PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

A miserable wet Friday  helped set the atmosphere for  In Solitude‘s Dublin date with support from the mighty Beastmilk. The smell of incense filled the air to alert the senses that this wasn’t to be a standard metal gig. Opening proceedings was solo act Daniel Bay, who, as a replacement …

Black metal is a genre which, in many ways, is split straight down the middle – between those who seek to live merely on its past glories and those who desire to drive it forward and re-establish its relevancy in the modern era:  those content to don the antiquated corpse …

Grass roots is where it starts with hard slogging, vans breaking down, sleeping in the van, getting sick of Subway or living off Pot Noodles; the hotels and catering of the arenas are the thing of dreams. Tonight’s headliners The Treatment have had a taste of that dream touring with …

Definitely – and defiantly – one of the most impressive acts to have taken to the New Blood Stage at this past summer’s Bloodstock, East Anglia’s SynaptiK have subsequently produced a debut album that is fervent, fresh and vibrant in equal measure. Straddling, with consummate ease, the death, groove, progressive …

Back in February I went along to the O2 ABC in Glasgow as a Planetmosh newcomer, wondering what to expect as I reviewed the first Glasgow gig by southern rockers Blackberry Smoke.  I said in that review I hoped they came back soon as it was one of the best live …

It’s very rarely that PlanetMosh finds itself in a room filled with plush velvet-covered armchairs and rich mahogany woodwork, adjacent to a bar that serves the most expensive cocktail in these islands – a Mai Tai which will set you back a mere £1,000!  Yet, here we are:  nestled in one …

LICH KING: ‘Because thrash metal needed a Manowar’ Massachusetts thrashers Lich King are set to release a new EP entitled Do-Over which comprises 5 re-recorded songs from the Necomantic Maelstrom and Toxic Zombie Onslaught albums. Do-Over also features a cover version of Van Halen’s track “Hot For Teacher” and a …

Tuesdays are always quite a tough night to fill an venue, and this was evident tonight as Rock City’s basement was still a bit sparse as local Nottingham band Enormity Falls take the stage. Opening acts have a rough time drawing a crowd but that mattered not to these lads …

SLIPKNOT RETURN TO THE IRELAND IN 2015 With Special Guests KORN and PlanetMosh has teamed up with MCD to offer you a chance to win 2 tickets to the show this weekend for the show on January 14th.   COMPETITION NOW CLOSED   To win a pair of tickets to what …

The 10th annual Classic Rock Roll Of Honour presented by Orange Amplification today announced that Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductee The Doors are this year’s recipient of the Inspiration Award. The all-star November 4 event will be hosted by multi-platinum Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Sammy …

Damnation festival is one of the most known metal indoors festivals in UK, happening every autumn. As every year, the very first November weekend metalheads meet up in Leeds for the short, one day indoors heavy feast. This year among many well known and sound names, there are several less …

X-Drive released their début album Get Your Rock On via Frontiers Records on 25th August 2014. Based in Los Angeles X-Drive is the brain child of Jeremy Brunner, who although relatively unknown is joined by some big names. James LoMenzo from White Lion on bass, Fred Fischer from Midline on …

A gigantic Iceberg has been turned into the most unlikely of gig venues in the Greenland Sea, as UK metal band The Defiled performed on top of the floating platform for the Jägermeister Ice Cold Gig – which sees artists put to the test as they perform in unconventional, ice …

Directed by Kazuaki ‘Kazu’ Kimura and Glenn Maguire, the official video for the track ‘The Granulating Dark Satanic Mills’ off the latest album by disinterred British extreme metal icons CARCASS, is now available for viewing on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel:   Surgical Steel – CARCASS’ first studio release since …

Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Maroon 5, Aerosmith, Slash, YES, Ariana Grande, Alice Cooper, Anthrax, Fuel, Def Leppard and Many More Donate Autographed Collectible Bowling Pins In Support of Charity Bowling Tournament to Wipe out Cancer The T.J. Martell Foundation’s Celebrity ROCK ‘N’ BOWL tournament, held last week at the PINZ Bowling …

In the music business making it to 30 years is to be admired and obviously something should be done to mark such a momentous occasion. TNT have put together a spectacular with an orchestra, some ex members and a cast of special guests to give the fans a one off …

“Dystopia”, the new album of brutal death metallers band Carnality is finally available in all digital store. Available from November the limited edition in digipack, affordable through Memorial Records Store (worldwide) and through Code 7 Distribution (UK). Recorded at Domination Studios by Simone Mularoni, “Dystopia” is the direct evolution of …

  Whilst some bands can take yonky donks to write and record an album, Plainview went for the fuck it approach and went straight into the studio to see what they could come up with. Having only a few weeks before decided in a pub one night that they missed …

Oct 14th marked the release of LAMB OF GOD’s feature-length documentary, As The Palaces Burn, on DVD! The DVD is available now via Epic Records – order your copy here: www.myplaydirect.com/lamb-of-god   A two disc set, the first disc includes the widely praised film, which the New York Daily News …

Groundbreaking band HOUSE OF LIGHTNING have released their debut record Lightworker today via Translation Loss.  Lightworker is available for purchase HERE.  The album was produced at Atomic Audio, Tampa, Florida by Mark Nikolich & Henry Wilson   Today Metal Injection is hosting an exclusive stream of the entire Lightworker album.  …