PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

A brief interview with Kevin Starrs (aka Uncle Acid) vocalist and guitar player from Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats ahead of their show at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena supporting Black Sabbath.             Upcoming Tour Dates: 13/12/13 – Dublin, Ireland – Academy 2 14/12/13 – Sheffield, UK …

On arriving at the venue to request my reviewer’s pass i was asked why a webzine like Planetmosh would want to do a write up of The Damned. Maybe it was my long hair  that got the question asked but at the end of the day I love The Damned, …

Some photos of Michael Monroe at Hard Rock Hell.

Some photos of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown at Hard Rock Hell.

Dance/Rock icons The Prodigy join Iron Maiden and Metallica as the third headline artist to be announced for an historic Sonisphere festival in 2014. Prodigy will kick off the weekend with a bang on Friday night followed by Iron Maiden on Saturday night and Metallica closing the festival on Sunday. …

Arriving for their third time at Hard Rock Hell, Logan were due to play Stage One at 4pm, but before then I sat them down for a little chat.  Their new album is due out in 2014 and is currently in the final stages of production.  I was interested to …

Just the second night of their ten date UK tour, Skarlett Riot played Stage 2 at Hard Rock Hell in the early evening…but before they got to do that it was down to the press area for interrogation by the waiting media.  Here Planetmosh caught up with Skarlett (vocals, guitar) …

Arriving at Hard Rock Hell 7 and heading straight into a day of interviews, Planetmosh managed to grab some of that interview time with Alx (bass) and Philty (drums) from Fatal Smile before their set on Stage 2 later that evening.   This was the penultimate show for the UK …

Some photos of Airbourne headlining the Saturday at Hard Rock Hell.

  The Mars Chronicles and Klone were the first two bands of the night. To be honest neither really were my cup of tea. While both were both technically good bands, they lacked that ‘umph’, or something remarkable. Some sections were either too generic or a bit maidenly – that …

Some photos of Skindred at Hard Rock Hell 7, you just know that you wanna see these.

The Wacken advent calendar started on the 1st Dec and the first bands revealed so far are: Skid Row, Bring Me The Horizon, Excrementory Grindfucker, Crematory and Hammerfall. Since then the following bands have been announced Double package behind door 6 Steel Panther – Feel the steel! The mighty Steel Panther …

Some photos of Logan at Hard Rock Hell.

Some photos of Attica Rage at Hard Rock Hell.

Some photos of Druganaut at Hard Rock Hell

Back in the day when the NWOBHM movement kicked off there was no internet easily available so I had to rely on music magazines like Sounds, Kerrang, Melody Maker, NME, Record Mirror etc. for information. So all i really knew about Soldier was their 45rpm single release Sheralee which caused …

I AM I released their new single See You Again as a digital download on 11th November 2013. Former Dragonforce frontman ZP Theart formed I AM I after leaving Dragonforce. ZP assembled a line up of talented and renowned musicians to put together new project I AM I. The lineup …

Early afternoon on Friday before their  set on Stage One I spoke to Benji Webbe (Vocals) and Arya Goggin (Drums) to hear more about their new album Kill The Power, how they met and what their highlight was for 2013. Their new album is due for release on 27 January …

Regular visitors to the Hard Rock Hell stages, Spit Like This were back again this year.  Their second album Normalityville Horror was released in May 2012 and I was interested to hear how the song writing process goes for the band and their highlight for 2013.  For those of you …

The night kicked off with American alternative rock band American Fangs.  They kick off the night with lots of energy and noise.  Quite early on in their short set, the singer jumped down off the stage, climbed the barrier and jumped into the audience.  He then made his way through …