PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

This summer just got a whole load heavier with US deathcore titans Fit For An Autopsy announcing an EU run of dates, supported by up-and-coming technical death metal upstarts From Sorrow To Serenity. Tour dates: 03/07 – Netherlands, Tilburg, Little Devil 04/07 – UK, Bournemouth, The Anvil 05/07 – UK, …

Brit Alt-Rock metal outfit Fallen To Flux have returned and are aiming for the jugular of the UK scene, armed with their stunning lyric video single for Anchored, taken from their forthcoming debut album Transitions, which lands this Summer. The video can now be viewed below. The single is a forceful …

  Canadian theatrical goth-punks New Jacobin Club, best known for their darkly flamboyant stage theatrics and sideshow stage performers, are proud to announce their upcoming UK tour to celebrate their achievement as one of Canada’s longest running theatrical rock acts as well as the success of their latest album overseas.  …

26TH – 28TH AUGUST 2016, BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND, THE BIGGEST NAMES FROM ACROSS THE MUSICAL SPECTRUM. NAS, FRANK TURNER, GOOD CHARLOTTE, KANO, MASTODON, TONIGHT ALIVE, COHEED AND CAMBRIA, THE TEMPER TRAP + OVER 70 MORE NAMES ADDED TO READING & LEEDS 2016 A UK FESTIVAL FIRST – 5 HEADLINERS OVER 3 …

Reports are coming in that in the last week, local independent record stores have experienced a surge in footfall through their doors. This surge has been followed by a slew of tumbleweed in the subsequent days. Further investigation revealed that the phenomenon known as Record Store Day took place last …

Half-time oranges have been consumed, team talks have been given and team PlanetMosh is now coming back out for the second half of our look at when football and metal collide. On Tuesday, we brought you eleven players (and a manager) who have graced turfs around the world whilst harbouring …

Australian rockers Massive are back with their second album, Destination Somewhere.  It’s the follow up to their excellent 2014 debut album, Full throttle.   As with the first album, there’s plenty of high energy rock and roll. The first track on the album is the first single to be released …

All KISS fans have a favourite era or line up of the band. For me, everything up to and including Ace & Paul’s solo albums was gold. After that, not so much. I first heard KISS when the make up came off but it was only when I dug into …

Corey Taylor Announces One-Off Solo London Show SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR’s inimitable frontman, COREY TAYLOR is set to play a one-off London show next month at London’s KOKO on Sunday 8th May.  The show will take an ‘Evening With…’ format, with Corey playing a solo acoustic set.  There will be …

Blunderbuss Stream Brand New EP ‘Resurrection’ A few weeks after unveiling some audio excerpts from their new effort, French alternative Nu-metal outfit Blunderbuss just released their brand new EP, called ‘Resurrection’, on CD, digital and full stream on Bandcamp. In addition to the official announcement, BDB will celebrate this EP release at …

Those guys in Wilson have been tearing up venues across the globe since the release of their debut album ‘Full Blast Fuckery‘ back in 2014. They’ve just returned to Detroit after a hellraising tour of the UK (read our Glasgow review here) supporting their latest release ‘Right To Rise‘ and …

Marilyn Manson sang about The Beautiful People. Machine Head gave us Beautiful Mourning. And although not common, The Beautiful Game intertwines with metal on a number of occasions, from Download Festival’s 5-a-side tournament to Steve Harris’ West Ham crest on his bass (but more about that in Part 2…). With …

Mark Tremonti burst onto the rock scene in the late ’90s as lead guitarist with Creed.  His roaring guitar riffs and unique song writing skills quickly gained him recognition with both fans and critics.  After the band’s demise, Mark and two other members, Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips, teamed up …

We thought we would counteract the advent of Spring by bringing you The Doom Dozen, a collection of tracks designed to darken your mood and wipe that silly smile off your face. Doom Metal as it exists now, covers a pretty wide spectrum ranging from your, shall we say traditional …

It could only happen in Northern Ireland… yes, only here could we actually have THREE semi-finals for this year’s instalment of the annual Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses competition, as the battle to earn a place at the UK’s premier heavy metal fest released its intense final stages.  But, such …

Damon Johnson – Announces Solo EP “Echo” Out On 27th May 2016 Damon Johnson (Black Star Riders, Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper, Brother Cane) is pleased to announce his first solo electric project with the ‘Echo’ EP, to be released in May 2016. Recorded throughout 2015, the 5 track EP sees …

With June creeping ever closer, Wildfire Festival’s impressive main stages line-up is all but finalised but there’s still time to announce a further 6 bands. With the imminent arrival of stage 3 announcement to complete what will be an outstanding weekend, Scotland won’t know what’s hit it when the gates …

It’s always nice to have new names for a festival, isn’t it? Luckily, Download have delivered and given us a smile to kick away the Monday blues with another twelve names on the bill. The new addition are as follows: the recently reformed Juliette and the Licks, British metal powerhouse …

Fantasy has always been a furrow well ploughed by metal bands, providing a rich vein of stories as bombastic, epic  and glory-seeking as the genre itself.  With the sixth series of the biggest TV epic ever produced, ‘Game Of Thrones’, about to launch itself onto our screens, and the seventh …

Sandwiched in between opening band I.C.O.N and headliners UDO, Anvil did what they do best and that was to entertain an appreciative crowd with their proto speed metal. Unfortunately they have only been allotted 45 minutes on these 6 UK dates after being allowed an hour previously on this tour …