The Villainy formed at the tail end of 2013 and quickly gained attention online for the quality of Singer Ted Morris’ lyric writing abilities and the incendiary musical backing of Henrik Palm on Guitar, Anton Svensson on Bass and Marcus Carter on Drums. Soon the BBC’s website ‘Fresh On the Net’ picked up on …
Read More »Lawnmower Deth interview – Download 2016
I interviewed the lunatics from Lawnmower Deth at Download festival not long after their performance on the third stage which saw them joined for three songs by Kim Wilde. An interview with these guys is normally a bit chaotic, but when they’re on a massive high after that sort of …
Read More »Marco Hietala, Nightwish interview – Download 2016
I spoke to Nightwish bassist, Marco Hietala briefly at Download festival not long before the band played the main stage. So, Nightwish are playing the main stage today at Download, just before the headliners, Iron Maiden – a good spot on the bill. It seems like it yes, we just …
Read More »Inglorious Interview, Wildfire Festival, 25/6/16
PlanetMosh sat down for a chat with Inglorious before their Saturday night headline set at Wildfire Festival in Wiston, Scotland. We talked about their plans for the future, how they celebrated playing Download and had a great time with some bubble wrap. Well, you can’t leave it alone can you? …
Read More »Halo Tora Interview, Wildfire Festival, 26/6/16
PlanetMosh met up with the lads from Halo Tora at Wildfire Festival in Wiston, Scotland on Sunday for a chat about their second album, their first European tour and a fair amount of mayhem and hilarity.
Read More »Black Nevada-Fragments EP
This six track EP from Shildon/ Bishop Auckland based Alt rock band Black Nevada impresses from the off, a glorious chunky riif kicks the first track, “Not Your Enemy” off in great style, a distinctive vox from Jordan Bailey delivers a controlled performance, powerful yet clear, the riff is ever …
Read More »PAST New Album ‘Cliffhanger’ Full Stream etc
PAST New Album ‘Cliffhanger’ Available for Full Stream and Free Download French indie hardcore/rock act PAST have released their brand new full-length album called ‘Cliffhanger’ available right now for LP and Digital through the almighty Voice Of The Unheard Records (Fall of Messiah, te:rs, Winter Dust…) and some other labels such as Désertion Records, …
Read More »Supersuckers UK and European Tour Dates 2016
The mighty Supersuckers have lined up a European and UK tour, in the wake of rave reviews of their highly acclaimed new country – tinged studio album ‘Holdin’ The Bag’, released on Steamhammer / SPV at the end of January 2016. The Supersuckers’ trademark balance of take-no-prisoners swagger and hardheaded …
Read More »Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow – Genting arena, Birmingham – 25th June 2016
Tonight’s gig was a band I thought I’d never get to see – Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow. It’s a long time since Ritchie Blackmore has played rock, so this mini-tour of three dates in Europe (none announced for anywhere else in the world so far) was a very rare chance to …
Read More »Dave Hanson- Almost Horizontal
Cool is probably the best way to describe Dave Hanson’s Almost Horizontal. With its multi-genre musical idioms appealing to lovers of a great many genres – funk, rock, soul and even an occasional nod towards electro-pop – at its heart lies the blues and there is no getting away from …
Read More »Bella D – ‘The Crystal Ceiling’
Life is inevitable in its conclusion. No matter how we battle against it, it has only one end result. It is how we meet that end that matters. Do we go gently into the night? Or do we face up to the light and ultimately face our fate with dignity …
Read More »Headline Maniac Premiere New Video for ‘Idiot Me’
Headline Maniac premiere new video for ‘Idiot Me’; first single to be taken from debut album ‘Headline Maniac’, out 8th July via Rod Hot Records Dynamic new Thames Delta power trio Headline Maniac have shared a brand new video for ‘Idiot Me’, the first track to be taken from …
Read More »Between The Buried And Me Nominated for Two Progressive Music Awards
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Nominated for Progressive Music Awards 2016 BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME have been nominated at this year’s Prog Magazine Progressive Music Awards 2016. BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, who released new album ‘Coma Ecliptic’ on July 10, 2015 in UK are up for …
Read More »Good Tiger Nominated for Progressive Music Award 2016
GOOD TIGER Nominated for Progressive Music Award 2016 Tour with Dance Gavin Dance Announced GOOD TIGER, who released ‘A Head Full Of Moonlight to great acclaim in April this year are nominated for a LIMELIGHT award Derya Nagle comments: “It’s amazing to be nominated for a …
Read More »Motionless in White Debut New Single & Sign to Roadrunner Records
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE DEBUT NEW SINGLE “570” & SIGN TO ROADRUNNER RECORDS Roadrunner Records is pleased to announce Motionless In White as the newest member of its illustrious roster. The Scranton, PA-based band are championing their new deal with the release of a brand new single, titled “570.” The track …
Read More »Vintage Trouble – Forum, London- 22nd June 2016
First up tonight were the opening act, Slydigs. Vintage Trouble singer Ty Taylor came on stage to introduce them, then on they came. Straight away you got the idea that they’re big fans of The Who and The Rolling Stones from the way they dress, and that impression was confirmed …
Read More »Elmsfire – Hour Of The Wolf
A lot has been going on in the Elmsfire camp since their 2010 offering ‘Thieves Of The Sun’, wholesale line up changes can often signal the end of many a …
Read More »King Diamond – Forum, London – 21st June 2016
Support tonight comes from New wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) band Angel Witch. With a curtain blocking off most of the stage, Angel Witch were confined to a small area at the front of the stage. Although they have just one original member left in the band (Kevin Heybourne), …
Read More »ENTER SHIKARI release ‘Redshift (Live at Alexandra Palace)’ video
Enter Shikari today unveil a live video for recent single ‘Redshift’, recorded at the bands biggest headline show to date at London’s Alexandra Palace. Whilst plans were afoot to release the whole show visually in some way or another, technology had other ideas; and so the band members jumped in …
Read More »Paradise Lost albums ‘Host’ and ‘Believe In Nothing’ are now available digitally for the very first time.
Legendary doom metal band Paradise Lost have announced that their seventh and eighth albums ‘Host’ and ‘Believe In Nothing’ are now available digitally for the very first time, ‘Host’ and ‘Believe In Nothing’ marked the height of Paradise Lost’s flirtations with electronic and experimental rock. Originally released by EMI in 1999 …
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