PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Away from the German market, the temporary ice rink and the giant ferris wheel, the queue outside Cardiff University’s Great Hall snakes around the corner without a hint of Christmas in sight apart from the odd heavy metal ugly sweater – oh, and the brass band who are successfully irritating …

We are delighted to announce that London’s finest nutty boys, Madness will close our 10th birthday party on Sunday night on the Pallet Stage. Bearded Theory will reverberate with the sounds of classic hits including ‘Our House’, ‘Baggy Trousers’ and ‘One Step Beyond’. We are also proud to announce a …

With the announcement last year that drummer and songwriter Neil Peart no longer wanted to tour and the subsequent R40 farewell tour over, Rush fans have not had the best of years. To fill the gap and ease the pain slightly, the band have released a 40th Anniversary edition of their commercial …

Double A Side Single: “Fingers Burned/Bullet” Release Date: 31st March 2017 UK Tour Dates April 2017 Headline At Planet Rock’s Winter’s End Festival – Feb 2017 Toseland is pleased to announce the release of double A side “Fingers Burned/Bullet” on March 31st 2017. The release will feature “Fingers Burned”, taken …

Esprit D’Air Releases Comeback Single “Rebirth” London-based space metal band Esprit D’Air release their comeback single, “Rebirth”, performing in Paris and London to celebrate. Esprit D’Air have just dropped their new single, “Rebirth” on their new official VEVO channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHwPN9xdxQc “Rebirth” is now out worldwide on iTunes, Amazon and Google …

Tilberi, the three song EP by Iceland’s Solstafir, starts out slowly, almost melancholic, and highly melodic. As with it’s contemporaries in the sonic land of atmospheric post-metal, Tilberi‘s tracks quickly evolve into something deeper, compelling one to listen further. Tilberi‘s mix is raw, retaining an almost ‘demo’ quality muddiness in …

HEAVY SCOTLAND just got all the heavier with the addition of Finntroll, Destruction, Fleshgod Apocalypse and Ingested. Held at Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange between the 1st-2nd April, they join the already hard hitting line-up that’s set to make this the go-to Scottish metal festival in 2017. They join: Behemoth (UK/EIRE Exclusive) …

Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics unveil This is Creep video a homage to Scott Weiland  “The Man With Stars On His Knees” is coming out very soon, and a huge influence on the record came from 90’s rock. Alice In Chains, Foo Fighters, Soundgarden, The Smashing Pumpkins and Pearl Jam amongst others all played …

When you hear the name Dropkick Murphys, you think loud, Celtic punk / rock and roll party music and as always there’s plenty of that, but there’s a more thoughtful side to the band too.  They established the Claddagh fund in 2009 – a charity to help support addiction recovery …

After a two year absence Sky Valley Mistress made it back to the underbelly of Edinburgh’s music scene with a return to Bannermans Bar as part of their current short tour.  PlanetMosh took the opportunity to catch up with the band for a few minutes before stage time to find out …

This was a busy night for gigs in London – there were 4 in total I wanted to be at, but sadly its not possible to attend them all, but due to the different stage times I was able to attend a gig in soho before racing across London to …

Ginger Wildheart Raises Awareness for Suicide Prevention & Releases Charity Single ‘Fuck You Brain’ Ginger Wildheart is releasing a single for Suicide Prevention at Christmas to promote Mental Health Awareness and the proceeds will go to The Samaritans. The lead track is called Fuck You Brain, recorded with Ginger’s friend Ryan Hamilton.  Along with Fuck You Brain, the single includes …

  January 2017 marks the release of the debut album from Akoma, titled Revangels. And although so early in the calendar, this surely has to be a contender for Symphonic Metal’s album of the year. Remember this bands name, for they are destined for the very top Symphonic, Gothic, Female …

To be honest I was never a fan of the David Coverdale/Glenn Hughes era of Deep Purple back in the day but my blinkered youthful naivety from well over thirty five years ago has been changed by this recent DVD release from ear@MUSIC. The previous line up with Ian Gillan …

Children Of Bodom’s prodigious debut album ‘Something Wild’ was released 20 years ago and thus the mighty Hatecrew were born. Finland’s melodic death superstars will take to the road in 2017 to celebrate 20 years of life in the form of a mind blowing classic set-list. For an entire month, Children Of Bodom will bring their reaper sound …

Elasea are beginning to make their mark on the scene with a sound that flaunts hefty riffs and engaging hooks. The band release their brand new EP, Lesson Learnt, on Friday 17th March and we had a chat about their history and plans for 2017…..   What is the full …

British Summer Time festival, held in London’s Hyde Park announced today that Tom Petty will headline the Saturday night.  The show will be his only European date in 2017.  Supporting him will be Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks, as well as The Lumineers, with more bands still to be announced. …

Finnish heavy metallers BATTLE BEAST have just announced their first ever full UK headline tour for next March, following the release of their anticipated new album ‘Bringer Of Pain’ which will be released via Nuclear Blast on February 17th. Bassist and vocalist Eero Sipilä commented: “United Kingdom – the holy land …

Roadrunner Records’ group Dream Theater have announced details of the U.K. leg of their monumental European headline tour. The trek, which gets underway January 30th in Rome, visits the U.K. between April 18th-23rd, 2017, and will see the pioneering group celebrating the 25th anniversary of their milestone gold-certified album, “Images & Words”. Each performance …

Let’s face it, 2016 has not been the best of years – turmoil, conflict, rock star deaths, only one Alice Cooper UK show….. So 2017 is already looking up – more Alice, more of the time, in more of the UK with more gore, more fun and more I’m Eighteen, …