PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

I saw Shock ! Hazard supporting Biters at Rock City, Nottingham last month (review here). Impressed by their energetic performance I had a quick chat with them ahead of their gig, on the same tour, at Ruby Lounge, Manchester. Find out a bit more about the band, their political stance, …

Despite having only emerged from Norn Iron’s dankest extreme metal sewers within the past 12 months, The Crawling are by no means newcomers to the scene over here, with the triumvirate collectively counting nigh on four decades of experience between them.  Guitarist Andy Clarke, for example, was the cornerstone of …

Kentucky rockers, BLACK STONE CHERRY are proud to announce their signing to new label home, the Mascot Label Group. Yesterday (Oct 7th 2015), the band went into Barrick Recording in Glasgow, KY to record their fifth studio album.  This process will be a ‘back to their roots’ approach, recording it …

Throughout their decade long career, German doomsters Ahab have consistently displayed a fascination with both all things nautical and literary:  previous albums have been based on works such as Herman Melville’s epic ‘Moby Dick (with the band, of course, taking their name from the novel’s psychotic lead human character) and Edgar …

It’s not often that a night out turns into a chance to review the bands you are going out to see, but with a plethora of gigs happening in nearby Belfast, PlanetMosh just didn’t have enough hands at the pump to cover an evening of rock and rollery in my …

Bauda first came to life in 2006, ostensibly as a solo project by Chilean guitarist and vocalist César Márquez.  It wasn’t until 2012 that it became a fully formed band.  The following year, Márquez and his fellow musicians – drummer Nikolas Recabarren, bassist Juan Díaz and keyboard player Edgardo González …

Voodoo Vegas Have Released a Brand New Music Video ‘Tied Up’ For fans of hard rock, this is a foot to the floor track that oozes groove, swagger and plenty of melody, ‘Tied Up’ is some of the band’s best work yet and by all accounts “you ain’t see nothing yet” according …

Persecution Complex is the new EP from Leicestershire band Resin.  It’s been an unsettled year for the band, with the departure of drummer Danny Finch in October last year followed by what seemed to be the end of the band in December.  That would have been a shame after a great 2014 in …

Swedish metallians Enforcer are invading the UK and Ireland once again, on a six date co-headline tour with countrymen Wolf.  They also are releasing their first ever live DVD/CD package, ‘Live By Fire’, next month. PlanetMosh tracked down frontman Olof Wikstrand to chat about both the tour and the DVD. …

It’s just gone seven o’clock on a cold and damp October eve- the second night in a run of six gigs in five nights for your PM Belfast team, and we have been joined by a healthy turnout of our fellow metallians for the debut appearance here of Wisconsin psyche-doom goddess …

A somewhat unusual name which conjures up images of men in corpse paint, axes, hammers and the usual paraphernalia suited to such a name. This is far from the truth. The band hail from Sweden and formed in 2006. To date have released a series of eps and now this …

  Saxon Reveals New Track “Queen of Hearts” and Lyric Video On October 30, 2015, legendary British heavy metal quintet SAXON will release their 21st studio album, Battering Ram, in North America via UDR Music. The new album boasts a clinically ‘heavy’ echo of SAXON’s glorious NWOBHM sound! Ultimate Classic …

          Sweden’s purveyors of Doom return with a stunning follow up to 2011’s “A Rose For The Apocalypse”. Much has happened in the Draconian camp in the intervening four years, the major upheaval of losing long time vocalist Lisa Johansson, the subsequent search for and unveiling …

There are not infrequent debates on various social media channels (not least on my own Facebook page last week) about whose responsibility it is to actually promote a gig and attract fans to it.  It is an argument which I have absolutely no intention to rehearse once again on here …

Phantasma – Premiere Lyric Video For Track “Enter Dreamscape” Photo by Fabio Interra Photography PHANTASMA, the new Symphonic Rock musical of Charlotte Wessels (DELAIN), Georg Neuhauser (SERENITY) and Oliver Philipps (EVERON) has recently signed to Napalm Records. Today this power formation is celebrating the exclusive lyric-video premiere for the first …

WORLD FAMOUS TRIBUTE ACT THE IRON MAIDENS BRING THEIR SHOW TO LONDON IN 2016 The world’s only all-female Iron Maiden tribute band the Iron Maidens have announced a one-off show at Shepherds Bush Empire on 14th April 2016.   Excited front-woman Kirsten Chickinson said: ‘For years people have been asking …

Armed with an excoriating, blistering new album, titled Out Of Respect for the Dead, Sweden’s death metal monster Grave has returned. The now-legendary heavy metal genre that Grave upholds, Swedish death metal, often showcases downtuned guitars, a “buzzsaw” distorted guitar tone, mid-tempo to fast-paced songs, deep-pitched vocals, and lyrical storylines …

Sweden’s long-running death metal stalwart act, Grave, has returned with an aggressive, pummeling new album, titled Out of Respect for the Dead. The disc is a blistering marathon through nine tunes, ranging from mid-length to a nine-plus minute epic. Recorded, mixed, and mastered at the modern, digital Studio Soulless, Out …

Atlanta rock ‘n’ roll punks BITERS have joined forces with Kerrang! for the premiere of their brand new music video ‘Low Lives in Hi Definition’ Currently on the road in the UK in support of their new album ‘Electric Blood‘, BITERS have teamed up for the launch of “Low Lives …

There have been some fantastic releases this year so far; one I have been eagerly awaiting is Mercy Isle’s new EP; Storm.  Having been lucky enough the last few years to see Kassandra Novell in action at Metal Female Voices Festival, I knew Mercy Isle would be something special.  Kassandra really …