PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Silent Rage front man Jesse Damon is set to release his brand new solo album, Southern Highway, on April 22, 2016. Released by On Fire Records, the album was produced by melodic rock legend Paul Sabu. This is Jesse’s sixth solo effort and features 10 brand new studio tracks. As Jesse …

PlanetMosh’s Miley Stevens caught up with Overkill’s Bobby ‘Blitz’ Ellsworth at the Leeds date of their anniversary tour. M: So I understand this tour is celebrating 25 years of Horrorscope and 30 years of Feel the Fire. I just wanted to ask what an anniversary tour is like compared to …

It’s not everyday a reviewer jumps at the chance to go to a gig after working from 6am-4pm, with the very same shift to do the next day, but jump I did when I got the opportunity to see Overkill in Leeds on the 7th April. After arriving a little …

Brand new London metal festival Rock On Green has now announced the full line-up for its inaugural event, which takes place at Kentish Town’s O2 Forum on 4th June.  Previously announced co-headliners Tarja Turunen and Amaranthe are set to be joined by Austrian power metal giants Serenity, Australian multifaceted metallers …

Delays in getting to the venue after work meant that I missed the opening act, and only caught part of the second act.  The second act was Fred Abbott, who was formerly lead guitarist and keyboard player in Noah And The Whale.  His set was excellent – great rock and …

With just under 8 weeks to go until Download once again opens it’s doors, there is still at least one more announcement of bands left. Whilst the majority of these will be acts filling out the slots on the lower stages, one prominent TBA is what will happen to the …

In This Moment Release New Video for ‘The Fighter’ IN THIS MOMENT today revealed a new video for ‘The Fighter’, taken from their latest album, ‘Black Widow’.  The video, directed by photographer Jeremy Saffer along with lead singer Maria Brink, features Brink delivering the very personal song directly to the camera – …

Corky Laing Plays Mountain The Legendary Mountain drummer and native of Montreal Canada, is about to embark on an eight day tour of the UK with his band. Having played on over a hundred recordings and been a major contributing artist on numerous singles, live albums and 23 or so studio albums, this tour is all …

Sad news breaking tonight as Hevy Fest promoters announced the festival was no more after six editions and a superb looking lineup for 2016. The festival was due to take place in August, headlined by Enter Shikari and also feature appearances by Refused, While She Sleeps, LA Dispute, Sick of …

The Metal 2 The Masses Ireland juggernaut rumbled into Fibber Magees in Dublin on Saturday night for the second of three semi-finals to determine the second third of the Final line up. PlanetMosh was there again to check out what went down and see who would step up to the …

Scottish heavy rock titans Attica Rage are set to release their new studio album, ‘Warheads Ltd’, on 6 June via Off Yer Rocka Recordings. The band’s fourth album, it was produced, engineered and mixed by singer/guitarist Jonny Parr. ‘Warheads Ltd’ is the first Attica Rage album to feature bassist Matthew Ward, who …

Less than four months to go and BLOODSTOCK HQ is a hive of activity!  With the ‘Metal 2 The Masses’ heats well under way and finals scheduled to kick off in May, the booking team are racking up more and more bands for the UK’s best metal weekender this August! …

YES TO TOUR ‘FRAGILE’ AND ‘DRAMA’ IN UK AND EUROPE IN APRIL     Seminal prog pioneers YES hit the road for an extensive UK and European tour at the end of this month…. April 2016. The band will be performing 1971’s ‘Fragile’ and 1980’s ‘Drama’ in their entirety, the latter …

SCREAMING EAGLES – UK TOUR – APRIL 2016 Screaming Eagles will be on a 6-date UK Tour which will take in a headline show at the legendary O2 Islington Academy 2 in London on Friday 29th April 2016. The band have teamed up with their label Off Yer Rocka and the …

Matty James – Featured Artist April 2016 Matty James releases his second studio album ‘The Road To No Town’ on 29th April 2016. This follows EP Uncertain Times released in February 2013, debut album Last One To Die in June 2014 and Cut To The Bone, in October 2015 (a limited edition full …

Although they have been kicking up dust on the UK scene for a little more than a decade now, building themselves a sturdy reputation in the process, Lincoln’s Knock Out Kaine didn’t really cross my radar until the early part of last year, with the release of their second album, …

Progressive metalcore outfit Oceans Ate Alaska return home to the UK, following nine months of conquering the USA for a run of headline shows. Having taken the USA by storm with their debut album Lost Isles, the band have toured with Bless The Fall, Northlane and Chelsea Grin as well as on their own …

While waiting for August 5th and the release of Tarja’s new album “The Shadow Self”, the queen of heavy rock has yet another surprise for her fans: Tarja and earMUSIC proudly announce the release of the new album’s prequel “The Brightest Void”. With over 50 minutes of new music, the …

Mindshift vocalist Mao explains, “Horizon is about the senseless tragedy of things that happen in the world around us. The Charlie Hebdo attack, the brutal massacre at the Bataclan Concert Hall, the senseless wars in the Middle East, etc… One day I just asked myself, what can I do to …

Jade Vine are presenting their newly released album ‘Mind Of a Man’ on the 18th of May at The Black Heart, Camden. ‘Mind of a Man’ was released on the 26th of February after signing up with Musiarchy Media the album was co-produced by Jade Vine and Hugh Neal. Highly …