PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

This latest offering from State Of Salazar is full of pleasant enough easy-listening tracks, some a little reminiscent of things gone before, but this is an AOR band after all. Pretty much a safe album for fans of this band and has been released by Frontiers Records ( www.frontiers.it ). S.O.S. have been …

South Yorkshire progressive folk metallers Northern Oak  have announced a string of tour dates across England to support their forthcoming album ‘Of Roots And Flesh’ which drops on the 4th October 2014. Guitarist Chris Mole comments, “We’re looking forward to hitting the road in support of the new album – …

Metal Merge hosted the crushing line up of Sinocence and Collapse with support from Dry Socket and Snowblind in Fibber Magees on Friday 05th September. It was a cracking night where all bands played their hearts out. PlanetMosh sent Ana along to photograph the event. Check out her gallery of …

IN THIS MOMENT are set to unleash their brand new studio album, ‘Black Widow‘ through new label home, Atlantic Records on 17th November 2014. “‘Black Widow’ is definitely the darker part of me,” says fiery frontwoman, Maria Brink. “This album is about finding the weakness inside and turning it into …

Hot on the heels of their triumphant appearance at this year’s Download Festival, SKID ROW will return to the UK in October. This will be the band’s 4th trip to the UK in the last 18 months, so the band have chosen to visit markets they have missed on the …

Philm release their second album ‘Fire From The Evening Sun’ with the Godfather of double bass and Slayer legend; Dave Lombardo since the release of ‘Harmonic’ in 2012. Starting with the first track ‘Train’ we are submitted to what feels like the start of an angry journey, rhythmic and energetic; what I …

Canadian metalcore group Obey The Brave are streaming their new album Salvation now. Click below to listen in its entirety. Salvation will be released on September 15 via Epitaph Records in the US.     Obey The Brave catapulted to the top of the metalcore pack in less than two years, thanks largely to the experience the five men in the …

The brand new album “Black Eyed Sons” kicked off 30th anniversary celebrations. Top value package will include live CD and live DVD and will be released on Monday 16th June, via Off Yer Rocka Recordings. Following three sold out intimate shows to mark the start of their 30th anniversary, The …

Norway’s Blastfest has just unveiled another seven great reasons why you need to book the 19th – 21st of February 2015 off work. Today the festival organisers announce the addition of seven more bands to the billing including Finnish folk metal upstarts Finntroll, melodic black metal sextet Moonsorrow and Ireland’s men …

“Storm” the highly anticipated debut full-length album from Swedish-based doom/sludge trio SNAILKING will see its official release next Monday, but starting today you can listen to the full release exclusively via Metal Injection.   Check it out right here.   The five-song album features the artwork of Swedish artist Johan …

Sometimes it is those things that are relatively unplanned – such as that impromptu meet up after work for “a couple of pints” – which turn out to be the most enjoyable.  And so it proved with this evening, which originally was scheduled to headlined by a “tribute” band, only …

A Tower Of Crows are a Coventry based Rock/Doom/Stoner band who started in 2013. Initially with just three members, Jay Hughes, Wayne Turner and Lea Cross before they were joined by Sam Clay and Steve Hands later the same year. Three months after their very first gig they were signed …

Long-running black metal veterans VARATHRON will release a brand new album entitled “Untrodden Corridors of Hades” on the 21st of November in Europe and 9th of December in rest of the world. The cover of their first full-length since 2009’s “Stygian Forces of Scorn” has been created by Mark Riddick (Arsis, …

Tonight’s gig at the Union Chapel was the second ever show for Devin Townsend’s Casualties of Cool project, and one of only two UK dates.  They couldn’t have chosen a better venue – as the name suggests, it’s a church, and it’s an all seated gig – perfect for relaxing …

Dave Lombardo’s PHILM recently announced that their long awaited second studio album, Fire From The Evening Sun, will be released on the band’s new label, UDR Music, on September 16, 2014 in the US (September 15 in UK/September 12 in other European territories). Today, Loudwire is hosting an exclusive stream of …

After their biggest and most successful year to date in 2014, BLOODSTOCK are excited to announce their first UK headliner for 2015! WITHIN TEMPTATION are set to play their only UK show next year as Saturday night headliners at Catton Park!  It is a triumphant return for the Dutch megastars, …

Formed from the smoldering, rotten corpses of Dark Empire, has arisen CIRCUITRY, a new strain of inescapable weaponized aural pestilence. Years of experimentation in multiple genres have resulted in a potent, debilitating form of metal to which there is no known antidote.   Fusing elements of modern progressive metal with …

SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL, the definitive melodic death metal album from Gothenburg legends AT THE GATES, is available now on limited edition Full Dynamic Range vinyl LP. Originally released in 1995, SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL is regularly cited as one of the most important and influential metal albums of all …

Alice Cooper, a household name, and an incredible artist whose career spans five decades.  He has been named one of the world’s most beloved entertainers. He is credited with helping to shape the sound and look of heavy metal and has been described as the artist who first introduced horror …

One of the most promising extreme metal outfits to emerge in the last 5 years, Saille, today reveals details for a brand new concept album. Featuring 9 tracks and 55 minutes of epic black metal in which the band have explored several well known masterpieces of classic and modern horror …