PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

The world’s biggest heavy music touring music festival, the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, is pleased to announce the official venues and cities hosting tour stops this year! The festival will kick off with on July 5th at San Manuel Amphitheatre in San Bernardino, CA and will hit a total of 24 …

Heavyweight UK metallers Raging Speedhorn will reform with original vocalist Frank Regan for a special set – featuring tracks from their first two albums – at this year’s Damnation Festival, which takes place on November 1. The Corby bruisers will play through their back catalogue of sludge and crust classics from ‘Raging …

Fibbers was under assault on Saturday night. Carnage Metal Club saw bands from the North and South convene for an aural attack on Dublin. Rex Shachath, Overoth and For Ruin were here to tell the Dublin boys to go home to their mammies –  I joke. Rex Shachath was the …

American band Butcher Babies have been making a name for themselves with superb live shows on their UK tour with The Defiled, as well as on US tours with acts such as Marilyn manson and on the Rockstar energy mayhem tour.  Their early shows saw them performing topless with just …

@planetmosh reviews Baptized by @CHRIS_Daughtry out February 17th on @sonymusicuk Daughtry is the self titled band formed by singer Chris Daughtry.  It features Daughtry on vocals, Josh Paul on bass, Brian Craddock and Josh Steely on guitars, Robin Diaz on drums and Elvio Fernandez on keyboards. Since finishing fourth on American …

WWRS: You’re gearing up to the release of the video for Days Of Hysteria – can you tell us about the filming of it? TrAsh (Bassist): Sure! – Well I guess the best piece of info about this video is the location it was shot on!  It was shot on …

@planetmosh reviews W.E.T. One Live In Stockholm @FrontiersRec @jeffscottsoto This new album ‘One Live In Stockholm‘ is a first for W.E.T. It’s a combined live double CD with a DVD being released via Frontiers Records, and is available to purchase on the 21st of February 2014. The gig was filmed back in …

@PlanetMosh reviews .@MonsterMagnetNJ show in Wolverhampton One of a brace of UK gigs (the other being at The Koko in London), Monster Magnet made it their mission to lay waste to the packed out Wulfrun Hall which they did with ease. Lead by the charismatic riff lord Dave Wyndorf  when …

The night started with three spectacularly badly chosen opening acts which were incompatible musically and of varying levels of ability and seemed to only manage to bring one fan between the three of them. Finally, several hours after the doors opened the first of two Belgian bands took to the …

Tonight was the final night of the UK leg of Dream Theater’s European tour, at an almost sold out Civic Hall in Wolverhampton.  The gig was an all-seated one with no support act, and Dream Theater doing two sets. The night started with projections onto a curtain in front of …

W:O:A beach chairs by Stiftung Mensch The Stiftung Mensch (human foundation) offers some cool roofed wicker beach chairs with W:O:A branding by now – and the income will be used for charity! The beach chairs are produced in two different sizes and offer you the absolutely full range of extras. …

Their ground breaking 1986 debut Doomsday For The Deceiver was always going to be a tough act to follow especially when bassist and chief songwriter Jason Newsted left Flotsam And Jetsam to join Metallica but 3 years later they certainly came up with the goods with No Place For Disgrace, …

Blackpool band @thesentonbombs announce tour dates for Mar-May 2014. Blackpool Punk infected Rock ‘n’ Roll band The Senton Bombs have 16 live dates booked between March and May with a Summer Tour to be announced shortly. Current dates include two gigs in Denmark and two UK festivals. Links: – Facebook …

Nottingham Festival organisers @AcesHighFest are set to show their winning hand AGAIN! ACES HIGH FESTIVAL – 4th and 5th October 2014 at The Doghouse in Nottingham, sees a new festival aiming to showcase the best in UK talent! After the success of the first festival in 2013 with Headliners New Generation …

@PlanetMosh reviews The Whippoorwill by .@BlackberrySmoke out Feb 17th on @EaracheRecords Ambling in from Atlanta Georgia, comes ‘The Whippoorwill’ from southern country-rockers, Blackberry Smoke. Released in the US back in 2012 to much acclaim, their third album is finally receiving an official European release from the powerhouse that is Earache …

Dream Theater ended the UK leg of their European tour last night with a superb performance.  With no support act they played two sets with a short interval between them.  Check out these photos from their performance…

The UK Midlands Leading Bike Festival 17th – 20th July 2014, taking place at Carnfield Hall, South Normanton, Derbyshire, DE55 2BE. Just 1.5 miles from J28 M1 & only 500 yards from Alfreton Train Station Bands 2014 include: – Crazy Hearts: Steroid Freak Pussy: Snakecharmer: Evil Scarecrow: Reckless Heart: Chase The Ace: White Coast Rebels: Sack Sabbath: Bad …

Belgian bands Hell City and Mental Circus played Rock Zombie in Dudley on Friday night as the first night of the three date UK tour.  It was the first UK date for both bands and Hell City also had a special guest – Wolfsbane and former Iron Maiden singer Blaze …

Belgian bands Hell City and Mental Circus played Rock Zombie in Dudley on Friday night as the first night of the three date UK tour.  It was the first UK date for both bands and they went down well with the small crowd (Valentines day and very bad weather probably …

@planetmosh reviews .@ukblackwolf at .@O2Islington Everything was against me for this gig. The weather drenched and blew me to Swindon and back via work; tube strikes meant I had to navigate my way by bicycle and my phone to O2 Academy Islington from Paddington station, in order to catch Blackwolf …