NOCICEPTOR signs with Rogue Records America

Rogue Records America has been on the hunt lately for killer artists and its hit pay dirt with Texas groove metal band NOCICEPTOR, who have recently signed for a two album publishing and distribution deal. NOCICEPTOR tore up the scene with their third full length, Among Insects, and has big …

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No Hot Ashes – Belfast Waterfront – 01/04/2014

No Hot Ashes @ HRH AOR 2

One thing that really galls fans in this tiny corner of planet mosh known as Northern Ireland is the number of artists who ignore/omit “our wee country” from their touring schedules… Now, we admit (and fully understand) that there are a number of mitigating factors – not the least of …

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BLOODSHOT DAWN announce new album guests!

UK melodic extreme metallers Bloodshot Dawn have announced some of the guests that are set to appear on their second album which is set to be recorded this summer. Sven De Caluwé from Belgian death metal band Aborted will be weighing in with vocals, Swedish guitar maestro Per Nilsson of …

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Electric Taurus – Stiff Kitten, Belfast 29/03/2014

Electric Taurus Poster

With some inane pop band booked into play it’s spiritual home, this week’s RocKD promotion was forced once again to move across the street (and around the corner, past the car park…) to the surprisingly hospitable (despite the lack of both/either Guinness or Magners on draft) surroundings of the venue …

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VERBERIS set release date for IRON BONEHEAD debut

IRON BONEHEAD PRODUCTIONS sets May 19th as the release date for VERBERIS’ debut tape, Vastitas. The current state of New Zealand’s VERBERIS is as obscure and uncertain as both its origins and future. With the only certainty being the current moment, VERBERIS exists to traverse the devastating terrain of ravenous …

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Dirt Box Disco – Bloonz

Formed in November 2009 Dirt Box Disco started out for a laugh with the intention of doing three shows only. People who saw them, liked them and they kept on getting bookings. Nearly five years later they are still here and set to release their third album Bloonz on 26th …

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Delain – The Human Contradiction

.@planetmosh gets to grips with the new @delainmusic release. Within Temptation may be the undisputed torchbearers for the Dutch metal scene right now, but Delain are also causing tremors of their own. Having formed out of their fellow countrymen in 2002 (founding member Martijn Westerholt played keyboards in WT), they …

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Diabulus In Musica ‘Argia’

@planetmosh @diabulusinmusic @NapalmRecords Album to be released via Napalm Records, on the 11th of April 2014   Now you’ll all have to please bear with me here as this is the first time I’ve ever heard this group or genre of music. What you’ll now read here is straight from me having not …

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CYTOTA release video for ‘Sinnocence’

Ahead of this months tour supporting Memphis May Fire, Birmingham quintet Cytota have released the video for their new track ‘Sinnocence,’ their first release since 2013’s ‘Generation Scared.’ The track brings together the musicality of Cytota’s previous tracks and the driving guitars along with brutal drumming, giving ‘Sinnocence’ a sense …

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Killer Be Killed – Killer Be Killed

  Now where the fuck to start with this one? I guess first of all we need an introduction to Killer Be Killed they are comprised of guitarists Max Cavalera (Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy and formerly of Sepultura) and Greg Puciato (The Dillenger Escape Plan), bassist Troy Sanders (Mastodon) – all …

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Album review – Anti-Mortem – New Southern

Anti-Mortem (precede death in Latin) were formed in 2008 in Chickasha, Oklahoma by brothers Larado Romo (Vocals) and Nevado Romo (Guitars) along with Zain Smith (Guitars), Corey Henderson (Bass) and Levi Dickerson (Drums) and spent their early years turning the Smith family barn in to their own hand built concert …

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TUSMÖRKE to release new SVART album

SVART RECORDS announces May 16th as the international release date for TUSMÖRKE’s ‘Riset Bak Speilet’. A Norwegian group, TUSMÖRKE (”Twilight”) is a strange beast. With roots stretching deep into the Scandinavian neo-progressive rock underground of the early ’90s, the identical Momrak twins recorded a TUSMÖRKE demo in 1997 but soon …

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CRYSTAL TEARS release video for “Beds Are Burning”

CRYSTAL TEARS‘ new album “Hellmade” is available now. The band has now posted a brand new video clip for the final song on the album: “Beds Are Burning“. The song’s a cover version of the Midnight Oil classic! The clip was produced by Peter Amasiadis, George Kakalis and Kostas Christoforidis …

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DRAGONFORCE Announce New Album ‘Maximum Overload’

UK Metal titans DRAGONFORCE are nearing completion of their sixth studio album entitled ‘Maximum Overload’. Produced by Jens Bogren at Fascination Studios in Örebro and Varberg, Sweden, the new opus will be the band’s first ever album involving an outside producer, having historically opted to record themselves in association with Karl Groom.   …

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