PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

When you think of all the rock and metal bands you listen to, a large amount will be from the US or UK, but when you look away from the English speaking countries then Finland, Sweden and Germany probably make up a large proportion. One country that is strangely under-represented …

Jared James Nichols releases his new album, Black magic, on 27th October. The follow up to his 2015 album, “Old glory & the wild revival”, it’s an album that’s eagerly awaited by the fans. In the last few years Jared James Nichols has toured relentlessly, sharing stages with the likes …

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of their 1976 album “Leftoverture”, Kansas planned a 10 date tour that eventually extended to an 80 date tour. For the tour the band changed up their usual setlist and did a set that consisted of a hits type portion followed by playing Leftoverture in …

The Eden House November UK tour & new album ‘Songs For The Broken Ones’ In celebration of their latest album Songs For The Broken Ones , The Eden House play their first UK shows in four years this November: The Eden House Tour dates are  16th – Glasgow – Audio 17th – Manchester – Academy 3 18th …

GWAR lands on international charts with new album, ‘The Blood of Gods’ GWAR recently released their new album, The Blood of Gods, via Metal Blade Records; for their efforts, the band has now entered the international charts! See below for all positions: #6 Current Hard Music Albums (USA) #11 Independent Current Albums …

Year Of The Tiger is the new album from Buckcherry front man Josh Todd under the guise of Josh Todd & The Conflict.  Joining Josh are the Los Angeles trio of Steve Dacanay, Sean Winchester and Gregg Cash.  This album is rock and roll, hardcore, a bit punk but overall …

Wormhole Death are proud to announce that melodic metal combo Apparition have signed a distribution deal with Wormholedeath for the worldwide release of their new astonishing album “The Awakening”. ‘We are extremely excited to announce Apparition’s signing with WormholeDeath Records for the upcoming worldwide release of our new studio album …

German band Tankard formed way back in 1982, and alongside Sodom, Kreator and Destruction are one of the big names of German thrash metal. They’re still going strong 35 years later, releasing their 17th studio album (One foot in the grave) earlier this year. They’re now re-issuing their first three …

A great singing voice clearly runs in the family for Mollie Marriott – her father is Small Faces/Humble Pie singer/guitarist, Steve Marriott. It does mean that she’s got a lot to live up to, but I saw Mollie Marriott’s gig at the Borderline in London earlier this year and was …

Rock band Saints of sin come from Christchuch on England’s South coast. Formed in 2013, they’re now getting ready to release their debut album, and having heard it I can say it’s definitely well worth the wait. Too many bands release their first album before they’re in a position to …

Tonight was the first of two London shows as part of the Fireball tour. Sponsored by Fireball, they had people handing out free shots to the audience, which certainly went down well – free booze vs O2 academy bar prices is always a winner. It’s a packed bill with 5 …

Just before the SCARLETINAS headed off on tour, we had a talk to the alt-rockers about their beginnings and more….   First off, who’s in the band? Marc Hayward – Vocals/Guitar, Dan Williams – Vocals/Guitar, Jim Portas – Drums, and Billy Burgess – Bass.   How and when did the band …

When a band announces that with their next album that they are “Going back to their thrash metal roots” it can be taken with a pinch of salt but when I heard Jeff Waters, founder member of Annihilator in 1984 say it on the Bloodstock Open Air Festival main stage …

Coffin Carousel’s Howard Von Noise gets lobotomized in slimy new ‘Skull Candy’ music video – a Dread Central exclusive! Watch the Skull Candy music video world premiere exclusively at Dread Central Melbourne Australia’s adrenaline-infused horror-punk rockers Coffin Carousel have released a spooky new music video for their latest single ‘Skull Candy’, and the band has …

One in Seven  Single: Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) Release Date: 3/11/2017 Teaser clip available here: THE PROJECT One in Seven is a charity musical project aimed at raising awareness and funds for prostate cancer charities. The project features a Melbourne rock and roll supergroup formed …

INGLORIOUS  Following SOLD OUT UK and Eire Tour In October 2017 Announce  Main Support To Steel Panther in January 2018 Following a sold out UK and Eire tour in October 2017 – culminating in a sold out night at London’s Electric Ballroom on the 20th October, Inglorious are pleased to announce …

Bruce Dickinson announces ‘Soloworks’ vinyl collection BMG will be reissuing the solo catalogue on vinyl from IRON MAIDEN frontman and rock legend Bruce Dickinson worldwide on 27th October. Bruce Dickinson’s six solo albums span from 1990 to 2005 and have been cut from the original masters for reissue on heavyweight, …

Ahead of their headline show at the Road House in Evesham, Planet Mosh caught up with the brothers Hampson from one of the best bands around at the moment Sinnergod. In their tour van we discovered what they think of the band name, what new releases are coming our way from …

Announce New Rhythm Section Pennsylvania-based rockers CROBOT have just announced their new rhythm section. New to the line-up is drummer Dan Ryan and bassist James Alexander Lascu. James also plays bass in Detroit-based quintet WILSON and will continue to do so for both bands. Dan is an official Ddrum USA artist, while James is endorsed by Darkglass Electronics, Spector, EMG Pickups and Ernie Ball. Of …

When attending gigs I’ve always stuck with the same rule and that is to watch the opening bands. At the end of the day, that’s how the headliners started out so give them a chance, you may be pleasantly surprised and I certainly was when I caught Manchester based band …