PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Am I the only one on this dirty old planet we call “Mosh” that doesn’t “get” the new Iron Maiden album, ‘The Book Of Souls‘, or believe that isn’t quite the best thing since the invention of heavy metal?  I am?  Oh well… wouldn’t be the first time I’ve been …

Midnight a three piece Black/Thrash Metal outfit from Ohio joined forces with Michigan based Shitfucker a Black/Death/Thrash Metal band with Punk Influences to release a Split 7″ Single via Hells Headbangers on 30th September 2015. Midnight’s contribution being the song ‘Sadist Sodomystic Seducer‘ and with a title like that I wasn’t …

I spoke to Kim from Girlschool recently to talk about the band’s new album, Guilty as sin, and their tour with Motorhead and Saxon.    

I spoke to Thundermother on their recent press visit to London to discuss the band and their new album.    

I spoke to Chris Bowes, keyboard player and songwriter for Alestorm as well as singer for Alestorm shortly before they went on stage at Islington academy, to discuss the latest Gloryhammer album, their tour with Stratovarius, and Alestorm’s tour next year with Sabaton.      

There’s always been a globally shared passion for good old fashioned Rock ‘n’ Roll, but the past decade has seen a surge of geographical diversity hitting the modern Hard Rock genre. Argentinian-based 42 Decibel are one such band who have managed to get their music out there to present to …

The first two albums from All about Eve have just been reissued by Universal music.  Both albums are being released as double CDs conssiting of the original album and a whole host of bonus material. All About Eve’s debut album originally reached No.7 in the UK album chart and “Sacarlet …

Guitarist Jared James Nichols is releasing a new EP to coincide with his tour supporting Glenn Hughes.  Anyone who has listened to his album (Old Glory & the wild revival) and seen him live will know he’s a great guitarist and a great live performer, so both the EP and …

Up today I have L.A based rockers The Edge of Paradise’s album Immortal Waltz, follow up to 2013 EP Perfect Shade Of Black; since being formed in 2011 by vocalist Margarita Monet and Guitarist Dave Bates, they have been working hard and carving their name into the Rock scene.  There is something …

  Gentlemans Pistols recently released their new album Hustler’s Row via Nuclear Blast and will be touring this autumn in support of Orange Goblin.  The band are James Atkinson (vocals/guitars), Bill Steer (guitar), Stuart Dobbins (drums) and Robert Threapleton (bass).  Frontman Atkinson has been busy, as well as performing and …

Having been formed in southern Italy in late 2013 by singer and guitarist Luca ‘Detonation’ Sergi, and released a single which saw them dragged ‘Down To Hell’ the following year, Nuclear Detonation have taken their time in moulding the other seven tracks which make up this debut full-lengther.  It’s a delay …

The Vintage Caravan – Interview October 2015 I had a quick chat with The Vintage Caravan before their show at The Ruby Lounge, Manchester on 27th October 2015. Find out about their influences, why original drummer left and more but the less said about my lack of geographical knowledge – …

Halloween is probably my favourite holiday of the year. All-dayers are a lot of fun – I like to celebrate music and support the local scene, so when I heard of the Halloween all-dayer held at Manchester Rebellion in aid of The Sophie Lancaster Foundation, I jumped at the chance to go. …

Sometimes you go to a gig and everything just comes together and gives you an absolutely brilliant night.  I’ve been critical of the O2 ABC2 in Glasgow before, having been to gigs where the lighting and sound were so bad I wished I hadn’t bothered going.  Last night however I …

The Vintage Caravan were founded in Iceland in 2006 by singer Óskar Logi and former drummer Guðjón Reynisson, who were only 12 years old at the time. In 2012 they were joined by Alexander Örn on bass and released their second studio album Voyage in their home country, before it …

There aren’t many bands around who can claim to have as diverse a following as Enter Shikari. From punks to metalheads, scene kids to techno lovers, the St. Albans quartet have appealed to them all over the last eleven years. The latter half of this career has seen the band …

No matter how hard you try, you just can’t get away from Babymetal right now, especially in the UK. We’ve seen them destroy audiences, draw tens of thousands of people at festivals, split opinions across the board and next April they’ll take on Wembley Arena, in what will be only their seventh …

Tonight’s show started with Dan Patlansky, a South African blues guitarist.  His music is very different to Satriani’s, but what they have in common is that both are great guitarists.  Despite that I wasn’t sure how well Dan Patlansky would go down with the Satriani fans, but happily they weren’t …

Following the release of Stryper’s latest album “Fallen,” Marc from Planetmosh caught up with frontman Michael Sweet to talk about the album and it’s influences. Other subjects such as the Sweet & Lynch project and Michael’s up and coming solo album were discussed as well. Please note, forgive some of …

    Hailing from the Ukraine, Raventale have been producing their brand of Atmospheric Black Metal for some ten years now. Each release builds on the previous in terms of story telling and substance, and gaining many new followers along the way. The latest offering, ‘Dark Substance of Dharma’ is …