This sophomore offering from Dublin instrumentalists Parhelia has been four years in the making, being as it is the follow up to their 2009 full-lengther debut, ‘Shifting Sands’ (they previously had released two EPs, ‘First Light’ in 2006 and 2007’s ‘Oceans Apart’). ‘The Precipice Of Change’ is a hypnotic album, …
Read More »Turisas – Turisas2013
Due to be released in the UK on 2 September 2013, Turisas2013 is the latest offering from the Finnish metal band. Only two years since Stand Up And Fight was released, this is a quick turnaround and as well as a change from the previous releases by not being a concept album. Progression has …
Read More »Fergie Frederiksen – Any Given Moment
Dennis “Fergie” Frederiksen (Toto, Frederiksen/Philips, Mecca, LeRoux) is an inspiration. His long and storied music career continues strongly, despite advancing age and failing health. Frontiers Records brings listeners his newest material, 2013’s Any Given Moment. Produced by Alessandro Del Vecchio, this record has 11 tracks of melodic, smooth rock and …
Read More »Floor Jansen (Revamp & Nightwish) interview
I spoke on the phone with Floor Jansen, founder and lead singer of Revamp, and currently the singer with Nightwish (although it’s yet to be seen if she becomes their permanent new singer). We talked about the new Revamp album (Wild Card) which has just been released, the band’s upcoming …
Read More »Wretched soul – Veronica
Wretched soul are a death/thrash metal band from Canterbury. The band played Bloodstock festival last year, and on 9th September will be releasing their debut album, Veronica. Brief comments on a few tracks… The album kicks off with ‘Where shadows ride’. The guitars have a very traditional heavy metal feel …
Read More »Belsonic Feat. Bullet My Valentine + Guests – Photo Gallery – Belfast – 26th August 2013
Photographs of Bullet For My Valentine’s performance at the Belsonic Festival, Belfast. Support from Bring Me The Horizon & Gojira. Photographs by Marc Leach Photography.
Read More »Bullet For My Valentine + Bring Me The Horizon + Gojira – Belsonic, Custom House Square, Belfast – August 21, 2013
Belsonic is what is referred to in modern parlance as a “boutique” festival: taking place in Belfast’s Custom House Square, a man made auditorium, close by the River Lagan, with apartment blocks to the front and one side of the stage, and the imposing edifice of the Custom House from which …
Read More »Theia’s debut E.P. plus bonus-Theia II
Theia’s debut EP, just self entitled that, ‘Theia‘. It has got to be one of the most professional hard rock hitting EP’s of 2013. For this extremely young group of three guy’s ( the youngest being sixteen ) to put together songs like theses you would have thought after listening …
Read More »DevilDriver – Winter Kills.
Winter Kills is one of the most intense albums I have heard this year, any of the 11 songs will slay when played live.
Read More »Hornets + No Spill Blood + PigsAsPeople – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast – 23 August 2013
Tonight’s gig in this former whiskey bonding house come music resource centre is somewhat appropriately branded as ‘Distillation 03’, being as it is the third in the series of special showcase events supported by sponsorship from Bushmills Irish Whiskey… well, such an synergistic association doesn’t really need to provide much …
Read More »Monsters Of Rot III – Letterbreen – 24 August 2013
The car park of a country pub in what we in this part of the universe refer to as ‘the arse-end of nowhere’ may seem an unusual location for an extreme metal event, but here we are: in a tent, in the pissing rain, at the back of a pub …
Read More »Hypocrisy – Penetralia/Osculum Obscenum Re-Issue
Lending additional momentum to Swedish stalwart death metal band Hypocrisy‘s career in 2013, label Nuclear Blast decided to re-release the band’s seminal 1992 debut Penetralia, and 1993 sophomore effort, Osculum Obscenum. These albums are packaged in a 2CD deluxe box, featuring additional live recordings as bonus material. 2013 marks the …
Read More »Torche + Axis Of + Dott – Voodoo, Belfast – 22 August 2013
Over the past couple of years, Voodoo – a converted restaurant just off Belfast’s main shopping thoroughfare – has become one of my favourite venues in my home city. Having rapidly established itself as the hangout of choice for a large proportion of the local rock and metal fraternity, it’s …
Read More »Carcass – Surgical Steel
UK melodic death progenitors Carcass, have released their new album “Surgical Steel”. A lot of putrid water has passed under the bridge in the seventeen years since their Swansong and Jeff Walker alongside Bill Steer surprised many with a return to the studio. In the interim, Walker gave us the …
Read More »Hornets + Support – Photo Gallery – Belfast – 23rd August 2013
Photographs of Hornet’s performance in the The Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast. Support from No Spill Blood & Pigs As People. Photographs by Marc Leach Photography.
Read More »TORCHE, AxisOf, Dot – Voodoo Belfast 22/08/13
A selection of photographs from the recent Torche concert at Voodoo Belfast Photographs by Paul Verner www.livei.co.uk
Read More »Uli Jon Roth – The Box, Crewe – 17/08/2013
2013 has been a very busy year for Uli Jon Roth with over 100 gigs scheduled and he made his second visit in 12 months to The Box in Crewe last Saturday. It was the first of 2 gigs in 2 days (the other at the Diamond in Sutton-In-Ashfield) before …
Read More »Týr – Interview with Heri Joensen
With their seventh album, ‘Valkyria’, due for release next month, Planet Mosh chats to Heri Joensen, vocalist and guitarist with Faroese folk metallers Týr: Heri-Joensen-Interview ‘Valkyria’ is released on Metal Blade on September 16. Týr play the following dates in the UK and Ireland with Finntroll: Monday September 30 – Epic TV …
Read More »Primitive Man – Scorn (Relapse)
Vomited into existence from Denver Colorado in early 2012, this is the re-release of their debut record on Relapse records. Relapse has generally as a rule been on the ball when it comes to picking up bands that are primal and downright ignorant to the ears and this band are …
Read More »Rovo and System 7 – Phoenix Rising
‘Phoenix Rising’ is a new album created by two groups working together. You have Japanese prog rock band Rovo, and Steve Hillage’s dance music project, System 7. While Prog rock is known for experimentation, a union with an electronic dance music project still seems like a strange mix. The two …
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