PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

After three self-financed and self-released albums to date, Welsh hardcore crew BWP signed to Siege Of Amida Records / Century Media at the tail end of last year, and this offering – also their first with vocalist Louis Gauthier and drummer Craig Reynolds, who joined the band at the start …

The Russian symphonic metal super-band Imperial Age publish the cover for their new e-single “Vanaheim”, taken from the upcoming album “Warrior race”.   Song available at: http://www.imperial-age.com/   The release is due out in April and features Daray (Dimmu Borgir) on drums, Fabio Lione (Rhapsody Of Fire) on vocals along …

Drummers rejoice! San Antonio, TX melodic metalcore band KINGDOM COLLAPSE and DRUM! Magazine are pleased to unleash a brand new drum playthrough video for the track ‘Dear Dad’, complete with drum parts explanation and transcription. Check out the video and information here via DrumMagazine.com.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_XO9uSoWKo   Earlier this month, …

Following successful North American back-to-back tours with Dark Tranquillity and Lich King, California’s young “powershred” foursome Exmortus decided to have a wee chat with PlanetMosh. Summarizing Slave to the Sword, these ten tracks have a thrash metal backbone, abrasive or ‘harsh’ vocals, and every song is packed to the hilt …

Arkona is definitely one of the most remarkable metal bands from Russia. Those who have seen these pagan metallers in their boiling energetic live shows, know that this is something hard to forget. The same goes for their music and to prove that once again, Arkona is presenting the new …

Ahhhhhhh the eighties! Way back when I was a teenager at school, a lot of my friends and I would share and swap music coming from the great classic rock bands at that time such as Van Halen, Whitesnake, Journey etc. I have very fond memories from back then, and …

Planetmosh and @BSTHydePark have a pair of tickets to be won for the Black Sabbath concert in Hyde Park London on Friday the 4th Jul 2014. The concert also features special guests SoundGarden, Faith No More, Motorhead, Soulfly plus many more, for the full line-up please visit the website www.bst-hydepark.com/events/black-sabbath …

Relapse Records are to re-issue God Macabre‘s long deleted Swedish death metal classic ‘The Winterlong’ this June. Originally released in 1993,’The Winterlong’ was recorded at Stockholm’s legendary Sunlight Studios in 1991 and engineered by Tomas Skogsberg (Amorphis, At The Gates, Entombed).  Now fully remastered and available for the first time in more …

Scott Stapp, lead singer of Creed, began his short European tour with his only UK date at the Electric Ballroom in London on Wednesday in support of his latest solo album ‘Proof of Life’. Supporting Scott were the amazing Voodoo Six.   Here are the photos from the show.   [flickrapi …

After recently launching “Scabs”, VALLENFYRE is now ready to unleash yet another track from their upcoming album, Splinters, due out May 12th in Europe and May 13th in North America via Century Media Records. Check out the second single “Odious Bliss” here Greg Mackintosh (vocals/lead guitars) comments: “‘Odious Bliss’ is …

Metal Blade is proud to announce to have inked a license deal with CNR Records for the brand new CHANNEL ZERO album “Kill All Kings”. The album will be released by Metal Blade worldwide (except for the Benelux territories) the 23rd of June as a digipack cd and digital download. Head over to www.metalblade.com/channelzero to …

I spoke to Within Temptation singer, Sharon Den Adel shortly before the band played their excellent gig at Birmingham Academy. Your latest album, Hydra was released in February and has proved very successful.  One song that has divided opinion though is “And we run” due to it’s inclusion of rapper …

Vampire is a dark, heavy metal band from Sweden. Formed in 2011, the band released their sole demo in 2012. On the strength of that demo, and about 12 live shows, the band signed to Century Media Records. Currently waiting for just the right tour deal to come along, Vampire …

XANDRIA premiere “Nightfall” video The German symphonic metal band XANDRIA will be releasing their new album “Sacrificium” on May 5th 2014 in the UK on Napalm Records! They are premiering their brand new video “Nightfall” with Team Rock Watch it here Catch XANDRIA Live in the UK 09.05.14 UK – …

Progressive Death Metallers, Nexilva, have today been confirmed for a Friday Main Stage slot at this summers Les-Fest 3. Joining an already strong line up of Death, Tech and Black Metal this is another strong signing for the rapidly growing event. Monolithic Music Manager Simon Garrod stated “We are proud …

We’ve been talking to those nice people at Alt-Fest and they’ve agreed to give Planetmosh readers 10% off the price of tickets if you order before 2nd May. All you need to do is go to the Alt-fest website and select the tickets you want.  Then hit continue and it …

Last night at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, Slayer surprised the capacity crowd with an unannounced performance, kicking off the show with a three-song set that included the global premiere of ‘Implode‘, the band’s first new studio recording in five years. Recorded …

I recently had the pleasure of speaking to Glenn Hughes, a man whose career spans several decades and includes Trapeze, Deep Purple, Hughes-Thrall, Black Country Communion.  We spoke about his new band, California Breed whose debut album comes out on May 19th.   Your latest project is called California Breed.  …

Dutch Metallers EPICA will embark on the first leg of their European Enigma tour this coming November and December. EPICA will be supporting their forthcoming studio album ‘The Quantum Enigma’, set for release on 5th May via Nuclear Blast Records. To pre-order the album click here. Vocalist, Simone Simons states; “After …

Pittsburgh, PA tech death metal machine, Kamikabe, have released a playthrough video for the song ‘Nefarious,’ which comes from their debut full length “Aberration of Man,” released in August 2012 via Unique Leader Records. Check out the playthrough video at this location. The band offered this brief update to go along with the …