PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

We had caught up with UK Emo Alt-Rockers, ELESSAR who release their new EP, Is This All We Are, on Friday 27th April. …….   What is the full band line-up, who plays what? Ricky Powell – Vocals / Guitar, Alex Evans – Guitar / Vocals, Dan James – Drums, …

This year’s HRH Metal took place at the weekend in Birmingham. It’s the second year of the event, and the lineup was definitely appealing. The festival appeals to a lot of the same people as Hammerfest but for many people Birmingham is just easier to get to. With three stages …

Carousel Vertigo Announce March UK Tour & New Video Rock is dead, long live rock! It’s been said before and will be said again. The truth is that rock music is and always will be here to stay, especially when a band like Carousel Vertigo creates, feels and plays it …

 Children’s Hospital gets International Support from American Rock Stars KISS Legendary rock band KISS is supporting Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital by donating an incredible, money-can’t-buy prize to help raise valuable funds for the hospital’s Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. Following the tragic event at the Manchester Arena last year, the Children’s …

And another one ! A few weeks after the official release of their debut full-length album ‘Rock’N’Brawl’ and then unveilling the music video of the song “Snap It” on YouTube, French Hardrock’n’roll/Groovy/Punk rebels Full Throttle Baby (with two members of BUKOWSKI) just premiered a brand new clip illustrating the song “Loud Punch”. In other news : ” is still available for CD (Golden …

NEW EP ‘MEMENTO MORI’ OUT NOW! Cumbrian band ‘Heartbreak Remedy’ are back as a trio, after a minor line-up change and are ready to do what they do best. Their latest blend of Cumbrian Rock is available in the shape of their latest release ‘Memento Mori’, out 14th February 2018. …

Costsowlds based Amplified Festival are proud to announce that closing out this years event is none other than Northern Ireland’s Multi Million album selling THERAPY? Bursting on to the scene in the early 90’s, their short, sharp blasts of metal were given an alternative slant by merging it with a …

BLOODSTOCK is excited to announce four more bands for August’s best heavy metal weekender!  Tickets are moving fast for 2018 and we expect another advance sell-out, so don’t delay in picking up yours! There’s also only 6 days left to sign up to the deposit scheme… We welcome pirate metal’s …

HRH have added a new string to their bow: HRH C.R.O.W.S. – Country Rock, Outlaw, Western & Southern Rock. It’ll bring whole new areas of music into the tribes of the HRH nation, and five more bands have been added to the line-up for the festival’s debut weekend at the …

Falling Red are back with their latest album, Lost Souls. Once again they’ve funed it with a successful pledge campaign, but have recorded differently to their previous releases, working with different studios and producers. While they may be referred to as a Sleaze band, Falling red are far more than …

Sometimes it’s a really bad idea to read a press release before listening to an album. The one for this album starts with “Hard rock harmonica hero”. My immediate reaction was “What the f**k? Harmonica? I’m not feeling optimistic about this one”. It’s also a covers album, so I was …

Tonight’s sold out show saw fans queueing well before doors opened, and by the time the doors opened the queue stretched a long way. Thankfully the security team did a good job getting people in quickly and by the time the first band, Tribulation came on stage the place was …

To say the least, Attrition is a major step forward for Hull based NWOBHM band Salem! Released on Dissonance Productions on February 23rd, this could be their Pyromania such is the quality of songwriting on display here. Kicking off with the title track ‘Attrition’, its hard hitting riffs from guitarists …

Almost two years ago Canadian metallers Anvil played the Tivoli in Buckley for the first time supporting ex Accept vocalist Udo Dirkschneider and to say they gave the headliners a hard act to follow is an understatement and now they return as headliners to a packed out venue on a …

HARDCORE SUPERSTAR NEW SINGLE: “BRING THE HOUSE DOWN” RELEASE DATE: 23RD FEBRUARY 2018   After wrapping up 2017 with their huge radio hit “Have Mercy On Me” and completing a highly successful co-headline tour playing to many sold out crowds throughout the UK and Europe with FOZZY, the original Wild …

BulletBoys New Album From Out Of The Skies out 23rd March 2018 via Frontiers    The new album by BulletBoys, ‘From Out Of The Skies’, is set for release on 23rd March via Frontiers,  preceded by a ten date UK tour (see full itinerary below). The first single from the record, ‘D-Evil’, …

LAST GREAT DREAMERS Announce New Album 13th Floor Renegades   The past is a foreign country, or so they say. No doubt Last Great Dreamers would agree with that. Barely 18 months has passed since their last album – their first all new full-length since their 2014 rebirth – and …

German thrash legends Kreator are reissuing four of their albums that were originally released in the 90s. The albums being reissued are 1990’s “Coma Of Souls”, 1992’s “Renewal”, 1995’s “Cause For Conflict” and 1997’s “Outcast”. Each of the albums has been remastered by Andy Pearce (Black Sabbath, Voivod, Motorhead, Anthrax) …

Guitarist and producer Michael Landau has over the years had a very impressive career. As a solo musician he’s released a number of albums as well as more with various bands, but as a session musician he’s worked with a string of artists. The list of artists he’s worked with …

We sell the dead is a new band whose members are Niclas Engelin (In flames, Engel), Jonas Slattung (Dromriket), Gas Lipstick (HIM) and Apollo Papathanasio (Firewind, Spiritual beggars). The album transports listeners to a Victorian world. It opens with background sounds that fit that time period and then you get …