PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

London based tech-metal quartet Derange are excited to announce the release date for ‘Echo’, the next single from their acclaimed album‘The Awakening’. ‘Echo’ is arguably the hardest hitting track from ‘The Awakening’ but still shot-through with melody. It is a glorious burst of tech-metal, showcasing not only the band’s intricate …

Seminal Canadian Heavy Metallers Anvil are set to release their rousing, fist-pumping new studio album ‘Anvil Is Anvil’ on Steamhammer / SPV on February 26thas a Digipak CD, (containing a bonus track and poster), as a high class double gatefold clear vinyl LP (with CD in paper sleeve), plus download. …

UK’s finest ZOAX are putting the final touches to their debut album. Deadpress.com featured them in the “50 Bands To Look Out For In 2016” list and wrote: “Equipped with a charismatic and well-dressed frontman in Adam Carroll, combined with music that can be both a strong contender on the mainstream …

Chicago’s doom metal finest, THE SKULL, are set to embark on an extensive European tour next month. The band features former TROUBLE members vocalist Eric Wagner and bassist Ron Holzner, alongside SACRED DAWN guitarist Lothar Keller, former PENTAGRAM drummer Sean Saley, and the recently recruited WITCH MOUNTAIN’s guitarist Rob Wrong. After kicking off their touring responsibilities later this month by playing with …

OFFICIAL VIDEO REVEALED Release date – February 26th On Tour Across The UK, Headline Shows  plus dates supporting Wilson and also RavenEye. “Having already made waves last year, Reigning Days are clearly aiming to take a big bite out of 2016” – Kerrang! Devonshire three-piece Reigning Days have unveiled the explosive video for their brand …

France’s most galvanizing heavy rock foursome THE TEXAS CHAINSAW DUST LOVERS are back this spring with their debut album “Me And The Devil”, a trash and groovy rock’n’roll statement set to see the day on March 28th via Besta Records.   Sexy sweaty rock anthems topped off by a deathly rock’n’roll crooning, …

This coming Friday (29th of January 2016) California’s pop punk firecrackers The Dollyrots will be celebrating the release of their brand new EP, Mama’s Gonna Knock You Out. The Dollyrots – aka Kelly and Luis, have decided to celebrate the EP’s release with an online live streamed concert with the …

BRAND NEW ALBUM BANG ZOOM CRAZY… HELLO RELEASED APRIL 1st‘NO DIRECTION HOME’ NEW SINGLE OUT NOW2016 ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HALL OF FAME ‘ROCK HALL THREE FOR ALL’ U.S. TOUR HEART/JOAN JETT/CHEAP TRICK Legendary power-pop collective Cheap Trick have released ‘No Direction Home’, the first single to be taken from the band’s upcoming album …

JOE BONAMASSA IN CONCERT A SALUTE TO THE BRITISH BLUES EXPLOSION Joe Bonamassa pays homage to the music of  Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 29th JANUARY 2016. PLANET ROCK 72-HOUR TICKET PRE-SALE: TUESDAY 26th JANUARY.   Joe Bonamassa’s love of the British Blues is at the heart …

The Room + Doris Brendel @ The Railway We are thrilled to announce the first show in association with Skyfire Interactive and Firebrand Roxx. Taking place at The Railway Bolton on Friday 25th March. The legendary venue that has played host to a great many names over the few years it …

I first saw Wigan based Bigfoot a mere few months after they had formed when they played a short set at the SOS Festival in Manchester, July 2014. Even then their song writing suss was evident and on seeing them a few times since at Wildfire Festival and Bloodstock Festival, …

Before hitting the stage to perform to a sold-out London crowd supporting Motionless in White at the Underworld Camden, I caught up with New Years Day’s guitarist Nikki Misery to talk Malevolence and how their current tour with Motionless In White is going. Kris PM – Firstly a huge thank …

Let’s not pretend – Super Collider and Thirteen were…questionable at best. This left me wary as I sat at my desk ready to hear the latest offering from Megadeth. Half the band had left in the last year, leaving Ellefson and Mustaine with what looked like nothing to continue the …

(the) Melvins are the first headline act to be confirmed for this year’s Temples Festival, which takes place at Motion in Bristol from 2 – 5 June. They will headline the Saturday night (4 June). They join a line up that already features Acid King, ACxDC, All Pigs Must Die, …

Steelhouse Festival has added Blues Pills, Fastway and Hey! Hello! to this year’s line up. They join The Darkness, who headline the Sunday evening, Von Hertzen Brothers, Vega and Hand Of Dimes. Steelhouse takes place at Hafod-Y-Dafal, just outside Ebbw Vale, in south Wales on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 …

London based singer songwriter Millie Manders released her third EP Obsession Transgression via JTV Digital on 20th November 2015. Millie has a wide and varied musical background ranging from classical to jazz, punk to soul and, as well as singing, she also learnt to play the clarinet, saxophone and ukulele. …

With the buzz from last weekend’s electrifying night still raising hairs on the back of the neck, we descend on Fibber Magees for the second heat of Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses Ireland. Tonight’s showcase features (once again) 5 acts from different ends of the metallic spectrum who are all …

Formed in Tamworth, Staffordshire in 2013. Heavy Metal band Hidden released their debut EP True Mercian Metal last year. Containing a short intro track  False Ones Must Die and three tracks packed with the classic NWOBHM sound of bands like Saxon and Judas Priest. Lots of screaming guitars and vocals …

Elixir To Start Skol Records’ Series Of The Replicas Of The NWOBHM Singles SKOL RECORDS proudly presents the first release in the series of the CD replicas of the legendary NWoBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) singles: ELIXIR “Treachery (Ride Like The Wind)”, which will be out on January …

Tonight’s gig might as well be at the Freeze as opposed to the Fleece – the cold snap is finally upon us and biting savagely. Critics might say this is the reason why Venom Prison (8) attract a a sizeable portion of the crowd tonight as punters hop inside to get warm, …