PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

EDGUY are set to release their new album Space Police – Defenders Of The Crown on 21st April 2014 via Nuclear Blast and in anticipation of the release, the band have revealed one of the new tracks online. Check out ‘Sabre & Torch’, here:        The album will be …

U.S. death metal veterans Incantation will release their new album, Dirges Of Elysium, in late May, through Listenable Records. The band commented: “Elysium. Sky burial, necromancy, a cult in ancient Prussia, and pure blasphemy all await those who will hear the new release. The music is diverse, and holds more …

UK rock outfit, The Afterparty, self-release their debut mini-album ‘Distances’ on 7 April 2014.     The six track record, produced by Matt O’Grady, includes ‘Liar Liar’, ‘Open Road’ & new single ‘When The Lights Go Out’, plus three previously unreleased recordings.   ‘Distances’ Track-listing: 1. Lost Cause 2. Cover …

Polish blackened Death Metallers NORTHERN PLAGUE have released a trailer for their upcoming “We Are The Plague” Tour. You can watch the clip right here:      The complete dates are: 22.03 – Progresja Music Zone; Warszawa (Live Manifesto) 27.03 – Klub Vinyl – Rzeszow 28.03 – Katakumby – Radom …

UK Progressive Death outfit AGELESS OBLIVION will release their new album, ‘PENTHOS’, on 17th March through Siege Of Amida / Century Media. The album can be streamed exclusively on Soundcloud, ahead of its release next Monday – check it out here: https://soundcloud.com/siegeofamidarecords/sets/ageless-oblivion-penthos Produced by Chris Fielding (Napalm Death, Electric Wizard) …

@planetmosh reviews Let The World Know .@dbaswe out on .@SpinefarmINT After some recent personnel changes Swedish 5-piece Dead By April return with their third full length studio album ‘Let The World Know’ which is available now on Spinefarm Records. From the very outset the listener is subjected to what can …

@planetmosh @Fahranmusic @MattBlackUK @JakeFahran   Rock group Fahran did a double live gig tonight ( 15-3-14 ). Once on ArFm radio playing an acoustic set in the studio, then they rushed over to The Chequers Inn, Breaston to play a full gig in front of a packed house. Running just a little late …

@AnybodyBC reviews We Love You by .@combichristarmy out March 21 on @outofline for @Planetmosh The first time I heard that Combichrist was going to release a new album with the quite interesting title ‘We Love You‘, was in the end of 2013, when Andy LaPlegua and Joe Letz had their …

Rival Sons, who recently finished work on their fourth full-length album at LCS Studios in Nashville, have announced the addition of DAVE BESTE as an official member of the band, taking up position on bass. Originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, DAVE BESTE moved to Los Angeles in 2000 to pursue music …

Today, EISENWALD sets April 21st as the international release date (May 6th in North America) for AURVANDIL’s highly anticipated Thrones. All yearning embittered, the flesh is shed, the Journey ends: AURVANDIL returns with Thrones carved in stone and snow, distilling the essence of soaring, northern purity throughout four hymns of Iron …

Today, Australian black/death maniacs DESTRUKTOR have completed work on their second album, Opprobrium. Set to be released by HELLS HEADBANGERS later this summer, DESTRUKTOR’s Opprobrium follows five years after the band’s critically acclaimed debut album, Nailed, also released by HELLS HEADBANGERS. Amongst Australia’s fertile black/death metal scene, DESTRUKOR are widely hailed …

Hamilton, ON’s metalcore giants Deathpoint have announced the following Ontario and Quebec dates with support from new touring drummer Joey Muha of Threat Signal. “The band is super stoked to have acquired the services of Joey Muha for our upcoming tour. We spoke to Threat Signal and asked Jon if …

Not only is the official score soundtrack for 2013’s metal television event of the year, METALOCALYPSE: the DOOMSTAR REQUIEM A KLOK OPERA, available via digital and physical CD versions at iTunes, www.brendonsmall.com (click STORE or go direct to www.brendonsmall.spinshop.com) and Amazon.com, the limited edition double album picture disc vinyl version …

UK Punk legends THE EXPLOITED are set to release the Special Editions of Beat The Bastards, Fuck The System and The Massacre on March 14th 2014 viaNuclear Blast. The releases are being re-issued with a raft of bonus content, including a bonus DVD of live footage (Beat The Bastards) and bonus tracks …

After lying low, deliberately and methodically to prepare new material while vocalist Chuck Labossiere filled in with Broken Hope for tour dates in Europe and Canada. Winnipeg’s death metal troopers Psychotic Gardening are proud to announce their return in 2014 with their forthcoming album ‘Hymnosis’ set for release on May …

VON HERTZEN BROTHERS have been announced to play The Great Escape Festival (TGE) this summer.   TGE takes place in Brighton from May 8th – 10th,  and is renowned for showcasing emerging artists from all around the world. Von Hertzen Brothers join the line-up alongside acts such as Wild Beasts, …

Many people think that the life of a music journalist is a glamorous – jetting all over the world, interviewing ‘rock stars’ in exotic locations while sipping weirdly coloured cocktails… and for a select few it is like that (not least in their imaginations!).  But, for the majority of hacks …

It’s amazing the difference half an hour can make.  One disadvantage for those of us living in Belfast and wishing to attend gigs down the motorway in Dublin is the infrequency of late night return coach services from the Irish capital to that north of the border.  With the last …

@LouellaDeville @planetmosh @antinowhere announce U.S. Tour Dates British Punk band Ant-Nowhere League have just announced U.S Tour Dates: – 14th May: The Catalyst Club, Santa Cruz. Anti-Nowhere League (Official) + T.S.O.L. (Official) + Riverboat Gamblers 15th May: DNA, San Francisco, California. ANWL + TSOL + RBG 16th May: The Observatory, …

After their acclaimed record Circus Black in 2012, Finnish symphonic metal band AMBERIAN DAWN have just announced their signing with Austrian Rock & Metal Powerhouse Napalm Records.  The band will be releasing the band’s new album Magic Forest in June 2014! ”I’m very glad about this new deal with Napalm …