PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

Sepultura returned to Dublin on a miserable Tuesday night. As the rain and wind battered the streets, Derrick, Andreas, Paulo Jr. and Eloy pummeled a sold out Academy into submission. The set was warmly received by the Irish Sepulnation and songs from new album ‘The Mediator Between Head and Hands …

Trivium played to a packed out Birmingham Academy last night as part of their tour with Killswitch Engage.  With an arctic themed stage set and lots of smoke not to mention artificial snow, they put in an excellent set.  Check out some photos from their set with the  slideshow below.  …

2014 marks the 10th anniversary of the Austrian Nova Rock festival, an annual event that saw some of the greatest names of the scene performing on its previous nine iterations. For the jubilee tenth editions organizers are preparing definitely a special event, with headliners Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and The …

Without death metal’s founding fathers, Possessed, Obscene Extreme would be a very different festival indeed. Forming in San Francisco in 1983, the band dragged thrash metal into darker and heavier places with their classic albums ‘Seven Churches’ and ‘Beyond The Gates’ on Combat Records. Possessed created a whole genre and …

This four track split EP – appropriately limited to 666 12” pressings – sees mysterious Ukrainian black metal overlords Drudkh teaming with their English pagan counterparts Winterfylleth to deliver a collection of four cover versions. Drudkh explore the darkest depths of the eastern European underground for their triptych of contributions, …

Some photos of Cage the Gods supporting The Treatment at Rock City, Nottingham.

Some photos of Sinners Highway supporting The Treatment at Rock City, Nottingham.

I had been waiting on this one coming since the release of Terror Tapes last year. One of my albums of the year, if not THE album of 2013 for me. When Gama Bomb announced they were coming to Glasgow the date just could not come soon enough. So there …

@planetmosh @TheTreatmentUK @CageTheGods @Sinners_Highway Opening up the nights proceedings is Unsigned, Nottingham based band Sinners Highway there’s a respectful turn out tonight despite the Basement at Rock City being colder than a penguin’s nutsack. The five piece all male Heavy /Alternative/Metal rock band explode with anthems from their four track …

Some photos of The Treatment on the 2nd night of their UK headline tour at Rock City, Nottingham.

      The Gothic Metal band from Greece return with their highly anticipated follow up to 2009’s excellent debut album “Silent Scr3am”. “Someplace Better”, again released through Germany’s Massacre Records label, is without doubt a major step up in class and performance from beginning to end, as good as …

Tonight was to be a very special show – Within Temptation doing an intimate acoustic set to 180 fans.  Tickets had been made available free of charge a week or two ahead of the show and had been snapped up in just 20 minutes.  There was to be a short …

The Wacken team launched the sales for their second cruise earlier today, and within just 2 hours and 20 minutes they’d sold out completely. Ahoy Metalheads, unfortunately, there are no more cabins left. The Full Metal Cruise II was sold out after only two hours and two minutes! That’s crazy! …

In this moment are releasing their first ever live DVD.  Recorded at the Orpheum theatre in Madison, Wisconsin on 21st May 2013 on the band’s tour following the release of the album “Blood”, the show took their already theatrical performances up a level. As anyone who saw them on tour …

Dutch power metallers LORD VOLTURE to be confirmed for Netherlands Zeeltje Festival 2014, which takes place August 15th – 16th in Deest. Other bands confirmed include: HEIDEVOLK, ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN, NEW ADVENTURES, YEEEHAA, more to be announced soon. LORD VOLTURE are: David Marcelis – Vocals, Paul Marcelis – Guitars, Leon …

Theli is a groundbreaking album, and is deservedly getting a deluxe edition release.  Therion were a death metal band with limited success for their first two albums, but their fifth album (their third with Nuclear Blast) Theli saw a radically different style.  As the third album in the band’s three …

.@Planetmosh reviews @Screagle83, @MaverickBelfast and @balefulcreed at @LimelightNI. You know you’ve had a good day/night (delete as applicable) when you wake up the next morning with a hangover to match the hole in your wallet – and you know the rock year has officially started when the return of The …

A collection of photographs from the Highway To Hell Reunion, featuring Baleful Creed, Maverick & Screaming Eagles, down in The Limelight 2, Belfast. Photographs by Marc Leach Photography. Read the show review here

 This years Rock & Metal Circus Festival will take place on September 12-14 at Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire. The facilities on site include electric hook up for caravans, campsite, toilet blocks, hot showers, catering and a mini real ale festival. Friday headliners still to be announced. For updates and further information see …

Time to beat the UK weather and join HRH in Ibiza for a once in a lifetime rock n roll adventure as HRH Ibiza Road Trip announces 17 bands. Now in its 5th cycle, The HRH Ibiza road trip is pleased to announce 17 bands for this year’s chapter. HRH …