PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

With the ubiquitous resurfacing of N.W.O.B.H.M bands during the past few years, helped largely I feel by the HardRockHell festival who have been bringing these bands to the stage for the past four years, we’re they find them from I’ll never know, but find them they do. So here’s another …

As Friday night dawned and another working week came to an end, I headed over to Nambucca for a Freak Circus.  (No, I’m not being harsh, that’s the name of the night.)  I had been looking forward to this gig for a while and as many of my mates would …

Tonight was the first night of Australian band Tracer’s first UK headlining tour.  They were in the UK last late last year supporting Royal Republic, and are now back.  It’s impressive – less than six months ago they were the support band at the Underworld, but now they’re headlining the …

Lonewolf are a French power metal band that formed in 1993.  They released a demo and single before splitting in 1996.  In 2000 the band reformed and released their debut album.  Now in 2012 they have just released their fifth studio album – Army of the damned.  France isnt a …

Oddland have taken a long route to get to their debut release, “The Treachery of the Senses” under Century Media. Launched in 2002 as a rock-oriented band with leanings towards grunge, releasing three demos over the past ten years in 2004 (Against All Odds), 2007 (Connection Critical Behind) and 2010 (Away …

Paradise Lost released their 13th studio album ‘Tragic Idol’ via Century Media on the 23rd April. I caught up with their lead singer Nick Holmes for an interview about their new album at King Tut’s in Glasgow whilst they where on tour promoting the album. Nick gives us a quick …

Here are a few photos of Tracer performing at Islington Academy on 24th April 2012 on their first UK headline tour.   Support came from Sheffield band Littlecrazy – photos below the Tracer pics.   %%wppa%% %%slide=298%%   %%wppa%% %%slide=295%%      

  Saturday 5th of May. Blind Ambition will headline the railway institute Bangor North Wales.       Supported by local hard rockers Zebedy and Nirvana covers band Polly.                   entry is £5 on the door and kicks off at 7:30 with …

Ciao guys, firstly many thanks for taking time out to talk to us, you’€™ve been together now€™ since 2007, how did it all start? NICK: Everything started in 2007, the idea wasn’t to be a classic hardcore band, just to have fun, the idea was to do just  a few …

Tonight’s gig was the Dragonforce album launch party and was described as an intimate gig.  They weren’t kidding either – the venue was the Temple room at the HMV Institute, on the top floor of the venue and being a tiny room with a capacity of just 300. Long before …

Some pictures from when Paradise Lost played King Tut’s Wah Wah hut in Glasgow recently with support from Vreid and Insomnium. Vreid %%wppa%% %%slide=292%% Insomnium %%wppa%% %%slide=293%% Paradise Lost %%wppa%% %%slide=294%%

  Although the band have been around for many years now, this is their first release since signing to Napalm Records last year, and as much as I’ve liked much of the previous output it seems apparent that a label switch has benefited all parties concerned. The level of enthusiasm …

  I had the pleasure of catching up with Niilo and Ville from Insomnium before they played their fantastic set at King Tut’s in Glasgow. They guys give us the back group to the band, as well as their plans for this year and so on. They had just got …

‘The Call’ is released on 30th April 2012 via Century Media. Do they live up to their reputation?  as previously promoted with the introductory slogan “the most promising and threatening Metal band from Spain!” when Century Media first launched the band internationally in the turn of 2009/2010, it indeed became …

Northern Ireland’s premier metal band, Stormzone, are preparing for their first headlining show in their home city of Belfast in more than three years – at the Spring and Aibrake this coming Saturday (April 28)  – to promote their third album, ‘Zero To Rage’ (released on Steamhammer last November). We …

  After the 1st play  of this  3 track e.p by Coral Springs, Florida based band Marvlec, the 1st 2 words that sprung to mind were melody and muscle. The songs have the hooks for radio play but they still rock hard enough to keep metal fans happy. Also, considering …

I leapt at the chance to interview Marco Mendoza this past Sunday, about his very first UK solo tour. We are at the Borderline in London, an intimately cosy venue, and Marco easily makes himself at home; chatting to me about his life, passions and his time with Thin Lizzy. …

      Saturday afternoon (just gone) and I are sat in the fabulous local live music venue in Brixton known as the Windmill, the venue say themselves on finding the place “just as you think you are in the wrong road you will find it” anyway the strange thing …

Following on from our recent review of their new album, “Lean Back, Relax and Watch the World Burn” we caught up with J.B from Man.Machine.Industry who gave us a bit of insight into the band and how their latest album came about. Hi J.B, thanks for taking the time to …

Hammerfest Revisited Review Kyrbgrinder played  the Flying Shuttle in Bury on Saturday 21st April, supported by Spirytus and Inferno, overall it was a very enjoyable night filled with some extreme musical talent from all the bands! Inferno https://www.facebook.com/officialinfernopage   Inferno are an extremely powerful 3 piece band coming from Anglesey, …