PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

    Hailing from the UK released their album From the Depths on the 2nd of July via Beasting Records. I think it’s important to quote this description of the album given by the band to give you an idea of what to listen for “The sound of metal’s past, present …

Les Fest 29th and 30th June 2012 review

How to Choose the Best Cannabis Strain Canadians can now enjoy a vast selection of legal weed, and you can even buy weed online. However, with so many varieties available, you might have a hard time picking exactly what to buy. While some people out there are experienced stoners who …

With only really 2 bands out of the so called Big 4 producing consistently good thrash metal, there is always room for the young guns to keep them on their toes! Chaos Theory are not going to trouble the big boys just yet, but their debut album Bio-Death, released via …

With their Sunday headlining set at Sonisphere cancelled, Faith No More took the move to stay in the country and play a couple of London dates to make up for the unfortunate demise of the festival in question. Supporting them on the night at were Guano Padona (6), an Italian …

Canadian metallers Kobra and the Lotus never seem to stop.  They’ve been appearing at various different festivals, doing major tours not just in their own country but beyond and STILL they’ve had time to pull together that difficult second album simply titled “Kobra and the Lotus”. I’m an old school …

Released on 3 August 2012, ‘Manala’ is the eighth studio album from Finnish pagan folk metallers Korpiklaani.  It also sees a change in line up with Tuonas Rounakari on fiddle replacing Jaakko Lemmetty’s violin.  The artwork for the album works well with the concept which is itself a very interesting …

    To say that the debut album Survival Of  The Richest by UK metal band Karhu  took me more than twice as long to review than most albums i have  previously done  is an understatement. It consists of 13 tracks with a total running time of 52 minutes  and …

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Matt from Planet Mosh did a phoner interview with Jarkko the bass player Korpiklaani to talk about their new upcoming album entitled ‘Manala’. As well as chatting about the new album, we talk about the bands roots, why they had to change their name from Shaman to Korpiklaani and why …

Although this heralds the bands fourth full length release, it marks the first in some nine long years. 2003’s epic ‘Traces Of The Past’ looked at one point as if it was to become the bands swansong, an album which I still dig out on a regular basis, and which …

Despite having only one extant founder member – vocalist Leif Jensen – German thrashers Dew-Scented have managed to survive as far as their ninth album and this year celebrate their 20th anniversary. And what better way to do it than with a stunning album that defines both the band and …

Now and again, an album comes along that, immediately, on first listen, jumps out of your stereo (or, in this case, a towering 2,000 watt DJ rig), grabs you by your scrawny, hungover little throat and screams at you “bet you weren’t expecting this, muthafucka?”. This sophomore release from Vancouver …

Taproot are very much the ‘lost children’ of the nu-metal era, the also-rans who never quite emulated the success of contemporaries such as (their former mentors) Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, System Of A Down and Korn. Despite a few moments of glory – such as the poignant ‘Poem’, back in …

So the question to tonights radio show to win a brand new EP ‘So Far So Good’ by Hell To Pay is Out of these 3 songs which song is on the EP ‘So Far so Good by Hell To Pay? 1. Kissing me softly 2. Eat me Alive 3. Pain in …

      Hey guys! Thank you for asking me to interview you. So here we go;  1. Firstly I just want to say again how much I enjoyed the new album Eidolon. For those who don’t know of Acid Death could you please give us an idea of the …

Some of the pictures that I shot on day 1 of Les-Fest 2012

Dundee’s Metal Festival Hordes Of Belial III is back on the 22nd September at The Beat Generator Live, Nth Lindsay Street, Dundee. It is a 14+ event, door 5.30pm and tickets are superbly priced at £15 on the door or £10 pre order. The current line-up of The Rotted (England), …

The Elijah are a 5 piece Post-rock progressive metal band from Shropshire, who recorded this release in an abandoned country mansion, to get the natural reverb and inherently bleak sound you would associate with such a building . ‘I Loved I Hated I Destroyed I Created’ is their debut album …

Joe Bonamassa is back for his 13th album, ‘Driving Towards The Daylight’. The album was produced by Kevin Shirley and saw the dynamic duo return to Las Vegas for a back-to-basics album, which was recorded at the same studio as their first joint album, You & Me. ‘ Driving Towards …