PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Were you to choose a banner song for the Esben and the Witch that we’ve come to know in 2014, it’d surely be ‘Dig Your Fingers In’. It oozes grit, determination and belly fire: qualities present with abundance in the Brighton trio, who find themselves a fully functioning micro-industry as …

Half of PlanetMosh’s Belfast team endured flight delays, endless roundabouts and hikes up and down mountains to enjoy the various delights of the annual Steelhouse festival in Ebbw Vale. While there, we took the opporunity to sit down for a cold beer with our fellow countrymen, Paul Mahon (pictured right) …

Award Winning Atlanta, Georgia Progressive Metallers HALCYON WAY will release their new album Conquer, on August 19th in North America via Nightmare Records, and on August 23rd in Europe/Rest Of World via Massacre Records.   Today RevolverMag.com the online home of Revolver Magazine is hosting an exclusive premiere of the …

BLOODSTOCK is a little over two weeks away and activity is at fever pitch over at BLOODSTOCK HQ.  The ‘Metal 2 The Masses’ finals have rocked to a conclusion and some more lucky young bands are joining the New Blood stage at Catton Park next month, plus there’s a few …

I seriously think it says something about heavy metal gigs when there is one thing you notice which is conspicuous by it’s absence – and that is security!  Apart from one guy nonchalantly leaning against the DJ booth, and another languidly lazing at the top of the steps leading to …

The opportunity to catch the charismatic former double World Superbikes champion James Toseland live for the first time was one of the highlights of this past weekend’s Steelhouse Festival in south Wales, for the PlanetMosh Belfast team at least. Before he took to the stage in the glorious sunshine of …

Nuclear Blast are pleased to announce the signing of Pennsylvanian based band Crobot for the territory of Europe.   Frontman Brandon Yeagley has stated his excitement to sign with the prestigious rock label: “We’re honoured to have Nuclear Blast as the international wind beneath our beards.  With bands like Graveyard, Scorpion Child, Orchid, & Kadavar on …

Chicagoland’s melodic death metallers, STARKILL, have announced the release for their sophomore album “Virus of the Mind” on the following dates: USA, Canada: October 14th, 2914 Europe, Australia/NZ: October 20th, 2014   Once again enlisting the services of engineer and producer Chuck Macak (Oceano, letlive.), “Virus of the Mind” will …

.@louplanetmosh @planetmosh reviews Snakebite by .@silentjackband Snakebite by Birmingham based Hard Rock band Silent Jack was released late last year. I liked it immediately. Here’s a bite-size taster! From start to finish this seven track album was packed with great songs and screaming riffs. Brand New Start had a bit …

Purest of Pain are the Dutch winners of this year’s Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band. …

JOHN GARCIA is set to release his solo album John Garcia on August 4th in the UK on Napalm Records!   Today the track “Her Bullets Energy” is receiving its exclusive premiere courtesy of Classic Rock.   Check it out here: http://classicrock.teamrock.com/news/2014-07-21/john-garcia-featuring-robbie-krieger   With VISTA CHINO, GARCIA makes music very …

After the successful release of  The Human Contradiction in April and a grand tour with Within Temptation throughout Europe, DELAIN were able to convince completely fans and critics with their great live show, Charlotte’s power voice and bombastic symphonic metal anthems. Now the sympathetic Dutch are confirmed as special guest …

Revered punk-rock four-piece Four Year Strong has debuted a video for their new song and title track “Go Down In History”.  The video which premiered at AltPres.com can be viewed HERE.     The track is featured on the band’s new EP, Go Down In History, which is out today …

Chicago XXXVI: Now is the first album of completely new material from the band for eight years.  As it’s the 23rd album over the course of 47 years from the soft-rock giants (36th if you include live albums and compilations), then it’s safe to say that nobody is expecting anything …

AMBUSH REALITY has existed as a record label since 2006 solely as an outlet for the recorded works of ENTER SHIKARI. “Solely” more by accident than design, though, with time constraints and ‘nothing really jumping out and grabbing anyone’ being the main factors in the label’s singular approach to releasing …

The second trailer for (r)Evolution, the ninth studio album by Swedish heavy metallers HAMMERFALL, is now available for viewing on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel:     Watch the guys describe how they achieved the ‘old HAMMERFALL sound’ to make this album ‘smell a little bit like the old days’ …

Crescent are the Egyptian winners of this year’s Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band. We are Crescent …

Room of the Mad Robots - Pre Fest Interview Wacken 2014

NYHC legends Madball have just announced a UK-wide Tour kicking off at Birmingham’s The Oobleck Friday September 26th.   The band will be bringing new tracks from their recently released album ‘Hardcore Lives’ with shows across England as well as Glasgow’s ‘Ivory Blacks’ and ending the tour with two dates in Ireland, playing both …

Nottingham based Punk Rock band Trioxin Cherry released their debut album Let’s Take Off and Nuke the Site From Space via STP Records on 18th April 2014.  The album opens with a 16 second spoken introduction to the song Baka Manko, both introduction and song are in Japanese. I don’t speak a word …