Moonspell, ‘Alpha Noir’ cd review.

  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 …

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Interview with Insomnium – 23/4/12

  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 …

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Angelus Apatrida – The Call

‘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 …

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Interview with Harv Harbinson from Stormzone

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 …

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Marvlec e.p – What Are You Waiting For

  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 …

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Marco Mendoza – Interview 22.04.2012

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. …

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Hammerfest Revisited Review

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, …

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Interview with Adam Cody – Wretched

Planetmosh: Your new album ‘Son of Perdition’ was released late last month, can you tell us about it? Adam: The album “Son of Perdition” marks Wretched’s 3rd Victory records release.  It has  11 tracks; 3 of which make up an epic instrumental ride. The songs span all genres but concentrate …

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Lost Prophets, Leeds O2 Academy, 21/04/12.

Welsh heroes bring out the big guns for the ‘Weapons’ tour. A sold out Leeds Academy bursting at the seams was certainly the place to be on a Saturday night, and what a way to get things moving than by a massive dose of Dubstep dished out by the mighty …

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Cancer Bats Photos

Here are some photos from the Cancer Bats Pentagram tour in London. This was show no. 4 out of 6 held at the Windmill in Brixton on 21 April 2012.The only venue with a dog on the roof.

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Europe – Bag of Bones cd

Legendary Swedish rock band Europe are due to release their latest album, “Bag of Bones” at the end of April. The album was recorded with producer Kevin Shirley who has produced albums for Iron Maiden, Joe Bonamassa, Black Country Communion, Black Stone Cherry and Journey, a pretty impressive CV. They …

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Interview with Pat Carmody – My Dynamite

Planetmosh: OK for anyone who hasnt listened to My Dynamite before, can you tell people a bit about the band and your music? Pat: We’re a blues based rock n roll band that formed in the pubs and clubs of Melbourne. We’re in to a lot of classic rock and …

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Atoma – Skylight

According to the press release, AtomA play “Apocalpytic Post Rock/Metal” – whatever that actually means.  Usually when you get a pretentious load of garbage like that used to describe a band you know you’re not going to like it, but actually AtomA are very good.  Describing their music isnt easy …

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Interview with Mille Petrozza – Kreator

I recently spoke to Kreator frontman, Mille Petrozza to discuss the band’s forthcoming album.  In an interview that covered subjects ranging from Osama Bin laden, to the Mayan calendar suggesting the world will end this year, we talked about the album, touring and other Kreator related subjects. Kreator’s new album, …

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Tribune – Elder Lore / The Dark Arts.

There must be something in the water in Burnaby, Vancouver judging by the creation of this album by  “progressive death metallers”  Tribune. It has more time changes than an Axl Rose tour itinerary! For example, 1st track It Came From The Swamps starts with a croaking frog sample which leads …

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