PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

When this black metal crew issued their sophomore EP, ‘To Whatever End’, in 2009, it was hailed as one of the best examples of the genre to emerge from the island of Ireland at the time. It was praise which was well-deserved, as it was an excellent slab of Celtic-tinged …

Having spent the guts of year slogging their way around the Irish club scene (on both sides of the border), as any self-respecting young band should do, Belfast four piece Bäkken’s reputation for good, solid live shows and their typical Norn Iron work ethic has meant that expectations typically have …

Fallen Fate are set to slay the New Blood Stage on Friday 10th at this year’s Bloodstock. We catch up with the guys to find out more about them, what their are about, the festival and what you lucky Bloodstock go-er’s will see! Can you introduce yourself? Fallen Fate are …

Since being formed in early 2006 Final Silence have been carving out a solid fan base in their native Scotland supporting bands such as Bleed From Within.  In 2009 they recorded their debut EP “Past Remains” quickly following that up in 2010 with a second EP “Dawn of a New …

We’ve got a pair of standard weekend camping tickets for Bloodstock up for grabs and all you have to do to win them is watch the Bloodstock trailer below, and then answer a simple question. Q: How many Stages are there at this years Bloodstock Festival ? [contact-form subject=”Bloodstock” to=”david.farrell@planetmosh.com”] …

Italy’s Daniele Liverani delivers an absolute belter of a solo record, with guitar work of the highest order. Although to be fair this isn’t strictly a solo album as it features some fine musicians brought together by Daniele’s vision of creating a record that stimulates the listeners senses to the …

The opening track to Northern Ireland quartet Triggerman’s last album (2010’s ‘Brand New Day’) was appropriately entitled ‘The Riff Holds Sway’: it’s a description which more than adequately describes Triggerman to their particular brand of in-yer-face butt-kickin’ Doc Marten-clad brand of… well… riff-laden rock ‘n’f’n’ roll (as we say around …

Third albums are notoriously difficult for bands, but Swedish death metallers Zonaria have spent a good 13 years perfecting their craft – even if wholesale line-up changes made preparations for the recording process somewhat more difficult than they ideally should have been. In this case, any worries are quickly cast …

Well, we’ve never been to BOA, but in one sentence we believe it’s a Blasting Live Outdoor Outrage Dynamite Sexy True Overwhelmingly Cool Knockout!!

InComa are set to inspirit the New Blood Stage on Friday 10th at this year’s Bloodstock. We catch up with them to find out more about them, their thought on the festival and what you lucky Bloodstock go-er’s can expect from them! If you can the readers a quick introduction to …

Tempus Fusion is set to tear apart the New Blood Stage on Saturday 11th at this year’s Bloodstock. We catch up with Tim to find out more about them, the festival and what you lucky Bloodstock go-er’s will see! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band? …

Aethara is set to attack the New Blood Stage on Sunday 12th at this year’s Bloodstock. We catch up with the band to find out more about them, the festival and what you lucky Bloodstock go-er’s will see! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band? Ben, …

  On their webpage, Finnish based Blind Stare describe themselves as  ” Melodic/Symphonic/Death Metal “, which is a fair description but after playing their second  full length studio album, The Dividing Line, there are a lot more strings to their bow. Repeated plays bring forth some awesome power, speed and …

Empire are your traditional four piece classic rock metal band, the hair, jeans or leathers and the boots together with a package of soaring vocals and catchy riffs. We have Rolf Munkes on guitars, Tony Martin vocalist, Neil Murray on bass, Don Airey on keyboards and Gerald Kloos on drums. There …

Coral spin are a brand new female fronted Progressive Melodic rock band with an unusual singer, in the form off Ellie Blythe who is a fully trained Classical and Opera singer, she fancied a change in musical direction, so joined up with keyboard player Blake Mcqueen, and Guitarist Jake Simmons …

Gone Til Winter are set to ensnare the New Blood Stage on Saturday 11th at this year’s Bloodstock. We catch up with the Shirezy and Talena to find out more about them, their thought on the festival and what you lucky Bloodstock go-er’s can expect from them! If you can …

  It has been a world tour for the last few albums i have reviewed. Italian thrash metal, Slovenian folk metal and the latest is melodic death metal from Turkish band Soul Sacrifice. Their 2nd full length studio album, Carpe Mortem ( seize death ), was released via Massacre Records …

Apollyon is set to annihilate the New Blood Stage on Saturday 11th at this year’s Bloodstock. We catch up with the band to find out more about them, the festival and what you lucky Bloodstock go-er’s will see! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band? Apollyon …

Warhorse is set to wreak the New Blood Stage on Friday 10th at this year’s Bloodstock. We catch up with the band to find out more about them, the festival and what you lucky Bloodstock go-er’s will see! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band? Well …

Control the Storm is set to crush the New Blood Stage on Friday 10th at this year’s Bloodstock. We catch up with the band to find out more about them, the festival and what you lucky Bloodstock go-er’s will see! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the …