PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Exumer Announces More European Tour Dates and Support Acts for “Road Rage 2016” German thrash masters EXUMER will enter the studio in Dortmund/Germany on October 19th, to record the follow up for “Fire & Damnation“, which was released worldwide via Metal Blade Records in 2012. The band will once again team up …

King Diamond: New Video Interview on Vice   Upcoming shows in Detroit and Philadelphia to be filmed for DVD! King Diamond sat down for a chat with Slayer‘s Kerry King while on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem fest this summer. Noisey was there with cameras in hand to capture the conversation. That “King vs. …

Twitching Tongues Releases New Video for “Insincerely Yours” New album, ‘Disharmony’, Out Now Southern California’s rising underground metal/hardcore outfit Twitching Tongues is celebrating the release of their third studio album, Disharmony, with the premiere of a new video for their song “Insincerely Yours” here: metalblade.com/twitchingtongues To purchase Disharmony, head over …

DOOM OVER LONDON VI SECOND BAND ANNOUNCEMENTS Doom Over London are excited to inform you of the second tranche of bands to  join the, already announced, acts Sardonis, Bathsheba, Autumnal, Officium Triste and Malthusian Formed in 1992, Moonspell have progreessed from black metal beginnings to a unique gothic / metal …

Baltimore’s long-disbanded Pessimist reunited in 2014. As a celebration of the re-grouping, the band has decided to re-release three albums. The first reissue, Slaughtering The Faithful, was re-mastered, then released on Halloween, 2015, by Obscure Records. Pessimist was a premier blackened death metal band on the East Coast late last …

As I already had plans to go down to The Big Smoke to see Spike and Tyla’s Hot Knives, and inflict myself upon my brother, I was pleased to see that The Poodles were doing a one off UK gig in Camden the same weekend. I haven’t heard much of their …

Well we all know John Edwards, or at least you should! Unless of course you’ve been on that remote desert Island for the past forty years or so! But for those who don’t…….. John’s musical career has spanned a few decades now, but he only really came into the public …

A while ago I met up with four of the five members of Dublin Metal band Killface to discuss their upcoming album. Killface are a force to be reckoned with on the Irish scene, and if you’ve listened to any of their previous releases or have caught the band live, …

The second morning of the inaugural Rockingham fest dawns overcast and mizzly, but that doesn’t darken or dampen the spirits of the early risers making their way from all directions for the slightly earlier start to Saturday’s proceedings (well, we have gone from six to seven acts performing over the …

PlanetMosh sat down with frontman Denis “Snake” Bélanger of Canadian thrash legends, Voivod during the Deathcrusher Tour. The Deathcrusher Tour is currently ongoing featuring a host of death metal royalty battling for supremacy each night. Carcass, Obituary, Napalm Death, Voivod and Herod rolled into Dublin’s Vicar Street on Monday 26th October. You can read …

The sweat hadn’t had time to dry on Vega singer Nick Workman’s brow following the band’s performance at the recent Rockingham festival when PlanetMosh cornered him for a quick chat about their performance.  We also got all the gen on the band’s new album, which they have just finished recording.

The line up for Tuska 2016 at Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland, just keeps getting bolder and more beautiful. Swedish atmospheric masters KATATONIA have been confirmed to put their spell on Tuska 2016. Entertainment values will be shot through the roof when Finland’s hard rock ambassador LORDI brings his “The Arockalypse 2006 …

Following his triumphant appearance at the recent Rockingham festival, PlanetMosh caught up with Robert Tepper for an impromptu backstage chat.  He talked about finally being able to perform in the UK, his hope that this won’t be his only visit, the legacy of ‘No Easy Way Out’, the song that …

First there was Firefest.  An annual celebration of classic melodic rock which, despite being hugely popular and attracting some of the top names in the genre – many of them catalyzed to reform by the event – as well as fans from all over the globe, sadly came to an …

Long Beach, California’s RIVAL SONS have confirmed more tour dates supporting heavy metal legends BLACK SABBATH on their final world tour. Starting on January 20th, 2016, RIVAL SONS will be joining BLACK SABBATH on tour across the USA and Canada, before heading to Australia and New Zealand in April, then …

PlanetMosh had the honour of talking with Anti-Flag’s main man, Justin Sane about their new album, the state of the world and touring. Below are some quotes from the interview by Darragh O’Connor. The entire video is at the end of the article. What’s it like to have had such …

Multinational melodic metal band Eden’s Curse are close to completing the writing phase on their as-yet-untitled fifth studio album, which will be released Autumn 2016 by German label AFM Records.  The follow up to 2013’s critically acclaimed Symphony Of Sin will once again see the band’s long term mixing engineer …

Tonight’s gig kicked off with a set from Shawn Jones, a Californian musician who has worked with the likes of Waylon Jennings.  It’s a very simple setup – just him playing guitar and singing.  It maybe a simple setup but it works well – there’s nothing to distract from what …

After a superb show at the Rockingham festival last weekend, British melodic rockers Serpentine are pleased to announce their brand new single ‘Where Does Your Heart Beat Now’ is available now through i-tunes.       facebook.serpentine

PlanetMosh had the privilege of chatting with the charismatic frontman Chris Jericho of US metal crew, Fozzy ahead of their upcoming UK Tour (See dates below). Interview by Miley Stevens Fozzy are deeply proud of their fans, and like how they don’t conform to the metalhead stereotype. “We take great …