PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

RUSH, R40, 17th November 2014 40th Anniversary Collectors Box Set Available In DVD & Blu-ray Set features live footage spanning all four decades of their career over two hours of unreleased material, including a rare performance of entire seven-part version of ‘2112’, Three unreleased tracks from the 1974 vault Plus …

Irish blackened death metal trio Zom are to release their debut album, ‘Flesh Assimilation’, through Dublin-based Invictus Promotions on November 24. Featuring cover artwork by renowned artist Zbyszek Bielak, the album is the follow up to a previously released demo and a subsequent 7″.  In a statement, the band said of …

Belfast thrash mob Scimitar – who play the PlanetMosh-backed ‘Assault On T13’ all ages metalfest this coming Friday (September 26) – have just released a teaser video for their forthcoming second EP, ‘Plague In The Vatican’. TThe EP was recorded by the band’s guitarist, John Thompson. https://www.facebook.com/Scimitar666

Mr. Lordi, captain of ‘Scare Force One’, and his crew are once again ready for take-off. The plane has been fuelled, the seat belts are malfunctioning and you can look forward to a solid hour of pure turbulence when the new album sees the light of day on November 3rd. …

Already receiving massive media acclaim, HANG THE BASTARD’s much anticipated sophomore album “Sex In The Seventh Circle” is out now via Century Media Records in Europe. Produced by Steve Sears at Titan Studios in London (Gallows, Spycatcher) and with jaw dropping conceptual art from Daniel P Carter, “Sex In The …

With his much-anticipated new album Phantom Radio just under a month away on 20th October, MARK LANEGAN BAND have today announced news of an extensive European tour running from January through to March 2015. The tour will touch down in the UK for the following shows, including a performance at …

THE BRIDESMAID – a brand new musical endeavour that draws inspiration from post-rock, shoegaze, post-metal, grunge and black metal – have today unveiled their first track. Listen to it HERE Those behind the project have chosen to remain anonymous; being faceless is less to do with creating hype or mystique, …

 Brawlers release brand new EP “TWO MINUTES” via  MUSIC GLUE+ EP TITLE TRACK featured as  KERRANG! breakfast single of the week         BRAWLERS have today released their brand new 3-track EP “Two Minutes” alongside a video for the title track; the EP comes with acoustic renditions of “Heart …

SPIDERS to release SHAKE ELECTRIC album on Nov 3rd via Spinefarm Records, backed up by UK tour dates in November, also band reveals title track with supporting video.         Female-fronted Swedish rockers Spiders will release their sophomore set, Shake Electric, via Spinefarm Records on November 3rd; the four-piece …

Kazo’s Debut EP Launch ……‘Cocktails & Canapés’is to held on Friday 3rd October,at The Acoustic Lounge, Poynton, Cheshire. Fresh on the scene…and much talked about band, Kazo, announce details of their eagerly awaited new studio EP….Cocktails & Canapés. Produced by Happy Monday’s Musical Director Dan Broad, at The Edge Recording …

Don’t you just love it when a “name” touring band pull into your town, picking up a local support along the way – most likely based on the philosophy that “well, they seem to have a bit of a following there, so they’ll do nicely”… only for the same opening …

It’s all systems go for BLOODSTOCK 2015 over at festival HQ.  No rest for the wicked!  As well as the recently announced Saturday night headliners, WITHIN TEMPTATION and special guests, OPETH, more bands are getting locked in for August 2015. Following Emperor’s triumphant headlining set at BLOODSTOCK this year, Emperor …

Italian guitar virtuoso Marco Sfogli will take up playing all guitars on ex Seduce The Heaven frontwoman Elina Laivera’s debut solo album ”Kaleidoscope”, produced by LALU mastermind and producer Vivien Lalu (Atomic Ark) and mastered at Domination Studios by Simone Mularoni (DGM). The rest of the guest musicians to perform …

      ‘Northern Strengths’ represents Rose Avalons debut venture into the world of Symphonic Metal, not that you would guess mind, so accomplished an album, that you would swear the Barcelona quintet had been around for many a year. So saturated is the Female Fronted genre, that I approached …

On October 25, 2014, MISS MAY I will tear up the stage at the first annual KNOTFEST in San Bernardino, CA at the San Manuel Amphitheatre. The road from Ohio to California is long, so why not stop in and visit some fans during the round trip? That’s just what MISS …

DRAGONFORCE released their latest album “Maximum Overload” to critical acclaim this past August on Metal Blade Records.  Produced by Jens Bogren at Fascination Studios in Örebro and Varberg, Sweden, the new opus will be the band’s first ever album involving an outside producer, having historically opted to record themselves in …

I (just about) remember the first time – and the only one prior to this year’s Bloodstock – that I saw Carcass live… and they not only literally blew my mind: they left it splattered all over the wall behind me… It was a Saturday afternoon – the third day …

The Dead Daisies are a powerful musical collective with a rotating line-up that features some of the best rock musicians on the planet and a sound that’s influenced by late ‘70s and early ‘80s hard rock – big choruses, powerful melodies and strong hooks. Following the release of their critically …

WINGER have unveiled a new music video – the title track from their Billboard chart breaking album ‘Better Days Comin’, released earlier this year via Frontiers Records. This new video follows an extensive 2014 worldwide tour, including UK / European dates in May and June. Winger’s main stage performance at …

Classic Rock Roll Of Honour 2014 Rock and Roll hall of fame inductee  GREGG ALLMAN to recieve the LIVING LEGEND AWARD, one of music’s most respected and highly anticipated events is being held in the  USA for the first time, on Tuesday November the 4th at  AVALON in HOLLYWOOD The …