PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

British Hard Rock Legends GIRLSCHOOL to Release “Guilty As Sin” on November 13, 2015 via UDR Music  Pre-Orders Begin October 9th | Produced by Chris Tsangarides (Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy)   They’re loud, they’re hard, they’re tough, they’re uncompromising – and now GIRLSCHOOL, the legendary London-based hard rock quartet, are …

About Breakout Festival – Breakout is Brighton’s first and only outdoor heavy rock festival. It returns to Brighton racecourse on the 26th September 2015 with a high profile line-up which includes Deaf Havana, SikTh, We Are The Ocean, The Qemists, Martyr Defiled and Heck. Last year’s bill included Skindred, Funeral …

After critically acclaimed “IV: Arrow In Heart” record took its toll on black metallers in 2013 and left an imprint on a great deal of year-end lists (inc. CVLT Nation, Stereogum, Popmatters, Heavy Magazine or Examiner.com), the French sewers of intelligent dark art, AOSOTH, are coming back with a new EP, “IV”, slated for …

Boston thrashers REVOCATION have been on a tear, touring across North America and the rest of the world in support of their latest release 2014’s Deathless that was released on Metal Blade Records. Today REVOCATION announces the long anticipated reissue and release of the band’s debut album “Empire of the …

Big of moustache and tight of trouser, HORISONT drink from the bottomless wellspring of inspiration that’s been bubbling up through the layers of time since the birth of the blues – or Blue Oyster Cult at the very least. Theirs is a sound that harks back to the dawn of …

Since releasing the critically acclaimed lead single ‘Devil Inside’ earlier this year and announcing their debut mini album (release date 22nd September); Empire of Fools have been winning over new fans with their punchy, powerful brand of hard rock. Watch ‘Down To Earth’ lyric video:   “Empire Of Fools are …

HOTEI has revealed the lyric video for his latest single ‘Texas Groove’ taken from the upcoming album Strangers, the first international release of his career on October 16th through Spinefarm Records.   ‘Texas Groove’ is a pulsating electro-blues boogie featuring the southern soulstress Shea Seger and her smoky vocals. Having …

The Wildhearts’ will be  playing the classic P.H.U.Q. album in its entirety on a September tour. The tour celebrates the 20th anniversary of their most commercially successful album. Support will be from the recently reformed Baby Chaos, and Ginger’s brilliant side-project Hey!Hello! ‘P.H.U.Q.’  was released in May 1995 and crashed into the UK Top …

Following a pair of warm-up festival shows in Spain – well, they certainly were “warm” – Stormzone returned to the colder climes of their native Belfast for this, the official launch of their most recent album, ‘Seven Sins‘.  They were also returning to a familiar venue, but one which has changed …

Huntress have been through a lot since the 2013 release of Starbound Beast; from member changes,  to guitarist Eli getting brutally assaulted on the UK tour and having to miss a show, and Frontwoman Jill Janus  recently discussing her battle with mental illness, and recent fight with cancer.  I am …

Swedish heavy metal quartet Enforcer – who visit the UK and Ireland for half a dozen dates next month – release their first live DVD/CD package, ‘Live By Fire’, via Nuclear Blast on November 20. Guitarist/vocalist Olof Wikstrand commented:  “I’m extremely satisfied with putting out an official concert video and audio …

As the lineup for DESERTFEST BELGIUM 2015 is now getting complete, day schedule as well as day tickets have been made available on the festival’s website. To cap things off, we have the pleasure to announce the ultimate batch of bands with burbling infernal doomsters BELZEBONG, raw psychedelic rockers MAUDLIN and infernal stoners …

So how is the best way to spend a Bank Holiday Sunday? Watching mindless television or doing D.I.Y around the house? No! Get up early and head off to Rockwich and watch 15 bands play from midday until midnight for a measly £10! Apologies to the bands I missed whilst …

Math-Deathcore act Bleed Someone Dry have revealed the teaser video taken from their forthcoming album “PostMortem | Veritas”, to be released on September 15th via Fire Was Born Records. The album include the featuring of CJ from Thy Art Is Murder on their first single “Our Martyrdom”. Watch the teaser here …

Returning from the outer realms of the mystical ether Nordic Giants embark on their latest UK headline tour, 7 Depths Of Consciousness this November. The seven-date tour will begin at The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington on November 11th, call at London’s Hoxton Hall and finish at The Old Market, Brighton …

French Black/Death metal veterans, TEMPLE OF BAAL, have teamed up with Metal Injection to launch a brand new track, “Hosanna”, taken from the band’s upcoming fifth studio album, “Mysterium” – due on October 2nd via Agonia Records. Stream “Hosanna” exclusively at: http://www.metalinjection.net/av/hosanna-by-temple-of-baal-is-the-soundtrack-to-the-apolcaypse In their over 15 years-long career, marked by four full-lengths and …

FROST & FIRE FESTIVAL Set To Bring America’s Finest Traditional Heavy Metal Bands To Ventura There is no denying that Europe has been the heavy metal hotbed on this planet for several decades, particularly when it comes to the traditional forms of the musical style: clean vocals, soaring guitar harmonies, …

A few weeks after releasing two first tracks with “Tainted impression” and then “Persona”, French metallers Khynn just unleashed the third excerpt from their upcoming full-length effort expected on October ‘Supersymmetry’ with the song “Depersonalization”. In addition to this new audio excerpt, the band also unveiled the artwork of this album, available below.   Watch “Depersonalization” here   …For the …

Deadlock Release Memorial Video for Late Drummer Tobias Graf A full year has gone by since DEADLOCK founder and long-term drummer Tobias Graf passed away in last September. Tobias left the band due to private reasons earlier that year and sadly lost his battle against cancer on September 2nd 2014 …

Silent Jack – Interview with PlanetMosh, September 2015 Louise for PlanetMosh interviews 3/4 of Silent Jack after Highway to Hell 6 at O2 Academy, Sheffield. Silent Jack were our featured band in August 2014 (see here) but this was the first chance I’ve had to interview them in person. They …