PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Smoke is a brilliantly energetic release. Keep an eye on these boys, they’ve definitely proved where there’s Smoke, there’s fire Smoke, The first studio release from these York lads is a bit of a mixed bag with The Bastard Sons   showcasing a multitude of talents. The opening track, The …

Any new album by the likes of Slayer is going to carry with it an understandable weight of expectation.  With ‘Repentless’, it is inevitably going to be even more so.  Not only is it the band’s first album in six long years but it is also the first since the …

Supergroups.  One of the most despised words in music journalism.  But, they are a phenomenon which come together for multiple reasons.  Some of them come down to financial considerations – a bunch of down on their luck musos pooling their combined, and often dubious talents, in order to pull together …

The third edition of STOCKHOLM ROCKS is taking place at Debaser Medis in Stockholm, Sweden on October 24th, 2015. Confirmed bands are: Corroded, Sparzanza, Xandria and The Murder Of My Sweet. CORRODED is a Swedish heavy metal band from Ånge, Sweden. Corroded are musically inspired by Black Sabbath and Machine Head. SPARZANZA is one of Swedens best metal bands. If you want great metal you have …

@planetmosh reviews Omni\One by .@HaloTora on East End Records. If there’s one thing that can be said of a Glasgow crowd it’s that they’re honest.  Whether it’s a football crowd, a theatre audience or at a gig if you aren’t any good they’ll let you know.  As a reviewer I’ve …

One machine will play a album release show at The Barfly in London on the 28th September, and Planetmosh has a pair of tickets to the gig, plus a signed cd to give away, all you have to do to win is answer this very easy question. What is the …

As the title suggests this is not for those of a weak constitution. Fuck the Facts are a Canadian band that has an impressive back catalogue of EPs and splits as well as this being their 6th full length. They started life as a studio project in the 90s before …

Following a pair of warm-up festival shows in Spain – well, they certainly were “warm” – Stormzone returned to the colder climes of their native Belfast for this, the official launch of their most recent album, ‘Seven Sins‘.  They were also returning to a familiar venue, but one which has changed …

Huntress have been through a lot since the 2013 release of Starbound Beast; from member changes,  to guitarist Eli getting brutally assaulted on the UK tour and having to miss a show, and Frontwoman Jill Janus  recently discussing her battle with mental illness, and recent fight with cancer.  I am …

As the lineup for DESERTFEST BELGIUM 2015 is now getting complete, day schedule as well as day tickets have been made available on the festival’s website. To cap things off, we have the pleasure to announce the ultimate batch of bands with burbling infernal doomsters BELZEBONG, raw psychedelic rockers MAUDLIN and infernal stoners …

So how is the best way to spend a Bank Holiday Sunday? Watching mindless television or doing D.I.Y around the house? No! Get up early and head off to Rockwich and watch 15 bands play from midday until midnight for a measly £10! Apologies to the bands I missed whilst …

FROST & FIRE FESTIVAL Set To Bring America’s Finest Traditional Heavy Metal Bands To Ventura There is no denying that Europe has been the heavy metal hotbed on this planet for several decades, particularly when it comes to the traditional forms of the musical style: clean vocals, soaring guitar harmonies, …

Silent Jack – Interview with PlanetMosh, September 2015 Louise for PlanetMosh interviews 3/4 of Silent Jack after Highway to Hell 6 at O2 Academy, Sheffield. Silent Jack were our featured band in August 2014 (see here) but this was the first chance I’ve had to interview them in person. They …

  Biters a Punk/Rock ‘n’ Roll band from Atlanta, Georgia released their début album ‘Electric Blood’ via Earache Records on 7th August 2015. Already proving that they are the new bad boys of Rock ‘n’ Roll they nearly got arrested filming the video to Restless Hearts, read the story here …

The term “rock n roll outlaw” is most definitely one which can be applied to guitarist Tracii Guns.  These days, he has a new fire in his belly, with not one but two new bands on the go.  As he returns to the UK this week with Gunzo – alongside veteran bassist …

South America seems to spew forth new black metal bands with more regularity than a good dose of Epsom Salts could induce.  The latest to come to PM’s attention are Argentinian crew Vomit Of Doom, about whom we know nothing more than the fact that this ten-track 27-minute opus was …

The Robert Cray band have been around knocking on for well over 40 years, and in that time have released some amazing blues music, led by singer, guitarist and songwriter Robert Cray this latest release was recorded over four nights at four different venues in Los Angeles. The album showcases …

Draconian recently played their first ever U.K. show at the Boston Music Room in London. Planetmosh were there to review the event, and also talk to Johan about the show, the forthcoming album ‘Sovran’, recent and future live shows, etc  

It has been a little over three years since Geoff Tate was very ignominiously and publicly fired from Queensrÿche, the band he had fronted for three decades.  What happened next – the acrimonious verbal bitch slappings, the two versions of the band, the subsequent legal case – has been extremely well …

There is no doubt that the past year or so has been a productive one for veteran guitarist George Lynch, with first his involvement in the KXM project (alongside Kings X’s Doug Pinnick and Korn’s Ray Luzier) and then his collaboration with Stryper frontman Michael Sweet on the imaginatively monickered …