PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

With Belfast once more teetering on the brink of descending into the chaos that is laughlingly referred to in the mainstream media as the ‘Marching Season’, and less than a week to go to its annual highlight of ‘The Twelfth’, Welsh hardcore mob Brutality Will Prevail could hardly have chosen …

One of the latest interviews we did at Les Fest at about 2am, we spoke to Peter Ellis (vocals) after Monument’s set.  As this was their first gig in Scotland we were interested to know what he thought of Les Fest, what the highlights have been for the past 2 …

Following their appearance on the main stage at Les Fest we caught up with Massive Wagons to talk about how it was playing for a second year running.  A festival favourite for me we also talked about their favourite gig they played but also went to see, as well as …

Balls Deep are set to play the Jägermeister Stage at this years Bloodstock festival on Saturday the 10th August. We catch up with the band to find out more about them, the festival, their thoughts and what you lucky Bloodstock go-er’s will see! Can you give the readers a quick introduction …

Some pictures from day 2 of Les-Fest 2 from both stages.

Karydbis are set to play the New Blood Stage at this years Bloodstock festival on Friday the 9th August. They recently wowed the crowd at Les-Fest 2 up in Scotland. We catch up with the band to find out more about them, the festival, their thoughts and what you lucky …

On a cold Saturday morning, the sounds of laughter abounded in Metal Town with the rumour that the sun was going to make an appearance on Day 2 of the Graspop Metal Meeting 2013. Saturday June 29th Vanderbuyst (7) were a new band to this reviewer but their fantastic set …

After twenty albums Saxon still have the ability to rejuvenate their talent and direction.  As we all know Saxon have had their fair share of high and lows, and with their latest album ‘Sacrifice’, they have proven again to the modernism people of the metal world, Saxon are still soaring …

Operation Error  are set to play the Jägermeister Stage at this years Bloodstock festival on Sunday the 11th August. We catch up with the band to find out more about them, the festival, their thoughts and what you lucky Bloodstock go-er’s will see! Can you give the readers a quick introduction …

Three days. 62 bands. One main stage, one acoustic stage and from what I saw across the weekend of Les-Fest 2 it most definitely was all killer and no filler. Planetmosh descended en-masse to take in the sights, the sounds and the craic, as Scotland showed it does indeed know …

Nocturna are set to play the New Blood Stage at this years Bloodstock festival on Friday the 9th August. We catch up with the band to find out more about them, the festival, their thoughts and what you lucky Bloodstock go-er’s will see! Can you give the readers a quick …

Kremated are set to play the New Blood Stage at this years Bloodstock festival on Sunday the 11th August. We catch up with the band to find out more about them, the festival, their thoughts and what you lucky Bloodstock go-er’s will see! Can you give the readers a quick introduction …

Neon Halo are set to play the New Blood Stage at this years Bloodstock festival on Sunday the 11th August. We catch up with the band to find out more about them, the festival, their thoughts and what you lucky Bloodstock go-er’s will see! Can you give the readers a …

Whitesnake fans are the reason these cd’s exist, fiercely loyal who know what to expect at a whitesnake show and are never disappointed. So when they requested another live album, David Coverdale decided to go one better, and record every show on the upcoming Forevermore World Tour back in 2011. …

The night kicked off with the support band – Revellion, or rather a pair of musicians from the band.  They introduced themselves as wynndebagge (Bagpipes and more) & skynntite (drums and more).  They played various medieval instruments, but were as much of a stand-up comedy routine as they were musicians, …

Every year at the end of June, flocks of nomadic metal fans descend on the tranquil little town of Dessel in the north east of Belgium for the Graspop Metal Meeting.  Now in its 18th year, GMM offers the best of all genres of music over 3 sonically charged days. …

Tarja’s new album, Colours in the dark, is due for release on 23rd August, but ahead of that comes the first single from the new album – ‘Victim of ritual’. The song is inspired by a well known piece of classical music, ‘Bolero’ by Maurice Ravel.  You can actually hear …

Tucana have their roots in the late 1980’s when the band first formed.  They split in 1992 but in 2008 reformed and started work on writing an album.  The writing and recording was delayed by various injuries, but in spring 2012 the album was recorded and sent to be mixed.  …

Time Grid was formed in 2001 after three of the members played together in Chrisophe Mattheys metal workshop at the Ecole des Technologies Musicales (ETM) in Geneva.  Although they wrote many of the songs that would eventually form the debut album, between 2001 and 2004, lineup changes were amongst the …

Three seasons are a three piece rock band from Sweden that formed in 2009.  They have released two albums to date – ‘Life’s road’ & ‘Understand the world’. Listening to the albums there’s a real retro 70’s feel to the music.  It’s a sound that’s proving very popular at the …