PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Today was the final day of the festival, and a slightly shorter day than the Saturday, but with some great bands playing. Aria Flame were the first band of the day. An American band, they’re here today with several special guests.  Firstly Joop de Rooj who joined them on keyboards, …

It is a tendency that the best gigs in Glasgow keep happening during the week when most people are working. When the time for Deathstars to hit the town it was no different, however people where lining up outside The Cathouse on the first Tuesday evening in November. The Swedesare …

For many bands, the difference between their first and second albums can be a jump of almost cosmic immensity:  how to capture the energy and enthusiasm of your debut opus while at the same time applying the lessons learned from the earlier process and using them to adapt/moderate/progress your sound …

Manga metal moshers RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR have released their brand new digital single, ‘Dressed All In Black’. The song is now available via all known download & streaming platforms. Click to order @ iTunes, Amazon, Google!   Stream ‘Dressed All In Black’ at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeNyEiRD_es&feature=youtu.be   The song comes off the band’s highly anticipated debut album, Welcame, which will be released …

‘Sermons Of The Infidel’ contains a selection of 15 songs from Countess’ past. These tracks were selected by the band and all – save two live songs – were recorded again specifically for this album, throughout 2013 and 2014. Eight of these tracks were released in 2013 as a digital-only …

Planetmosh have three copies of the latest Quireboys cd to give away, all you have to do is answer this dead easy question. GET ON IT!

Fresh off their US Tour, American Power Trio PRONG finished an album of cover versions, putting their distinct spin on an array of tracks originally recorded by artists such as Black Flag, Bad Brains, Adolescents, The Sisters Of Mercy, Killing Joke, Hüsker Dü and Neil Young.   Tommy Victor: “PRONG …

@planetmosh reviews Milking the Stars – A Re-Imagining of Last Patrol by .@monstermagnetnj on .@NapalmRecords. So, somehow I’ve managed to be completely unaware of Monster Magnet for the majority of their twenty five year career.  Which probably makes me the ideal person to review this album.  It is, as the …

‘Thrill of the Night’, is the third album from Swedish Hard Rockers Grand Design. The album takes up where the 2011 opus ‘Idolizer’ left off, again led from the front by vocalist Pelle Saether and the guitars of Dennis Vestman, they are joined by Janne Stark on lead guitar, Mats …

Introducing MAMMOTH BLACK – the newest and grittiest band to come out of Virginia. Self-described as heavy sludge rock, the band will release their debut album Death Is Not Ashamed on December 9, 2014 via Stonerkill Records. Production on Death Is Not Ashamed was completed earlier this fall with Dick …

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The Quireboys are currently celebrating their 30th Anniversary year which in wedding terms would be their Pearl Anniversary. Life on the road may well be like a marriage, they broke up for a time tried different ventures then got back together and made the marriage work, despite some line-up changes, the …

It is almost 30 years since King Diamond left Mercyful Fate in 1985 to form his solo band and is miraculously still touring following a triple heart bypass operation 4 years ago and has just completed a 2 month tour of North America . His trademark banshee vocals are still …

It’s wet in London tonight – very wet. And whilst a number of the fans queuing outside Brixton Academy tonight have brought umbrellas it’s still cold and miserable, especially for this reviewer who managed to take a wrong turn on the way to the venue and ended up running through …

With the clocks having gone back in the middle of the night to give us a much-needed extra hour in bed, the PM team arrived for the third and final day of the 11th and final (?) Firefest with not a great deal of anticipation, as Sunday’s bill, on paper …

Lots of metal heads were waiting for this year’s Damnation festival, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Ten years and this year’s installment was totally sold out.  Leeds was full of black and camouflaged creatures, ready for what was supposed to be a really good event for sure. Loads of …

Mariachi El Bronx, the alter ego of acclaimed Los Angeles punk outfit The Bronx – have shared a psychedelic lyric video for ‘New Beat‘, taken from their new album, Mariachi El Bronx (III), which came out this week via ATO Records. Watch it below… The band will also be touring …

‘Beyond The Red Mirror’ is the title of the highly-anticipated tenth studio album by Germany’s favorite sons and metal’s most epic storytellers BLIND GUARDIAN.  Prepare to have your senses overwhelmed. Four-and-a-half years in the making, the follow-up to 2010’s ‘At The Edge Of Time’ (which debuted at #2 on the …

Swedish heavy-metal veterans SABATON, are set to return to the UK and Ireland for a killer 10 date tour in November & December. After the huge release of their latest record ‘Heroes’, this will be the perfect time for the mighty warriors to hit our shores and show us what …

After taking a trip back in time with the “Tragic Illusion 25 (The Rarities)” album and the last studio album “Tragic Idol” (2012) which entered the charts in over 10 European countries– most notably #2 in UK Rock Charts, #6 in Germany, #15 in Austria, #30 in France and #32 …