PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Saturday night brought to a close this year’s first round of heats at the Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses franchise in Ireland. It was an interesting evening that had a few line up changes in the preceding week with replacement band Minor Glitch (ironically) withdrawing the day before.  This left …

PlanetMosh continues its support for the Northern Ireland leg of the annual Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses competition – which gives the winners a slot on the New Blood stage at Bloodstock – by interviewing the participants in heat number four, which takes place at Belfast’s Limelight 2 on Saturday (April 4).  …

This past Friday evening, Cadaver Club returned to their old haunting ground of Enniskillen to reacquaint the locals with their unique brand of funeral punk.  They were joined on this occasion by Attack The Day and Phil ‘Philthy’ Cassidy who coincidently was performing double duty on the night. The venue lights dim …

SoCal experimental metal group CHRYSALIS have unleashed their brand new lyric video for the track “Thoughts Behind” today! The lyric video is featured exclusively via Metal Insider. Watch it here: http://www.metalinsider.net/video/video-premiere-chrysalis-thoughts-behind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTfxa1fFTPU   In the mood for more CHRYSALIS vids? Check out the band’s music video for “My Forsaken”, which …

Symphonic Metal Masters KAMELOT have returned after two years of touring the globe and twelve months of intense writing and recording. The new album titled Haven will make KAMELOT history as it will be released worldwide (excl. Asia) on Napalm Records/Universal and Napalm Records/ADA/Warner as an exclusive licensing deal through …

This May, buzzing heavy metal group INCITE will perform as support for UK-based extreme metal duo ANAAL NATHRAKH on their 12-date North American tour. INCITE will perform with the tour from May 11th in Sacramento, CA through May 22nd in Trenton, NJ (INCITE will not perform at Maryland Deathfest). The …

ANTI-FLAG will release American Spring, their Spinefarm Records’ debut, on May 26. They’ve fired the opening salvo from the album in the form of the lyric video for the anthemic, “Fabled World,” which premiered on Absolute Punk.   Watch, listen, and most importantly, pay attention HERE.   Of “Fabled World,” the …

Swedish Heavy Metal foursome ENFORCER will release their new album From Beyond this coming Tuesday Nuclear Blast.  The fourth ENFORCER record consists of ten new tracks; all produced, mixed and mastered by the band themselves.   Today the band has teamed up with Decibel Magazine’s “Deciblog” for an exclusive premiere …

For any artist, the launch of a new work is a special occasion.  For Norn Iron’s premier heavyweights, Sinocence, the unveiling of their new EP – the second instalment in their ‘No Gods, No Masters’ triptych – called for that something a little extra special.  And so the band assembled …

With less than a month before releasing their anticipated debut Hope Within Hatred, Texas metal outfit SHATTERED SUN have partnered with Loudwire to unleash “The Ultimatum”, giving fans a taste of what to expect when the album is released April 21st.     Watch “The Ultimatum” via Loudwire   “’The …

Following the release of the title track from The Tangent’s forthcoming new album ‘A Spark In The Aether – The Music That Died Alone Volume Two’, due out on 20th April 2015 in Europe and 21st April 2015 in the US, the band are now pleased to reveal a lyric …

SLAYER are set to unveil their first new track in nearly a year by way of Record Store Day on 18th April. ‘When The Stillness Comes’, plus a 2014 live recording from Wacken Open Air of ‘Black Magic’ (from the band’s 1983 album, ‘Show No Mercy’) will be available as …

Music is subjective to an individual’s taste – nobody is going to like every single genre or artist that’s ever existed. What’s most frustrating, however, is those who associate a band or artist with a particular style, image or fan demographic and immediately discredit them as substandard and not ‘worthy’ of …

2015 is fun. Here are some ‘Twitter’ Reviews by Iris North The gist: Very freely associate words and phrases with whatever comes to mind first, based on the prompts. Adrenaline Mob – Dearly Departed EP: They’re cursed. Aptly named! Karyn Crisis’ Gospel Of The Witches – Salem’s Wounds: Gospel?! *gasp* Metal …

The wait is over! Rock music’s newest and most popular awards show, the Journeys Alternative Press Music Awards, fueled by Monster Energy Drink, is pleased to announce this year’s headliners, award categories and nominees, as well as voting information, ticketing, broadcast details, sponsor partnerships and more. The APMAs take place …

Florida southern hard rockers FALL TO JUNE have unleashed their thought-provoking new music video for “Delta Breakdown” via VEVO. “Delta Breakdown” conveys an inspiring and personal story of healing, growth, and dismissal of demons through self-reflection, told by FTJ vocalist and lead songwriter Ben Badger.   Watch the video via …

Last night Rival Sons returned to Glasgow, only three months after their last gig here.  Back in December they played to a full O2 ABC, and this time around they made the step up to the bigger O2 Academy.  It was a typical miserable day, freezing wind, torrential rain and …

Normally when you have a midweek gig in London, the first band plays to a half empty venue, but when the doors are an hour earlier than usual then its usually an almost completely empty venue, so it was a surprise tonight to arrive at the venue to find a …

Los Angeles-based trio FAILURE will release The Heart Is A Monster, the band’s follow-up to 1996’s Fantastic Planet, on June 30 via INgrooves Music Group’s artist services division, INresidence. “Trying to follow up Fantastic Planet was a bit daunting,” said Ken Andrews, who mixed the 18-song collection with the band …

Not ones to rest on their laurels and fresh off the announcement of the 2015 GWAR B-Q, the intergalactic overlords GWAR have confirmed they will be taking part in the annual Record Store Day Festivities on Saturday April 18th.   “I used to like Chinese food, now I don’t give …