PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Just prior to their gig at in Shepherd’s Bush last weekend with Dragonforce, I caught up with Dani Evans from Alestorm to talk about what they’ve been up to since we last met in March this year, who would win a fight pirates or vikings and what their plans are …

The TDC Auditorium, part of the Triskel Arts Centre in city-centre Cork, tonight plays host to a ream of great Irish talent, with a definite lean left in audio and aesthetic sensibilities.  Darkened sans the solitary projector up the back and some odd stage lights, it feels different here than …

There are moments in life when you have to set friendships aside:  no matter how dear you hold camaraderie, a bond, you have to step back, look objectively at the situation in which you mutually find yourselves, assess the situation, calmly and in a collected manner and tell things how …

When Planet Mosh officially launched on the island of Ireland a few weeks ago, recruiting a team of writers on both sides of the border, we knew were delving into a territory steeped in musical heritage, a part of the world rich in its own identity, confident in its ability… …

For almost exactly two decades (counting from the release of their epoch-defining debut, ‘As The Flower Withers’) Bradford’s My Dying Bride have stood at the very pinnacle of the death-doom genre, not only as its progenitors but its constant innovators and re-inventors. ‘A Map Of All Our Failures’ – their …

I got the chance to catch up with Terrorvision’s vocalist Tony Wright as they start off on their Rocktober UK Tour. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing TV over the years at small venues such as the long gone and still missed, The Venue in Edinburgh to watching them bouncing …

Cannibal Nation is the 7th studio album from German melodic metal band Mob Rules and it sees them at masters of their craft. Formed in 1994 by current members, vocalist Klaus Dirks and Matthias Mineur in Oldenburg, Cannibal Nation raises the bar for others to improve on. It will be …

Beverly McClellan may not be a household name in the UK but she certainly is in the US where she appeared on the US version of the TV show “The Voice”.  The Blues rock powerhouse vocalist has released her album “Fear nothing” to coincide with her touring the UK with …

Americal female fronted punk band Mongrel come from theBoston (Massachusetts) area..  They were founded in 2003, and have toured extensively, playing with bands such as FEAR, Blitzkid, Trashlight Vision, Michale Graves, and shared stages with the MISFITS, GWAR, Korn, Otep, Prong, Wednesday13, Luchagors, Fu Manchu, Psychostick, Dizzy Reed (Gn’R), Piggy …

I must admit that I get extremely wary any time anyone applies the term ‘Lovecraftian’ to anything.  Any artist, be they an author or a filmmaker, who has claimed to try and follow in the footsteps of the master of weird fiction has, by and large, failed to even pay …

Hell to pay, hailing from Manchester release their 2nd E.P as a prelude to their full album due sometime next year. They have just completed a uk tour in support of this E.P, with a launch party in their home city, before ending the tour with another launch party at …

Photos from the Reckless Love gig at the Barfly in Camden featuring a guest appearance by Matt from The Treatment.  Support came from New Device and Mallory Knox.  See the slideshows below – one for the Reckless love photos and one for the two support bands…   %%wppa%% %%slide=477%%   …

Raising funds and awareness for RACPA UK, the New Disorder Music team are proud to present: New Disorder Music Festival’s CHRISTMAS CHAOS at The Intake, Kirkland Road, NG18 5QP Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (In no Particular Order)…. Knotslip Mordecai Captain Horizon A Thousand Enemies Incinery Fahran Imperial Circus Widows Lycan …with many …

Infinitus Mortus is the brainchild of the exceptionally talented Stephen Megna who hails from New Jersey, who along with a female vocalist released a concept album back in 2010 titled ‘2012’ but for this latest release he has teamed up with brother and sister vocalists Caitlin and Vincent Meehan to …

Periphery Photos, Manchester Academy 5th October 2012

Formed in France around 2008 by guitarist/composer Jean-Guy Pichoustre and vocalist Yngrid Allieres, the band have 2009’s debut album ‘King Of The Universe’ already firmly tucked under their leather belts. The debut was in fact an extremely ambitious undertaking, a 26 track double concept album no less, a project that …

Soldierfield formed in late 2011 with the aim of putting a bomb under the contemporary metal scene according to their press release.  Their debut EP ‘Bury The Ones We Love’ is a 5 track introduction to their style and just what lies ahead in the future from them when an …

I had the rare and genuine privilege of  interviewing not only one of Metal’s Royalty figures but also one of my all time favourite artists, Doro Pesch. A person who has truly shaped the music of a genre, withstood all the fickle changes and fashions of the Metal world, and …

Metal Blade Records Teams Up with SiriusXM Liquid Metal to Celebrate the Label’s 30th Anniversary. More events take form as Metal Blade Records continues to celebrate the label’s 30th anniversary, which already included a packed showcase at SXSW in Austin, TX and the recent announcement of the label’s Scion A/V …

Between The Buried And Me Photos, Manchester Academy 5th October 2012