PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

City of Thieves made their live début at Camden Rocks earlier this year. Cutting your rock teeth at a big event is fairly momentous and with their début EP Incinerator being produced by Toby Jepson former Little Angels and Gun front man, mixed by Mike Fraser and mastered by Simon Francis I …

Bass legend Rudy Sarzo returns to the UK later this month, with a string of tour dates alongside Tracii Guns in Gunzo. PlanetMosh hooked up with him to talk about the band, what to expect on the forthcoming tour, the Devil City Angels (in which he also plays with Guns) …

MICHAEL MONROE will release Blackout States on October 9 via Spinefarm Records. The iconic artist has shared the album artwork and track listing ahead of the release.   Blackout States Track Listing: 1. “This Ain’t No Love Song” 2. “Old King’s Road” 3. “Goin’ Down With the Ship” 4. “Keep Your Eye On You” …

DEFECT DESIGNER has teamed up with NefariousRealm.com for the exclusive free track download of ‘Berenice’, one of  ten brutal assaulting tracks from their latest album ‘Ageing Accelerator’ released this past July via Sleaszy Rider Records. The album features a ferocious recording line up that includes drummer Flo Mounier (Cryptopsy), guitarist Stelios Mavromitis (SepticFlesh live guitarist), …

IRON MAIDEN, whose new studio album The Book of Souls, their first for 5 years, will be released worldwide next week on Sept 4, are taking touring to a new level using a Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jet (aka Queen of the Skies) for their World Tour next year. Vocalist Bruce …

UK rock n’ roller FEDERAL CHARM will release their new album, “Across The Divide”, on October 2 via Wire-Sound/Cargo Records. The follow-up to 2013’s debut album is being produced by Jon Green & Federal Charm. The blistering lead-off track, ‘Hercules’, will lead the charge and is to be released as a digital download on 14 September 2015. Drawing …

Clutch, the influential heavy rock band from Maryland, are pleased to share “The Making of Psychic Warfare” – Segment 1: Creation, Production, and Speculation via their Facebook page, facebook.com/Clutchband. The video clips – shot by David Brodsky and his company My Good Eye: Music Visuals – give fans an unprecedented view into the studio, as well as …

Now, while I am not a Nile fanboy I do enjoy the technical death metal fused with near Eastern topics. It’s a mix of things that shouldn’t work but does. And if nothing else; the drummer on the record is superb. It is scarily good, inhuman, at points; kudos, George …

“Hardrada” marks Ossiyan’s first release. And off the bat, the artwork is great and hooked me straight away. I love a good concept album so I was excited to give this one a good listen. This is a strange one with its lofty concept and fun use of samples, it …

The wonderfully mad lads and lady from Wretched Toad joined me for a chat at Bloodstock to talk about farts, their unique mish mash of styles, their logo, artwork and their new album release.

Legends Anders and Richard from Wolf took some time to have a chat with me during the festival about the band’s name, their candy rider, The Guide to Bloodstock Video and their own ale.

Victorian Whore Dogs’ Danny meet me backstage for a quick chat about the band’s experience at that point at the festival, future plans and dogs dressed in corsets.  

I had a chat with Soulborn at Bloodstock about how their write their tracks, reactions to their latest release, their recording process and upcoming shows.

Backstage with Overoth on Sunday we had a chat about the origins  of the band name, their Behemoth love, the appreciation of the underground at Bloodstock and their future plans for their next album which is waiting to go.

Killer Hurts had a chat with me in the VIP Area of Bloodstock about the festival, their set, their sound and influences.  

UK’s CATS in SPACE have landed! A brand new six piece band who, armed with their exciting brand of ‘Power Pop Rock‘, will transport you back to the heady days of the 70s when bands like ELO, Queen, 10cc & Cheap Trick, in particular, ruled the airwaves.  CATS in SPACE featuring band members with a wealth if experience in the …

Riotous Bristolian rockers Turbowolf are excited to announce that they will be embarking on their biggest UK headline tour to date in October. Prior to that they will be hitting the States on a previously announced bill with Nothing More and Marmozets for a massive tour, and also taking part in the …

NWoBHM Cult Act Savage To Return With New Double Album NWoBHM cult act SAVAGE, will release their brand new studio album “7”, on October 9, 2015, via Minus 2 Zebra Records (distributed by Plastic Head). The double disc release will include complete live album titled “Live N Lethal” on second …

British rock band The Struts, who are making huge waves across America, play a sold-out, intimate headline show at The Lexington, London next week, ahead of their slot at this year’s Reading & Leeds Festival on the NME/Radio 1 stage. A hugely exciting, gloriously ambitious blast of maximum rock ‘n …

Long Beach, California’s RIVAL SONS have announced a 2-disc tour edition of their critically-acclaimed 2014 album, ‘Great Western Valkyrie’. The band will be celebrating their upcoming European tour supporting rock legends DEEP PURPLE with a special version of ‘Great Western Valkyrie’, which stormed into charts around the world upon its …