PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Earache is very pleased to announce ‘Beerache’, an unmissable one-night-only summer party taking place on July 12th in our hometown of Nottingham to celebrate the launch of the Digby Pearson beer, brewed by Castle Rock Brewery! Many surprises are in store for the night, including one-off sets from  some famous …

Swedish metallers Falconer have returned with 2014’s full-length disc, Black Moon Rising. This is the band’s eighth studio effort, a nice blend of melodic, power, and folk metal elements. This 11-track disc is packed with classic heavy metal, power metal, and folk metal in spades. Top-tier musicianship only helps to …

Young Bavarian eighties thrash ‘revival’ band Dust Bolt have dialed in some classic tones, with their new, 12+ track full-length Awake The Riot ready for enjoyment by anyone who appreciates solid, well-played thrash metal. The band wear their influences as players and as a band on their sleeves, harnessing the …

Mystical black metallers TAATSI reveal a teaser video for their forthcoming debut album, Amidst the Trees, set for international release on July 25th via FOREVER PLAGUED RECORDS. Set to be released on CD format, Amidst the Trees marks TAATSI’s debut album, not long after the Finns’ Season of Sacrifice demo was unleashed by …

11:00 – 11:45 Victims of Madness 12:20 – 12:40 Timewaves 13:10 – 13:30 Dirty Shirt 14:00 – 14:20 Mutank 15:20 – 15:40 Battalion 16:10 – 16:30 Roadwolf 17:00 – 17:20 Kin Beneath Chorus 17:50 – 18:10 Killface 18:40 – 19:00 Blind Channel 19:30 – 19:50 Metal-Battle Winner South Africa 20:50 …

Swiss Folk Metal pioneers ELUVEITIE are set to release their new offering ‘Origins’ on the 4th of August and in anticipation of the band’s sixth studio album, they have posted the official video for the new track ‘King’ online. Check it out on YouTube:     The band commented: “We are …

Carley + Jonathan Wolf named themselves The Ghost Wolves as a symbol of the band’s ferocious, primal sound and a nod to Carley’s ranch upbringing among hybrid wolves. The married duo are inspired by delta blues, loud garage rock, and American roots music – a genre they call ‘stomp and …

San Francisco based ExperiMetal Thrash band Mordred are back to tour the UK (and Ireland) this summer. Its 22 years ago since the band braced our shores and the band are thrilled to announce these dates and will be releasing their new single ‘The Baroness’ along with their back catalogue and …

The enchanting multicultural retro-rock 4 piece BLUES PILLS are set to unleash their new self-titled album on the 28th of July and in anticipation of the release, vocalist Elin Larsson has recorded a track by track clip for the album, featuring snippets of each track. Listen to the new album and how the …

There’s just four short weeks to the best metal party weekender of the year and BLOODSTOCK are still adding bands!  Both weekend and day tickets are flying out the door over at www.bloodstock.uk.com. Keeping the power metal fans happy will be Italy’s ARTHEMIS, who join the main Ronnie James Dio …

Southern California rock band Of Mice & Men are proud to announce they will be main support for the Arena tour in UK & Europe to non other than Linkin Park this November. “We are thrilled to announce our tour this fall with Linkin Park, a band that has been a major trailblazer for …

There hardly seems to be a week that goes by without seeing reports of another band that have left gear in their van overnight and had it stolen.  These sort of thefts can destroy a band, particularly if the losses aren’t covered by insurance. But even if insured and the …

PlanetMosh caught up with Ade Mulgrew from Northern Ireland’s Darkest Era for an interview to coincide with the release of their new album ‘Severance‘. 1. The new album Severance is due to be released in Europe on June 16th, what would you say a the main themes and influences on …

Hammerfest is pleased to be able to bring a veritable smorgasbord of talent from across the globe headed by Thomas Youngblood’s Symphonic Power metal band Kamelot, who bring their unique blend of monstrously epic metal to set the tone for what promises to be another cracking edition as Hammerfest celebrates …

After a triumphant set at this weekends Sonisphere festival, Surrey 4 piece, Canterbury are set to release new single ‘Satellite’, taken from their new album ‘Dark Days’.     With their trademark bold and anthemic choruses, ‘Satellite’ shows off Canterbury at their finest.   The video, which they filmed themselves whilst traveling the world …

This was my first time attending Les Fest and this year’s event had been moved to a new location, Wiston Lodge situated in South Lanarkshire. Following a 4+ hour train journey from Crewe to Glasgow + connecting train to Lanark, then a 25 minute car journey, with an hours sleep …

Another day of glorious sunshine! Who needs an alarm clock when your first band of the day Bacchus Baracus are doing their sound check at 10.30am? Half asleep I trundled down to the marquee just as they started their set and was knocked back by a wall of feedback drenched …

So Sunday is here, the 3rd and unfortunately the last day of Les-Fest 3, easily one of the best, if not the best outdoor festival I’ve attended. Perfect location, food was of high quality and reasonably priced, accommodation was second to none, the bar was also reasonably priced and Les-Fest …

German thrash titans DESTRUCTION have announced a run of live dates throughout the UK and Ireland in October under the banner ‘Thrash United 2014′. Joining them on this wing of their European tour will be UK thrash stalwarts Shrapnel, Belgian speed metal maniacs Evil Invaders and Finnish label brothers LOST SOCIETY.   …

@planetmosh reviews Third Step, Revolution by .@TRIA_Sweden They made me wait. They made me wait a WHOLE YEAR for the full EP. It was July 2013 when I was dropped a couple of blindingly tasty morsels from the TRIA EP, “Third Step, Revolution”, and it’s only been in the past …