It’s great being old sometimes especially when the lead singer from Deus Mori asks you if you like black metal, would you like to review their debut EP And From The Trenches Bore Darkness and you can reply with “I saw Venom in 1985 so yes it would be a …
Read More »Call Of The Wild Festival Announces Sunday Headliner
Hardcore Superstar Announced As Sunday Headliner Call Of The Wild Festival Lincs Showground: 24th-26th May 2019 One of their biggest hits is ‘We Don’t Celebrate Sundays‘ but without a shadow of doubt, Hardcore Superstar will be joined by thousands of festival-goers as the curtain closes on the inaugural Call of …
Read More »Black Sabbath tribute Ninth Star by Emerald Sabbath
☢️ THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW AN IRISH NUCLEAR CONSTRUCTION SAFETY INSPECTOR BROUGHT 10 EX MEMBERS OF BLACK SABBATH The ‘Ninth Star’ album is an ambitious epic rock & classical music tribute to BLACK SABBATH ‘Ninth Star’ by Emerald Sabbath features 10 former members of Black Sabbath and much more, …
Read More »Behemoth – A History of Controlled Chaos
Now that the dust has began to settle with the release of the oddly titled “I loved you at your Darkest”, it is an opportunity to explore the history of Behemoth which starts back in 1991. It really is only in the past 5-8 years that Behemoth have come into …
Read More »Letheria – Death Principle
Letheria are a hardcore thrash band from Finland. Formed in 1998 these guys have released seven demo’s, three E.P’s and now finally a full length album, Death Principle, only the 20 years later! At first I’m finding it hard to work out what it is Letheria are about. The first …
Read More »Two New Holiday Songs From The Tossers
THE TOSSERS RELEASE TWO HOLIDAY TRACKS “Merry Christmas” and “Auld Lang Syne” Famed for their gutsy and resolute blue-collared anthems, THE TOSSERS are stepping in a different direction by releasing two songs for the holiday season – an original, ‘Merry Christmas,’ and the traditional New Year’s poem ‘Auld Lang Syne,’ penned …
Read More »Sumo Cyco – Sever chats to Sty at The Live Rooms, Wrexham
Sty for PlanetMosh chats to Sever from Sumo Cyco ahead of the show at The Live Rooms, Wrexham. Read our review of the gig here Sumo Cyco are: – Sever, MD13, Thor, Trozzi Links Facebook / Instagram / Twitter / Website
Read More »Skindred – Craufurd arms, Milton Keynes – 5th December 2018
On their current tour, Skindred have taken the decision to play smaller venues than normal. Whereas their last tour saw them playing the larger academy venues including Brixton academy in London, on this tour the venues are far more intimate – tonight’s venue, The Craufurd arms in Milton Keynes holds …
Read More »Tyla’s Dogs D’Amour – In Vino Veritas album review, album out now
Tyla’s Dogs D’amour – INVINO VERITAS – album out now Back on the juice or is that just irrelevant?! In Vino Veritas is the latest album from Tyla’s Dogs D’Amour. But as we know Tyla J Pallas has been a hard-working underdog since becoming part of The Dog’s D’amour and …
Read More »Diamond Head review at The Mulberry Tavern, Sheffield 23rd November 2018
Feeling lucky? Damn, right I was. Friday night at the Mulberry Tavern, Sheffield and Diamond Head is the last band I expected to watch gracing the stage of its 200 capacity venue, Jackpot!! Diamond Head have been busy touring Europe for most of Autumn taking in the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, …
Read More »Dan Patlansky – Islington academy, London – 29th November 2018
First up tonight, not long after doors open is Gorilla Riot. I saw this Manchester based band a few weeks ago at the HRH CROWS festival in Sheffield where they opened the main stage on Sunday with one hell of an impressive set. Given that, my expectations were high and …
Read More »P.O.D – Circles
90’s nu-metal band P.O.D are back with a new album – Circles. A Christian metal band, Payable on Death (abbreviated to P.O.D), they’ve had remarkably few lineup changes, with the current lineup being the same as the band had in 1994. For this album P.O.D teamed up with L.A. production …
Read More »Jason Becker – Triumphant hearts
In 1987 Jason Becker released his first album, Speed metal symphony as part of the duo Cacophony with Marty Friedman. They released a second album before breaking up and Jason Becker then went on to release several solo albums. Then in 1996 he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) …
Read More »Lovebites – Islington academy, London – 21st November 2018
Support tonight came from Seven Sisters – a London based band with a definite NWOBHM sound. They take a few minutes to really get going but once they do it’s a good solid set that goes down well with the crowd. Next came Japanese band Lovebites. Earlier this year their …
Read More »Vomitory: ‘Raped In Their Own Blood’ and ‘Redemption’ now available as vinyl and digipak CD re-issues with bonus tracks!
Metal Blade Records will re-issue the first two albums by Swedish Death Metal legends Vomitory on January 11th, 2019. 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the band – expect more releases and live shows next year! Both albums will be re-mastered and released on spinesleeve vinyl in the best quality possible – …
Read More »The Crown Announces Vinyl Re-issues and European Tour Dates
The Crown announces vinyl re-issues for ‘Crowned In Terror’, ‘Crowned Unholy’ and ‘Possessed 13’; European tour to kick off in December Unholy Swedish Deathrace Kings The Crown have just announced vinyl re-issues for three of their classic albums: Crowned In Terror, Crowned Unholy, and Possessed 13. Available January 11th, fans can pre-order copies now from Indie …
Read More »Hate from Poland enter the studio
Polish Death Metal squadron Hate is preparing to head to the studio in December to record the follow-up to 2017’s Tremendum. The new opus, bearing the working title Salve Ignis, is tentatively slated for summer 2019 and will be the band’s debut collaboration with the legendary Metal Blade Records. Details are still surfacing, but the band …
Read More »Elize Ryd, Amaranthe interview – London – 12th November 2018
I spoke to Elize Ryd from Amaranthe shortly after their performance at Koko in London on their tour with Powerwolf. First of all, how do you think the show went tonight? I think it went really good – I loved it. It’s ten years since Amaranthe formed, and seven since …
Read More »Those Damn Crows – Murder And The Motive.
Once in a while an album comes out to reaffirm that rock is not dead (so that’s a big middle finger in the air to Billy Corgan and Gene Simmons) as Bridgend based Those Damn Crows do it with ease on the release of their debut Murder And The Motive. …
Read More »Molars – Tight, But Not Groundbreaking
Based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, Molars are a Midwest Emo/Pop-Punk trio formed in 2018. Their debut EP Tight, But Not Groundbreaking will be released on 14th December. For fans of Tiny Moving Parts, Taking Back Sunday, American Football, and The 1975. What band they fail to add to this impressive …
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