PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

It’s just gone seven o’clock on a cold and damp October eve- the second night in a run of six gigs in five nights for your PM Belfast team, and we have been joined by a healthy turnout of our fellow metallians for the debut appearance here of Wisconsin psyche-doom goddess …

A somewhat unusual name which conjures up images of men in corpse paint, axes, hammers and the usual paraphernalia suited to such a name. This is far from the truth. The band hail from Sweden and formed in 2006. To date have released a series of eps and now this …

  Saxon Reveals New Track “Queen of Hearts” and Lyric Video On October 30, 2015, legendary British heavy metal quintet SAXON will release their 21st studio album, Battering Ram, in North America via UDR Music. The new album boasts a clinically ‘heavy’ echo of SAXON’s glorious NWOBHM sound! Ultimate Classic …

          Sweden’s purveyors of Doom return with a stunning follow up to 2011’s “A Rose For The Apocalypse”. Much has happened in the Draconian camp in the intervening four years, the major upheaval of losing long time vocalist Lisa Johansson, the subsequent search for and unveiling …

There are not infrequent debates on various social media channels (not least on my own Facebook page last week) about whose responsibility it is to actually promote a gig and attract fans to it.  It is an argument which I have absolutely no intention to rehearse once again on here …

Phantasma – Premiere Lyric Video For Track “Enter Dreamscape” Photo by Fabio Interra Photography PHANTASMA, the new Symphonic Rock musical of Charlotte Wessels (DELAIN), Georg Neuhauser (SERENITY) and Oliver Philipps (EVERON) has recently signed to Napalm Records. Today this power formation is celebrating the exclusive lyric-video premiere for the first …

WORLD FAMOUS TRIBUTE ACT THE IRON MAIDENS BRING THEIR SHOW TO LONDON IN 2016 The world’s only all-female Iron Maiden tribute band the Iron Maidens have announced a one-off show at Shepherds Bush Empire on 14th April 2016.   Excited front-woman Kirsten Chickinson said: ‘For years people have been asking …

Armed with an excoriating, blistering new album, titled Out Of Respect for the Dead, Sweden’s death metal monster Grave has returned. The now-legendary heavy metal genre that Grave upholds, Swedish death metal, often showcases downtuned guitars, a “buzzsaw” distorted guitar tone, mid-tempo to fast-paced songs, deep-pitched vocals, and lyrical storylines …

Sweden’s long-running death metal stalwart act, Grave, has returned with an aggressive, pummeling new album, titled Out of Respect for the Dead. The disc is a blistering marathon through nine tunes, ranging from mid-length to a nine-plus minute epic. Recorded, mixed, and mastered at the modern, digital Studio Soulless, Out …

Atlanta rock ‘n’ roll punks BITERS have joined forces with Kerrang! for the premiere of their brand new music video ‘Low Lives in Hi Definition’ Currently on the road in the UK in support of their new album ‘Electric Blood‘, BITERS have teamed up for the launch of “Low Lives …

There have been some fantastic releases this year so far; one I have been eagerly awaiting is Mercy Isle’s new EP; Storm.  Having been lucky enough the last few years to see Kassandra Novell in action at Metal Female Voices Festival, I knew Mercy Isle would be something special.  Kassandra really …

Planetmosh talked to Bernie Marsden after his sold out gig at the Crown Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire. That was a great show Bernie. Very nice it was to. Very good, very enjoyable. With Jim Kirkpatrick, hired hand. Stripped back songs played as they were written. How do you approach acoustic gigs …

SLIPKNOT Announce UK Dates for 2016 & Premiere ‘XIX’ Video The multi-platinum, Grammy-Award-winning, masked beast that is SLIPKNOT is set to play a string of UK arena shows in February 2016. After their triumphant return headlining this year’s Download Festival at Donington Park, the metal icons return to these shores …

Johnny’s Alright Single Release November 6th PREACHERS SON are set to release Johnny’s Alright as a single November 6th.The song was recorded and mixed in Ireland and Los Angeles, produced by Marc Urselli (Lou Reed, John Zorn) with additional production from Warren Huart (Aerosmith, The Fray). Johnny’s Alright on Soundcloud >> Download Johnny’s Alright MP3 >> Download …

I spoke to former Deep Purple, Trapeze, Black Country Communion & California Breeze  singer/bassist Glenn Hughes earlier today about his forthcoming UK tour.  You’re currently on tour in Europe and hit the UK in just under a fortnight for ten dates around the UK. Having lived in the US for so …

Sometimes a band comes across your path by seemingly the most inconceivable route.  In the case of Kinasis, that path traversed its journey from Somerset to Belfast via Dublin – and more especially one Gareth Jeffs, guitarist with extreme death groovesters Xerosun who, one day out of the blue, contacted your humble …

Desertfest takes place in Antwerp, Belgium this week from 9th – 11th and features a host of fantastic acts from the lower/fuzzier end of the sound spectrum across three stages.   For more information on the festival, Ticket Sales and stage times, please visit http://www.desertfest.be/   PlanetMosh has been analysing …

Who is SALEMS LOTT? Noisey Asks, “What the F*** is Your Deal?”  SoCal shock-rock group SALEMS LOTT have been making a name for themselves on the Sunset Strip since their inception in 2013, having sold out venues such as House of Blues, The Whisky A Go Go, The Roxy and …

Vreid Release New Video “Sólverv” Vreid released the new video for the title track “Sólverv” on 1st October! The amazing art in this video is forged by the talented Kim Holm. The video is filmed in the beautiful landscape of Sogndal in the western part of Norway. ”Sólverv is the title …

VARG – EXCLUSIVE MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE FOR TRACK  “ROTKÄPPCHEN”! Once upon a time … This is how every good story begins. German Wolf metallers VARG are set to release their upcoming EP “Rotkäppchen” on October 9th via Napalm Records! This beauty or let’s        say this beast comes as …