PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

ARCH ENEMY will play the biggest stage production of their career at next week’s WACKEN OPEN AIR on Saturday, August 6th around midnight, making this the pinnacle of a highly successful album campaign. It all started in March 2014 when the band announced the new singer Alissa White-Gluz and the video …

The first leg of the ‘Rabies Is Rising’ tour, featuring Northern Ireland’s Rabid Bitch Of The North and Sunderland classic metallers Risen Prophecy, had battered its way through Scotland and the north of England at the beginning of the month. Now, as July prepares to fade into oblivion, the English …

There’s something exciting about a sold out gig, you know in advance the atmosphere is going to be good and Slade Rooms tonight was no exception. When Inglorious came on stage the venue was already hot, sweaty and full to the back. Evident from the number of band t-shirts coming …

PlanetMosh caught up with The Rev and Toshi backstage at this past weekend’s Steelhouse festival to get all the latest buzzness (sic) from the Hey! Hello! camp, including the inside scoop on the re-recording of their ‘Hey! Hello! Too!’ album, following the spectacular walkout of their then lead vocalist on …

PlanetMosh caught up motorcycling champion-turned-rock singer James Toseland following his performance at this past weekend’s Steelhouse Festival to chat about the latest events in his musical career – including his playing a certain PM interviewer’s recent 50th birthday party (which, of course, he strategically tried to gloss over…):

Kris from PlanetMosh caught up with Damian Wilson and Adam Wakeman from Headspace after their set at Ramblin’ Man Fair; we talk future plans for Headspace, and opening for Ozzy!     http://headspaceonline.com/

By the second day, it had been made apparent that the unheard of was about to occur – an outdoor British festival that had managed to avoid the rain! It’s incredible how much of a difference good weather can actually make to a festival, not only in regards to the …

After a six-hour journey from the North on Friday, it’s safe to say I was more than ready to let my hair down, listen to some good music, and enjoy a hyped weekend at this year’s Ramblin’ Man Fair in Maidstone. Upon my arrival, a huge proportion of the weekend’s …

Relive Ramblin’ Man Fair with the official live CD – All profits from the release will be donated to Nordoff Robbins Music Therepy 2017 Dates & Early Bird Tickets Announced   Ramblin’ Man Fair would like to say a massive thank you to all who came, performed and contributed to …

Italian doom trio Ufomammut are the latest addition to this year’s stacked Damnation Festival line up. They’ll play the Eyesore Merch Stage at Leeds University Union on Saturday, November 5. Also joining the bill are a selection of some of Europe’s best emerging bands; France’s post-metal sludge outfit, Erlen Myer, Norway’s …

The second day of Steelhouse dawned with an incessant mizzle in the air.  Not the sort of torrential downpour which had turned the mountain top site into a quagmire last year, but a constant enough drizzle to make itself known it was there, and at times annoying in its persistence. …

26TH – 28TH AUGUST 2016, BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND TRANSGRESSIVE LATE-NIGHT TAKEOVER ADDED TO READING & LEEDS LINE UP.  EXCLUSIVE SETS ANNOUNCED FEATURING FAT WHITE FAMILY LIVE, METRONOMY SUMMER ’08 DJ SET | HONNE LIVE | LOYLE CARNER LIVE | SUPER HANS+ SPECIAL GUEST DJ SETS FROM PEACE, HINDS, PULLED APART BY HORSES, JEN LONG & BBC RADIO 1’S HUW STEPHENS Returning to conquer after-hours on the Alternative Stage at Reading and …

A last minute mad dash to the Son Of Shinobi album launch for The Silent Fury chose to be a very wise decision as they turned a packed out White Horse pub in Nantwich into a sauna whilst hammering it out. It was that good I just had to review …

PlanetMosh caught up with Vega frontman Nick Workman following the band’s performance at this past weekend’s Steelhouse festival to talk about music and various other assorted things… Ah, just click the ‘Play’ arrow thingy to find out for yourselves…

PlanetMosh caught up with Wigan hard rockers Bigfoot following their triumphant show-opening set at this past weekend’s Steelhouse festival, to talk about yetis, hobbits… oh, and of course, their forthcoming debut album:

When it comes to my own personal music taste I wouldn’t normally put bands like this on my list, however, after witnessing French metal titans Gojira live, my whole world was turned upside down. For nearly two decades they have dominated the metal genre from musical masterpiece after musical masterpiece …

Twenty years after they formed, Skillet show no signs of slowing down. The Christian rockers might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but the fact that they are still performing to adoring fans and packed venues across the world speaks volumes about their staying power and legacy. On August 5th, the …

The weather can invariably play an important role in the enjoyment of a festival – just look at the experiences of many at this year’s Drownload!  The first day of last year’s Steelhouse had been preceded by one of torrential rain, meaning that the mountain top site was already a …

The lovely Eric from Testament took some time to sit and have an informal chat with myself and Steve at Tuska Open Air Metal Festival 2016. We obviously talked Testament, recording the new album, touring, festivals and his side project Dragonlord but we all went off on tangents at various …

With Bloodstock 2016 almost on our doorsteps and the full line up now revealed, the PlanetMosh team is really excited to trek on down to Catton Hall and check out as many bands as we can over the four days. From headliners Twisted Sister, Slayer and Mastodon on the Ronnie …