PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Witchburner are a thrash metal band from Germany.  Their old school thrash metal reminds me on venom.  The voice of the singer ‘Pino’ often sounds like Conrad ‘Cronos’ Lant sometimes like Lemmy. The first song ‘Sermon of Profanity‘ starts melodically and later it gets more power but not so much power …

Intronaut scale the heights and plant their flag firmly at the summit of Progressive Metal.       So here we go, it’s been what seems like aeons since ‘Valley Of Smoke’ hit the ground running back in 2010 but now Los Angeles post-prog supremos Intronaut are poised to unveil …

Hammerfest 5 have released the stage times for next months festival. The festival runs from the 14th through to the 17th March 2013 at Haven Hafan Y Môr Holiday Park, Pwllheli, North Wales. Thursday 14th March 2013 Stage 2 – Samurai Stage 17:00 – 17:40 Goddamn Electric 17:55 – 18:45 …

Wednesday 13 are back with another helping of their distinctive blend of humour horror punk rock shenanigans in the form of ‘The Dixie Dead’, which was released on the 18th February 2013 via DevCo/Cargo. The album starts with the tantalising ‘Death Arise Intro’ track before we are catapulted in to the …

Greek band Alter Self haven’t had an easy life since their inception in 2007, with multiple line-ups and military obligations getting in the way since their initial self-funded EP release in 2009. Seven Deadly Blessings is their first full album release and gives them a proper chance to show just …

Bournemouth band Voodoo Vegas formed in 2006, and have spent the last few years touring as much as possible, both within the UK and in continental Europe, playing gigs in German, France, Belgium and Italy.  Last year they launched a PledgeMusic campaign to raise funds to record their debut album.  …

Australian band Unitopia play Prog rock but with other influences.  The band formed in 1996 but it wasn’t until 2005 that they released their debut album – “More than a dream”.  Two more albums have followed since then (“The garden” and “Artificial”), and now we have a new album from …

My own chaos are a Canadian metal band from Vancouver.  The band was formed in 2008, and this is their debut album.  The album is a concept album.  Vocalist Connis Chaos talking about the album says “The album was written about my divorce and the emotional rollercoaster that goes along …

Lisbon based rock band Miss Lava released their debut EP in 2008 and their debut album (Blues for the dangerous miles) in 2009.  Since then they have toured extensively within Portugal and further afield including tours of the UK and the US.  Now they have released their second album – …

Swedish band Firstborn were only formed in January 2012, but within a couple of short months they were already starting to record their debut album, which saw the light in October 2012 – just ten month since the band formed which is pretty fast work.  The band are inspired by …

Download 2013 latest announcement – Papa Roach, Rise To Remain, Gogol Bordello, Lit, Escape The Fate and Blitz Kids are amongst the 49 new acts added to our 2013 line up. Taking on the world, this year’s line-up continues to bring the best international rock acts from every corner of …

George Ellis from Planetmosh chat’s to the guys from Blackwolf on the first night of their tour supporting The Union.

The Union are a English Rock band formed in 2009 by ex Thunder guitarist Luke Morley and Peter Shoulder ( ex Winterville) and who are about to embark on a ten day UK tour in support of their latest album, “The World Is Yours” which had it’s worldwide release on …

As Belgian black metal masters Enthroned prepare to return to the UK for another run of dates in support of their ‘Obsidium’ album, we sit down with frontman Nornagest to catch up with the latest instalment of the band’s story and his views on making it 20 years at the …

Faultless display of riff driven Rock, essential listening.   Do you remember that feeling you got as a kid, waking up on Christmas Day, running down the stairs, kicking the cat out of the way to get at the presents under the tree and then actually getting the present you …

Excellent album of Gothic tinged Rock, a real ‘must listen to’ record.    Formed in Finland a couple of years ago, this album actually represents the bands second full length release in that very short period of time. ’Back To The Zone’ however, is a lot heavier than its predecessor …

Tonight at the Asylum 2 we had three female fronted bands, all signed to the Rocksector label.  Aside from them being on the same label and having female singers they share little in common.  Incassum are heavy as f**k – melodic death metal being a good description of their music, …

That’s right, here at Planetmosh we have a pair of LORDI tickets to win for either Manchester, Birmingham, London or the Edinburgh gig’s in May. So to win a pair of tickets to the venue of your choice, just answer this very simple question: In what year did Lordi win …

It had been five months since Norn Iron’s premier rawk ‘n’f’n’ roll crue had played the region’s capital, and their return to not only the city but also the comparatively cramped Pavilion venue shows that the quintet are just as comfortable playing in sweaty bar rooms as they are in …

It’s a Saturday afternoon in Belfast, and that means there is only one place any self-respecting metalhead should be… down the ‘Slimer’, necking pints, enjoying the craic and breaking necks at the weekly RocKD!  This weekend’s show is an extra bit special, as it also marks the official launch of …