PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

There are rock stars.  And then there are rock stars.  There are those with an anally-retentive sense of their own self-generated importance, who are content to ride around in limos and play hundreds of miles from their nearest fans in fields as big as their egos.  And then there are those …

London metalcore quintet COUNTING DAYS will release their debut album Liberated Sounds on October 16, 2015 via Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group (Volbeat, Shaman’s Harvest, Black Label Society, Gojira, Joe Bonamassa). Check out a brand new music video for the track “Die Alone”, directed by Jordan Green and featuring the Parallax …

Mortiis will be returning with his ninth studio album entitled ‘The Great Deceiver’ which is penned for release on 29th January 2016 via Omnipresence.   ‘The Great Deceiver’, which has remained in a torturous state of constant evolution until just recently, led the band through the darkest of places and …

French black/death metallers, TEMPLE OF BAAL, have released an advance stream of their new album, “Mysterium”, exclusively on Ultimate-Guitar.com! Set to be oficially released on October 2nd via Agonia Records, “Mysterium” is available for streaming right now at this link: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/ug_exclusive_stream_the_new_temple_of_baal_album_mysterium.html In their over 15 years-long career, marked by four full-lengths and …

  The Von Hertzen Brothers released New Day Rising in the spring via Spinefarm Records. The trio of siblings has just released the video for “Sunday Child.” Watch it HERE.   “At the end of summer, we performed an exclusive show on a tiny islet located outside Helsinki,” the band …

Planetmosh talked to Steel Threads inbetween their 2 sets about forthcoming album The Rule Of Three and their influences.

The Second Sons – Announce Debut EP ‘Before & After’ “The Rolling Stones Without Wrinkles” “The second coming of Rock & Roll.” – Chris Kimsey The independent release of The Second Sons’ debut E.P Before & After featuring the late and legendary saxophonist Bobby Keys (Rolling Stones, Buddy Holly, Joe Cocker) on …

Biters – Interview with Tuk (and Matt) September 2015 I started off interviewing Tuk, vocalist and guitarist from Atlanta based Rock ‘n’ Roll band Biters, but when I asked about the ‘Hard Dick Warrior Award’ like you do, we were joined by Matt. Find out what they had to say …

RAVEN ***Seminal NWOBHM Rockers’ October UK Tour Confirmed Following Rave Reviews Of New Studio Album ‘ExtermiNation’ ***   “The NENWOBHM (North East New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) veterans have unleashed a superpowered album of pure crackshot heavy metal, a listening experience akin to being hit square in the face …

Fresh from their mammoth American Tour as one of the Vans Warped Tour headliners, and ahead of their UK Warped headline slot and UK headline tour,  ASKING ALEXANDRIA have unveiled the official video for current single ‘I Won’t Give In’. “SURPRISE!!! We spent the summer collecting footage for our new music video …

QUEENSRŸCHE has posted part one of an in-depth, track-by-track album commentary with founding member, Michael Wilton (guitars) explaining the meaning behind each song on the group’s highly anticipated new, full-length offering, Condition Hüman, set for a release via Century Media Records on Oct 2nd. Click on the link below now …

After 3 electric gigs in 7 days, the next 4 of this tour by Bernie Marsden would be acoustic affairs, the first of which was at the Crown Hotel in Nantwich aided by guitarist Jim Kirkpatrick. On entering the venue I was a bit confused as it was in a …

Northern Ireland is currently gripped in the greatest financial scandal in its chequered history.  It is a scandal which already has practically crippled the economy south of the border, and brought down at least one government there.  It has politicians running for cover, and has resulted in the current well-publicized …

British Blues-rock guitarist Chantel McGregor released her debut album in 2011, and since then has been busy touring.  Last year she started work on her second album, and it will be released on 9th October this year.  Although she’s normally described as a Blues or Blues-Rock guitarist, this new album …

@planetmosh reviews Across the Divide by .@FederalCharm Federal Charm are a four piece blues rock band from Manchester, who released their self titled debut album back in 2013.  Their new album Across the Divide will be released on October 2nd, and the band is currently promoting it on tour across the …

Planetmosh have two cd’s to give away in a easy to enter competition. One of the most eagerly awaited releases of 2015 by the AndersonPonty Band, featuring music icons Jon Anderson and Jean Luc Ponty, is scheduled to hit the streets on September 25th 2015! Better Late Than Never is …

Emerging from the shadows to release a full-length record for the first time in five years, America’s The Dead Weather has returned. The group’s third album, Dodge and Burn, finds a reinvigorated band which has embraced its scruffy rocker identity and strength. The quartet maintains a stellar connection, which is …

DELAIN TOURING EUROPE SOON GET YOUR SPECIAL VIP UPGRADE NOW Dutch Symphonic Metal sensation DELAIN are known for extremely catchy refrains, bewitching hooks and melodies, symphonic bombast and of course a good dose of Metal! That’s DELAIN and that’s how Symphonic Metal will sound on this upcoming special tour with …

GRAVE DIGGER RELEASE MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘HEAVY METAL BREAKDOWN’ After three decades of making history, GRAVE DIGGER is still one of the very best German bands enjoying a leading role, when it comes to classic Heavy Metal! Now the band is headed back to the 80s and back to their …

  Things move incredibly fast in the music world these days, fashions and attitudes change almost on a monthly basis but on the whole, the core values and building blocks of a sub genre in the world of Metal remain, almost, the same. The Symphonic Metal genre being a case …