PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

What can be said? Joe ‘Satch’ Satriani has been at this music composing and recording game for longer than many of the readers of this review will have been alive. Many musicians cite Joe Satriani as one of their core influences, due to his consistently high-quality musical output across decades. …

Some pictures of Black Dogs playing support to Hatebreed in the ABC2 Glasgow

Dave Richie -And so it comes to pass that we complete the line up in this our 6th announcement for Les-Fest 2013. The final additions take us to 62 live acts over 2 stages. With no clashes on Friday and no clashes after 6pm on Saturday or Sunday. First up …

Some pictures of Demoraliser playing support to Hatebreed at their recent gig at the ABC 2 Glasgow   %%wppa%% %%slide=598%% %%align=center%%

This is easy-listening, good time, rock and roll at its very best, performed with great aplomb and a natural blues swagger from an artist whose maturity brings a huge richness and diversity to the tracks on this album.

Some pictures of Hatebreed tearing up the ABC 2 in Glasgow on their recent tour of the UK.

The night kicked off with Welsh band Revoker.  With their gear set up in front of the headliners the stage was very cramped – as the band came out I genuinely thought the guitarist was going to fall off the stage as he squeezed past the drumkit , it really …

Having seen Kiss a few years ago in Glasgow, and enjoying every minute of a spectacular Rock and Roll show. Made even better by some very talented showmen, dazzling stage set with amazing pyro, light and sound. I always thought I’d go see them again but they have not been …

For those of you who havent heard of Damaged Stock before, it’s an all-day charity festival held at Rock City’s Basement in Nottingham to raise funds for Epilepsy Action.  It’s organised by a bunch of escaped lunatics (or Evil Scarecrow as they prefer to be known) and their Manager Jennifer …

I like it when new bands are formed and they do old school thrash/speed metal.   Intöxicated are a speed/thrash metal band from Osnabrück, Germany.  They were formed in 2009 and this is their first full lenght album. Their lyric themes are Alcohol, Partying, Sex and Motorcycles. Their music style …

Symphonic metal band Suncrown are one of the new breed of bands who’s members have never met.  They got to know each other over the internet, and with the benefits of modern technology recorded their parts separately before they were all mixed together.  It’s an approach that is getting more …

Finnish band White Flame formed in 2002, and ‘Cougar’ is their third album.  Musically they are rock – some hard rock elements, and some more melodic.  Def Leppard, Aerosmith, Reckless love, Gotthard and The Electric boys are all bands whose names spring to mind while listening to this album – …

‘Backstabber’ is the third album from Finnish band Masquerage.  The band’s singer, Kimmo Peramaki was formerly with Celesty.  The band was founded in 2000 but it was only in 2004 with the addition of bass player Mikael Kontolampi that the lineup was completed.  The band describe themselves as Melodic Metal/Hard …

Arrow-Haze are a Belgian band who count Pink Floyd, Dream theatre and Queensyche among their inspirations.  Given that then you might expect their music to be firmly in the Prog-rock camp, but in reality it’s not quite that simple.  Yes there is a strong Prog element, but there’s also a …

‘The wake of man’ is the self titled debut EP from Melodic rock band ‘The wake of man’.  Having said that, listening to the EP I wouldnt describe them as “melodic rock” – that conjures up images of a much softer music, more like Foreigner, whereas The wake of man …

The Oxford Coma come from Phoenix, Arizona and describe themselves as “Progressive psychedelic grunge”.  The band formed in 2011, and in 2012 raised the funds to record their debut album via a Kickstarter campaign. Progressive Psychedelic Grunge is an interesting description and one that could mean almost anything really.  Listening …

,OakwindDark Radio was formed in 2010 by Diogo Ferreira and Flavio Silva but only finalised the lineup in 2012.  They’ve now recorded their debut album, Oakwind, and are planning to tour during the year. The vocals are great.  They’re very varied, at times reminding me of The Cult’s Ian Astbury, …

Sunk Fest is a Rock/Metal/Alternative music festival held annually in the secluded countryside parish of Sunk Island (which is a small countryside hamlet in East Yorkshire, about 18 miles East of Kingston Upon Hull) and since 2007 it has developed into a real asset for the local music scene. Sunk Fest …

The Crunch may be a new name, but the members certainly aren't new to the music scene. Singer Soren 'Sulo' Karlsson was the singer with Blues-rockers Diamond Dogs, Bassist Dave Tregunna was in Sham 69 and Lords of the new church, Terry Chimes was drummer for The Clash, and Guitarist Mick Geggus was part of the Cockney Rejects.

On a mild Wednesday night in Glasgow, is there a better way to spend an evening than chatting to up and coming metal bands?  I don’t think so, so it was little surprise that I found myself backstage at Glasgow’s O2 ABC2 catching up with the instantly likeable boys from …