PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

It was in the first two decades of the ninth century that the chroniclers of ancient Ulster first recorded the arrival of the fiercesome Norsemen, as they inflicted on this north-eastern corner of Ireland the same fate they had wrought elsewhere on the island and also across Britain and those …

British band Heart of a Coward were first up – going on stage just a couple of minutes after the doors opened, so very few fans were there at the start of the set, and since their set was a ridiculously short 15-20 minutes, the venue wasnt exactly busy by …

Now and again, a press release lands in the PlanetMosh inbox that, out of the thousands we receive on a daily basis, piques our interest… such was the case when yours truly scanned a message from Pure Steel Records about one of their new signings, rising Hamburg five piece Shadowbane.  …

On a particularly wet and windy Glasgow evening the most anticipated gig of the year in Scotland (for me at least) is about to commence. The insane powerhouse of Death Metal that is Sweden’s At the Gates are in Glasgow once more and they do it like no other. With …

Rock City, the iconic rock venue in the heart of Nottingham, was the venue for the third night of the ‘Blast From the Past’ tour from the Fabulous, Flamboyant Finnish, Glam Rock Four, Reckless Love. I have seen them four times before and, so far, have always enjoyed their shows, …

We met up with the legendary Thomas Gabriel Fischer (otherwise known as Tom G Warrior) before he took to the stage in Glasgow with his latest band Triptykon. A pioneering figure in the evolution of Extreme Metal first with the primitive Hellhammer and then Celtic Frost. Triptykon formed out of …

On previous tours, Epica have skipped the UK when doing the European leg and instead done a separate UK tour of around half a dozen dates in small-medium sized venues, but this time they’ve included a single UK date on their European tour, and it’s here at the Forum, which …

Norwegian band, Ulver been here for quite a while – 21 years. During all this time they have moved from one genre to another, looking out for themselves, released 13 studio albums, changed their line-up and built a great fan base. Nowadays Ulver are known as an ambient/avant-garde/electronica project with …

Planetmosh interviewers David Vincent, vocalist & bassist from Morbid Angel before their show at The Garage in Glasgow on the 9th Dec 2014. We discuss the 20th Anniversary Covenant shows, touring, music scene, what his plans are after the tour, new material, what he wants from Metal Santa and more….  

Tonight’s show was the first of two to celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary.  Time certainly flies as when I thought about it I realised the first time I saw Fields of the Nephilim was 26 years ago. The first act tonight was Dolomite minor, a Southampton based band.  I say …

PlanetMosh hooked up with Heri Joensen, frontman with Faroe Islanders Týr shortly before their opening slot with Sabaton and Korpiklaani in Belfast this past weekend, to chat about football, rowing, tattoos and whatever else came to mind: http://www.tyr.fo/ https://www.facebook.com/tyrband

PlanetMosh caught up with Sabaton vocalist Joakim Brodén when the Swedish metal gods pulled into Belfast for the latest leg of their ‘Heroes’ world tour, to talk about playing Bloodstock next summer, stalking Saxon around the UK, the influences behind their latest album and their plans for 2015: http://www.sabaton.net/ https://www.facebook.com/sabaton

Unless you’re a resident of Bristol, the novelty of a gig in the underbelly of a boat is something to behold – particularly when the Thekla is a wonderful little venue that has a fantastic sound system: the three bands on tonight benefit from it fantastically. On arrival, with twenty …

PlanetMosh in association with MCD Productions is offering our readers the opportunity to win a pair of tickets for the upcoming Down ‘n’ Outz (featuring Joe Elliott) show in Dublin’s brand new Academy venue on December 18th. Down N Outz Tour Dates Dec 11 Corporation Sheffield, United Kingdom Dec 12 …

Louise Swift caught up with Olli Herman from Reckless love ahead of their Nottingham show, find out what they chatted about below!  

I had the pleasure of chatting with Charlotte Wessels from Delain before their sold out show at The Cathouse in Glasgow. We discuss their UK tour, Otto’s confetti injury, and the 2014 album The Human Contradiction and a few other things!

Dublin has been a hotbed of gigs for the last couple of weeks and this one came at the end of a 3 night run, Saxon and Sabaton having played blistering shows over the previous 2 evenings. It is Sunday night in Dublin and the hordes came out from North, …

We’ve a great show coming up this Tuesday at 7pm! New tunes from Darkest Hour, Avenger, Oceans Ate Alaska and Amplifires amongst others… plus a competition to win Arch Enemy goodies! We’ve got a CD and t-shirt to give away, to be in with a chance of winning simply fill out the form below.  …

To be released mid/end of January 2015 and to be included on their full length debut album The Road Ahead at the end of March, ‘Bad Blood’ is probably the heaviest song I’ve heard from Defy All Reason but has enough hooks to make it widely accessible. It rolls along …

Wacken X-mas calendar announcements is in full flow. Here is a list of last week’s announcements: The first bands revealed on the 1st were STRATOVARIUS and ANGRA. Tuesday 2nd: Shining – Get ready for some melancholy – Shining from Sweden are on the way to the Wacken Open Air 2015! …