PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Southern hard rockers ANTI-MORTEM are pleased to announce that they will perform at Monster Energy’s AFTERSHOCK this summer, taking place at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA. The band will perform on Sunday, September 13th. Festival headliners that day include Weezer, The Offspring, and Limp Bizkit. ANTI-MORTEM joins the ranks of …

The Legendary Heavy Metal band from the glorious 80’s GRAVE DIGGER released a new lyric video for the track Season Of The Witch. The upcoming album Return Of The Reaper will be released on July 14th 2014 in the UK & July 15th USA/CAN via Napalm Records. This new album …

I think I’ve just found that something special to fill the gap in my CD collection that’s been empty for far to long. Old style, nostalgic! ain’t the words to use, but if I have to describe them, only three will fit here, “Retro-Rocket-Rock” !!  This is just one magnificent …

Hellfest have released this update: “More than 20 days before the opening of the doors of the festival, we are all very excited to welcome you and you submit the new configuration of the Hellfest 2014! We would like also to you announce small last minute changes: DEATH ANGEL (cancelled …

Ghostfest adds another 13 bands to its brutal line up as well as stage splits for the weekender taking place at Leeds Uni on 28 /29 June. New additions are:  Bleed from Within, Heart of a Coward, Breakdown of Sanity, Your Demise 2004, Palm Reader, Broken Teeth, Dead Harts, Novelists, Early Seasons, Continents, Fathoms, The Catharsis and Black Dogs Presented by IMPERICON, the weekend …

In the year that Metallica are announced as headlining the iconic Glastonbury Festival, in addition to Sonisphere (the 40th anniversary of gigs at Knebworth) Universal Music is celebrating 30 years of Thrash music by re-issuing seminal albums from the founding fathers of this sub-genre for the ThrashBack campaign. Thrash music …

Armagh-based ten-legged groove machine Astralnaut have been kicking up dust – sometimes quite literally – on the Irish scene, both north and south of the border, for around about two and a half years now, particularly with their fiery and intense live shows, which have been consistently levelling venues with …

My first reaction to hearing that U.D.O had a new live release coming out was one of surprise – after all they released “Live in Sofia” just two years ago, and since then they’ve only released one album.  OK the 2012 release was a live CD whereas this is a …

It’s only a month since The Bermondsey Joyriders released their double A side single “Brian Jones (The real true leader of the rolling stones)/Johnny Thunders was a human being”, and now they’re releasing their third album.  Surprisingly considering how recently the single was released, the songs from it don’t appear …

Earlier this month, Dublin metallians AeSect made fans north of the Irish border sit up and take notice with their hugely impressive Belfast debut (reviewed at http://planetmosh.com/katabolisis-by-conquest-or-consent-aesect-belfast-limelight-2-24052014/). Afterwards, PlanetMosh took the opportunity to grab a chat with frontman Shane Kiernan to get the gen on the band’s story to date …

@planetmosh reviews .@richsrobinson The Ceaseless Sight on .@theend records/Circle Sound Records. The Ceaseless Sight is the third solo album from The Black Crowes founder member Rich Robinson recorded last year at Applehead Recording, Woodstock, New York.  His solo albums have been few and far between, possibly because they only come …

The music business is a bit like politics, in that it is incestuous and often works on the basis of “it’s who you know not…” etc.  Take the example of Weathermaker Music, for example:  until now, every release issued by the label has had a direct link to Clutch (the …

Metal Blade is happy to announce the signing of Dutch death metal act DICTATED! The furious female guitar tandem Yessica Otten and Sonja Schuringa stumbled upon Michiel vd Plicht and Henri Sattler during a heavy drinking session. While Henri was hustling to sell the girls one of his custom-made SK Guitars, …

UK TECH-FEST is proud to announce another 14 bands to add to its already impressive line-up, with two more secret headliners still yet to be unveiled. Back for its third year, the festival will be held at the prestigious Newark Showground in Nottinghamshire. The latest line up additions are: THE …

When you are holding a brand new album, which was just released by your favourite music band, you usually do not think about anything besides the band and their music in the album. But behind this finished and shiny set of tracks in the jewel case, the paper digipak and cd …

Five more acts have been announced today for Les-Fest 3, Scotland’s premier Rock and Metal Festival. First up UK hot property and causing a real stir across the scene is No Sin Evades His Gaze a great British Metal Band, with a very strong pedigree. Joining them on the same …

The Treatment have revealed an official video for ‘Running With The Dogs’ – the band’s forthcoming digital single; set for release on June 9th, the single also includes three bonus acoustic tracks, previously unreleased. Check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYAtPnO_nQY   The clip in question was filmed by SikTh frontman …

California rock giants HIGH ON FIRE have begin work on their new, as-yet-untitled studio album. The globally-celebrated group — guitarist/vocalist Matt Pike, drummer Des Kensel and bassist Jeff Matz — have convened for strategic writing sessions in both New Orleans, LA and Oakland with early reports indicating the band’s new material to be both “epic” and “sonically …

The hard hitting ‘To Kill A Man’ is taken from the Swedish quartet’s forthcoming album ‘In The Red’ (released August 20th via Despotz Records). Check out ‘To Kill A Man’ here:   The band has this to say about the track’s thought provoking subject matter; “We, and many of us, feel …

As previously announced L-G Petrov, Nico Elgstrand, Victor Brandt and Olle Dahlstedt will continue under the name ENTOMBED A.D. to release the album “Back To The Front”. Now it’s time to let the music do the talking. Check out the first single “Bedlam Attack” of the upcoming album “Back To …