PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

A few weeks after the release of their debut full-length album “The Wedding”, recorded last year at Puls Production (Aix-en-Provence, France) and then having unleashed an official music video for the song “Devil dance”, The Coyotes Dessert put the album for full streaming right now on Bandcamp.       For the record…   …

English/Norwegian melodic rockers SKYSCRAPER will release their long awaited debut album, ‘Elevation‘, on September 8th worldwide via Ghost Dancer Music/Cargo Records. This dynamic band has been taking critics by storm with their inimitable brand of melodic hard rock. SKYSCRAPER‘s powerful and heavy demeanour is a fresh take on a breed of music that’s been the foundations …

Jersey Thrash legends OVERKILL released their seventeenth album White Devil Armory this Monday and in celebration of the release, the band has revealed the official video for new track ‘Bitter Pill’. Check it out here:     Vocalist Bobby ‘Blitz’ Ellsworth commented: “Hello world, metal world, thrash world! WDA has landed and you my friends …

IKTPQ have revealed the new video for ‘Bright Enough’. You can watch the video here:     ‘Bright Enough’ is taken from band’s 6th album, and their Epitaph debut Beloved, which was released earlier this year.   The album got rave reviews from renowned rock press. Kerrang called it a “glorious record”, stating that with Beloved, the …

Hot off the heels of a summer of touring European festivals, the loudest band in Rock’n’Roll, Motörhead have announced that they will be returning to the UK for their usual run of November shows, this time hitting O2 Apollo Manchester on 4th November, Birmingham NIA on 6th November and culminating …

Nonpoint are set to release their eighth studio album, “The Return,” on September 26/29 via Metal Blade Records (excluding North America). After 17 years in the game, the Florida quintet sustains the same energy that sparked its foundation back in 1997. The riffs crack with intensity, the bass and drums forge …

.@Planetmosh @AnybodyBC reviews “White Devil Armory” by @OverkillBand released via @nuclearblasteu 34 years of very productive existence, 16 studio albums, countless concerts and thrash metal adventures. Yes, they are the thrash metal legends from New Jersey – Overkill. In the middle of the summer of 2014, the band released their …

EAST ASIA’s premier Metallers, CHTHONIC, return to the Wacken Open Air festival on Friday, August 1st, and this time they’re not coming alone… For their third appearance at Germany’s premier metal event, CHTHONIC – based in Taiwan – will celebrate their first-ever main-stage appearance (the ‘Black Stage’) by combining their …

Rising from Detroit Fucking Michigan comes a new brand of Hellraiser, a band without gimmicks and causes or a dedicated genre – their name is Wilson and they are here to blast your pants off. Their debut album Full Blast Fuckery was released stateside in 2013 and has now finally …

When fiesty Scottish trio The Amorettes pulled into the backstage car park at the Steelhouse festival this past Saturday, they were fully expecting to able to relax with a few beers and catch a few of the other bands before their opening slot the following afternoon. What they found, instead, …

Hitting the road for three weeks this coming August for their ‘The Blood, Guts, and Sprinkles Tour’ w/ One Eyed Doll and Wild Throne, Psychostick are proud to announce prior to the tour, they will performing once again at this year’s Dirt Fest in Birch Run, MI on August 9th alongside …

Hailing from Southern Germany barely 12 months ago, 5 piece band Stallion already have a set full of strong songs. Their 1st demo was recorded in June 2013, a 6 track EP was released in October and in September 2014 their 10 track thrashtastic debut album Rise And Ride will …

Scheduled to play Saturday’s early evening slot at this past weekend’s Steelhouse Festival, flight delays resulted in Electric Boys‘ 15 hour journey from Stockholm to a Welsh mountain top ending just as they were due to finish their alloted set… A bit of juggling with stage times resulted in the …

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 …