PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Earlier this month Sussex quintet Subservience revealed details surrounding their forthcoming record ‘Upheaval’ set for release on 17th October 2014. The band has released a 3 part video series documenting their time at Brighton Electric and the ‘Upheaval’ recording progress. Drawing influence from the classic death metal bands of yesteryear …

.@PlanetMosh features .@silentjackband who will be the opening @Degenfest Lincoln on 29th-30th August. They will also be out on the Road to Ruin Tour in September 2014 which ends with the Roxx to Ruin all day hard rock event in Birmingham on 28th September. Silent Jack Biography Silent Jack are …

      Sometimes, an album falls into your lap, that restores your faith in all that is Heavy Metal. Whilst it is always beneficial, and indeed, essential , for the music we love and worship to evolve and explore different avenues, sometimes, it is just great to get back …

Reading & Leeds 2014 – One Of The Best Yet! A limited number of Weekend and Early Entry Tickets for 2015 available now With the dust still settling over the sites of Reading & Leeds, the buzz of three amazing days will live on for months to come. The good …

@planetmosh reviews Whatever It Is by .@Estrella_Rocks. When I spoke to Estrella a few months ago they were just back from a European tour and were planning to get into the studio to start work on their much anticipated second album, a follow up to the hugely successful Come Out To …

After the success of the Eve’s Apples performances at recent MFVFs, this year sees a new collaboration for the Friday night.  Metal Female Voices United will gather 7 singers on stage who will perform their favourite cover songs. The artists performing are Ailyn Giminex (Sirenia), Maxi Nil (Jaded Star and …

I spoke to Klara and Mia from Swedish band Crucified Barbara recently to discuss their fothcoming album, “In the red” which is available to pre-order now from http://www.crucifiedbarbara-shop.com/ Listen to what they had to say using the player below…      

I recently spoke to Herman and Sam from Dragonforce to discuss their new album, Maximum overload.  Hear what they had to say using the player below….        

Twenty years is a very long time to be doing anything without due recognition. Hailing from Sweden WOLF are experiencing that very same situation. I saw them a few years ago supporting ACCEPT and they were nothing less than superb. Initially I though they were a new band but to …

Canadian band The Agonist announced a new singer, Vicky Psarakis, following the departure of Alyssa White-Gluz to join Arch Enemy.  The band have just completed a UK tour and with their new album due out later in the year, I took the opportunity to speak to the band in the …

You cannot really fault the ambition of young German ‘post-hardcore’ proponents Annisokay.  Having already attracted considerable attention in both their homeland and elsewhere with their unique reworking of Miley Cyrus’ otherwise dire and unmentionable ‘Wrecking Ball’ (which to date has earned this Halle-based quintet almost half a million hits on …

When any band is regarded as truly innovative at a certain moment in musical time, the main question which must surely come back to haunt them, nigh on a generation later, is whether or not they are still as relevant and their innovation as impactful as it was ‘back in …

On Saturday night I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing The Graveltones just before their gig at Stereo in Glasgow.  It wasn’t your typical interview, barely a question was asked, but they went away knowing some new Scottish words, and I went away with a pain in my side from …

As one of the ‘new bloods’ on the PM team, the editorial board took it upon themselves to throw this Bloodstock debutante in at the deep end by sending me to cover the stage of the same name – presenting the daunting task of covering some 13 bands each day, …

Blind Rage is the third album to be released by Accept in the five years since they reformed in 2009 with Mark Tornillo replacing Udo Dirkschneider on vocals. As with “Blood of our nations” and “Stalingrad” it’s been produced by Sabbat/Hell guitarist, Andy Sneap. With most bands that have been …

STARKILL have posted the first in a series of videos discussing their upcoming album, “Virus Of The Mind”. Dubbed, “Creating the Virus”, the first of these videos can be found here: The first song from “Virus of the Mind” (due out on October 14, 2014), “Breaking The Madness”, is streaming now on the Century Media …

Winter in Eden are a symphonic metal band from the North East of England.  The band has released two very good albums in the last few years, and are now ready to release their third album.  For the new album the band have pulled out all the stops – they …

I spoke to Tom Englund (vocals/guitar) and Johan Niemann (bass) from Evergrey to talk about the band’s new album, “Hymns for the broken” which is due to be released on AFM records on 26th September.  Hear what they had to say using the player below…        

.@malevolentcreat @DeProfundisBand @Scordaturaband @exilethetraitor show at @ AudioGlasgow reviewed by @AnybodyBC for @Planetmosh   If there is a smashing way to brighten up Monday, then it is with a concert and preferably, a death metal one. Glasgow just had this opportunity on 18th of August in Audio. The gig had …