PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

      Saturday afternoon (just gone) and I are sat in the fabulous local live music venue in Brixton known as the Windmill, the venue say themselves on finding the place “just as you think you are in the wrong road you will find it” anyway the strange thing …

Following on from our recent review of their new album, “Lean Back, Relax and Watch the World Burn” we caught up with J.B from Man.Machine.Industry who gave us a bit of insight into the band and how their latest album came about. Hi J.B, thanks for taking the time to …

Hammerfest Revisited Review Kyrbgrinder played  the Flying Shuttle in Bury on Saturday 21st April, supported by Spirytus and Inferno, overall it was a very enjoyable night filled with some extreme musical talent from all the bands! Inferno https://www.facebook.com/officialinfernopage   Inferno are an extremely powerful 3 piece band coming from Anglesey, …

Planetmosh: Your new album ‘Son of Perdition’ was released late last month, can you tell us about it? Adam: The album “Son of Perdition” marks Wretched’s 3rd Victory records release.  It has  11 tracks; 3 of which make up an epic instrumental ride. The songs span all genres but concentrate …

  This is Lee Walker from Planetmosh meeting up with Ian Dick and Miles Goodman from nwobhm heroes Soldier. LW –Thanks for taking the time out to discuss things Soldier related for the Planetmosh readers. ID – no problem Lee. I will answer the early stuff and let our new …

Welsh heroes bring out the big guns for the ‘Weapons’ tour. A sold out Leeds Academy bursting at the seams was certainly the place to be on a Saturday night, and what a way to get things moving than by a massive dose of Dubstep dished out by the mighty …

Here are some photos from the Cancer Bats Pentagram tour in London. This was show no. 4 out of 6 held at the Windmill in Brixton on 21 April 2012.The only venue with a dog on the roof.

Here are a selection of images of the amazing Evil Scarecrow at Nambucca, London on 20 Apr 2012.       %%wppa%% %%slide=290%%  

Legendary Swedish rock band Europe are due to release their latest album, “Bag of Bones” at the end of April. The album was recorded with producer Kevin Shirley who has produced albums for Iron Maiden, Joe Bonamassa, Black Country Communion, Black Stone Cherry and Journey, a pretty impressive CV. They …

Planetmosh: OK for anyone who hasnt listened to My Dynamite before, can you tell people a bit about the band and your music? Pat: We’re a blues based rock n roll band that formed in the pubs and clubs of Melbourne. We’re in to a lot of classic rock and …

Friday night in the city and another great evening of music awaits, this time in the shape of the Jägermeister Tour at Brixton Academy.  Headlining this event is none other than the incomparable Skindred, along with Therapy?, Black Spiders and The Defiled.  This is the first time I have seen …

According to the press release, AtomA play “Apocalpytic Post Rock/Metal” – whatever that actually means.  Usually when you get a pretentious load of garbage like that used to describe a band you know you’re not going to like it, but actually AtomA are very good.  Describing their music isnt easy …

I recently spoke to Kreator frontman, Mille Petrozza to discuss the band’s forthcoming album.  In an interview that covered subjects ranging from Osama Bin laden, to the Mayan calendar suggesting the world will end this year, we talked about the album, touring and other Kreator related subjects. Kreator’s new album, …

There must be something in the water in Burnaby, Vancouver judging by the creation of this album by  “progressive death metallers”  Tribune. It has more time changes than an Axl Rose tour itinerary! For example, 1st track It Came From The Swamps starts with a croaking frog sample which leads …

This is the band’s third album and the first full album with Steve ‘The Banshee’ Bell on vocals. This album has been produced by the band and mixed by their own Steve Beville (guitars). The quality of the album really is a credit to the band, if you didn’t know …

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday metal legend… Udo Dirkschneider – Happy 60th birthday to you. Since leaving metal legends Accept, Mr Udo Dirkschneider has been very busy with his very own solo project with the very creative band name of U.D.O. Now 60 years into …

Formed in 1983, Death are probably most well known for being started and formed by the late Chuck Schuldiner who unfortunately passes away in 2001 due to cancer of the brain. Their untarnished legacy still lives on and now in 2012, Relapse Records have dug through the vaults and found …

Formed in 1999, Illnath are a female fronted melodic death metal band from Copenhagen whose latest release, Third Act In the Theater of Madness, was released in November of 2011. Their dark, ambient mix of gothic, murky melody lines and driving, rabid rhythm sections gives them an extra progressive dimension …

Power metal is a genre where it is easy to sound like every other band trying to make it in this genre and making your music 110% cheesier than any other type of metal music. Emerald Sun is such a band and the moment you put their latest album on, …

Huntress are a new band that are quickly making a big name for themselves.  Their singer Jill Janus is certainly someone worth talking about.  She’s a former opera singer with a staggering 4 octave vocal range.  For anyone who doesnt know much about vocal ranges, most talented singers can with …