PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Legendary blues rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Robin Trower, best known for his 1974 milestone album Bridge of Sighs, has confirmed a 13-date October UK Tour that starts at The Waterfront in Norwich on 30th September. Special guest on all shows is Stevie Nimmo. Tickets for all concerts, priced £25, can …

Once upon a time (but not too long ago) in the west (but not too far west), four dust-covered strangers (it was obvious they were strangers in these parts, as they had French accents) wandered into a nameless town, exchanged their chainsaws for guitars and proceeded to lay waste to …

Melodic hardcore quartet NAPOLEON have announced the release of their long-awaited debut album ‘Newborn Mind’ on the 27th May 2016 via Basick Records. The record is the first to feature the band’s new vocalist Wes Thompson, formerly of Climates. Pre-orders of ‘Newborn Mind’ are now live via the band’s website: …

Canadian four piece SUMO CYCO are known for creating completely DIY, self directed and produced videos which are nothing less than mental master pieces.  The next two instalments in the Sumo Cyco narrative are no exception. Check out ‘Fuel My Fire’ and ‘Crowd Control’, which complete Chapters 7 and 8 in the on …

at The O2, London PINK FLOYD’S  WISH YOU WERE HERE SYMPHONIC LIVE plus THERAPY? / MICHAEL MONROE  /HAKEN / THE LOUNGE KITTENS  /JACKAMAN / MESSENGER / JARED JAMES NICHOLS playing alongside headliners ALICE COOPER / RICK WAKEMAN plus THE DARKNESS / MARILLION / STEVE HACKETT BLACKBERRY SMOKE and many more …

If the Nazgul from Lord of the Rings had a stereo in Middle Earth, it would probably blast out Moonsorrow. Over the past two decades the Finnish outfit have firmly set up camp in the darker clearings of the heavy metal forest and enticed us with six challenging records and an unwavering spirit to write …

“AIRBOURNE ENDORSED AUSTRALIAN ROCKERS UNVEIL THEIR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SOPHOMORE ALBUM” Less than twelve months after releasing their critically-acclaimed debut album, Melbourne-based rock n’ roll nomads Palace Of The King are pleased to announce the upcoming release of their second full-length album, ‘Valles Marineris’. Set to land on 15th July 2016 …

​Rudra Announces Details of Eighth Album! RUDRA has been one of the longest surviving Asian Metal bands that has been active for two and a half decades. The band is ​often ​considered as the true pioneer of Vedic Metal that creates a blend of both Extreme Metal and Indian Classical/Carnatic (Folk) …

DEMON BITCH “Hellfriends” DEMON BITCH is a traditional Heavy Metal band based out of Michigan, USA, with a taste for the strange and obscure realms of the genre. The history of the band dates back to 2011, when three longtime friends: Mars Weston, Logon Saton, and Samuel Ceckowski, came forth …

As the chords of Iron Maiden’s epic ‘Run to the Hills’ play as an intro, the impending Easter bank holiday means one thing, no one’s holding back. With the O2 being located in student land and this being Trivium‘s first outing to Leicester, it all adds up to one hell …

The new EP, “Georgia Pine” by midlands band Broken Witt Rebels is a stunningly good release, and tonight was my chance to check the band out live and see if they could be as good live as they are on record. I arrived in time to see part of the …

Epic doom aplenty! Hailing Farnborough, Pensevor really pack a punch and are wanting to prove it with their debut album Klothod. Klothod opens with the truly monolithic slab of doom “Totem”. A song that does exactly as it says on the tin, this is a track that will surely have …

Greek groove/stoner/heavy rock act Planet Of Zeus are to release their fourth album, ‘Loyal to the Pack’, via ihaveadrum on 13 May. The album is the follow up to 2014’s ‘Vigilante‘, which the band supported through extensive touring, including a visit to the UK and Ireland as special guests on Clutch’s ‘Psychic …

Blunderbuss Unveil ‘Resurrection’ EP Video Teaser A few weeks after the single “Last Day Before Resurrection” still available on SoundCloud, French alternative Nu-metal outfit Blunderbuss just released a video teaser announcing its new EP ‘Resurrection’ coming out on CD and digital on April 19th 2016. Stream the single “Last day before resurrection” For …

Delirium is the new album from the Italian Gothfathers Lacuna Coil. The band formed back in 1994 and have pulled through, growing and changing like an empty spiral of creativity, never ending and always evolving. From the debut In a Reverie, through to Broken Crown Halo, they have showed versatility …

PlanetMosh had the undeniable pleasure of reviewing We Are Twisted Fucking Sister – a captivating documentary DVD spanning the early, at times undisclosed career of Twisted Sister. From the club days surrounded by prog and disco, right up to the release of the seminal ‘Stay Hungry’ LP, this is the …

SIXX:A.M. ANNOUNCE APRIL 29 RELEASE OF FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM, PRAYERS FOR THE DAMNED  FIRST SINGLE “RISE” LAUNCHES TODAY VIA iHEART RADIO ALBUM PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 4  BAND TO EMBARK ON SPRING HEADLINING TOUR ACROSS THE U.S.  Isle of Wight and Download Festivals in the UK   March 1st, 2016 — Rock luminaries, Dj Ashba (Guitar), James …

With two previous EPs to their name, Victorian Whore Dogs are becoming a well-known and well respected name in the UK underground metal scene. Afternoonified is their first full length and showcases songs both old and new. Opening with the power house of monolithic sludge “Mutton Shunter,” Victorian Whore Dogs …

Now in it’s sixth year and still going strong Rockin For The Children 2016 will, again, take place at The Maze, Nottingham over the May Day bank Holiday weekend, this year it falls so that the festival starts on the last day of April. With tickets for this popular annual …

I felt like I was reliving my youth as I headed towards The Merrion Centre in Leeds to The Key Club, although Leeds has changed a lot since those twenty odd years ago and I’d never known of the existence of The Key Club, which turned out to be a …