PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Crystal Viper is a female fronted traditional heavy metal act from Poland, founded in 2003 and led by the singer and guitarist Marta Gabriel. After doing 3 full length studio albums, several single and EP releases, appearing on a bunch of compilations, after touring in most of the European countries, …

I got to catch up with Christian from Obscura, We got chatting about the tour which by this point had been going for over 26 days, we spoke of session musicians and injuries. If you haven’t checked out Obscura yet, which rock have you been living under, These guy’s are …

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Spawn of Possession InterviewWe were very lucky to catch up with Dennis from Spawn of Prossession, (When I say we, I mean Myself and Mr Barros who luckily for me stepped in whilst I was having a choking fit and lucky for him as he is a huge fan!) We …

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    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wAvbgFMXV0] This is the first of four trailers for Watain’s “Opus Diaboli”. A journey into the heart of a unique band and their work, intermingled with concert footage of the 13 year anniversary performance. Opus Diaboli will be out on the 7th of May 2012. Pre-order your copy …

I was lucky enough to catch up with Gorod in Bristol. We spoke of holidays, whiskey and Bass styles. I got to find out the inspiration behind A Perfect Absolution and the artwork. I also got to see what the future had in store for Gorod    

Holy Moses may well be an unknown name to many metal fans but they were one of the 1st  German thrash metal bands after forming in Aachen, Germany in 1980. Angela Gossow from Arch Enemy seems to receive all the attention for a female fronting a heavy metal band but …

Farewell to the Flesh EP was released on February the 14th 2012. Some of the tracks on this album are remixes of tracks on their previous album Genocide Chapters. All the tracks for this album were recorded and mixed by Patrick Mundy, Volkar Kael, and Kristof Bathory at the home …

  This is Lee Walker from Planet Mosh meeting up with Mike Gaspar of Moonspell. LW –Thanks for taking the time out to discuss things Moonspell related for the Planetmosh readers. LW – For the people out there just discovering Moonspell as a result of this interview how did the …

  Hailing from Austria, this is the bands second full length release and follow up to 2010’s ‘Susanna Lies In Ashes.’ This offering continues the theme of the previous, detailing a boys childhood and his experiences whilst growing up. The sound could best be described as Dark Melodic/ Ambient Doom …

Prepare to be pummelled by this latest album from the German Extreme Death Metal scenes brightest stars for some time. 11 tracks of pure brutality and malice delivered with real passion and mastery, sadly lacking in many bands of this genre. Tracks such as ‘Schone Freude’ and ‘Feine Gaben’ are …

Exit State return to Moho Live Manchester supporting Jettblack and Valient Thorr. They open with ‘Black Veins’ attracting the audience with their habituating groove consuming each and every one. Roy Bright introduces a new song tonight ‘Elastic’ with more than satisfactory guitar elements and a captivating essence. Matt Harris is the …

  The New Age Of Folk Metal champions return with their best offering to date. Infusing traditional Celtic and Gaulish elements beautifully with really catchy melodic Death Metal. This is the bands first release since 2010’s ’Everything Remains…’ and shows the bands continued progression and development. From the haunting vocals …

“For vengeance and for love” is the new album from UK Gothic metal band Apparition.  They released their debut album ‘Drowned in Questions’ in 2006, then in 2009 released  ‘Ghosts of The Past’ – a compilation of new, old and demo’s songs.  This then is their second “proper” album.  The …

Mike Paradine, drummer with ArcticFlame, has released his first solo album “Death In The Family”. The album is a collection of personal songs, the subject matter consists of his on going feud with certain family members, growing up in the late 70’s, early 80’s in Bayonne, New Jersey, 9/11 and …

Riding on the teen rock wave of success of fellow label mates Black Veil Brides, Modern Day Escape have released their 2nd album ‘Under the Gun’ at what is poised to be either an exciting year ahead or to be named as the twin band to BVB. Unfortunately Modern Day …

                                                                                                                                                    Following the re-releases of Strength Of Steel,Pound For Pound and Worth The Weight at the end of 2011, Steamhammer/SPV Records will be re-releasing the  4 Anvil albums that followed them, once …

Ministry have an untarnished legacy, having released some of the finest industrial metal albums of all time as well as being fronted by one of the words greatest front men Mr Al Jourgensen – who still has one of the most distinct and gnarliest voices in the metal world despite …

After last year’s awesome release entitled Speaker of the Devil, it’s hard to think how Emmure could top such a mind-blowing hardcore album. Now in 2012, this New York five piece are back with their best album to date. Presenting Slave to the Game – a commanding and imposing hardcore …