PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

KISS have finally been officially confirmed as the final headliner for Download 2015. After the rumours and leaked posters from bassist Gene Simmons, the ‘hottest band in the world’ have finally taken their place on the bill as Sunday night headliners alongside Slipknot and Muse. It’s the band’s first UK festival …

Spanish film maker Danny Garcia, who has previously released “The rise and fall of the clash” has made a documentary about former Heartbreakers and New York Dolls guitarist, Johnny Thunders.  To make the film he interviewed around 50 former bandmates and friends and has put together a film that tells …

Sky valley mistress are a rock and roll band from Blackburn that has just released their latest EP – “Rivals, hounds & rebel sisters”. There’s a strong Blues influence in the music, and you might detect influences such as Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath but what hits you immediately is …

Guitarist Ola Englund (The Haunted, Feared, ex-Six Feet Under) and drummer Kerim “Krimh” Lechner (ex-Decapitated) are collaborating together on a new project called Eldvåg and you can get a taste of what’s to come from this new endeavour. Check out the yet unnamed track via a play-through video showing Ola …

Having won this year’s Highway To Hell competition, Welsh blues rockers The Texas Flood had the honour of opening the second stage on the first full day of Hard Rock Hell.  Afterwards, your intrepid PM correspondent tracked down the trio for a chat about the experience, their recent album ‘Young …

PERIPHERY have unveiled the artwork and track listing for their forthcoming albums, ‘Juggernaut: Alpha’ and ‘Juggernaut: Omega’ that will be released outside of North America, Australia/NZ and Japan via Century Media Records on January 26th, 2015. The album artwork reflects the story behind the ‘Juggernaut’ releases, a tale of birth …

Following their appearance on the opening evening of this year’s Hard Rock Hell, PM sat down with the guys from up-and-coming North East metallians Hellion Rising to talk about their experience, the debut album, ‘Eight Of Swords’ (reviewed at http://planetmosh.com/hellion-rising-eight-of-swords/) and their plans for 2015: Keep up with developments from …

SONATA ARCTICA released the re-recorded version of their debut album Ecliptica, in celebration of the album’s original release 15 years ago, at the end of last month. Ecliptica – Revisited; 15th Anniversary Edition not only contains all of the original album tracks but also includes a cover of the Genesis …

Fast-rising progressive death metallers BLACK CROWN INITIATE are pleased to announce the new video for the technically brutal ‘The Fractured One‘. The track is taken from the band’s critically acclaimed debut LP The Wreckage of Stars, described by Metal Hammer as “full-on sledgehammer brutality… pretty impressive for a band that’s been around for …

UNFD is proud to welcome Storm The Sky to its worldwide roster. The debut album is titled Permanence and will be released on 19th January 2015.  The first single from the album, ‘Same Graves‘, is available to watch now on the YouTube Channel. Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Storm The Sky are a young six piece who released their ‘Vigilance’ …

After having their newest track ‘Shapes’ premiere on the Radio 1 Rock Show, Birmingham 5 piece, Cytota reveal the video for the track. The first new music to be revealed since frontman Griffin Dickinson joined the band, ‘Shapes’ represents a new start for Cytota, with their usual display of technique …

Bristol’s TAX THE HEAT are all set for their upcoming tour which starts off in December and they play at The Exchange in Bristol on Saturday 29th November. They released their brand new single: “Highway Home” in September. Following the success of Tax The Heat’s previous, critically acclaimed, single: “Fed …

BLOWSIGHT have released a brand new single for the song ‘Swallow‘ which was originally written and performed by the legendary German gothic metal band Oomph!. The song is out now and available worldwide for download from iTunes, Amazon, and eMusic. The song may also be streamed via Spotify, YouTube, and …

Brazilian Thrash/Heavy Metallers NOWRONG have released their first music video ‘End Of Question’ which is available on their channel on YouTube.  Watch the video here: The video for the song ‘End Of Question’ was produced and directed by Leonardo Ronqui and also features actress Thiene Garrido. ‘Prognostic Of A Great …

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 was recorded with Toxic Holocaust’s Joel Grind (Black Tusk) at Audiosiege Studios in Portland, OR. Poisoned Altars is direct result of the relentless work the band put …

The Selecter have announced a 22-date UK Tour throughout February and March 2015 to celebrate 5 years since their reunion & to support the release of their brand new album ‘Subculture’, released on 30th March. During the past half-decade, The Selecter, led by their legendary frontwoman Pauline Black, have become …

30 classic bands and artists battle it out across 6 categories in the traditional Top Trumps themed card game, including the likes of Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, Kiss, Alice Cooper, Motley Crue, Aerosmith, Free and many more. Will the Rolling Stones have had more UK No.1 albums than …

As the HRH masses once more descended upon a remote corner of north Wales for this year’s eighth instalment, the PlanetMosh team also assembled from several corners of the UK to brave the early winter weather, hard-as-concrete camp beds, dodgy heating and copious amounts of alcohol to report from the …

I love Machine Head; they’re innovators of groove metal… but this one is as dull as dishwater.  There are points that almost hurt reviewing this album, because it gets close to being outstanding – then the vocals come in and ruin it. On the surface, this is a good album. …

Muse have been confirmed as the second headliners at Download Festival next year, topping the bill on the Saturday night. It is the rock trio’s debut appearance at the festival and naturally they’re looking forward to playing, saying “We’re really looking forward to Download. We’ve never played the festival before so it’s …