For those of you who turned up at Stage 2 on Friday expecting to see Pagan Alter, you may have been a bit surprised to see Fury (who were called into replace them at short notice) and what a set it was. If you haven’t see Fury before I thoroughly …
Read More »Mikey from Skindred interview at Hammerfest IV, 17 March 2012
Skindred headlined Hammerfest 4 on Saturday and for those of you that were there I’m sure you’ll agree it was an epic show. Prior to their set, Sheila and I caught up with the lovely Michael Fry (a.k.a Mikeydemus – guitar and backing vocal) and discussed their latest album Union …
Read More »Killing Joke, ABC Glasgow 12th March 2012
I was really looking forward to tonight, and it certainly ended up being a night to remember, but not particularly for the right reasons! First support for Killing Joke was an American band, The Crying Spell, from Seattle. Fronted by the incredibly tall and charismatic Len Hotrum they took …
Read More »Aaron Aedy from Paradise Lost, Hammerfest 16th March 2012
Em and I had the pleasure of interviewing Aaron Aedy, the rhythm guitarist from Paradise Lost at Hammerfest. Aaron explains how he landed up becoming a guitarist, his love for playing live on stage, touring and lots more. Paradise Lost are touring around the UK next month ,they will be …
Read More »Craig Finn teams up with Signature Brew to launch his very own Clear Heart beer
Craig Finn talks us through the beer making processes involved: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snv1zAQDYx0] For more information please check out the Official Facebook Page HERE or the Official Website HERE
Read More »Rise to Remain, Adept, Malefice, Cytota 8/03/2012 The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
I’ve never been to The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth before and was eager to see what the venue was like and also to see how big the crowd turnout was, as I’ve never imagined there to be a huge metal scene. However as I walked down the quiet streets not …
Read More »Man.Machine.Industry – Lean Back, Relax and Watch the World Burn
Hailing from Sweden, Man.Machine.Industry return with their fourth studio album inspired by the movie “Aftermath:Population zero”. It’s a huge beast of industrial metal that is relentless in its attack. On occasion I’ve been known to dip my toe into the sounds of industrial metal from time to time and right …
Read More »Necronomicon, ‘Invictus’ cd Review.
The 7th and long awaited album is finally in our midst. To call Necronomicon ‘legends’ is a huge understatement. These guys have been flying the flag for German Thrash since the mid 80’s, hell, they ARE German Thrash. This album excels all it’s predecessors by a country mile, a finer …
Read More »Voices Of Destiny, ‘Power Dive’ cd Review.
This is the follow up to 2011’s critically acclaimed debut album ‘From The Ashes’, and the band have obviously come a long way in the short time since, ‘Power Dive’ has a much tighter more accomplished feel than it’s predecessor . Female vocalist Maike Holzmann sounds supreme, able to deliver …
Read More »Rise to Remain Interview
I was lucky enough to catch up with Austin and new drummer Adam from Rise to Remain. We discussed their current UK tour with Heaven Shall Burn, Adept, Malefice and Cytota and what it’s like to headline as well as their recent signing to major label EMI Records.
Read More »Malefice Interview
Interview with vocalist, Dale from Malefice. I was lucky enough to have a chat with him before their second show of their current UK tour at The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth. We discuss how the tour’s going and their new album ‘Awaken the Tides’ alongside many other topics such as the arrival …
Read More »Ebonillumini – Esuarine & Worms of Sabnock – Grand Religious Finale EP Review
Released February 2012 by Diptera Records I am a huge fan of Ebonillumini, Worms of Sabnock and Meads of Asphodel, so being personally asked by Chalice to review this split EP by Ebonillumini an Worms of Sabnock is a real honour. The Ep consists of four Ebonillumini tracks and six Worms of …
Read More »Tony Martin Interviewed
This is Lee Walker from Planetmosh conducting an interview with Tony Martin. LW – Hi Tony, thanks for taking the time out to discuss things Tony Martin and The Headless Cross related for the Planetmosh readers. TM – Hey!… no problem .. nice to talk to you. LW – …
Read More »Beholder, Ivory Blacks, Glasgow 9th March 2012
Beholder are currently touring around the UK with The Black Flag Tour. Instead of having a touring support act, Beholder have done things differently, all the supports act are local and different per gig. On tonight’s bill we had Diementia, Kahbela as Zombie Militia had to cancel at the last …
Read More »Girlschool w/support from Ng26 – the Relentless Garage – 10.03.12
Saturday night and it’s time to head off to the Garage in Islington for the final show of Girlschool’s Hit and Run revisited tour and first up this evening are Nottingham’s Ng26. Having been in the venue earlier in the day talking to Ng26 I was looking forward to …
Read More »Stuka Squadron w/support from Scar Divine & Hybris – the Unicorn, Camden – 09.03.12
Friday night in Camden with three fantastic bands on tonight’s bill at the Unicorn, first up we have the brilliant Hybris who are a relatively new thrash outfit consisting of James (vocals) Achilles and Federica (guitars) Liv (Bass) and Dimitris (Drums). You will recognise James as he is also the …
Read More »TRICORN BRIT RIFF-SLINGERS SET LOOSE DEBUT ALBUM!
Stocked with brazen low-swing mighty riffs and a rhythm section that could level a building block, Tricorn are here to blow your head clean off. The Southern Rockers release their self-titled debut album on 11th June through their own imprint ‘Need Sleep Records’. Formed in 2008, and hailing from Portsmouth, …
Read More »Fleshgod Apocalypse, Dyscarnate, Bloodshot Dawn and Diamanthian Live at Whiplash at The Liverpool Lomax in Photos 8/3/2012
%%wppa%% %%slide=228%% For more information on Fleshgod Apocalypse please check out their Facebook Page HERE or the Official Site HERE. For more information on Dyscarnate please check out their Facebook Page HERE or the Official Myspace Page HERE. For more information on Bloodshot Dawn please check out their Facebook Page HERE or the Official Myspace Page HERE. For more information …
Read More »actions to onslaught /athura /bearfight /mutant lion massacre
This is a Terra Nova promotions event which new revolutions are involved in promoting. to be held on June the 9th at 7.00 till 11.00 in Plymouth bretonside bus depot all directions are on the facebook page Headliners Actions to Onslaught with support from Athura Bearfight and mutant lion massacre …
Read More »Ng26 Video interview – 10.03.12
Ahead of their support slot with the fantastic Girlschool I managed to catch up with Chris, John, Rich and Rob of the fantastic Nottingham based NG26 to talk about touring with Girlschool, influences, being featured on Kerrang and what the future holds for them as a band. You’ll need to …
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