PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Doro’s current tour is billed as “30 years strong and proud”, but the real celebration of Doro’s 30th anniverary took place at the start of May in her home town of Dusseldorf.  For her 20th and 25th anniversary shows she did special gigs in Dusseldorf with special guests joining her, …

Is there life for Sabaton after, well, Sabaton? Judging by their recent tour and the mania that ensued during their show at Woodstock in Poland (captured on their live release Swedish Empire Live), you’d have to say things were pretty healthy. Pun intended given their lyrical content, the band have bravely soldiered …

The first Alien album (self-titled, 1988) is considered an AOR classic and I was fortunate to buy it on Import from Powercuts Records in Manchester. However the band’s career took a bit of a nosedive after that album, several line-up changes and albums of poor quality songs and production consigned …

After seeing Epica perform their album launch gig in front of a couple of thousand fans in Tilburg, today saw a much more low-key performance for them – an acoustic set in a record store in front of no more than around 50 people. The band were all present with …

Tonight was to be a special show from Epica – the launch party for their new album, The Quantum Enigma.  As with their other album launch gigs and special shows, this saw fans travelling from all over the world. Support came from Finnish band, Insomnium, a band who have toured …

.@louelladeville_ @PlanetMosh interview with .@B_P_R_Band after their gig at .@snootyfoxlive on 19th April 2014. Bulletproof Rose, a hard rock band from West Cumbria, talk to PlanetMosh after their gig at The Snooty Fox, Wakefield to give us an introduction to the band, tell us who’s who, influences etc. and what’s …

STP Records today announced: – It is not with a heavy heart, but with a sense of achievement, friendship, respect that we are announcing that STP Records will from 2015 be changing from a Label to a Distro only. All the bands we release for or have plans to release …

The whole retro, vintage take on the classic era of Doom has been touted around now for some time, and let us be honest, in varying degrees of quality. It is one thing to pay homage to the riffs of the 60’s and 70’s but entirely another to produce something …

Haerken are a new European band, and their ten-song debut album, …Of Warriors and Kings, released in 2014, is a fresh face on the monolith that is extreme music. (At least for Latin, the ‘ae’ is pronounced “i”.) Modern, technical, crunchy, and fairly dry, the band’s sound could be described …

@planetmosh reviews .@LionizeMusic and .@clutchofficial. Wednesday night saw the arrival of the Earth Rocker World Tour in Glasgow, and the sold out crowd at the 02 ABC were more than ready to let Clutch know it was about time.  Fans started queuing three hours before Clutch were due to take …

.@Planetmosh @AnybodyBC review ‘The Necrotic Manifesto’ by @abortedmetal released via @centurymedia Aborted is not the kind of death metal band that simply blends in among the others. These guys from Belgium definitely have something of their own and that hasn’t faded away during their 19 years in existence (even with lineup changes and the …

The Heavy Metal legends GRAVE DIGGER are set to release their long awaited brand new album ‘Return Of The Reaper’ on July 14th 2014 in the UK via Napalm Records. To get a first taste of the upcoming album, the band has now unveiled a snippet of the track Season …

The King Lot are a three piece Hard Rock and Roll band from West Lothian, Scotland who I have never heard much about until now! The band members have been friends for many years, and have written and recorded in various bands and projects together as well as achieving commercial …

Battlecross have launched three new live bootlegs! POV Recordings recently shot and edited live videos of “Flesh & Bone“, “Never Coming Back” and “Kaleb” from the band’s show at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh, NC. The videos can be seen on the Metal Blade Records, Battlecross, and POV Recordings youtube …

Doom/psych alchemists OPIUM WARLORDS premiere the new track “The Self-Made Man” at Metal Hammer magazine’s website. The song hails from OPIUM WARLORDS’ forthcoming Taste My Sword of Understanding, set for international release May 30th via SVART RECORDS. Set to be released on CD and double-LP formats, Taste My Sword Of …

As the May 12th release for “The Human Hive” approaches, Melbourne’s BORIS THE BLADE are currently decimating the European mainland with label mates Martyr Defiled and US Brutalists I Declare War. Ahead of Monday’s street date, the album can now be streamed in full here “The Human Hive” is a …

Planetmosh chat with Cormac Neeson, vocalist from The Answer about their latest tours, album and more… Your latest album ‘New Horizon’ came out in September, how has the reception been? The album ‘Rise’ broke the market for you guys, opening a lot of doors and the reaction to the album …

The release of OPETH‘s hotly anticipated eleventh studio album, ‘Pale Communion‘ has been rescheduled for 25th August. The opus was previously set for a mid-June release via Roadrunner Records. Opeth mainman and visionary, Mikael Åkerfeldt explains; “Many of you have heard the rumours already and we can now confirm that …

Detroit party hounds, WILSON will finally have their ‘Full Blast Fuckery’ debut album physically available in the UK on 7th July.  After a frustrating wait for UK fans, our fearless five-piece from Michigan are looking forward to spreading their tunes to as many new British ears as they can muster. …

UNTIL DAWN is already recognized in their home country of Canada for their intense energy, intoxicating guitar riffs and their lively stage shows. Originating from the remote northern depths of Fort McMuarry, Alberta, UNTIL DAWN has been able to prove that their distant location will not slow them down, and …