Tonight’s gig kicked off with support act Snow White’s Poison Bite. Even before they start to play, they seem like an obvious choice to support Wednesday 13 as they take to the stage with the faces painted as skulls, so they fit the night’s horror theme. Once they start to …
Read More »King King – Robin 2, Bilston – 6th March 2015
First up tonight was Laurence Jones, a very young (21 years old) blues guitarist. I saw him support Joanne Shaw Taylor at her album launch last year and was impressed by his short acoustic set. Tonight was a ful eletric set and he was accompanied by his producer, Roger Inniss …
Read More »VAMPS – Bloodsuckers
The world of rock and metal from Japan is one that, by and large, has passed the majority of us by until very recently. With the rise to prominence of Crossfaith, Dir en Grey and Sabbat and the quite extraordinary explosion of Babymetal, the genre developed in the Orient is …
Read More »The Quireboys – Chester Live Rooms, 06/03/2015
I last saw the Quireboys in November last year which was a plugged in gig. It was a high energy show as always but their latest UK tour is an acoustic affair minus Dave Mc’ Cluskey on drums and Nick Mailing on bass guitar but the Live Rooms gig last …
Read More »Knock Out Kaine – Interview with Dean Foxx and Lee Byrne
Louise Swift for PlanetMosh interviews Dean Foxx and Lee Byrne from Knock Out Kaine ahead of their gig at Wildside, The Salutation, Nottingham on 7th March 2015. This was to be the first date of their Rise of The Electric Jester Tour, following an official album launch party in their …
Read More »Halestorm, Barrowland Glasgow, 6/3/15
Friday night in Glasgow was miserable, wet, raining and freezing cold, but none of the almost 2000 people who turned up to see Halestorm even noticed with some of them already forming a queue when I arrived at 5pm, two hours before the doors opened. I was there to interview …
Read More »Hawkwind – O2 ABC, Glasgow – 4th March 2015
A sunny Wednesday in March sees me heading to Glasgow for my annual pilgrimage to witness Hawkwind playing in the O2 ABC, only this one was slightly more special as I was scheduled first to interview the band which can be heard here and also shoot them live. To say …
Read More »Wilson Interview, Glasgow, 6/3/15
On Friday night Wilson opened up for Halestorm at the legendary Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow. Before the show singer Chad sat down for a chat with me about their new record deal, touring, and Full Blast Fuckery. Then we did a funny face selfie and he went off and did …
Read More »Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses Northern Ireland Heat 2 – Belfast, Limelight 2 07/03/2015
The second heat of the inaugural Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses competition to be held in this little corner of the planet we call Mosh promised to be a diverse affair, reflecting the broad church of the local metal scene – and, so it proved to be! Openers Cavehill seem …
Read More »The Cadillac Three, Cathouse Glasgow, 5/3/15.
Back in December when The Cadillac Three were last in the UK I was most upset when I didn’t get the chance to see them, so I was really excited when I got the chance to go along to the Cathouse in Glasgow on Thursday night to finally catch up …
Read More »White Widdow – ‘Crossfire’
For some inane and unknown reason, this third album from Melbourne’s White Widdow initially fell under this reviewer’s radar – which is something which almost became a crying shame as it is a hugely powerful slice of melodic rock. Very much rooted in the classic Eighties roots of the genre, …
Read More »In this moment – Wulfrun hall, Wolverhampton – 4th March 2015
First up were Starset. The centre of the stage was taken up by a large glass touchscreen with various audio controls that the singer used. The band are very striking visually – apart from the singer the rest of the band were in black outfits that looked like lightweight versions …
Read More »The Answer – Belfast, Limelight 2 – 06/03/2015
Hometown gigs, for any band – but especially those who have reached a certain international standing – are always a mixture of anticipation, excitement and nervousness for all concerned, for both the artist and their audience. Especially more so when the band in question is premiering new material – most …
Read More »Dave Brock & Mr Dibs Hawkwind Interview Glasgow 4th March 2015
PlanetMosh caught up with Dave Brock and Mr Dibs of Hawkwind in the O2 ABC Glasgow on their 2nd date of their 2015 UK tour. We talk about the current tour and future dates in new territories, the Space Ritual Live 2014 DVD, Album art work, the perils of having …
Read More »Mangled -Through Ancient Times
Formed in 1989 with the moniker of Abdominal Bleeding and stuck in the death metal genre,influenced by Cannibal Corpse,Morbid Angel and Pestilence,they changed their name to ‘Mangled’,a couple of demos and 3 full length albums followed before they disbanded in 2006, but thanks to Dutch label Victory Records and guitarist …
Read More »Covenant – The Classic Grand, Glasgow – 03/03/2015
Some things come awaited but still unexpectedly. That was happened to me with the Covenant gig in The Classic Grand, Glasgow. With the last minute confirmation I managed to miss the first opening act – Advance but was lucky enough to catch Glaswegian synth pop band Analog Angel and Swedish …
Read More »The Crunch – Neon Madonna (Single)
It’s only around 18 months since The Crunch released their debut album, but they’re already gearing up to release their second album in April. Ahead of the release of the album they’ve released the first single from the album – Neon Madonna. In case you missed hearing about The Crunch …
Read More »Sky Valley Mistress Interview, Glasgow, 5/3/15
Last night I went along to the Cathouse in Glasgow to interview Sky Valley Mistress, the band currently supporting The Cadillac Three on their sold out UK tour. We had a chat in the noisy Cathouse bar, about going from playing gigs in empty pubs to the Download festival, their …
Read More »The Cadillac Three Interview, Glasgow, 5/3/15
Last night I had the chance to sit down for a chat with Jaren, Neil and Kelby from The Cadillac Three. During the interview we talked about haggis, Slash, the new Peace, Love and Dixie EP and how I’m their new favourite interviewer. The Cadillac Three tour is sold out, but …
Read More »Persian Metal Festival 2015: Peace, Love & Rock in the Middle East
Persian Metal Festival 2015: Peace, Love & Rock in the Middle East In 1915 the Battle of Gallipoli wreaked havoc on Çanakkale, Turkey. The brutal war left over 100,000 Australian, European and Turkish soldiers dead in its wake, but resulted in the formation of the Republic of Turkey. On the …
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