PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

People adore them, people despise them and some people don’t want to know about them because they’re still as confusing as ever. Whatever your opinion though, the bottom line is that Babymetal have been the most talked about band for the past 18 months and have surpassed everything we thought …

@planetmosh reviews Black River by .@DoomsdayOutlaw Doomsday Outlaw are a five piece from Derby who went into the studio to produce this, their debut album after reaching the East Midlands finals of Metal to the Masses but narrowly missing out on a spot at Bloodstock Open Air in 2014.  Fast forward …

The second full length album from Birmingham based Captain Horizon sees them stretching their musical boundaries even more. Released on May 11th 2015 via Rocksector Records and a well attended album launch/gig in Birmingham on May 22nd shows the leaps and bounds they are making since they were formed by …

Regular readers will be cognizant of Team PM’s affection for the DRC – an intimate little club above a tiny country bar deep in the heart of Northern Ireland’s ‘Bible Belt’ which has attracted some pretty big names and, in the process, provided us with some of our favourite (and, …

OUTSIDE THE COMA – the new project from SikTh vocalist Mikee W Goodman – have released their new single ‘Flavour Of The Weak’.  Coming ahead of their appearance with Japanese Rock legends Dir en grey, the band have also released an accompanying video. Shot in Japan earlier this year, the …

Rockcomm London the new UK rock music conference taking place at Richmix in Shoreditch London on June 8th & 9th is pleased to announce that as part of its live music coverage it will be hosting a special Festival Focus and Q&A on one of the  biggest Metal and Rock …

Austin rockers Scorpion Child announced that they have stepped into the studio to work on their sophomore album. The band will once again work with Chris ‘Frenchie’ Smith (The Answer, And You Will Know Us By The Tail Of Dead…) who produced and arranged the band’s self-titled, full-length. Scorpion Child’s …

“A blast of mosh-tastic punk to dislocate your jaw to” – Kerrang! Dumbjaw released their new single  “I’ll Give You Hell”, on May 11th 2015 via Maybe Records. For this single the band also released a video; https://youtu.be/TOkSirEWhOs “I’ll Give You Hell” presents a well-crafted balance of melodic elements with a …

Explosive Black Country 5-piece EofE continue to blaze a trail letting loose another striking video, this time for their brand new single ‘Wake Up’, which follows the band’s two previous two tracks ‘Stars In Hollywood’ and ‘Bridges’, both of which have been major smashes in rock clubs up and down …

GHOSTFEST is celebrating its 10th birthday in style, adding six more bands to its already huge lineup. Announced today to play Leeds University Union on 5th September and Bristol on the 6th are American deathcore giants BORN OF OSIRIS, the UK’s turbocharged MARTYR DEFILED and Hertfordshire’s THE EYES OF A TRAITOR playing …

After a successful run of dates in Australia and New Zealand together with carcass, British Grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH continue to promote their 15th studio album ‘Apex Predator – Easy Meat’ with festival appearances this coming weekend in North America (Maryland Death Fest and Fort Worth Metal Festival) as well …

Thrash veterans Death Angel will release ‘The Bay Calls for Blood – Live in San Francisco’ on LP exclusively through Nuclear Blast mail-order on July 17th. The release will also be made available in the digital format and as a bonus CD with their upcoming DVD entitled ‘A Thrashumentary’. Artwork …

It’s not every day a fellow music journo is 50 but the big day arrived for Woodstock Punkrock, owner of PunkBob and a celebration was arranged at The Boathouse in Cambridge, a spacious white pub on the banks of The River Cam, didn’t look like a place for punk but looks …

Rising alternative/post-hardcore quintet AMERICAN FANGS have confirmed that they will be releasing their sophomore full-length Dirty Legs on the 4th July via their new label Best Before Records.   To coincide with the announcement, the Texan outfit have revealed the video to Say What!, offering a first glimpse of the …

Legendary guitarist, Joe Satriani, has just released his first new track in 2 years, “On Peregrine Wings” taken from the new album Shockwave Supernova (released Friday July 24). JOE SATRIANI NOVEMBER 2015 UK TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUEST DAN PATLANSKY Ticket hotline: 0844 888 9991, Book online: ticketline.co.uk   Manchester o2 Apollo                                                   …

“Ahoy, rockers! Last fall, DEAD LORD embarked on the quest to rescue rock music once again. We hit the studio for a week of recording. Our good friends OIa Ersfjord and Nicke Andersson were also aboard our ship of rock, steering it towards the land of awesomeness, producing and recording …

WARREN HAYNES To release solo studio album ‘Ashes and Dust’ featuring Railroad Earth on July 24, 2015 You can stream ‘Spots of Time’ here: https://soundcloud.com/mascotlabelgroup/11-spots-of-time       Grammy-Award winning vocalist-songwriter and revered guitarist Warren Haynes will release a new solo studio album featuring Railroad Earth entitled Ashes and Dust on July 24, 2015 via Provogue / Mascot Label Group. The album, only the third …

Barbarous hellhounds Cradle Of Filth recently premiered the first track from their forthcoming album ‘Hammer Of The Witches’. The official video for ‘Right Wing Of The Garden Triptych’ was filmed in an old jet-engine testing hangar at a former military base and was directed by Sam Scott-Hunter (Devilment, Slipknot, The 69 Eyes), who also took the …

Irish noise-punk-metallers MURDOCK today release new video ‘What You Don’t Like, You Don’t Know’, taken from their ferocous debut album Dead Lung. Check it out below: The band’s UK tour dates with Monuments are below. If you want to see the most insane three-piece Ireland’s produced this century, get down …

Berlin based classic rock collective KADAVAR have shot a video with contemporary artist dust. ‘Eye Of The Storm’ was filmed in Bern in Switzerland and is taken from the band’s most recent album Abra Kadavar. The video marks the end of the band’s 2 year cycle promoting the album and combines dust’s grandiose mural painting with a unique …