PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Although together for less than 3 years, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton left a gigantic impression on the World. “Cream” were undeniably the first rock “Supergroup” and will be remembered in the world of rock music forever. Jack’s son Malcolm, and Will Johns, son of legendary producer Andy …

This is the second album from up and coming UK based progressive metal band HeKz. ‘Caerus’ follows on from the self-released debut album ‘Tabula Rasa’ which was warmly received. HeKz consists of Matt Young on bass guitar and vocals, Alastair Beveridge on electric and acoustic guitars, Tom Smith on electric …

Louise from PlanetMosh caught up with Mira Slama, bass player from Savage Messiah for a quick chat/interview after their set at Manchester Academy 2, where they opened for Amon Amarth on their Deceiver of the Gods tour. Louise from PlanetMosh with Mira from Savage Messiah, who have just opened for …

Bast are a 3 piece from London who deals in Doom and suffocating atmospheres. They have been on the circuit now for 6 years and in that time have perfected their sound whilst supporting the likes of Ufomammut, Bong and more recently with Conan. “In the Beginning” plunges headfirst into …

Swedish rock legends Europe will release their 10th album, War of Kings, in March 2015 on UDR Records. Recorded at the brand new PanGaia Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, produced by Dave Cobb (Rival Sons) and engineered by John Netti, War of Kings sees the classic rocking quintet confidently creating 11 …

With the impending arrival of the brand new NIGHTWISH album, Endless Forms Most Beautiful. PlanetMosh is asking our readers to select their favourite studio album from the back catalogue of the symphonic Finns. Endless Forms Most Beautiful is released on March 27th via Nuclear Blast records. Pre-Order the album here …

As a warm-up to their forthcoming appearance at Hard Rock Hell in the UK on Saturday 14th March, the critically acclaimed San Francisco hard rockin’ band Night Ranger will play a rare concert at the London Islington O2 Academy on Thursday 12th March. Tickets for the Islington O2 Academy show …

NIGHTWISH’s forthcoming album ‘Endless Forms Most Beautiful’ will be the band’s first studio album to feature Dutch vocalist Floor Jansen and is set for release on 30th March 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The band has been rolling out a series of trailers covering the new recording and today sees the release of the 10th trailer, titled ‘Ready!’. Watch …

The Cadillac Three – described as “blending distorted lap-steel with Pantera riffs & outlaw song-writing” –  return to the UK for a 6 date headline tour in March.   The tour – the band’s first genuine headline run over here, following on from selected (sold-out) shows plus an appearance at Sonisphere …

After receiving a great response from their followers & the international press and 3 European tours presenting their latest release “Exilium”, Noctem proudly announce the band will be touring Asia from March to April 2015 in a headlining tour, entitled “Exilium Asian Assault 2015”, where the band will present their latest opus to the …

“This is one of those singles that stays in your head long after it has finished… Defy All Reason’s new album is going to be a cracker!” – Leader Live ‘Bad Blood’ is the new music video by Welsh hard rock band DEFY ALL REASON: A heavy rocker, this foot …

Legendary Swedish Viking death metal outfit Unleashed have just finished recording the as yet untitled follow up to their critically acclaimed 2012 ‘Odalheim’ album. Scheduled to be released via Nuclear Blast in the spring, the album was recorded by producer and guitar player Fredrik Folkare in his own Chrome Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. Unleashed frontman Johnny Hedlund stated: “Warriors!!!  Unleashed are …

Two years since their last studio album ‘Solarflesh: A Gospel of Radiant Divinity’, Polish death metallers Hate are back with a new album again. Getting closer to number ten, their ninth full-length album ‘Crusade: Zero‘ is another argument showing that Hate is definitely still going their own way. ‘Crusade: Zero’ is framed between the solemn and …

One thing keeps me interested in UFO, and that is Phil Mogg, the singer of UFO (and joint founding member along with Pete Way) since the band formed in 1969, I was 4 then. Phil’s vocals are still solid; if slightly lacking in power since the hay day of UFO …

Swedish black metal icons Marduk jump back to the front with their new concept album, ‘Frontschwein’ – and it is something else!  ‘Frontschwein’ is a German colloquial term among soldiers since World War I that sarcastically described the soldiers on the front as mere cannon fodder.  It means “Front Pig” …

44 MILLION ALBUM SELLING FORMER STONE TEMPLE PILOTS AND VELVET REVOLVER FRONTMAN TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM OF ORIGINAL MATERIAL SINCE 2008- “BLASTER” OUT ON MARCH 30th, 2015 ON earMUSIC Scott Weiland, “one of rock’s most dynamic front men” (Spin Mag), and his band the Wildabouts, will release their first album …

“Nordic Giants sweep you off of your feet with monolithic walls of noise. It’s wholly dramatic, operatic rock, with the group opting for torrents of strings, chiming keys, percussion, waves of distortion and a plethora of embellished sounds. Nordic Giants summon a whole new world to transport you to, and …

Lead singer Steven Dobb and drummer Lorna Blundell spent the whole of 2014 finely tuning their sound and are proudly birthing the tracks to the world on the 21st March 2015. “Both tracks were written very close together during a very prolific writing period for us. At the time we …

Four piece, London based, metal band Savage Messiah were the opening act on Amon Amarth’s current UK tour. I headed down to the Manchester Academy 2 on a cold Sunday, and luckily found some free parking within a five minute walk. Just made it as I picked up my ticket …

This album plays out like the soundtrack of a movie. Sadly the movie was never made… However, luckily for us, the music was… Perfectly structured, each track flows effortlessly into the next… Taking the listener on a sonic voyage… The listener in this case is me and it is with …