PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

It’s almost the most wonderful time of the year. That time when the hordes descend onto North Wales for the annual Hard Rock Hell United Festival in Hafan Y Môr Holiday Park, Pwllheli. Featuring the Hammerfest and HRH AOR/Sleaze events, 2016’s installment is set to be one of the best …

Fable is a young talented songstress from the south coast producing dark, energetic electronica sounds altogether separated from the music produced through todays electronic pop culture. I caught Fable performing ahead of The Cult at their Manchester show on Saturday, and was fascinated by her lively and creative performance. My …

This will be a co-review between myself and PlanetMosh stalwart Louise Swift, who unfortunately couldn’t make the afternoon sessions. Last year’s Rockmantic saw the Saturday afternoon given over to acoustic performances, this year it was the turn of the youngsters. First up we had Black Nevada, a five-piece alt.rock band …

It’s just short of a year since Wilson played their first Scottish gigs as support for Halestorm.  Back then they played the legendary Barrowland Ballroom, so tonight’s gig at Broadcast was definitely a change of scenery.  The basement venue, underneath the street level bar, is a tiny hobbit hole of …

You know what they say, home is where the heart is; or in this case, home is where the music is. For me it has been a couple of years since I last entered the chess floorboard Hagues Bar situated in the centre of my home of Lisburn, Northern Ireland. …

Miami-based black/death metal horde Inferion has been added to the Atlanta date of the Decibel Magazine Tour 2016. On March 19, they will join Abbath, Skeletonwitch, High on Fire and Tribulation to lay waste to the legendary Masquerade concert venue. Following the massacre in Atlanta, Inferion will direct its venom toward home at …

John Coffey announce new EP and reveal video EP ‘A HOUSE FOR THEE’ WILL BE RELEASED MARCH 11TH. John Coffey have today announced the release of a new Kurt Ballou produced EP called ‘A House For Thee‘ set for release on March 11th through V2.  The first taste of the …

Denver misanthropes PRIMITIVE MAN have announced a colossal world tour that will see the band leveling countries from Europe and North America to Japan and Southeast Asia over the course of the next six months. The band will get the ball rolling at the end of February with a slew of …

The deadly dawn of a new ENTOMBED A.D. chapter opens today with the release of their new album full of death and rock and roll! ‘Dead Dawn’ can be ordered at the following locations: CMdistro.de Or get the digital album here: iTunes AmazonMP3 ‘Dead Dawn’ is offered in the following physical formats: …

Foul Body Autopsy ‘Perpetuated By Greed’ Out Now & Streaming In Full! The latest works of one man extreme metal outfit Foul Body Autopsy, an EP entitled Perpetuated By Greed, is out today. And better yet, streaming in full right now on Bandcamp. Stream Perpetuated By Greed In Full Here! https://foulbodyautopsyofficial.bandcamp.com/ Tom Reynolds, …

Fast rising UK hard rock band, STONE BROKEN are celebrating having been voted RUNNERS-UP in the BEST NEW BAND category at The Planet Rocks Awards 2016, earlier today. The award comes on the cusp of their headline UK tour. Drummer, Robyn Haycock, exclaimed, “To be honest, we can’t believe how …

Southampton’s melodic metalcore thumpers Our Hollow Our Home are ready to reveal their new video and single for ‘Throne To The Wolves’, released today. A titan of a song, ‘Throne To The Wolves’ is a perfect meld of uplifting atmospheric post-hardcore and heartpounding metalcore. Furious rock n’ roll riffs and …

CATTLE DECAPITATION are happy to announce the extension of their record contract with Metal Blade Records: “Very proud to have fulfilled our initial contract with Metal Blade Records and seeing this band rocketing into the future! We’re happy to announce that we’ve re-signed with Metal Blade Records for a few more …

On February 26th, Los Angeles prog-metal outfit REDEMPTION – featuring Nick van Dyk, Ray Alder (Fates Warning, Engine), Sean Andrews, and Chris Quirarte (as well as guitarist Bernie Versailles, who is presently on an indefinite medical hiatus) – will release their sixth full-length, ‘The Art of Loss’, via Metal Blade …

Almost 25 years after Speed Kills VI, Music for Nations are releasing Speed Kills VII on Vinyl and digitally on 28th October 2016.   If ever there were a compilation series of LPs that defined a genre, it was the Music for Nations / Under One Flag series, Speed Kills. These …

23rd to 24th July 2016 New Line Up Announcement Saturday Prog Stage Headliner FAMILY Main Stage The Answer Country Stage Whiskey Myers Hogjaw Road Dog Blues Stage Pat McManus   Following from a hugely successful inaugural year in 2015, Ramblin’ Man Fair returns in 2016. The festival is pleased to announce …

New song “KARATE” from metal dance unit BABYMETAL’s new album “METAL RESISTANCE”, was last night premiered on Radio One’s Annie Mac show and has now been made via iTunes. Pre-orders of the album, with ‘KARATE’ as an instant grat track, are available here:https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/metal-resistance/id1087055715 The new album “METAL RESISTANCE”, which features …

Limb are super excited to get their monsta new album ‘Terminal’ out on the road, on a double header tour with psych stoner rockers Vodun. Expect monstrous riffs, grooves and all manner of psychedelic heaviness and performances not to be missed. Watch out for additional dates. In celebration there’s a …

It is hard to believe that the English seaside resort of Brighton could give birth to a band as vicious sounding as Jonestown. Their debut July 2014 release EP The Erebus And The Terror showed promise but their debut album Aokigahara raises the bar even higher. Available digitally from March …

As the first rays of sunlight slip through the clouds after a seemingly endless Finnish winter, it’s a good time to start making plans for the summer. Finland’s boldest metal festival, Tuska will provide the heaviest dosage of metal madness of the summer, for the nineteenth time. FROM LAKE BODOM …