PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Photographs of Lamb Of God’s performance in the Limelight 1, Belfast.  TesseracT supporting. Photographs by Marc Leach Photography

Friday night at Bloodstock saw King Diamond take to the stage as headliner. [flickrapi user=”planet mosh” get=”photoset” id=”72157650384611029″ size=”z” count=”100″]

On Thursday evening, Bloodstock got underway with Motherload being the first band to take to the stage.  Check out our photos of their set.. [flickrapi user=”planet mosh” get=”photoset” id=”72157650795120811″ size=”z” count=”100″]

Back and fresh from playing a great set at the Y-Not Festival, Eva Plays Dead kicked off their mid-summer tour in their home town of Derby. After reviewing the groups last album ‘Guilt Trips and Sins’ for Planetmosh back in June, I then gave it a top 10/10 and put …

              We talked to the band about their set at this years Bloodstock festival as well as the current E.P. ‘Bones’ and their future plans.   The Bastard Sons interview at B.O.A.   https://www.facebook.com/thebastardsonsuk    

            I had been warned beforehand that an interview with Evil Scarecrow was an experience to say the least, aside from asking questions my main focus was trying to avoid my dictaphone being eaten. However we did manage to get some insight into the bands …

          We managed to grab a chat with the excellent Fury following their set at this years Bloodstock festival and what a great bunch of guys they were as well.   Fury interview at B.O.A.     https://www.facebook.com/furyofficial

        We caught up with Liverpool 5 piece Oceanis to talk about their Bloodstock set, future plans and life in general.   Oceanis interview at B.O.A.   https://www.facebook.com/oceanisuk?fref=ts

San Francisco's self-proclaimed "doom pop" merchants Death Valley High follow up their acclaimed 2011 album with more tracks of a deliciously dark nature on Positive Euth.

          We caught up with the band following their highly successful set at this years Bloodstock festival to talk about the bands plans and everything else.   Operation Error interview at B.O.A.   https://www.facebook.com/operationerror

      Fresh from the main stage, we chat to Darrin about Bloodstock and the bands future plans.   Darrin South of Sacred Mother Tongue interview at B.O.A.   https://www.facebook.com/SacredMotherTongue

            Fresh from their excellent set at this years Bloodstock festival we talk to the band about everything they have planned for the future and of course about their set.   States Of Panic interview at B.O.A.   https://www.facebook.com/STATESOFPANIC

            Following the storming main stage set at this years Bloodstock festival we chatted to Zach about the performance, the upcoming tour with GWAR and much more besides.   Zach Householder of Whitechapel interview at B.O.A.   https://www.facebook.com/whitechapelmetal

      Getting to play Bloodstock via the Metal 2 The Masses competition meant the band were really pumped up for their set at this years festival, they talk about the road to Bloodstock and the future plans for the band.   One For Sorrow interview at B.O.A.   …

      We talked to drummer Jan just prior to the bands highly anticipated set at this years Bloodstock festival.   Jan Rechberger of Amorphis interview at B.O.A.   http://shop.amorphis.net/

Rage of Angels is the brainchild of original Ten keyboard player Ged Rylands,who played on their first three studio albums and the double live CD ‘Never Say Goodbye’. During his time in Ten, Ged took part in several very successful tours in Japan as well as playing on the highly …

Rather than start my day with a full on dose of metal, I pleasantly started it with a slice of medieval full contact battling. In the past the Viking battling had been a little on the soft side, wielding wooden swords and could get boring pretty quickly. Medieval battling on the …

          No strangers to the festival having played at the old (and sadly missed) indoor event, Mael Mordha return to share their folk/doom laden Metal with the Bloodstock crowd, we caught up with the band to chat about history, the future plans and the music scene …

                  When you mention the name Bloodstock Festival, then I guess there is one band that springs to mind more than any other. I’m talking of course about Beholder. We talk to the band and in particular Simon Hall about the festival, …

              Flying the flag for South Wales at this years Bloodstock festival Saturday were Ten Cent Toy, we talked about their views on the festival, future plans, influences and more.   Ten Cent Toy interview at B.O.A.   https://www.facebook.com/tencenttoy