 6th March The Underworld, Camden, London 7th March Rebellion, Manchester 9th March King Tuts, Glasgow 10th March The Caves, Edinburgh 11th March O2 …

Here’s our February Playlist featuring new releases.

CHELSEA Launch Kickstarter Campaign to Record Final Album   CHELSEA have launched a kickstarter campaign to fund the recording of their 12th and final album. To raise funds to record the album theye’re offering some exclusive rewards including – The original prototype album cover artwork drawn by the band in …

NIGHTFEAR were formed in Madrid in 2008 and released their debut album “Inception” in 2012, establishing their name in the Spanish Heavy Metal scene. Their sophomore album, a conceptual work entitled “Drums of War” and released in 2015, set them as one of the most prominent national bands within the genre. …

SKUNK ANANSIE ANNOUNCE 2020 UK HEADLINE TOUR DATES & BRAND NEW SINGLE ‘THIS MEANS WAR’ OUT – FEB 7TH VOCALIST SKIN ANNOUNCES HER FORTHCOMING MEMOIRS PUBLISHING SEPTEMBER 2020 After celebrating their 25th anniversary in 2019 with the release of the 25LIVE@25 album British rock icons Skunk Anansie have announced their return to the …

Polish/Finnish heavy metallers Exlibris are wrapping up the production of their new release titled “Shadowrise”. Following original guitarist Daniel Lechmański’s departure from the band in early 2019, the band’s been joined by one of Finland’s top axemen – Antti Wirman (Warmen, King Company, Children of Bodom). “Riku first contacted me in spring …

Dool launch ‘Suphur & Starlight’ exclusive cassette giveaway with sneak preview of ‘Wolf Moon’ music video! ‘Sulphur & Starlight,’ the first single from Dutch dark rockers Dool’s bedazzling second album Summerland (released on April 10th), was published a few days ago – now the band gives away an extremely limited cassette with …

For the third year running, the now annual event, Abuse Your Confusion came to The Star & Garter in Manchester, on what turned out to be a fairly mild January Sunday. Whilst there was an entry fee for this show it wasn’t in monetary pounds it was in pounds of …

Minding my own business is a thing I tend to do from time to time. And minding my own business I was, when a messanger ‘ping’ came through on my phone from vocalist Chris Newman asking if I’d like to have a listen to this, Six Sins Til Sunday‘s follow …

HEAVY PETTIN‘ have announced the release of their first new EP ‘4Play‘ on Valentines Day – February 14, 2020. The first batch of new HEAVY PETTIN‘ songs recorded in over 30 years. Pre-order the EP here: https://heavypettinofficialmercandise.bigcartel.com Track Listing : 1. Get Back To You 2. Tell Me Why 3. Who We …

Tonight’s venue is Chester’s live rooms, which claims to be one of the north wests premier live venues. I’m afraid I have to take that claim with a huge pinch of salt. The sound is atrocious, barely able to hear the vocals in all the bands this evening and the …

Ahead of her tour to promote the new album, Tarja Turunen made time to do two special shows. The first was at Obecní Dum – Smetana Hall in Prague, a beautiful historic venue. The second show, two days later was in Bucharest and was performed in the round with the …