PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Crossfaith is a metalcore/hardcore/electronica band from Osaka, Japan.  Like many Japanese bands, Crossfaith sing in English.  The band was formed in 2006 and released their debut EP (Blueprint of Reconstruction) in 2008. They then released their first studio album “The Artificial Theory for the Dramatic Beauty”  in 2009, and their …

In a quirky pub called Odd Bar situated in Manchester’s famous Northern Quarter I had arranged to meet the man that has exposed his almighty rock voice to the world Mr Nathan James. You may know him from his appearances on The Voice and Jesus Christ Superstar for Andrew Lloyd Webber.  We dive into the juicy …

Brains are one of the best kept secrets in the Irish Metal scene. Playing their own blackened Rock n Roll they recently got their groove at their Dublin show in The Pint. Check out the gallery from the show. Brains Official Facebook page click Here Have a Listen to Brains …

Raven Lord, and the kind of metal they have produced with their superb debut album, would have Jack Black going bat-shit crazy screaming “THIS. IS. METAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL” and they do indeed invoke similar kinds of feelings for me too. They’re like a united nations of metal, musicians with hugely strong pedigrees …

During the Metal Festival at the Academy in Manchester I managed to catch up with Severenth, we get talking about them sharing the stage with Skindred, Soil, Bring me The Horizon, 3 inches of blood and many others. They also announce their showcase for Roadrunner….. Enjoy! Lara –  Let’s get to know Severenth …

Dusty Pop Entertainment presents a special event featuring ten Manchester bands over two stages, Club Academy and Academy 3. It is a great opportunity for starting out bands to showcase their music. What I wasn’t expecting was the bands on both stages to be playing at the same time. This made punters …

September Code deliver a stunning album of thought provoking, empowering and simply divine music.   To start with I must confess to not having had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with the music of September Code before receiving this album to review. In a rather selfish way, I feel cheated, …

A selection of photos taken at the recent Dropkick Murphys  concert at Vicar St, Dublin, Ireland. Support on the night was from Frank Turner.   To read Mark’s gig review click here   Click to visit the Dropkick Murphys and Frank Turner official websites. %%wppa%% %%slide=544%%   Photos by Down …

Unsigned Scottish metallers Skeleton Verse (formerly known as The Paradox) have been going for 3 years and in that time they have been a busy lot releasing debut EP “the poet versus the town crier”, their debut album “bleeding by example” and a further EP “fuck your comfort zone”. Now …

Sometimes it’s good to kick back and take a look at what’s happening in the local metal scene around the UK.  We did exactly this in Glasgow as we caught up with local unsigned band Beckon to find out just what their thoughts are on the future and on getting …

Queens of Metal festival is proud to announce more bands for this years festival. Here are the bands: Knorkator Enforcer Debauchery Hail of Bullets Steelwing Accusser   So one half of all bands is confirmed now: Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Eluveitie Knorkator Legion Of The Damned Orden Ogan Debauchery Enforcer Dr. …

Hardcore madness from the German cult heroes.     Bringing musical carnage and general mayhem since 2005, Fallbrawl have had plenty of time to cut their teeth in the business. Building a strong reputation in Germany as one of the most extreme and best hardcore acts on the circuit, they …

In the realm of music in general (never mind all things heavy), there are few artists as impenetrable as Mike Patton. From the incendiary experimentalism of Faith No More to the utterly bizarre genre-dodging of Mr. Bungle – and let’s not forget Fantômas, Peeping Tom and his genuinely terrifying compositions …

Dirt come clean with an album to get low down and dirty with.     Some people are just born to play Metal, it’s an evolutionary thing, a thing that is encased in their DNA, surging through every sinew and blood vessel in their denim and leather clad bodies. A …

Amidst all our genre squabbling and elitism, there exists a selection of bands who operate on metal’s outer limits. Elusive, erudite and enigmatic, they so staunchly avoid direct genre classification that it’s almost to their detriment. For Cult Of Luna, a five year gap has pervaded between 2008’s Eternal Kingdom …

KISS the very first signing to the newly formed Tim Bogart label Casablanca on the evidence of a single performance at New York City’s Le Tang’s Ballet Studio in 1973, have released a limited edition box set of their singles while at the label to celebrate their 40th anniversary in …

To say that Cassiopeia, the 9th studio album from Greek metallers Nightfall is busy is an understatement as it jumps from symphonic metal to death and thrash in the blink of an eye. Its dominated by the one dimensional but compelling aggressive bark of vocalist  Efthimis Karadimas. Efthimis formed Nightfall …

If you’ve never heard them before, you would be forgiven for thinking, upon first listen, that there is a very Savatage quality to Circle II Circle’s sound:  it’s a comparison that you would be more than justified making, as CIIC frontman Zak Stevens spent eight years at the helm of …

France’s Idols For Dinner actually trace their roots back more than half a decade, forming as Corpse Division back in 2007 but changing their name a few years later as they felt their original monicker did not reflect the style of music they play:   “it sounded like a brutal death …

This fifth studio album from Polish progressive rockers Riverside – their first since 2009’s ‘Anno Domini High Definition’, which charted at number one in their native Poland – is an interesting beast, drawing as it does on a myriad of influences, from underground central European jazz through English folk music …