PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Fans of Long Beach rockers RIVAL SONS are being invited to show the band their dance skills, with the chance to win some very special prizes! RIVAL SONS want you to submit a dance routine for their new track, “Electric Man“, and upload it to YouTube for the world to …

Hampshire, UK rockers Western Sand released a four-song, eponymous EP in 2013. Well-written and well-mixed, the EP is surprisingly polished for a debut. Songs have a nice, smooth idea flow. Tunes are mid-tempo, with chunky rock licks and a big backbeat; just the right amount of dirt for the grab …

ANATHEMA return in June with Distant Satellites, their brand new studio album.  Due to be released on the 9th June via Kscope, distant satellites is the highly anticipated follow up to 2012’s Weather Systems, recorded at Cederberg Studios in Oslo, with producer Christer-André Cederberg. The beautifully ethereal artwork was created …

British “roots” rockers Wille and the Bandits released their full-length album, Grow, in 2013. This is an 11 track opus, consisting of varied tunes, with a sound fairly far from singer-songwriter folk and Americana that’s conjured up with usual thoughts of ‘roots’. The band has two secrets to their punchy …

Extreme metal icons ARCH ENEMY will unleash their 9th studio album, War Eternal, worldwide via Century Media Records (Trooper Entertainment in Japan) on June 9th in Europe and June 10th in North America. The artwork for the album was created by Costin Chioreanu, who previously worked with Michael Amott on …

Brooklyn, New York’s TOMBS’ have confirmed Savage Gold as the title of the band’s third album on Relapse Records. The album is set for a June 10th release (North America), June 9th (UK/Europe/World), and June 6th (Germany/Benelux/Finland) and today the artwork and track listing have been revealed. The stunning artwork …

Lexington, KY’s Beyond the Shore recently filmed some clips with guitarists Zach Hunter and Jared Loucks, as well as bassist Eli Masherbash, to demonstrate the track “Glass Houses” from the “Ghostwatcher” album. The clips were edited together into a sort of performance demonstration / lyric video hybrid that is streaming …

BLOODSTOCK FESTIVAL are ready to announce their first batch of club promo nights for the 2014 event!  More will be added for June and July, so don’t despair if your nearest rock club isn’t listed yet, but in the meantime, get along to one of the following events, check out …

.@planetmosh reviews the new album from Pretty Maids, out now on @FrontiersRec Thirty years into their stop-start career, this 14th album from Pretty Maids is something of an amalgam, being as it is a combination of re-recorded tracks and four new songs. However, any suggestion that this approach is a sign that …

UK death thrashers Seprevation today announce the release of their debut full-length album ‘Consumed’ which is to be independently released 10th May 2014. “Truly evil sounding death metal from Bristol, true to the 80′s and 90′s masters. For fans of Death, Possessed, Sadistic Intent etc.” – Terrorizer Magazine That aforementioned …

Planetmosh have two pairs of tickets to give away to Sheffield’s first annual all day heavy music festival – FESTIVILE on Saturday 3rd May. Confirmed so far – Brutality Will Prevail Malevolence Desolated Astroid Boys Landscapes Bastions Dead Hearts Palm Reader The Catharsis In Arms Plus more acts to be …

Thunder officially retired five years ago, and yet here we are with not one, but two live albums. As well as playing a few festivals here and there, the main highlight of the year is now the Christmas shows. The location moves around each year, always a major city though- …

Crucial British modern hard rockers Voodoo Six will release a 4 track E.P on the 21st of April, it will contain a brand new radio edit of the lead single  ‘Lead Me On’; the original version of which can be found on the band’s current, highly acclaimed ‘Songs To Invade …

Noisey – Music By Vice are streaming the entirety of the brand-new Spooky 7″, a special split release between NUNSLAUGHTER and ACID WITCH, released this week by HELLS HEADBANGERS. If ever there was a perfect HELLS HEADBANGERS record, Spooky would be it: a split 7″ EP between two of the …

Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based melodic death metallers THE AGONIST have released their first group photo featuring new vocalist VICKY PSARAKIS. THE AGONIST tapped acclaimed photographer Von Wong to bring their new single “Disconnect Me” to life. The Agonist guitarist Danny Marino says: “After working with Von Wong on our Prisoners photo …

New York-based black metal crew, BLACK ANVIL, is pleased to announce the long-anticipated release of their third full-length. Blowing minds and eardrums since forming in 2007, BLACK ANVIL’s aptly titled Hail Death is their most epic and fully realized album to date. It’s one of those rare releases that not …

@Planetmosh @AnybodyBC reviews ‘Solitary, Poor, Nasty, Brutish, and Short’ by Mountainside Some bands make an album every year or every second year. Well, not in the case of Mountainside. It’s almost six years since they released ‘All About Time’. In a DIY way, during all that time, band was not …

Les-Fest are at it again with a further 6 acts confirmed for their 3rd annual festival to be held at larger venue, Wiston Lodge, Lanarkshire. First up and confirmed to headline the Cackblabbath.com stage on Sunday is Irish Power Trio led by former Mama’s Boys and Celtus guitarist/violinist,singer and songwriter …

On the 12th and 13th September, Reverence Festival celebrates the best in psych, stoner, shoegaze, doom, prog, garage and beyond, with some sixty bands playing over two days on four stages, including the hugely influential spacerock titans Hawkwind – performing in Portugal for the very first time. The resurgence of …

North Carolina´s Gothic Heavy Psych Band BLOODY HAMMERS premiere the lyric video for their first single track “The Town That Dreaded Sundown” from their highly anticipated new album ‘Under Satan’s Sun’ with Metal Hammer SEE IT HERE. ‘Under Satan’s Sun’ will be released as a regular CD, Limited Edition vinyl …