I was lucky enough to catch up with Yossi Sassi on the Dublin leg of the Guitar Universe tour and chat to him about all things guitar. So, Yossi it’s early days in the tour, Dublin Being the fourth of fifteen gigs on the tour, how has it been …
Read More »Black Country Communion – Afterglow
Black Country Communion release their third album at a time that rumours are rife that the band may split in the near future, with Glenn Hughes wanting to tour more and Joe Bonamassa wanting to spend the time on his solo career instead. How much truth their is in these …
Read More »DORO – ‘Raise Your Fist’
Where do I begin when contemplating how to write this review, Doro Pesch has always to me been the absolute embodiment of Heavy Metal, a woman who has sacrificed so much of her own personal life to pursue a career that now is within touching distance of a truly magnificent …
Read More »Richie Sambora – Shepherds Bush Empire, London – 16th October 2012
Tonight was Richie Sambora’s only UK show on his short European tour. When I arrived at the venue, there were huge queues outside for this sold out gig – the longest queues I’ve seen for any gig at this venue (and I’ve been to a lot of gigs here). Everybody seemed …
Read More »Alestorm Interview with Dani Evans. 6th October 2012
Just prior to their gig at in Shepherd’s Bush last weekend with Dragonforce, I caught up with Dani Evans from Alestorm to talk about what they’ve been up to since we last met in March this year, who would win a fight pirates or vikings and what their plans are …
Read More »Brains + Realistic Train + First Blood Part II – Triskel Arts Centre, Cork – Saturday 13 October 2012
The TDC Auditorium, part of the Triskel Arts Centre in city-centre Cork, tonight plays host to a ream of great Irish talent, with a definite lean left in audio and aesthetic sensibilities. Darkened sans the solitary projector up the back and some odd stage lights, it feels different here than …
Read More »Sinocence – ‘No Gods, No Masters Volume 1’
There are moments in life when you have to set friendships aside: no matter how dear you hold camaraderie, a bond, you have to step back, look objectively at the situation in which you mutually find yourselves, assess the situation, calmly and in a collected manner and tell things how …
Read More »Dead Aeon – ‘Apotheosis’
When Planet Mosh officially launched on the island of Ireland a few weeks ago, recruiting a team of writers on both sides of the border, we knew were delving into a territory steeped in musical heritage, a part of the world rich in its own identity, confident in its ability… …
Read More »My Dying Bride – ‘A Map Of All Our Failures’
For almost exactly two decades (counting from the release of their epoch-defining debut, ‘As The Flower Withers’) Bradford’s My Dying Bride have stood at the very pinnacle of the death-doom genre, not only as its progenitors but its constant innovators and re-inventors. ‘A Map Of All Our Failures’ – their …
Read More »Terrorvision interview Tony Wright. October 2012
I got the chance to catch up with Terrorvision’s vocalist Tony Wright as they start off on their Rocktober UK Tour. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing TV over the years at small venues such as the long gone and still missed, The Venue in Edinburgh to watching them bouncing …
Read More »Mob Rules – Cannibal Nation
Cannibal Nation is the 7th studio album from German melodic metal band Mob Rules and it sees them at masters of their craft. Formed in 1994 by current members, vocalist Klaus Dirks and Matthias Mineur in Oldenburg, Cannibal Nation raises the bar for others to improve on. It will be …
Read More »Beverly McClellan – Fear Nothing (tour edition)
Beverly McClellan may not be a household name in the UK but she certainly is in the US where she appeared on the US version of the TV show “The Voice”. The Blues rock powerhouse vocalist has released her album “Fear nothing” to coincide with her touring the UK with …
Read More »Mongrel – Reclamation
Americal female fronted punk band Mongrel come from theBoston (Massachusetts) area.. They were founded in 2003, and have toured extensively, playing with bands such as FEAR, Blitzkid, Trashlight Vision, Michale Graves, and shared stages with the MISFITS, GWAR, Korn, Otep, Prong, Wednesday13, Luchagors, Fu Manchu, Psychostick, Dizzy Reed (Gn’R), Piggy …
Read More »Auroch – From Forgotten Worlds
I must admit that I get extremely wary any time anyone applies the term ‘Lovecraftian’ to anything. Any artist, be they an author or a filmmaker, who has claimed to try and follow in the footsteps of the master of weird fiction has, by and large, failed to even pay …
Read More »Hell To Pay- Time To Rise E.P
Hell to pay, hailing from Manchester release their 2nd E.P as a prelude to their full album due sometime next year. They have just completed a uk tour in support of this E.P, with a launch party in their home city, before ending the tour with another launch party at …
Read More »Photos of Reckless Love, Mallory Knox & New Device – Barfly, 11th October 2012
Photos from the Reckless Love gig at the Barfly in Camden featuring a guest appearance by Matt from The Treatment. Support came from New Device and Mallory Knox. See the slideshows below – one for the Reckless love photos and one for the two support bands… %%wppa%% %%slide=477%% …
Read More »New Disorder Music Festival’s CHRISTMAS CHAOS
Raising funds and awareness for RACPA UK, the New Disorder Music team are proud to present: New Disorder Music Festival’s CHRISTMAS CHAOS at The Intake, Kirkland Road, NG18 5QP Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (In no Particular Order)…. Knotslip Mordecai Captain Horizon A Thousand Enemies Incinery Fahran Imperial Circus Widows Lycan …with many …
Read More »INFINITUS MORTUS – ‘The Conspiracy Of Love.’
Infinitus Mortus is the brainchild of the exceptionally talented Stephen Megna who hails from New Jersey, who along with a female vocalist released a concept album back in 2010 titled ‘2012’ but for this latest release he has teamed up with brother and sister vocalists Caitlin and Vincent Meehan to …
Read More »Periphery Tour Photos, Manchester Academy 5th October 2012
Periphery Photos, Manchester Academy 5th October 2012
Read More »YOTANGOR – ‘We Speak’
Formed in France around 2008 by guitarist/composer Jean-Guy Pichoustre and vocalist Yngrid Allieres, the band have 2009’s debut album ‘King Of The Universe’ already firmly tucked under their leather belts. The debut was in fact an extremely ambitious undertaking, a 26 track double concept album no less, a project that …
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