PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Anette Olzon is due to release her debut solo album, Shine next month.  Ahead of the release I spoke to her to talk about the album, whether or not she has any touring plans, and of course I asked her some questions relating to her time with Nightwish.  Read on …

  The world of Ambient and Atmospheric Metal has, for a long time now, had a certain appeal to my ears. The fascination with all things dark and gloomy, the sinister, the morose, all have wielded a gravitational pull on my auditory senses. I had liked what I had previously …

@planetmosh reviews The Fateful Dark by .@savagemessiah out on .@earacherecords London metallers Savage Messiah return to the fold with their hugely anticipated fourth album, The Fateful Dark. It’s an archetypical metal album. It’s everything you would expect from a metal album. It is indeed the definition of heavy metal. Like …

“Metal is the kind of music that was made for everybody, every outcast, every misfit, everybody who didnt have friends….I think it’s silly that people who like this kind of music then become judgemental of people” I spoke to Carla and Heidi, the two singers for Butcher Babies backstage shortly …

The world’s biggest heavy music touring music festival, the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, is pleased to announce the official venues and cities hosting tour stops this year! The festival will kick off with on July 5th at San Manuel Amphitheatre in San Bernardino, CA and will hit a total of 24 …

Heavyweight UK metallers Raging Speedhorn will reform with original vocalist Frank Regan for a special set – featuring tracks from their first two albums – at this year’s Damnation Festival, which takes place on November 1. The Corby bruisers will play through their back catalogue of sludge and crust classics from ‘Raging …

Fibbers was under assault on Saturday night. Carnage Metal Club saw bands from the North and South convene for an aural attack on Dublin. Rex Shachath, Overoth and For Ruin were here to tell the Dublin boys to go home to their mammies –  I joke. Rex Shachath was the …

American band Butcher Babies have been making a name for themselves with superb live shows on their UK tour with The Defiled, as well as on US tours with acts such as Marilyn manson and on the Rockstar energy mayhem tour.  Their early shows saw them performing topless with just …

@planetmosh reviews Baptized by @CHRIS_Daughtry out February 17th on @sonymusicuk Daughtry is the self titled band formed by singer Chris Daughtry.  It features Daughtry on vocals, Josh Paul on bass, Brian Craddock and Josh Steely on guitars, Robin Diaz on drums and Elvio Fernandez on keyboards. Since finishing fourth on American …

WWRS: You’re gearing up to the release of the video for Days Of Hysteria – can you tell us about the filming of it? TrAsh (Bassist): Sure! – Well I guess the best piece of info about this video is the location it was shot on!  It was shot on …

@planetmosh reviews W.E.T. One Live In Stockholm @FrontiersRec @jeffscottsoto This new album ‘One Live In Stockholm‘ is a first for W.E.T. It’s a combined live double CD with a DVD being released via Frontiers Records, and is available to purchase on the 21st of February 2014. The gig was filmed back in …

@PlanetMosh reviews .@MonsterMagnetNJ show in Wolverhampton One of a brace of UK gigs (the other being at The Koko in London), Monster Magnet made it their mission to lay waste to the packed out Wulfrun Hall which they did with ease. Lead by the charismatic riff lord Dave Wyndorf  when …

The night started with three spectacularly badly chosen opening acts which were incompatible musically and of varying levels of ability and seemed to only manage to bring one fan between the three of them. Finally, several hours after the doors opened the first of two Belgian bands took to the …

Tonight was the final night of the UK leg of Dream Theater’s European tour, at an almost sold out Civic Hall in Wolverhampton.  The gig was an all-seated one with no support act, and Dream Theater doing two sets. The night started with projections onto a curtain in front of …

W:O:A beach chairs by Stiftung Mensch The Stiftung Mensch (human foundation) offers some cool roofed wicker beach chairs with W:O:A branding by now – and the income will be used for charity! The beach chairs are produced in two different sizes and offer you the absolutely full range of extras. …

Their ground breaking 1986 debut Doomsday For The Deceiver was always going to be a tough act to follow especially when bassist and chief songwriter Jason Newsted left Flotsam And Jetsam to join Metallica but 3 years later they certainly came up with the goods with No Place For Disgrace, …

Blackpool band @thesentonbombs announce tour dates for Mar-May 2014. Blackpool Punk infected Rock ‘n’ Roll band The Senton Bombs have 16 live dates booked between March and May with a Summer Tour to be announced shortly. Current dates include two gigs in Denmark and two UK festivals. Links: – Facebook …

Nottingham Festival organisers @AcesHighFest are set to show their winning hand AGAIN! ACES HIGH FESTIVAL – 4th and 5th October 2014 at The Doghouse in Nottingham, sees a new festival aiming to showcase the best in UK talent! After the success of the first festival in 2013 with Headliners New Generation …

@PlanetMosh reviews The Whippoorwill by .@BlackberrySmoke out Feb 17th on @EaracheRecords Ambling in from Atlanta Georgia, comes ‘The Whippoorwill’ from southern country-rockers, Blackberry Smoke. Released in the US back in 2012 to much acclaim, their third album is finally receiving an official European release from the powerhouse that is Earache …

Dream Theater ended the UK leg of their European tour last night with a superb performance.  With no support act they played two sets with a short interval between them.  Check out these photos from their performance…