PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Irish hardcore death metal punks Coldwar have unveiled the cover art (right) for their fifth album, ‘Pantheist’, which will be released via Candlelight Records on April 28th. Coldwar guitarist Paul Nash explained the concept behind the Sean Fitzpatrick-designed cover:  “The artwork has a symbolic meaning to the subject matter throughout the …

Hard rockers MIRACLE MASTER have announced a auction of a custom MIRACLE MASTER Dean Guitar, this unikat is signed by all band members and branded with the MIRACLE MASTER band logo. The auction taking place on March 15 at the “Tattooed Woman” album release show and party, Rock Cafe Kiss in Hechingen, Germany.   Bids for the autcion will be collected on the release show and via …

Blues singer/guitarist Robert Cray is certainly a man who can be called a music legend.  In a career that has spanned forty years he’s released sixteen studio albums (“In my soul” will be his 17th); sold over 12 million records; been nominated for a Grammy award fifteen times and won …

Northern Ireland metallians Darkest Era are to release their new studio album, ‘Severance’, in June. The Fermanagh band recently switched from Metal Blade Records to the Cruz Del Sur label. Guitarist Ade Mulgrew said of the move: “We are excited to be working with Cruz Del Sur to finally get this beast …

Protest The Hero have revealed a video for the track ‘Tilting Against Windmills.’ This is the fourth video released from Volition. The video was filmed throughout the band’s most recent UK and European tour in January.        Watch ‘Tilting Against Windmills’ here:   In addition to this, PTH …

SUICIDE SILENCE are set to release ‘The Mitch Lucker Memorial Show (Ending Is The Beginning)’ on CD/DVD digipack on March 17th 2014 in Europe via Century Media.   On December 21, 2012, the metal community came together in an amazing way to celebrate the life of Mitch Lucker & raise …

Winnipeg death thrash outfit Endless Chaos have unleashed the third and final track ‘Condemned To The Pit’ from their three song debut EP ‘Rejected Atrocity’ to complete the full FREE download for its official release, March 4th.  “‘Condemned To The Pit’, the final track on the EP, really captures where …

@planetmosh @iamzoltarspeaks @ladylu If your childhood didn’t quite cover watching cheesy 80s films you probably may not get the referencing to 1980S film starring Tom Hanks, Zoltar, being the coin operating fortune teller. Beginning their career some 21 years after the release of the film, Zoltar Speaks descended upon the melodic …

To celebrate her 30 year anniversary, internationally successful Metal-Queen DORO will be touring throughout 2014 with a series of special performances around the world, including two unique shows on May 2nd (a ‘Classic Night’ with full Orchestra) & 3rd (a ‘Rock Night’ with guests), both held at the CCD Stadthalle in her hometown …

On April 9, Dutch Black Metal legends COUNTESS will release their long-awaited new full-length album, entitled ‘Ancient Lies And Battle Cries’ through the band’s long-time label Barbarian Wrath.   ‘Ancient Lies And Battle Cries’, the band’s fourteenth full-length, features ten tracks of uncompromising METAL, blending first wave Black Metal and …

THUNDER return with the release of not just one, but 2 live albums: Back To The Black Country (featuring additional highlights to the ticket buyer CD) and Thunder The Xmas Show Live 2013 both available now from www.thunderonline.com. Recorded at the band’s thundering sold out Xmas Shows at Wolverhampton Civic …

“The Brew are the future of modern classic rock music” – Rocks Magazine UK rock band THE BREW have announced a series of UK live dates in May 2014.  The ‘Control’ tour follows the release of their critically acclaimed new album ‘Control’ and music video ‘Repeat’. ‘Control’ UK Tour May …

Brooklyn-based punk band Cerebral Ballzy have released a new track titled “Speed Wobbles.” The track is the b-side to “Better In Leather” from their forthcoming album Jaded & Faded and is available for free download here. The band will be selling physical copies of a limited cassette and 7″ featuring …

London death metal mob Collapse have just confirmed former InComa frontman Harry Watson as their new vocalist, following the departure of singer Duncan Wilkinson in 2013. “I’m stoked to have been offered the opportunity to front Collapse. Craig Daws (Sacred Mother Tongue) encouraged me to go for the auditions and …

Monday night at the Garage in Islington, three incredible bands, all worthy of headlining. But tonight that honour went to the Graveltones for the last of three shows in England before they head of to Germany next month for the ‘Don’t Wait Down’ tour. Supporting the Graveltones were Welsh rockers …

@Planetmosh spoke with Cris and James from Savrtsot ahead of their first ever UK show. On Saturday 22 February, Asgard Event Promotions brought an as yet unseen band to the UK in the form of Danish folk metal’ers Svartsot.  Playing as part of the 3rd annual Jorvik Viking Festival fringe event …

Dennis Jarman from Planetmosh interviewed NWOBHM legends Vardis before last weekend’s amazing set at BroFest 2. Brofest 2 took place at the Northumbria Students Union in Newcastle Upon Tyne Check our interview with Steve Zodiac, Terry Horbury and Gary Pearson below

As previously announced, THE PRODIGY, IRON MAIDEN and METALLICA are headlining the festival, with exclusive appearances from ALICE IN CHAINS, DEFTONES and LIMP BIZKIT. SONISPHERE will now feature a total of over 100 bands across the weekend and has revealed more names to join the festival’s 2014 line up. SONISPHERE …

@planetmosh reviews Terror Hungry by .@lostsocietyfi out on .@nuclearblasteu I want to start this review by saying THANK YOU to Lost Society. Why you ask? Well, I had the damn fine pleasure of reviewing their debut album in March of last year. One year ago. Only ONE FRICKIN’ YEAR AGO. …

Esoteric Antenna is proud to announce the release of the eagerly awaited new studio album by the legendary JACK BRUCE, one of the greatest popular musicians Britain has ever produced. A supremely talented instrumentalist and vocalist, eminently respected by his peers, Jack’s pioneering bass playing style has influenced successive generations …