PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

I spoke to former Rainbow singer Joe Lynn Turner a few days ago to talk about his tour and about him having been announced for this year’s Rewind Festivals in Scotland and Henley-on-Thames. You’ve just finished the UK leg of your latest solo tour and are now on the European …

Europe’s Joey Tempest Issues U.S. Tour Video Update Touring the U.S. for the First Time in 10 Years, Beginning Saturday, April 18th! Watch Joey Tempest’s Video Update Here: New Album “War of Kings” Out Now via Hell & Back Recordings Order Here via Amazon Rock legends EUROPE will kick off …

Shining were not a band to me until I got this review. I was totally unaware that they existed. Since then I have got very familiar with their back catalogue and their “controversial” outlook and themes. It with that said that these are not a happy or fun band; there is …

World-renowned power trio HIGH ON FIRE will release its highly-anticipated new album, Luminiferous, on June 22 via Century Media in Europe. Recorded at Salem, Massachusetts’ GodCity Studios with producer Kurt Ballou, the record is the follow-up to the group’s 2012 release, De Vermis Mysteriis. Universally recognized as one of the …

UK rockers Colour of Noise have been confirmed to play at this years Download Festival on Sunday 14th June, 2015, further solo dates to be announced soon. From Little Angels’ Bruce John Dickinson comes a new rock band called Colour of Noise, steeped in the tradition of the late 60’s British blues boom, and early 70’s stadium rock. Joining Bruce is singer Matt Mitchell (Pride and Furyon) …

Wheatus Return for 15th Anniversary UK Tour Playing Début Album in Full & More! What if you really REALLY loved your part time job? …but, what if it didn’t pay enough? Well then you may be in Wheatus. It’s a special time for music. Not too much of it sticks and when …

For some artists, there is one seminal song that, in the eyes of many from the outside looking in, must surely seem to hang around their necks like the proverbial artistic albatross.  For Jim Peterik, founder of Survivor, it must surely be ‘Eye Of The Tiger’:  despite the passage of …

Tonight’s gig was the first time Blind Guardian had played the UK in just under 5 years, so it’s no surprise that there’s a good turnout tonight.  While it’s not sold out it’s clearly not far off that judging by how packed the place is. The night opened with Israeli …

Ben Poole was a name that had crossed my ears recently and so I was looking forward to catching him tonight at Shepherd’s Bush Empire. He sings with a smooth caramel vocal and plays mellow songs with that trusty blues nod of the head. He dedicated ‘Time Might Never Come’ …

With, unbelievably, less than two months to go until Download 2015, the finishing touches are being added to this year’s masterpiece of a line-up, and today sees twenty-seven more flashes of colour streaking the tableau of Europe’s biggest rock and metal festival. Seminal post hardcore megaliths Funeral For A Friend make a …

Tickets for huge Camden Barfly show, June 24th, with every pre-order of new album ‘The Hydra’s Tailor’ on April 18th With Record Store Day coming up this weekend, plus a huge new album and their first UK gig in half a year to look forward to, prog-metal band Deadly Circus …

Emerging a few years ago from the local metal/rock scene and skate street culture, Parisian metal/southern-rock Churchill has just unveiled a first official music video for the single “Replay”, available right now on YouTube / by clicking on the artwork below. The song will feature the debut full-length album by …

In 2008, Benjamin Jennebo (guitarist), Isak Snow (drummer) and Viktor Vidlund (bassist) formed Smash Into Pieces and were joined later the same year by lead singer, Chris Adam Hedman Sörbye and Guitarist, Per Bergquist. After touring and recording relentlessly for 4 years the band made their breakthrough when they were …

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 …