PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

This is Lee Walker from www.PlanetMosh.com conducting an interview with the Midlands Goth Festival organisers LW – How did Dark Heart Events start ? MGF – A ‘delectable gentleman’ asked himself… ‘Why isn’t there a gothic festival in Birmingham?’ and from that little question and an addiction to social media …

      This is Lee Walker from www.PlanetMosh.com conducting an email interview with Alex Wiltshire from the band The Guns LW – Hi Alex, for all of those people who are just coming into contact with The Guns as a result of this interview, how did the band come …

You always want to fight the corner of your hometown heroes, be it your local football team or a band that have helped to put your part of the world on the musical map. You want to stand, as one, with ‘your boys’ and, shoulder to shoulder, take on all …

If you ever wanted to know what a nuclear bomb sounds like when it tears an entire city to bits, then look no further than the new EP by Def-Con-One. Based on the theme of warfare, this self titled EP from London’s finest metal heads will not only blow your …

Formed by Marthus (the ex machine behind the drums of Cradle of Filth) in 1997, Inner Fear are back after a long hiatus with their first album in nine year. First Born Fear is a ten track, power house of a gothic metal album, bringing together atmospheric keyboard effects, lightning …

Denmark’s own progressive rock heroes Royal Hunt are back with their great new album Show Me How to Live, and for those who don’t know of the mighty Royal Hunt……. Go out and shoot yourself. No, only joking, go out and buy this album because this is the best starting …

Rich Robinson Album: Through A Crooked Sun Release Date: March 26th 2012 UK Tour: February 2012 Rich Robinson is set to release his second solo album ‘Through A Crooked Sun’ on March 26th 2012 through Circle Sound.   ‘Through A Crooked Sun’ is the follow up album to ‘Paper’ and …

Hailing from Northern Ireland Baleful Creed are a classic rock influenced four-piece that also take a nod at the stoner rock section of the genre. With a growing number of well-received gigs and guest spots under their belts Baleful Creed are now finding themselves in what is undoubtedly their zone …

Girls in rock bands are always a welcome sight to see. The majority of rock fans may be male (although that may be debatable when you factor in the male/female breakdown at some of 2011’s rock festivals) but that doesn’t mean the vast proportion of guys don’t want to see …

February 24th sees the release of Black Messiah’s fifth album The Final Journey.  Founded in 1994, this band originally paid tribute to their black metal idols, but over the years have developed their own pagan metal style.  Though the band has seen many changes in membership over the years, one …

Us entertainment reviewers are lucky guys and girls you know, after all we quite often get to attend gigs for free, we receive countless promo CDs and merchandise items, and if we are very lucky we even get to meet some of our heroes along the way. Whilst these perks …

It’s nice sometimes to stumble upon a band you have always wanted to see and hear and yet due to circumstances beyond your control you have missed. For this reviewer Northern Irish rockers Rebels By Nature were one such band until not so long ago. These guys (and girl) were …

It can be a gamble to promote gigs post-Christmas, when everyone’s strapped for cash and awaiting that first pay packet of the year. However the promoter of this gig (Chris Shaw) did his homework and put together such a strong line-up for this early (6pm-9pm) show that he pretty much …

This debut offering from Dubliners Xerosun actually came out in their Irish homeland back in 2010, to great acclaim on both sides of the border, but now has been picked up, re-packaged and given a worldwide release by Rising Records. And much deserved the development is, as this is – …

Pythia’s 2009 debut ‘Beneath The Veiled Embrace’ certainly created musical ripples upon the sea of Female Fronted Metal and heralded a hard touring ethic which saw the band headline the Sophie Stage at Derby’s Bloodstock Festival and grab a slot at the prestigious Metal Female Voices Fest in Belgium. The …

Blessed By A Broken Heart’s first official music video, ‘FOREVER’ now available to view online. Taken from the anticipated new album, Feel The Power, OUT NOW!!! Guitarist Sam Ryder says, “So the VEVO servers have finally settled, they have realised how awesome our new video is. So it is with great …

Seminal Irish three piece rockers Therapy? have been around since the early 90’s, and have been there done that and got the t-shirt for most things. Sadly misplacing their form with the release of the Suicide Pact album, I was somewhat cautious when there was news of a new album …

TOUR DATES 2012 :  INCLUDING 4 SHOWS AS SPECIAL GUESTS WITH LEGENDARY GUITARIST MICHAEL SCHENKER We’re absolutely stoked to get our year off to a bang by announcing the first of our tour dates for 2012 which include 4 shows as special guests with the legendary former UFO & Scorpions …

K-LACURA CRUSHING DEBUT ALBUM UNVEILED THIS SPRING! Irrepressible UK metal crew ‘K-Lacura’ are set to unleash a tempestuous assault on the UK in setting loose their debut album ‘Portraits of the Faceless’ on 16th April 2012, through all good digital outlets. K-Lacura were founded in Didcot, Oxon in 2006 by …

Since their 6th studio album Legend of the Shadowking, which was released in 2010, German power metal heroes Freedom Call have been working their asses of touring, writing and generally kicking ass in any way possible. Now in 2012, Freedom Call have once again blessed the world wide heavy metal …