PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

.@Kylesa show in Glasgow reviewed by @AnybodyBC for .@PlanetMosh Another rainy Saturday’s night in Glasgow and one more concert in Kylesa tour, presenting their new album ‘Ultraviolet’. The band started their European tour on 10th of January and will be finishing it in one week in Germany. For the whole …

Def Leppard released “Slang” in 1996 at a time when rock was definitely out of fashion thanks to the popularity of new styles such as Grunge.  As a result of this the album sold well but nowhere near as well as the previous two albums had done, being the first …

Retro revivalism is a movement very much in full flow. With Scandinavian acts the likes of Graveyard, Witchcraft and Blues Pills leading the way, the sound of the late 60s and early 70s, with all its hazy vibes and values are being resurrected and dressed with a modern edge. Yet …

Graspop Metal Meeting 2014 has just announced 22 new names for this year’s massive event. Rob Zombie, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Alice in Chains, Mastodon and Meshuggah and many more have bolstered an already solid bill that features Black Sabbath, Avenged Sevenfold, Volbeat, Sabaton and Soundgarden. The new bands added are …

The Warriors of Metal, Inc. non-profit organization has confirmed the addition of West Coast heavy metallers RESISTANCE to the Warriors of Metal VII Fest. Only the third California-based act in the fest’s year history, the Lion Music Recording artists will be supporting the release of their fourth studio album, tentatively …

.@planetmosh reviews .@skindredmusic at .@o2academybris!! The O2 Academy tonight is rammed, and unexpectedly so – there was no announcement of a sell out until earlier that day. However, given that Bristol is the closest place to Wales that tonight’s headliners are playing on their current tour (until their Newport Helicop-tour …

Solstice hail from the depths of Yorkshire and have been challenging and berating the mainstream since 1991. At the helm of this mighty ship is the formidable Rich Walker who has steered the band through multiple line up changes and labels but has never bowed down to ideals of the …

@LouellaDeville_ @PlanetMosh reviews Meet Thy Maker by October 31 OUT NOW on .@hellshead666 October 31 are an American heavy metal band formed in Virginia in 1995 by King Fowley of Deceased (he isn’t actually deceased, as I first thought when I read King Fowley Deceased, but is the vocalist/drummer in …

PlanetMosh recently caught up with Zoltan Farkas of Ektomorf to talk about their new album ‘Retribution’ that is coming out in February, their plans for this year. How would you describe Ektomorf as a band these days and what has changed since you guys first started out over 20+ years …

.@Planetmosh reviews the self-titled album by @sunsofstone, out now on Bad Reputation Records. Canadian quartet Suns Of Stone follow a southern-edged blues rock path that has been trodden by a thousand predecessors, and while it may not be the most original route to follow they find their way along it …

Not long into the new year & we have yet more exciting news of additions to our line-up for the Dean Hocking (main) Stage. We’re joined by London thrash metallers SAVAGE MESSIAH, LORD VOLTURE bringing the classic metal from the Netherlands, whilst Fahran & SKAM bring a welcome dose of …

This debut three track EP from Athenians five piece Automaton is one which is unashamedly and proudly rooted in the drone doom tradition of bands such as Sleep and YOB, with the heritage of these acts seeping and flowing through every last second of the 33 compulsive minutes. With fuzzed-out …

.@Planetmosh reviews #IntoTheStorm by #AxelRudiPell, out now on #Steamhammer It’s hard to argue with German axeman Axel Rudi Pell‘s pedigree… this is his 15th studio album in around 25 years  – which is a feat (especially when you couple that prodigious output with nearly as many cover sets, live releases …

BLOODSTOCK is becoming the serious metal fan’s festival of choice in 2014, now adding their three headliners for the Sophie Lancaster Big Top stage. Friday’s Sophie stage headliners are Greek extreme metal overlords ROTTING CHRIST.  Much revered, ROTTING CHRIST were one of the first black metal bands in the region, …

Electro Metal five-piece, Combichrist, are the first of several new additions to Alt-Fest taking place 15-17th August at Boughton Estate, Kettering. The band will bring their collision of hardcore and electronic sounds to the main stage in a UK festival exclusive after having been heavily requested to appear by Alt-Fest …

.@DownloadFest adds more bands! Download Festival confirmed another 23 bands to their already bulging bill tonight a mere two weeks after their last announcement – and there are some very impressive names on the lineup. Killswitch Engage will be making their only European festival appearance of 2014 at the festival, with New …

.@planetmosh @themazenotts @sophie_charity   Martin Short’s  60th birthday ‘Badass Bash’. Full credit to Martin as he organised one hell of an all day-all night event!! All the proceeds from the night are going to two chosen charity’s that Martin has interests in. chART UK (Children’s Hospice Arts) & the S.O.P.H.I.E. foundation. …

 @PlanetMosh reviews .@legionotdamned – Ravenous Plague out now on .@NapalmRecords The thrash metal gauntlet has been thrown down in 2014 for others to challenge for by a band from the Netherlands called Legion Of The Damned with their 7th full length studio album titled Ravenous Plague, released on Jan.3rd 2014 …

Ten Foot Wizard initially formed in Manchester, England as a side-project by members of ‘Bisonhammer’ in 2009. Since then the band have played just a handful of gigs each year but have garnered a reputation for putting on an incendiary live show, recently supporting Karma to Burn, Witch Mountain and …

Back in my youth, one of my very first album buys was ‘Rainbow Rising’ and to this day, I have no real knowledge of what tracks are on side one, side two however is another ball game completely as it only contained two tracks, the mighty ‘Stargazer’ and the nearly …