PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

About 10-15 years ago power metal was the genre that enevitably went from popular to over-saturated. Bands like Edguy, Dragonforce and Blind Guardian had massive amounts of coverage and all the while Hammerfall were there to see it all happen.Not only were they there they came out of hype that spawned so …

The definitive Primus line-up – Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde, and drummer Tim Alexander – are back together and set to release their first full-length studio set in nearly 20 years, ‘Primus & the Chocolate Factory,’ due out on ATO Records on 3rd November. “The idea was to combine the …

The hardscrabble, oft-bloodied bastard child of blues-based rock and roll and youthful angst, punk music has found a ready and willing audience with the disillusioned and disaffected for decades. A near-antithesis to virtuosity, punk’s raw edge favors instant consumption: quick composition, hard-hitting rhythms, and raucous riffing guitars. It’s common-man folk music for …

FLYLEAF are set to release their fourth studio album, ‘Between The Stars’ via earMUSIC/Loud & Proud Records on the 3rd November 2014. With producer extraordinaire, Don Gilmore (Pearl Jam, Linkin Park, Bullet For My Valentine) manning the board, the band holed up in an LA studio with him for a …

UK tech-metal godfathers SikTh have released a short promo video for their upcoming UK tour in October/November, part of ‘Download Freezes Over 2014’. Compiled and edited by SikTh (co)frontman Mikee utilising live material sent in by fans, it features footage from the band’s recent performances at both Download & Tech-fest… …

Overdrive, from Grantham in Lincolnshire, are a band I seemed to have overlooked when listening to some of the old eighties rock and metal bands from my heyday. They first came onto the NWOBHM scene way back in 1981 releasing a 3 track EP “On The Run”, and another 4 …

AT THE GATES are soon to release their highly anticipated “At War With Reality” comeback album, their first studio effort in 19 years.  A first online music teaser, featuring more of the stunning artwork designed by Costin Chioreanu / twilight13media.com for “At War With Reality”, can be seen below. And …

Fallen Fate have announce Rab Duffy as their new guitarist.  He joins the Modern Metal band from the North East after parting ways with Piers Donno-Fuller earlier in the year. The band have spent the summer searching for a replacement and have had great interest in the position from all …

Supertramp and widely respected guitarist Carl Verheyen has released his new album ‘Mustang Run‘ and announced a UK/European tour – accompanying him will be Stu Hamm (bass) and John Mader (drums) UK Tour 2014: 25th Sept – LONDON – Borderline 26th Sept – MANCHESTER – Band On The Wall 27th …

Steve Rothery, highly respected guitarist and founder member of UK prog giants Marillion, is proud to present his long awaited solo album ‘The Ghosts of Pripyat’. Rothery comments, “This album has been a long time coming. I had an offer to record a solo album during the recording of ‘Misplaced …

Brazilian Thrash/Stoner act Panzer has just released a new lyric video on their YouTube channel, for the second track of the album ‘Honor’, ‘The Last Man On Earth’. The work of editing and sync was made by Wolff Videomaker. Check it out below. The band continues to promote the album …

Fresh from a Summer where the band have been conjuring up ideas for their next album, London progressive metal quartet Chapters have announced their return to the live circuit. Chapters will be appearing as main support to their friends & fellow Brits, the progressive death metal maestros Ageless Oblivion for …

The release date of the CALIBRE ZERO album “Con Las Botas Puestas” on CD is September 19th 2014. The preorder phase will start on September 5th 2014 from the Pure Steel Webshop. CALIBRE ZERO, active since 2005, improve from album to album. On their fourth release you will find high …

Arcturon have released a shortdocumentary about their new EP “Expect Us“, which will be released on the 24th of October this year, in form of a Trailer called “Road to Varberg“. Why a band chooses to do an EP instead of an Album, and why they would travel across Europe …

Jamie-Lee Smit is a young and talented belgian singer and model.  She has been widely known with her metal band Azylya, wich released a critically acclaimed album and performed at big festivals like Metal Female Voices Festival, PPM Festival, Damen Of Darkness Festival and many more. Following to her extensive …

Brazilian Heavy Metallers HELLISH WAR have released a new video for the song “Keep It Hellish“. The Song is from the album ‘Keep It Hellish”, which was released on CD and on digital download by Pure Steel Records. LINE-UP: Bill Martins – vocals Vulcano – guitars Daniel Job – guitars …

Ascended Dead hail from San Diego and present a four track 7” ep full of death metal violence. This is not your ultra modern produced and tweaked to within an inch of its life death metal, this is raw chaos. This is the second release by the band and first …

British hard rock giants TEN are returning with what is already being acclaimed as the best album in their history. ‘ALBION’ is the title of the album, the term being the earliest documented name for the collective British Isles from the time of Queen Boadicia. ‘ALBION’ is fine collection of …

Even from their humble beginnings in Stockholm  in 1990, Opeth have always pushed the boundaries in metal and none more so with their last studio album Heritage, released in 2011. The word prog rock was bandied around here, there and everywhere but those who cry out for their death metal …

Italian metal stronghold Iron Tyrant is tremendously proud to announce that a deal has been made with the legendary Mortuary Drape to release the band’s next full-length LP/CD this autumn, on a worldwide basis. The album, whose title is still undisclosed, is the band’s first in 10 years, and the …