PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Broken Witt Rebels are riding high after their recent win of the ‘Best Rock Act’ award at the Unsigned Music Awards held at Troxy, East London on Thursday 27th October 2016. The award follows an incredible year for the band which included 460,000 views of their ’Guns’ music video on …

Vader & Immolation will now be co-headlining Bristol Deathfest on Saturday night whilst Hour of Penance and Defeated Sanity will co-headline Sunday night of the festival. After releasing their eleventh brand new studio album ‘The Empire’ through Nuclear Blast, Vader confirm they will be co-headlining the first night of Bristol …

Norfolk may be that somewhat sleepy county over to the extreme right of the map but there’s nothing sedate about the second album from Bad Touch, Truth Be Told. Stacked with oomph, riddled with self-assurance and oozing vitality, this is an album tailor made for when the good times are flowing. …

On the BBC1 Sunday Rock show this morning Bloodstock Festival  announced their first seven acts, including the the first headline. Amon Amarth top the bill on the Friday supported by Blind Guardian.  Other bands appearing over the weekend on the Ronnie James Dio Stage will be Testament, Hatebreed, HELL, Possessed …

Announce Further UK Tour Dates 2016 Guests To Terrorvision In November Album “Fed To The Lions” Out Now“ The energy is infectious, performances pinpoint-perfect and they know their way round a melody… All Killer, no filler. An outstanding debut from the Bristolians” 9/10 Classic Rock album review of “Fed To …

Photobook Release date: 9th December 2016 Music festivals are a phenomenon across the globe. In the UK it was estimated that 14 million people were planning to attend festivals in 2015 – with three in ten of these saying they will look to attend more than one. A rough estimate …

Rock Icons Rush To Release Documentary ‘Rush | Time Stand Still’ November 18, 2016 Highly Anticipated Film Chronicles 40th Anniversary Tour; Narration Provided by Paul Rudd On November 18, 2016, Zoë Vision, a division of the Concord Music Group, in partnership with ole, will release Rush | Time Stand Still, …

Dropkick Murphys today announced that their ninth studio album 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory will be released on January 6th through their label Born & Bred Records. The album is available for pre-order now and the band has shared an incredible lyric video for the song from the album “Blood”. Ted Hutt, who has previously …

The road to Download 2017 has begun, with the festival announcing its first batch of bands that will take to the stage at the hallowed turf of Donington Park next year, including all three Main Stage headliners. Aerosmith, Biffy Clyro and System of a Down will top the bill over …

Highly rated Swindon based pop-punkers As The Sun Sleeps unveil their brand new EP As Good As Gold, which arrives in stores on Friday 20th January 2017. The band chat about what they have in store for the coming weeks and beyond…..   What is the full band lineup, who …

‘The Aphotic Gloom’ comes three years since Skeletonwitch‘s last full-length release  “Serpents Unleashed” and after the departure of vocalist Chance Garnette. There was much buzz about their new vocalist and this four track EP does indeed feature the powerhouse that is Adam Clemans of Wolvhammer fame. The EP itself is something of …

BLOODSTOCK Launches the 2017 ‘Metal 2 The Masses’ Programme! BLOODSTOCK’s annual, hugely popular, grass roots-supporting ‘Metal 2 The Masses’ scheme offers unsigned and DIY bands the chance of being part of the BLOODSTOCK festival experience.  Plans for 2017’s are under way and BLOODSTOCK along with our favourite ale, Hobgoblin, are …

Voluminous. Volcanic. Voluptuous. Vital: all these adjectives and more encapsulate what Dee Snider has delivered with his latest outing, We Are The Ones. A volume of veritable variance that venerates its implacable ruthlessness from the moment its opening eponymous track explodes. In short, and without the somewhat flowery verisimilitude: Damn, …

Tonight’s support came from Sheffield based Bang Bang Romeo.  They’re fronted by Anastasia Walker, a singer with a nice powerful voice which suits their vintage rock sound.  It’s a good set and goes down well with the crowd, getting the night off to a good start. Next it was time …

It was such a rush to hear that Coroner had comeback in 2011 to play some live shows. They are one of the most lamented bands from the 80s thrash scene. Unfortunately Coroner made no promises of new material when they reformed it was enough that they were giving us …

Thirsty release their second album Albatross on 7th November. Thirsty features founding member of The Quireboys Guy Bailey and former Quireboy Chris Johnstone, along with Russian Poet Irina D and Simon Hanson (from Squeeze). PlanetMosh asked the band a few questions ahead of the album release. How long have you …

Here we have Atoma, the latest album release from Dark Tranquillity.  Dark Tranquillity have been producing music for over 25 years and this is likely the most accomplished and musically complete collection of songs so far. Dark Tranquillity have that great ability to produce the traditional Scandinavian melodic death metal sound we are …

UK Alt-rockers Kilkovec throw down a real game changer, as they let loose their stunning new EP Plunge on Friday 27th January. Before then, we sat them down for a chat….   What is the full band lineup, who plays what? Dan – Guitar and Mouth Noise, Matt – Bass and …

Albatross is the second album from UK based rockers Thirsty featuring one of the founding members of The Quireboys, Guy Bailey, and Russian poet Irina D, who collaborated to write lyrics covering diverse subjects such as a botched lobotomy and the trials of space travel. Guy takes lead vocals on nearly …

On 27th July 1996, Bryan Adams played a show at Wembley stadium in front of a crowd of over 70,000 fans.  It was a show packed with hits, and now 20 years on, it’s finally getting a DVD release.   It’s a bare-bones release with no extras which is a slight …