PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Ramblin’ Man Fair have announced more acts…. Extreme (Mainstage Headliner/ UK Exclusive) The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band (Outlaw County Stage Headliner) Rival Sons (Grooverider Stage Headliner) Dokken (UK Exclusive) Blues Pills British Lion Colour of Noise Focus I Am The Morning The Gift Ghoultown Whiskey Dick Jessica Lynn Vintage Caravan …

You’d forgive Austin Dickinson for feeling that, no matter what he did musically, the world was always against him. As if being the son of Iron Maiden’s frontman wasn’t tough enough, his previous band Rise to Remain were on the cusp of something really special when they released the brilliant …

Maturity is what’s stamped all over Aaron Keylock’s much anticipated debut album, Cut Against The Grain. The rip roaring, yet labyrinthine opener All The Right Moves sets the scene beautifully for that which is to follow and never at any stage does the album disappoint. A riff driven behemoth that …

Calling all denizens of the galaxy to the Dark Side!!!!!! Star Wars metal band, Galactic Empire‘s tour is ready to land in the UK very soon.  Would you like to be at one of the shows? PlanetMosh has sided with Lord Vader and his cohorts to offer our readers the opportunity to attend …

      With their fresh and unique twist on the Melodic Death genre, Scenario II return with a momentous new offering in the form of ‘A New Dawn’   From the dark and malevolent opening strains of intro track ‘The Darkest Hour’, I was hooked. Conjuring a vision of …

When I knew I had a long sought out interview with Ian Anderson a week before Christmas 2016, I went straight to every interviewer’s first source of research – his website. There’s a part of the site called All too frequently asked questions, designed to get boring questions out of …

Colder than a polar bear’s backside, the threat of snow overnight and more than a little bit damp – it can only be UK gigs in January. It’s the first concert of the year for Bristol’s O2 Academy, the first date of the headliner’s UK tour and whilst it’s not …

Emerging energetic heavy alt-rockers Outta Peak are set to stake their claim as one of the new breed of bands to break through in 2017. The ascending foursome are set to release their new video for Anything, which is lifted from the band’s acclaimed current album, Loveproof, out now. We sat down with the …

I spoke to Jimmy DeGrasso late last year to talk about Black Star Riders with a new album, Heavy Fire, due out on 3rd February followed by a UK tour. We finished recording, I think it was the third week in September, but there’s so much else that goes on …

This one has been so hard to limit to twenty songs! I’m not even a Punk, per se, I’m a Rock Chick although my taste in music leans more towards the harder, sleazier element than the soft! Every time I think I’ve got the list finalised I think of another …

Chicago based metallers BLACK SITES will be releasing their debut album In Monochrome on 17th February 2017 on Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group (Black Label Society, Black Stone Cherry, Monster Truck, Big Jesus, Vola, Counting Days, Stoneghost).  Ahead of that release Planetmosh are pleased to be able to bring you the premiere of their single Monochrome. Singer/Guitarist Mark Sugar …

California’s Pintsize was an absolutely brilliant flash in the power pop, pop-punk, hard rock, and heavy metal cauldron. Thankfully, the cadre’s music has been immortalized on this 14 track disc, titled Five Feet…No Inches. Here, the fearsome foursome pulls listeners into a confrontational, hedonistic, and thoroughly entertaining musical joyride. The …

TUSKA 2017 – ELECTRIC WIZARD, BARATHRUM AND ORANSSI PAZUZU ADDED Right before Christmas, Tuska Open Air announced 3 more deep-digging artists to next summer’s festival. Read the details below: British doomsters Electric Wizard, led by Jus Osborn, will make sure the skies are overcast as they return to Tuska after several …

The Japanese are efficient, aren’t they? We saw at the end of last year how rapid they go about their roadworks and then, a little over eight months after three of their hottest exports released their second studio record AND set the UK alight, the first live album from Babymetal was unleashed onto the …

One Ok Rock are a Japanese rock band that formed in Tokyo in 2015, and “Ambitions” is their eighth album, but only their second to be recorded all in English.  This album features guest appearances from All Time Low’s Alex Gaskarth, and 5 seconds of summer.  The Japanese version also …

While Accept fans wait for a new studio album from Accept, the waiting is about to get a whole lot easier with the release of a new Live album.  Recorded on tour in Europe it’s being released as a double CD or double CD/DVD.  If you opt for the version …

Reanimate 3.0 is the third covers EP from Halestorm.  As with the previous ones which have covered bands such as Skid Row, Marilyn Manson, Fleetwood Mac, Pat Benatar and Judas Priest, this EP covers an interesting mix of artists.  You’ve got Whitesnake, Metallica, Joan Jett, Sophie B Hawkins, Twenty One …

Kicking off my 2017 to a rocking start, I’ve got the debut release ‘Ride Of Your Life’ by JOANovARC up for review.  It’s just the heavy treat I need to send the negativity of 2016 packing. JOANovARC were my favourite new band discovery of 2016; I first came across them …

With 2016 marking the U.K. Subs’ 40th anniversary, Cleopatra Records released a special deluxe reissue of their 1982 Punk Rock classic album Endangered Species (more information about the band and album can be found in the press release here). Formed by Charlie Harper in 1976 and originally called The Subversives the …

When is a new Magnum album not a new album?  When it’s their latest release, Valley of the Tears – The Ballads.  That little bit on the end tells you what this is, it’s a compilation album featuring some of the ballads from their long career.  It’s a nice idea …