PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

  Teaser from the forthcoming album “Sweden Rock”: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8TrKlXgHWE] For more information on Weapon please check out their Official Facebook page HERE  or check out the Official web site HERE

There are many bands on the scene at the moment who sound very similar to North Wales’s Impaled Existence, but the fact is, Impaled Existence have the songs to back up the extreme brutality present in their musical assault on the ear. Similar to the likes of Whitechapel, Veil of …

Running Wild is a band that brought the metal world classic metal anthems such as ‘Bad to Bone’, ‘Port Royal’ and ‘Pirate Song’, and it is such a shame to say that their latest effort entitled Shadowmaker is a huge disappointment compared to the rest of their rather epic back …

Following the release of their fourth album, I caught up with front man Aries from the Austrian black metal band, Hellsaw for an email interview.   Your album fourth album ‘Trist’ was released on 27 February; can you tell me about it?  How did you come up with the title? …

Wykked Wytch is a female fronted, gothic tinged death metal band from Miami, Florida. A band who have been on the scene for a fair few years now, Wykked Wytch have got better and better with each of their albums, progressing their talent as both musicians and song writers. The …

How can you have symphonic doom metal? Surely both these sub genres of metal cancel each other out; one being slow and heavy and one being fast and more melodic. This is 1614, the new album by Gothenburg based metal super group Opera Diabolicus. Made up of members of Therion, …

Ive been looking forward to reviewing this, but Christmas got in the way, and then a few rush jobs turned up, and this got knocked back down the list, however as time moved on, I knew I had to pull my finger out and write this up, so here goes. …

This is Lee Walker from www.PlanetMosh.com conducting an interview with Dave McPherson from the band INME.   LW – Hi Dave, for all of those people who are just coming into contact INME as a result of this interview, how did the band come into existence ? DM – Me …

  On playing this album i recalled a quote from Geoff Barton when he reviewed Hell Awaits by Slayer for Kerrang (when it was worth reading) back in the 80’s. He said, “albums that make you throw back your head and shout woooooargh are few and far between”. Well,the debut …

 After Veil of Maya’s crushingly brilliant 2010 release entitled, [ID], the world though it was impossible for the band to better this astounding piece of musical aggression. Now in 2012, Veil of Maya is back with their 4th full length album, Eclipse – and yes; you guessed it, they have …

Similar to the likes of Turisas and Finntroll who have slightly gone down the path of Alestorm in terms of lyrical topics, Nordheim are your typical alcoholic folk metal band from Québec, Canada; playing fast paced, giddy, party like metal anthems that will get you moving the moment the first …

If you want a Viking metal band that are heavier than the hammer of Thor, more powerful than the mind blowing powers of Loki and who guzzle more ale than Alestorm having a drinking competition with Korpiklaani, then Ohio based folk metal band, Hammer Horde, have a brilliant new album …

  This is Lee Walker from Planet Mosh meeting up with Candia from Inkubus Sukubus. LW – Hi Candia, thanks for taking the time out to discuss things Inkubus Sukkubus related for the Planetmosh listeners. Candia –  Absolute pleasure, Lee. LW – For the people out there just discovering Inkubus …

Planetmosh have the pleasure of chatting to Halloween’s vocalist  Brian Thomas on the release of  their new album ‘Terrortory’. The new album ‘Terrortory’ is due for release any day now, how pleased are you to finally get it out there to the masses considering how much time and effort you’ve …

Japanese doomsters Church of Misery – who made a huge impact on UK audiences when they toured with Cathedral in 2010 – were all set to release their debut album, the aptly titled ‘Volume 1’, back in 1997 when they developed what many might see as a decidedly unhealthy interest …

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

  After about 12 months, the Nottingham based noisemongers Evil Scarecrow returned to The Sanctuary rock club in Burnley to show that the heavier side of metal has not got to be played with a frown but  to bring a hilarious sense of showmanship to their music but which  does …

Oh I’ve been waiting on the release of this collaboration for what seems like an eternity. I didn’t know much about Mikee Goodman and Sikth but Adrian Smith and I go way back to Seventh Son and the album that first got me into metal back in the late 80s …

As I turned up at White Rabbit, Plymouth I noticed there was a quiet turn out for the gig this evening, with bands such as Origin and Psycroptic playing I expected a larger crowd, forgetting it was a Monday (school) night, however even with the turn out, I knew it …

It’s the 25th of February and I am in the Pivo Pivo in Glasgow having a beer while sound checks take place. This is my first live review but this situation isn’t a new one for me. I am a bit anxious about reviewing my partner’s band as it may …