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UK’s hottest rock band deVience releases debut album London-based rock band deVience will release their long awaited self-titled debut album on 15 July 2016. The 13 track record has already been described as a breath of fresh air for British rock music. The music is very much classic rock but with …

Evergreen Rock giants AC/DC returned to U.K. shores this week, as part of their second stint of European shows on the ‘ Rock Or Bust’  tour. Of course, circumstances had changed since 2015, so Planetmosh were in attendance at both the London and Manchester shows to see whether the Rock …

The original Stripped was a 1995 retrospective album where the Rolling Stones went back into the studio at the end of their world record breaking Voodoo Lounge tour. The Stripped project saw The Stones stripping back tracks from their back catalogue, complete with a couple of carefully chosen covers and …

Bearded Theory is a festival that covers a wide range of music – Rock, Punk, Ska, Reggae, Folk, Dance and almost anything else you can think of.  Held on the same site as Bloodstock festival it’s a great weekend, with a great layout, wonderful family friendly atmosphere and plenty of …

Danish and American hard rock band Volbeat has returned with Seal The Deal & Let’s Boogie, its sixth full length studio album, produced by Jacob Hansen. The disc is thirteen songs of tight, clear, hard rock glory, built on and expanded from the successes gleaned from 2013’s Outlaw Gentlemen and …

 NEEDTOBREATHE have released a new song ‘Great Night’, which features fellow South Carolinians Shovels & Rope. ‘GREAT NIGHT’ is available now with pre-orders of NEEDTOBREATHE’s upcoming studio album H A R D L O V E, released on July 15ththrough Atlantic Records. The bold and bluesy anthem ‘GREAT NIGHT’ follows …

TWO WEEKS TO GO FULL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEDMORE ARTISTS ADDED TO THE BILL Including WILKO JOHNSON FURTHER ACTS ADDED TO THE SPEAK EASY LOUNGE Including performances from Robin Ince / Danielle Ward / Michael Legge / Glenn Wool Festivities kick off at midday each day With two weeks to go until …

SUMMER SOLSTICE EXCLUSIVE ‘BACK TO ELIZIUM’ PROPHECY MMXVI O2 FORUM KENTISH TOWN, LONDON 20th JUNE Legendary gothic-rock heroes Fields Of The Nephilim today reveal that their forthcoming Summer Solstice show in London will feature a very rare live performance of songs from their hugely acclaimed masterpiece Elizium. Released in 1990, …

Having been trying to patiently wait until August for the release of Tarja‘s upcoming album ‘The Shadow Self‘, I was very pleasantly surprised to hear she was also treating us to an extra Prequel album whilst we wait ‘The Brightest Void‘. Kicking off with No Bitter End leading in with …

Hailing from Austin, Texas, Scorpion Child are bringing together psych and stoner Rock with a modernised twist. Since their self-titled debut album back in 2013, the band haven’t gone unnoticed, and have been involved in extensive worldwide tours alongside the likes of Monster Magnet, Clutch and Crobot, before announcing their …

‘THE BOOK OF SOULS’ EUROPEAN TOUR CONTINUES WITH A RETURN HEADLINE SLOT AT THE DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND DONINGTON, UK DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL SUNDAY 12TH JUNE Watch the new Live Video for ‘Death Or Glory’: Global rock legends IRON MAIDEN opened the European leg of their stunning ‘The Book Of Souls’ …

This past Sunday I headed to Kentish Town’s O2 Forum for the first edition of Rock On Green Festival; it was a bit surreal getting there and there not being a queue as it’s 4pm doors today. Initially there are only a hundred or so people there and the back part …

Tonight’s show was at the 100 club – a basement venue on Oxford Street that over the years has hosted gigs by plenty of big names.  I was looking forward to tonight’s show as the new album (Luxury hobo) from Big Boy Bloater is absolutely superb, so I was hoping …

Hamburg based heavy stoner, sludge / power doom band HIGH FIGHTER, whose first full length album is coming out this Friday June 10th on Svart Records, have just unleashed a full album stream for their debut ‘Scars & Crosses’! Formed in the summer of 2014 by former band members of …

Leeds quartet FURR have revealed the video for their debut single ‘Think Sharp Kid’. Premiered on Upset magazine, the video sees the band rocking out amidst a neon glow stick haze with a performance that perfectly complements the angsty riffs, pulsing grooves and contagious chorus of ‘Think Sharp Kid’. “We …

First up tonight were local Milton Keynes band False Idol.  They’re a young band and do a set based mainly on their own material but also including two covers – “Take me to Church” (Hozier) and “The Kill” (30 Seconds to Mars).  They’re a decent opener with a hard rock/pop …

Time is relative.  For some, it passes slowly and as inexorably as the tides lap against a shore.  For others, it speeds past like a bullet from a gun, bearing down on its inevitable end.  For Northern Ireland’s hardest working hard rockers, The Answer, the past decade has been something …

  BIG NARSTIE, THIRD EYE BLIND, DEAF HAVANA, LÅPSLEY, CHARLIE SLOTH, ARCANE ROOTS, FICKLE FRIENDS + OVER 15 MORE NAMES ADDED TO READING & LEEDS 2016, 5 HEADLINERS OVER 3 DAYS OVER 200 ACTS ANNOUNCED ACROSS ONE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND   Already boasting a phenomenal programme of the most exciting …

Probably my favourite genre of rock/metal would be thrash for the sheer intensity it creates and Destruction are a fine example of this. Considered (and rightly so) to be in the top 4 of German thrash metal bands along with Kreator, Sodom and Tankard, their latest studio album Under Attack, …

Celestial Son (formerly known as Drone) is a progressive grunge band from Denmark founded in 2003 in Silkeborg. The band is led by singer, guitarist and songwriter Rasmus Sjøgren. PlanetMosh caught up with Rasmus to discuss all things Celestrial Son and the new single ‘Open Wound’. PlanetMosh.Why did you change …