PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

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 …

BRAND NEW SINGLE – SEPTEMBER 2014 UK TOUR DATES – 2014/2015 TAX THE HEAT, Bristol’s rising stars, release the brand new single: “Highway Home” this coming Monday, September 22nd the track will be available at all major online retailers. Following the success of Tax The Heat’s previous, critically acclaimed, single: “Fed to …

November UK Tour Announced Single: “Vultures Fly” Released: 17th November 2014 Album: “Hail The Apocalypse” (CD, Gain Music) Out Now 2014 has been a busy year so far for Avatar with the release of their triumphant album ‘Hail The Apocalypse’ (a USA Billboard Top 100 entry) as well as playing at the …

Originally released in 2001, “This Is Rock N Roll II” was The Quireboys first album recorded after their untimely split back in 1993 (the bands third actual album). It shows a band at the height of their powers, forged from true Brit rock heritage. Originally recorded at EMG studios, North …

.@louelladeville_ @planetmosh review of Tally Ho Amigo by .@PartTimePilots Formed in 2012 Irish five piece Part Time Pliots already have already released an E.P and an 8 track album called ‘Lovely Girls’ The 5 piece, based in Belfast and Omagh released latest album Tally Ho Amigo via Bandcamp on the 14th May …

Suzi Quatro is celebrating an astonishing 50 years in the music business – a feat that not many people manage.  To coincide with this anniversary, Cherry Red Records are releasing a 4CD box set – The Girl from Detroit city. In the UK she has had 18 hit singles, including …

Alice Cooper has been around for years, yet he never looks any older, and if this performance at Wacken is anything to go by, he will be around for a good many years yet. This DVD and CD three disc package captures Alice headlining the Wacken Festival in 2013. The …

Following on from their success in the recent Progressive Music Awards – at which they lifted the ‘Anthem’ gong for the eponymously-titled from their most recent ‘Distant Satellites’ opus magnificus (of which more anon) – Liverpool experimental progsters Anathema were obviously in great mood when they took that short trip across the …

Belfast Pop Punk Band Stiff Little Fingers have recorded their tenth studio album ‘No Going Back’ just over 10 years since their last album ‘Guitar and Drum’ and thirty-five years since their first ‘Inflammable Material’ The album was released on 11th August 2014 via the group’s own imprint ‘Rigid Digits’ …

For the first time in many years I’ve actually felt myself emotionally moved by a piece of music! Not since British rock group Rainbow produced the B-side track ‘Weiss Heim‘, have I heard such an amazing sound. Steve Rothery of Marillion fame, has put together an album of seven beautifully …

Former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo played the Underworld in London earlier this month with his new band Philm.  I met up with him the next day to talk about the band. Planetmosh: Lets start by talking about last night.  You played Philm’s first ever UK show.  How did you enjoy …

I spoke to Tomas Lindberg, singer of At The Gates to talk about the band’s new album, At War with Reality.  Hear what he had to say about the album and touring plans. Apologies for the background noise – the interview was recorded outdoors in central london so traffic noise …

While we spoke to a lot of bands both signed and unsigned at Bloodstock, we were unable to manage to speak to all the up and coming  bands who played the New Blood stage, so have been catching up with the ones we missed to see how they enjoyed their …