PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Lizzy Borden Signs Solo Artist Deal With Metal Blade Records Worldwide! Lizzy Borden has spent over three decades creating some of the most theatrical metal in existence, releasing classics such as Love You to Pieces (1985) and Master of Disguise (1989), while obliterating audiences worldwide with a stage show that rivals that of Marilyn Manson andAlice Cooper. …

EXUMER Premieres ‘Catatonic’ Video Clip!   German Thrashers EXUMER have released ‘Catatonic‘ as the first video clip off their latest album “The Raging Tides“. The clip was filmed and directed by David Thelen during EXUMER‘s European tour in January/February and captures the dark lyrical themes of the song, portraying the psychological manifestations of …

Mother Feather to Appear on Warped Tour This Summer; BBC Session with Mother Feather Now Online   New York City’s self-described “pop cock rock” band Mother Feather has announced today that they will appear on Warped Tour all summer, in support of their eponymous debut album due out May 13th worldwide via …

HATEBREED Tease New Album – Special Pre-Orders Now Live HATEBREED‘s long-awaited new album, The Concrete Confessional is set for a May 13 release via Nuclear Blast Records.  The band are teasing the album and their upcoming tour dates with a video clip featuring three brand new songs; ‘A.D.,’ ‘Looking Down The Barrel of …

Cold Snap Cover ‘These Boots Are Made for Walkin’, New Single Out Now Croatian groove-metal masters COLD SNAP pay homage to Nancy Sinatra with this cover version of ‘These Boots Are Made for Walkin’. The song (originally written by Lee Hazlewood) was produced by the iconic Danish metal producer, Tue …

Black Stone Cherry Showcase ‘Soul Machine’ BLACK STONE CHERRY have released a new track, ‘Soul Machine’ from their hotly anticipated fifth studio album, ‘Kentucky’, set for release Friday 1st April via the Mascot Label Group. Check out the new track and lyric video: Recording the album outside the confines of record label …

It had been quite a pleasant day for mid March in Manchester when I headed to Club Academy to see Sanguine, our featured band for March (see here). This was to be the opening night of their UK tour supporting Mushroomhead and American Head Charge but after the latter had …

To say that the fourth heat of the Northern Ireland leg of the annual Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses was something of a curate’s egg of an evening is perhaps putting it mildly.  Only three bands ended up battling it out for the two places in the next round of the …

With four previous full-length releases under their belt, Italy’s Black Rainbows are becoming a contender on the psych/stoner/blues rock scene, and for good reason. Stellar Prophecy sees them reaching for new heights. Stellar Prophecy, unfortunately, opens with what are (in my opinion) the two weakest tracks; “Electrify” and “Woman.” They …

The Stone Foxes are currently celebrating the physical release of their fourth studio album entitled Twelve Spells, which was officially released on Friday 18th March in the UK. The album is a compilation of thirteen tracks, made up from fan favourites, new material, and recently publicised singles. In the climate …

London metallers Hang The Bastard know a thing or two about riffs and how to entertain a live audience. And now, once again, metal fans across the UK will have the chance to experience one of the countries’ best homegrown talents of recent years. The “Mists Over Albion” tour will …

British four-piece BOY JUMPS SHIP have debuted the video for ‘Lost & Found’. The track is the second single to be taken from the band’s forthcoming first full-length ‘Wake Up’, which is due for release via AMAZING RECORD COon April 22nd. Check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAT8cLqItB4 “Our second single ‘Lost …

American dark blues singer/songwriter THE WHITE BUFFALO has announced a number of European tour dates taking place this summer. Kicking off on July 17th and including shows across the UK, Germany and Italy, THE WHITE BUFFALO will be touring in support of his new album, ‘LOVE AND THE DEATH OF …

With Tuska Open Air Metal Festival almost 3 months away, we decided to put together a PlanetMosh Playlist of all the acts confirmed to play at Suvilahti on the first weekend in July. We’ve included a few songs from each of the headliners, Avantasia, Ghost and Children Of Bodom as …

The nineteenth annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival has just added more muscle to the already heavy line up. Tuska 2016 will take place at Suvilahti, Helsinki Finland on July 1-3. See bottom of post for ticket information. Joining a stellar bill that already includes Avantasia, Ghost, Children Of Bodom, Testament, Anthrax …

This past weekend, PlanetMosh once again was delighted to be associated with the wonderful event that is Blazefest, a fundraising bash inspired by a wonderful little boy who has, in his short life, succeeded in bringing together rockers and metallers on an annual basis to raise money for the work …

    SCARBLADE is a Greek female fronted Heavy Metal band, founded in May of 2012 in Athens, as RUTHLESS STEEL. Their debut EP titled “Die In The Night” came out in 2013, and included 4 tracks that can be labelled as traditional Heavy Metal, inspired by such classic acts …

They say it takes a lifetime to write your first album and 18 months to write the second. Given the overwhelming reaction to Babymetal’s self-titled debut, the pressure the girls, their backing Kami band and management would have been under to produce a second of the same quality must have bordered …

Seminal Noise Records Announces First Releases As Part Of Label Reissue campaign 8 Best Of CDS / Digital Label Sampler 6th May 2016 Kreator   Love Us Or Hate Us (The Very Best Of The Noise Years 1985-1992) 2CD Helloween  Ride The Sky (The Very Best Of 1985-1998) 2CD Kamelot …

No Sinner will be releasing their highly anticipated new album Old Habits Die Hard on 20th May through Provogue/Mascot Label Group (Joe Bonamassa, Black Stone Cherry, Monster Truck, Beth Hart) 2014s Boo Hoo Hoo was a classic debut album experience from Vancouver’s powerhouse frontwoman Colleen Rennison. The sound of a …