PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Northern Ireland-born Black Star Riders frontman Ricky Warwick certainly believes in keeping busy.  In 2015 he released no less than three PledgeMusic-funded solo albums, and toured virtually non-stop in support of BSR’s own second album, ‘The Killer Instinct’.  In between this, he also undertook a UK tour with band mate, …

Russia’s Answer to Metallica? Mechanical Man Set to Release Their Powerful Debut Album Quoted by webzine Prog Sphere as an album that “is comprised of everything an album must include, and that is energy, powerful performance, melody, [and] well-thought songwriting” Mechanical Man’s eight track release moves between the spheres of …

Hammerhead To Release Special “Brofest Exclusive” 7″ single in February 2016 HAMMERHEAD originally formed in the late ’70s and played throughout the ’80s, becoming known as part of the NWOBHM scene, after releasing the single “Time Will Tell c/w Lonely Man” in 1981, which reached No 5 in the British …

Pop rock quartet Set It Off have premiered their latest music video for their recent album title track ‘Duality’. ‘Duality’ was released late 2014, the band are currently in the studio working towards the new album which is expected this year. Singer Cody comments: “The music video for ‘Duality’ is more than just a music …

Capacitor Records’ new release “You Can’t Kill Rock ‘N Roll” is a fund-raising compilation for Supersuckers’ frontman Eddie Spaghetti’s fight against stage three oropharynx cancer. It features unreleased tracks from Mudhoney, ZEKE, Jack Endino, John McBain, the first track that The Derelicts have recorded in 25 years and many more! …

Metal Church Announce Track Listing and Cover Artwork for New Album ‘XI’ Hard rock titans Metal Church have announced the track listing and unveiled the cover artwork for their latest album ‘XI’, due for release on March 25th via Nuclear Blast. The band’s 11th studio release also marks the return …

Progressive/technical death metal masterminds OBSCURA have revealed a third new track from their highly anticipated forthcoming full-length Akroasis! “The Monist” has premiered via MetalSucks.net, and can be streamed HERE.   Another new single from Akróasis, “Sermon Of The Seven Suns”, recently premiered via Loudwire – stream it now AT THIS …

NWOBHM Legends Saxon To Release 9 Album Vinyl Box Set via Demon Records on 18th March 2016 Demon Records has announced the release of an extraordinary Saxon Box Set containing vinyl LPs of the band’s nine studio albums recorded between 1991 and 2009. “Eagles and Dragons” will be released on …

UK Battle Doomsters CONAN will return to North American this March in support of their new album Revengeance due out January 29th via Napalm Records.  Today the band announces a new North American tour alongside Serial Hawk.  The tour is set to kick off March 3rd in Chicago, IL and …

BRAND NEW HEADLINE SHOW LONDON ELECTRIC BALLROOM – JUNE 1ST New single ‘We Could Be’ passes 1.5 million video views #15 on Spotify UK Viral Top 50 #22 on iTunes Alt Chart **THREE SOLD OUT LONDON SHOWS**  BOSTON MUSIC ROOMS – 2nd, 3rd & 4th March “Where is the next band …

California’s power shred act Exmortus would have fit right in on Mike Varney‘s Shrapnel Records in the late 1980s, if not for the band’s double bass drum and extreme metal vocal styling. On 2016’s Ride Forth, the band proves there is beauty in all sorts of precision: the hyper-realist creates …

  Seminal prog pioneers YES has announced an extensive UK and European tour for April 2016. The band will be performing 1971’s ‘Fragile’ and 1980’s ‘Drama’ in their entirety, the latter for the very first time, plus other seminal tracks including ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’ and ‘Starship Trooper’.   …

                    What with all the turmoil and heartache billowing around the music world over the last few weeks, I was hoping to stumble upon a suitable gem to kick 2016 off with, and with this 24 carat offering I feel as …

Belgian classic metal band Wizz Wizzard have released a free single, Wonders Of The World’, taken from their forthcoming second album ‘Where The River Runs Cold’. ‘Wonders Of The World’ is a full metal version of a song originally released on the acoustic album ‘Restless’ by Chris Appleton (Absolva / …

Four-piece folk/rock/indie/punk outfit from Brest, France, Mohawk released a few weeks ago its brand new full-length record called ‘a.la.li’ still available for CD on Bandcamp / digital on the main legal platforms such as iTunes, Deezer, Amazon…; and just announced an LP release coming out in spring through Bandcamp. In the meantime, the album is available …

Madison, WI Death Metallers CASKET ROBBERY will release its full-length debut album Evolution of Evil March 4 on Mortal Music. CASKET ROBBERY is an up and coming death metal band created by the minds of Cory Scheider (LUNA MORTIS, EPICUREAN, ECHOTERRA) and Dustin Foesch. New Noise Magazine has premiered the official …

Fish Announces April Headline Tour Due to Phenomenal Demand Iconic Scottish singer, songwriter and ex-Marillion frontman FISH has announced new tour dates in April, as part of a re-scheduled series of European shows. These dates come straight off the back of a hugely successful sold-out run of the UK with …

In 2014, after four highly successful fan funded album album campaigns (555%, Hey! Hello!, Mutation and Albion) Ginger Wildheart looked at what could be the next step in fan connectivity and the answer was G*A*S*S (Ginger Associated Secret Society) an immersive subscription, digitally based fanclub platform that saw Ginger delivering a new 3 …

Life of Agony is one of the most influential bands with one of the most distinctive sounds of the 90’s era. A whole decade has gone by since their last album but now, LIFE OF AGONY are finally back! Brooklyn’s hard rock legends LIFE OF AGONY have signed a worldwide …

Finland’s heaviest festival, Tuska is really upping the ante this year by adding some serious talent to its 2016 Artist roster. FROM THRASH TILL DEATH There can never be enough thrash metal in the line-up and the legendary Anthrax is here to up the ante. One of the Big Four, …