PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Portland, Oregon’s LORD DYING will release their new album entitled Poisoned Altars, January 27, 2015 (1/26 for UK/World and 1/24 for Germany/Benelux/Finland) via Relapse Records.  Poisoned Altars is available in CD/LP/Digital and a Special Silver Colored LP for Relapse Records 25th Anniversary.  Pre-order Poisoned Altars HERE.  The iTunes pre-order is available HERE. …

MISS MAY I will kick off the Rockstar Energy Drink “Frozen Flame Tour” with headliners August Burns Red and fellow supporting bands Northlane, Fit For A King and ERRA this Thursday, January 22nd! See all tour dates below and get your tickets here. To celebrate the launch of the tour, MISS …

VENOM are metal royalty and they remain as relevant ever as they gear up to release their new album From the Very Depths, which sounds as though Cronos and co. crawled from the very depths of hell itself to bring you this maximum metal opus.   Today, January 20, Noisey premieres the …

After suffering a setback with the loss of their vocalist Andrzej Nowak, black metal group Outre have unveiled a track from their upcoming album recorded with the participation of Stawrogin (Odraza/Massemord). A twisted and ripping track drawing as much from French bands such as Deathspell Omega as Outre’s compatriots Behemoth, …

From the ashes of Rise To Remain, Brit metallers As Lions have announced their debut show, and promise to bring nothing but their A-game. The band will rock up and unleash hell on awaiting fans at the Camden Barfly on Wednesday February 11th, with support from Monument, Stellify and Brutai. …

The characteristic PostHardcore six pieced combo Retrace The Lines reveal us the first single extracted from their LP debut “Handmade Crown”. A few weeks ago we were able to watch the video-teaser based in this opus, and now we can listen to the first track that represents this album.   In words of the band: …

What began has a side project in 2012, VISE VERSA has become a full-fledged original hard rock band as they release their debut album Living a Lie along with a music video for the single “Killing Me”. THREAT SIGNAL vocalist, Jon Howard, previously worked with guitarist Eddy Chaumulot on another …

Brazilian heavy metal guitar guru Gus Sinaro’s eponymous project SINARO is turning heads with their new album Darkest Hours (The Rebirth), available now on Amazon, iTunes and CDBaby.   Today, SINARO is pleased to present a new music video for their track “Bullet Through Your Head”, available for viewing now exclusively via MetalInsider.net. Watch the …

A reject… an outsider… a stray dog…a shadow at your door. There was no parent company involved with the release of Canadian horrorpunk group NIM VIND’s album Saturday Night Séance Songs, neither investors, nor fiscal plans of any sort. Yet, the band’s successful grassroots operation has been honored by RUE …

We’re only just into the first few weeks of 2015, but already I think I’ve just found the first of my top ten albums of the year!! Whiskey Myers is one of those groups you hope and wait will come along one day and then when they do, they proceed …

Lamentations of the Ashen have teamed up with the UK’s MetalRecusants.com to stream their brand new track “A Profane Illvmination (Convvlsionaries Ov Temporal Heterodoxy)” taken from the upcoming album Libertine Cyst. Libertine Cyst is the band’s first new music in over 3 years and the follow up to their album …

As January beds in, BLOODSTOCK HQ is a hive of activity.  As well as setting up all the subscribers to the recently announced 2015 Deposit Scheme (see details below) and getting the Metal 2 The Masses heats underway, they’ve also been locking in more bands, this time for the Sophie …

Salt Lake City Utah’s VISIGOTH will release their debut album The Revenant King January 27th via Metal Blade Records.  Today the band presents the third offering from the upcoming release.  Decibel Magazine’s “Deciblog” is hosting an exclusive stream of the ten minute epic track “From the Arcane Mists of Prophecy” …

@planetmosh reviews Pornograffitti by .@ExtremeBand on .@UMC and .@Polydor Lots of things happened in 1990.  I started secondary school, Italy hosted the World Cup, which was won by West Germany, the last time a divided Germany would ever compete, and Extreme released Pornograffitti.  On February 9th they’ll re-release it to celebrate …

January – and especially the middle of the month – is a notoriously difficult time of the year, with most people still recovering from the needless over-expense of Christmas and counting the minutes until their next pay day… so, it is extremely rewarding for those promoters who dare to venture …

There is one thing for sure – if one would have to pick the Spanish thrash metal band in a blink of the eye, it would be Angelus Apatrida. Rolling in the thrash metal scene since 2000, this band already has proved themselves and are definitely one of most known …

The first heat of Metal 2 The Masses Ireland kicked off on Saturday the tenth with 6 kick ass bands hell bent on destruction, ripping the stage apart. On the night Within Without secured the crowd vote with a high octane performance that was one of the highlights of the …

Hyena, the fourth studio album by Cripper is so overwhelming I gave up taking notes about halfway through listening to it as it is almost impossible to describe these eleven tracks of an almost perfect mix of thrash and death metal. The focal point of the band for me is …

Suited and booted quirky Belgian rockers Triggerfinger return with their newest offering ‘By Absence of the Sun‘ their follow up to 2010’s ‘All This Dancing Around’ recorded in LA by Greg Gordon (Slipknot, Slayer, White Zombie & System of a Down) ‘By Absence of the Sun’ opens with the ‘Game‘ …

DIRTY SHIRT have posted on its official Facebook page the cover of their upcoming album, “Dirtylicious” , signed by the Romanian artist Costin Chioreanu (Twilight13Media). Costin is one of the most appreciated designers in the world, having collaborated in the past with names like At The Gates, Arch Enemy, Opeth, Primordial etc. “Dirtylicious” promises to be one of the …