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Blues legend Robben Ford to produce winner of Future of the Blues competition #futureoftheblues We are thrilled to announce that Blues legend Robben Ford will be producing the winner of the Future of the Blues competition.  The Blues Magazine, Mascot Label Group and The Big Easy Bar.B.Q and Lobstershack restaurant chain …

Rockcomm London announces its headline sponsor and more speakers for this summers inaugural event. (June 8th/9th) Since its initial announcement Rockcomm London has gathered momentum with the event now extending itself across two full days on both June 8th & 9th in what the music industry now regards as Rock …

Rock legends KISS are set to bring their new live show to Europe in Summer 2015. With multiple festival and headline dates across Europe, KISS live is set to be THE rock event of 2015. With over 80 million album sales worldwide, KISS remain one of the most iconic and …

Release of ‘Spectral Mornings’ Charity Single for Parkinson’s Society UK Esoteric are delighted to announce a special charity EP of a newly recorded ‘song’ version of Steve Hackett’s much loved track ‘Spectral Mornings‘ – Release date is 27th April and the record will be available both as a physical EP and …

Planetmosh spoke to Korpiklaani bass player Jarkko Aaltonen…… To begin with how was Paganfest? It was nice.  We didn’t do the entire Paganfest, we only did the 6 weekend shows; the extended Paganfest and flew home for a few days in between.  But it was nice, quite relaxed, lots of …

I spoke to Sami Hinkka from Ensiferum just before their show at Islington academy in London last month… Your latest album, “One Man army” came out last month.  When did you start the writing for it? The way we compose we always have some raw material, so the process started …

Celebrated British blues rock guitarist and singer-songwriter, Joanne Shaw Taylor, embarks on a nationwide UK tour presented by Planet Rock this Autumn.  Joanne will perform songs from her critically acclaimed album The Dirty Truth. A 48-hour ticket presale goes live on Planet Rock Wednesday 15 April from this link: http://bit.ly/1IFuEGH. Tickets …

Due to popular demand, the critically acclaimed South African singer-songwriter and guitarist, Dan Patlansky, has added two more concerts to his upcoming UK April tour that coincides with the UK release of his new album Dear Silence Thieves on Monday April 27.   Patlansky was recently added as special guest …

Multi award-winning, blues rock band King King are pleased to announce an October/ November UK tour to celebrate the new album Reaching For The Light, released Monday May 4 on Manhaton Records. An album launch show at The London Jazz Café takes place on Wednesday May 6th.   To celebrate the …

Slayer have just dropped their new song ‘When The Stillness Comes‘ Have a listen and then let us know in the latest PlanetMosh Poll what you think? [poll id=”8″]      

Unrelenting, unstoppable and unbeatable, Danish thrash outfit Impalers have produced a solid classic with ‘Prepare For War’, out now through Evil Eye Records. With two original tracks allied with covers of two timeless classics from Mötorhead and Sodom, Impalers have struck a perfect balance to accompany their full-length record ‘God …

PlanetMosh continues its support for the Northern Ireland leg of the annual Metal 2 The Masses competition – which gives the winners a slot on the New Blood stage at Bloodstock – by interviewing the participants in the fifth and final heat, which takes place at Belfast’s Limelight 2 on …

Dirt Box Disco who, in their own words, describe themselves as ‘Born in the UK from the malfunction of a terrible musical chemical laboratory experiment!‘ release their fourth album ‘Only In It For The Money’ via STP Records on 19th April 2015, with a series of album launch shows this weekend. …

First Ever Riot Tribute Album To Be Released 24 April 2015 ‘Thunder And Steel Down Under’ – first ever Riot tribute album, will be released on 24 April 2015, via Skol Records. Compilation has been produced by Bart Gabriel (Sacred Steel, Crystal Viper, Jack Starr’s Burning Starr), and will include Riot …

To be honest, it’s not terribly hard to compare The Dirty Youth to the likes of superstar upstarts such as Paramore:  both bands have young – cute, if you’re so inclined to describe them so – female singers, and both play infectious pop-punk infused rock music.  The main difference, of …

Four more acts have been announced for this year’s PlanetMosh-sponsored Perverting The Innocent one-day festival in Dublin. Galway four piece Negativ Result are joined by new look Belfast groovers By Conquest Or Consent, Norwegian thrashers Escapetor and Torbay psycho grinders Demons Of Old Metal at Dublin’s Fibber Magee’s on Saturday …

Forever Still is a band that has been on the PlanetMosh radar for quite some time. With the release of ‘Scars’ last year and an upcoming UK tour at the start of May; the time was right to catch up with lead singer Maja Schønning. Hi Maja. Can you please …

Kiske-Somerville is the collaboration between former Helloween singer Michael Kiske (now with Unisonic) and Trillium singer Amanda Somerville.  Both singers have also worked with Avantasia as well as separately on various projects.  The pair released the album “Kiske/Somerville” back in 2010, and finally found time in their schedules to get …

Slayer have been confirmed as the headliners for this year’s Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival.  It is the third time the touring festival. They will be joined on the event’s by King Diamond, HellYeah and The Devil Wears Prada.  The second stage will be headlined by Whitechapel, and also feature …

Manchester-based melodic hard rockers Ten are to release their 12th studio album, ‘Isla de Muerta’, via Rocktopia Records on May 20. The album – the follow up to last year’s ‘Albion’ – is the second to feature the current line-up of vocalist Gary Hughes, lead guitarists Dann Rosingana and Steve Grocott, John …