PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

A selection of photos taken at the recent Dropkick Murphys  concert at Vicar St, Dublin, Ireland. Support on the night was from Frank Turner.   To read Mark’s gig review click here   Click to visit the Dropkick Murphys and Frank Turner official websites. %%wppa%% %%slide=544%%   Photos by Down …

Unsigned Scottish metallers Skeleton Verse (formerly known as The Paradox) have been going for 3 years and in that time they have been a busy lot releasing debut EP “the poet versus the town crier”, their debut album “bleeding by example” and a further EP “fuck your comfort zone”. Now …

Sometimes it’s good to kick back and take a look at what’s happening in the local metal scene around the UK.  We did exactly this in Glasgow as we caught up with local unsigned band Beckon to find out just what their thoughts are on the future and on getting …

Queens of Metal festival is proud to announce more bands for this years festival. Here are the bands: Knorkator Enforcer Debauchery Hail of Bullets Steelwing Accusser   So one half of all bands is confirmed now: Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Eluveitie Knorkator Legion Of The Damned Orden Ogan Debauchery Enforcer Dr. …

Hardcore madness from the German cult heroes.     Bringing musical carnage and general mayhem since 2005, Fallbrawl have had plenty of time to cut their teeth in the business. Building a strong reputation in Germany as one of the most extreme and best hardcore acts on the circuit, they …

In the realm of music in general (never mind all things heavy), there are few artists as impenetrable as Mike Patton. From the incendiary experimentalism of Faith No More to the utterly bizarre genre-dodging of Mr. Bungle – and let’s not forget Fantômas, Peeping Tom and his genuinely terrifying compositions …

Dirt come clean with an album to get low down and dirty with.     Some people are just born to play Metal, it’s an evolutionary thing, a thing that is encased in their DNA, surging through every sinew and blood vessel in their denim and leather clad bodies. A …

Amidst all our genre squabbling and elitism, there exists a selection of bands who operate on metal’s outer limits. Elusive, erudite and enigmatic, they so staunchly avoid direct genre classification that it’s almost to their detriment. For Cult Of Luna, a five year gap has pervaded between 2008’s Eternal Kingdom …

KISS the very first signing to the newly formed Tim Bogart label Casablanca on the evidence of a single performance at New York City’s Le Tang’s Ballet Studio in 1973, have released a limited edition box set of their singles while at the label to celebrate their 40th anniversary in …

To say that Cassiopeia, the 9th studio album from Greek metallers Nightfall is busy is an understatement as it jumps from symphonic metal to death and thrash in the blink of an eye. Its dominated by the one dimensional but compelling aggressive bark of vocalist  Efthimis Karadimas. Efthimis formed Nightfall …

If you’ve never heard them before, you would be forgiven for thinking, upon first listen, that there is a very Savatage quality to Circle II Circle’s sound:  it’s a comparison that you would be more than justified making, as CIIC frontman Zak Stevens spent eight years at the helm of …

France’s Idols For Dinner actually trace their roots back more than half a decade, forming as Corpse Division back in 2007 but changing their name a few years later as they felt their original monicker did not reflect the style of music they play:   “it sounded like a brutal death …

This fifth studio album from Polish progressive rockers Riverside – their first since 2009’s ‘Anno Domini High Definition’, which charted at number one in their native Poland – is an interesting beast, drawing as it does on a myriad of influences, from underground central European jazz through English folk music …

Envinya deliver a stunning debut album, a band with huge potential.     Formed in Bavaria in 2006 and with one previous E.P. under their belts, this album represents Elvinyas full length debut album. Now, obviously, the band are going to come under the vast and all encompassing umbrella that …

Los Angeles based rockers Buckcherry are back with their sixth album – Confessions.  Formed in 1997, the band split in 2002 before being reformed in 2005 with singer Josh Todd and guitarist Keith Nelson as the only original members alongside three new recruits.  They released their album “15” a year …

Mind the Gaep are a hard rock band from Frankfurt, Germany.  The band formed in 2006, and have previously released an EP (Rock’n’Roll decadence), with “Get ready for tonight” being their debut album.  The music is heavy guitar-driven rock with plenty of guitar solos. Brief comments on a few tracks.. …

German quintet deliver a very special debut indeed.   Debut albums can be a bit hit and miss sometimes, quite often a band can try too hard to cram everything in to impress and end up falling short of the mark. Some can demonstrate a bands fragility and lack of …

Sacrifice is the 20th album of the NWoBHM  legends SAXON.  It was recorded by Jacky Lehmann and mixed by Andy Sneap. The Albums starts with  ‘Procession’. The atmosphere is threatening and a good intro for the following song ‘Sacrifice’. This song is one of my favorite songs of the album. …

Welsh metalcore heroes Funeral For A Friend have very much returned to their roots with their sixth album, ‘Conduit’, which, as we noted in our recent review – http://planetmosh.com/funeral-for-a-friend-conduit/ – is a lot more grounded in the 1990s hardcore sound that characterized their first couple of releases.  This approach also …

Well here we are barely three weeks into 2013 and I’ve already got a stunner of an album to review. Storming out of Bridgeport, Connecticut come possibly metals hardest working band Hatebreed, with their latest offering  The Divinity of Purpose.  This will be the bands 6th studio album which front …