PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

  Britain’s female fronted symphonic metallers deliver an absolute belter of an album. A collection of a neat round dozen of orchestral laden Gothic tinged songs led by the hauntingly beautiful vocals of Vicky Johnson which captivate from start to finish. The album combines both ‘radio friendly’ catchy tracks such …

Hailing from Australia, Hardcore punks Villa Rise upped sticks and relocated to England, to make their mark on the uk scene, and with the release of Wastelands, coupled with some high profile shows, the gamble seems to have paid off. This 6 track ep is rather different from a standard …

Kyrbgrinder head across the border to treat their Scottish fans to not just 1 but 3 shows – Bathgate, Dundee and Glasgow! If you have never seen these guys before then go to a show as you will have a superb time! Kyrbgrinder are one of the most talked about …

The opening track of Apocalyptic Deadline begins with a beating heart which is the slowest beat on the album by Austrian metal band Deathtale. Guitars build up  and as the heartbeat flatlines   all hell literally breaks loose with next track  Suffering Rain. I was expecting  a death metal album to …

The genre of Female Fronted Metal has grown and grown over recent years, some bands achieving International acclaim, others sinking without trace. Not many however can genuinely lay claim to the tag of ’unique’, 69 Chambers sure can though, being the embodiment of uniqueness is something that sits very well …

Violet. Is a 7-piece band, made up of a Drummer-Robbie george, Keyboad player-Tommy Cotton, bass playing Liam Westnidge, guitar players Charlie Bass and Joe Middleton, and then we come to the singers, yup that’s right, for Violet have two singers, Jonny Nelson and Charlie Bass. This 8 track cd is …

With the ubiquitous resurfacing of N.W.O.B.H.M bands during the past few years, helped largely I feel by the HardRockHell festival who have been bringing these bands to the stage for the past four years, we’re they find them from I’ll never know, but find them they do. So here’s another …

As Friday night dawned and another working week came to an end, I headed over to Nambucca for a Freak Circus.  (No, I’m not being harsh, that’s the name of the night.)  I had been looking forward to this gig for a while and as many of my mates would …

Tonight was the first night of Australian band Tracer’s first UK headlining tour.  They were in the UK last late last year supporting Royal Republic, and are now back.  It’s impressive – less than six months ago they were the support band at the Underworld, but now they’re headlining the …

Lonewolf are a French power metal band that formed in 1993.  They released a demo and single before splitting in 1996.  In 2000 the band reformed and released their debut album.  Now in 2012 they have just released their fifth studio album – Army of the damned.  France isnt a …

Oddland have taken a long route to get to their debut release, “The Treachery of the Senses” under Century Media. Launched in 2002 as a rock-oriented band with leanings towards grunge, releasing three demos over the past ten years in 2004 (Against All Odds), 2007 (Connection Critical Behind) and 2010 (Away …

Paradise Lost released their 13th studio album ‘Tragic Idol’ via Century Media on the 23rd April. I caught up with their lead singer Nick Holmes for an interview about their new album at King Tut’s in Glasgow whilst they where on tour promoting the album. Nick gives us a quick …

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  Saturday 5th of May. Blind Ambition will headline the railway institute Bangor North Wales.       Supported by local hard rockers Zebedy and Nirvana covers band Polly.                   entry is £5 on the door and kicks off at 7:30 with …

Ciao guys, firstly many thanks for taking time out to talk to us, you’€™ve been together now€™ since 2007, how did it all start? NICK: Everything started in 2007, the idea wasn’t to be a classic hardcore band, just to have fun, the idea was to do just  a few …

Tonight’s gig was the Dragonforce album launch party and was described as an intimate gig.  They weren’t kidding either – the venue was the Temple room at the HMV Institute, on the top floor of the venue and being a tiny room with a capacity of just 300. Long before …

Some pictures from when Paradise Lost played King Tut’s Wah Wah hut in Glasgow recently with support from Vreid and Insomnium. Vreid %%wppa%% %%slide=292%% Insomnium %%wppa%% %%slide=293%% Paradise Lost %%wppa%% %%slide=294%%

  Although the band have been around for many years now, this is their first release since signing to Napalm Records last year, and as much as I’ve liked much of the previous output it seems apparent that a label switch has benefited all parties concerned. The level of enthusiasm …

  I had the pleasure of catching up with Niilo and Ville from Insomnium before they played their fantastic set at King Tut’s in Glasgow. They guys give us the back group to the band, as well as their plans for this year and so on. They had just got …

‘The Call’ is released on 30th April 2012 via Century Media. Do they live up to their reputation?  as previously promoted with the introductory slogan “the most promising and threatening Metal band from Spain!” when Century Media first launched the band internationally in the turn of 2009/2010, it indeed became …