PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

To say 2014 has been a big year for Vardis and their patient fans is an understatement. Following their reformation in 2013 after an almost 30 year hiatus, they played their 5th gig of 2014 at the Unity Works in Wakefield. This was a homecoming gig at a venue they …

Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider has been confirmed to headline the second night of the Steelhouse Festival on Sunday July 26. He joins a line up that already includes Y&T, who perform on the Saturday night, and Tyketto, who will be the main support to Snider on the Sunday. Steelhouse …

My chat with Vardis prior to their headlining set.   Photo courtesy of Simon Dunkerley.

On the fifth day of Christmas PlanetMosh gave to me ‘five gold stars’ in Bulletproof the third and latest five track, EP from The Black Bullets a Punk/Rock ‘n’ Roll band from Basingstoke and Newbury. A band I saw supporting the Anti-Nowhere League at 100 Club, London in April review …

In between all the rush from one gig to another there was yet another one in the “must attend” list – Behemoth’s concert in Glasgow. Occupying the O2 ABC stage on the day after killer Morbid Angel show makes it a little different but the perfect continuation. These Polish blackened …

Arch Enemy have been confirmed as the headline act for the first ever Dynamo Metalfest, which takes place at the IJssportcentrum in Eindhoven on Saturday July 18. They join Death Angel, Alestorm and Nuclear Assault, with four other acts still to be announced. “We are very pleased with the addition of …

Neurotic Deathfest, which takes place at the 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands, from April 17 – 19, have confirmed Obituary as one of the headliners for the 2015 event.  Gorod, Kronos and Holocausto Canibal also have been added to the bill, joining the likes of Bloodbath, Immolation, Hate Eternal and …

Eleven new bands and a theatre play have just been confirmed for TUSKA 2015 line-up. Pioneer of theatrical rock and one of the heavy metal ancestors ALICE COOPER brings his shock rock circus to Tuska main stage. OPETH is set to show off how to master progressive metal on a wide …

As Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliott brought his self-described “little side project” to Belfast for the penultimate night of the ‘Further Adventures Of The Down ‘N’ Outz’ tour, PM pulled up to venue, took the lift to the third floor and sat ourselves down on a rather nice leather sofa …

On the fourth day of Christmas PlanetMosh gave to me Born to Destruct and their album If You Want Destruction – You Got It to review. Born to Destruct are a four piece Punk band from ‘Your Heart’ or so they say on Facebook, never heard of that town. Maybe …

Tickets are flying out the door for BLOODSTOCK 2015, the biggest metal party weekend of the year, and now the VIP ‘Serpents Lair’ tickets are available!  Do you like a bit of luxury as part of your festival experience, or just want to hang in the VIP bar with some …

Tonight was my first time visiting Sub89 in Reading, and I have to say I was impressed. It’s right in the city centre, just a couple of minutes walk from the railway station.  The best part was when I get inside – the sound quality.  The volume was loud but …

There are so many things to do when December knocks on your door. One thing is a must – to check EBM masters Combichrist playing live, especially if you find yourself in Glasgow.  They were here exactly one year ago with their old school set and as promised they are …

UK TECH-FEST returns in 2015 for its fourth year and kicks things off with a huge band announcement, promising to once again deliver the most forward thinking metal line up the UK has seen.   Technical death metal legends DECAPITATED (UK Exclusive) will be one of the headliners who are …

Similar to how Bob Dylan‘s “All Along the Watchtower” gained wider attention through Jimi Hendrix‘s incendiary cover, Dean Fertita‘s “Parallel” made music news headlines several years after being laid to tape, through The Dead Weather bandmate Jack White‘s quirky, angular-blues cover version. And that’s a good thing. The original “Parallel” …

The wheels are on the road, the sunroof is open, the power chords are blasting and the journey to Download 2015 is well under way. Among the latest fleet of iconic names added to Europe’s biggest rock and metal festival this year is punk icon and Generation X frontman Billy …

It was a rainy night outside at the Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, but the fans still queued up until the doors were opened at bang on 19:00. The gathered masses then started to make their way inside for what we anticipated was going to be an epic night out! Everyone …

On the first day of Christmas PlanetMosh gave to me Massive Wagons Rocking a-round the tree! If you sing it right it fits the tempo of Partridge in a pear tree! Yesterday Massive Wagons released their video to Christmas Single a cover of  Run Run Rudolph  a Christmas song written by …

Apparently we are having a “weatherbomb” here in the UK this week. This means high winds, rain, hail, snow, basically the worst the sky can throw at us. So what else are you going to do on a cold Wednesday night in December than take a 150-mile round trip along …

The busiest time of the year has come. Yeah, when amazingly great bands have even more awesome gigs one after another and if you have to choose one it might become real torture. So many of us end up going to lots of them. Morbid Angel gig was one of …