Sty for PlanetMosh chats to Carl and Ben from Scars of Remembrance ahead of the show at The Live Rooms, Wrexham on 29th November 2018. Read our review of the gig here Scars of Remembrance are: – Mike – Vox Karl – Bass Harris – Guitars Ben – Drums Dan …
Read More »HRH Vikings Festival II 2019 Headliner Announced:
The Norse Wind is Rising: HRH Vikings Festival II Announces Their Initial Shield Wall. The Second Coming is upon us: All hail HRH Vikings II. HRH – Europe’s leading residential provider – debuted HRH Vikings last weekend: a stage-storming, genre-crossing, alloy of five – count ’em: FIVE! – forms of …
Read More »Deus Mori – And From The Trenches Bore Darkness EP.
It’s great being old sometimes especially when the lead singer from Deus Mori asks you if you like black metal, would you like to review their debut EP And From The Trenches Bore Darkness and you can reply with “I saw Venom in 1985 so yes it would be a …
Read More »Call Of The Wild Festival Announces Sunday Headliner
Hardcore Superstar Announced As Sunday Headliner Call Of The Wild Festival Lincs Showground: 24th-26th May 2019 One of their biggest hits is ‘We Don’t Celebrate Sundays‘ but without a shadow of doubt, Hardcore Superstar will be joined by thousands of festival-goers as the curtain closes on the inaugural Call of …
Read More »Behemoth – A History of Controlled Chaos
Now that the dust has began to settle with the release of the oddly titled “I loved you at your Darkest”, it is an opportunity to explore the history of Behemoth which starts back in 1991. It really is only in the past 5-8 years that Behemoth have come into …
Read More »Letheria – Death Principle
Letheria are a hardcore thrash band from Finland. Formed in 1998 these guys have released seven demo’s, three E.P’s and now finally a full length album, Death Principle, only the 20 years later! At first I’m finding it hard to work out what it is Letheria are about. The first …
Read More »Sumo Cyco – Sever chats to Sty at The Live Rooms, Wrexham
Sty for PlanetMosh chats to Sever from Sumo Cyco ahead of the show at The Live Rooms, Wrexham. Read our review of the gig here Sumo Cyco are: – Sever, MD13, Thor, Trozzi Links Facebook / Instagram / Twitter / Website
Read More »Skindred – Craufurd arms, Milton Keynes – 5th December 2018
On their current tour, Skindred have taken the decision to play smaller venues than normal. Whereas their last tour saw them playing the larger academy venues including Brixton academy in London, on this tour the venues are far more intimate – tonight’s venue, The Craufurd arms in Milton Keynes holds …
Read More »Tyla’s Dogs D’Amour – In Vino Veritas album review, album out now
Tyla’s Dogs D’amour – INVINO VERITAS – album out now Back on the juice or is that just irrelevant?! In Vino Veritas is the latest album from Tyla’s Dogs D’Amour. But as we know Tyla J Pallas has been a hard-working underdog since becoming part of The Dog’s D’amour and …
Read More »Diamond Head review at The Mulberry Tavern, Sheffield 23rd November 2018
Feeling lucky? Damn, right I was. Friday night at the Mulberry Tavern, Sheffield and Diamond Head is the last band I expected to watch gracing the stage of its 200 capacity venue, Jackpot!! Diamond Head have been busy touring Europe for most of Autumn taking in the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, …
Read More »Dan Patlansky – Islington academy, London – 29th November 2018
First up tonight, not long after doors open is Gorilla Riot. I saw this Manchester based band a few weeks ago at the HRH CROWS festival in Sheffield where they opened the main stage on Sunday with one hell of an impressive set. Given that, my expectations were high and …
Read More »P.O.D – Circles
90’s nu-metal band P.O.D are back with a new album – Circles. A Christian metal band, Payable on Death (abbreviated to P.O.D), they’ve had remarkably few lineup changes, with the current lineup being the same as the band had in 1994. For this album P.O.D teamed up with L.A. production …
Read More »Jason Becker – Triumphant hearts
In 1987 Jason Becker released his first album, Speed metal symphony as part of the duo Cacophony with Marty Friedman. They released a second album before breaking up and Jason Becker then went on to release several solo albums. Then in 1996 he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) …
Read More »Lovebites – Islington academy, London – 21st November 2018
Support tonight came from Seven Sisters – a London based band with a definite NWOBHM sound. They take a few minutes to really get going but once they do it’s a good solid set that goes down well with the crowd. Next came Japanese band Lovebites. Earlier this year their …
Read More »Elize Ryd, Amaranthe interview – London – 12th November 2018
I spoke to Elize Ryd from Amaranthe shortly after their performance at Koko in London on their tour with Powerwolf. First of all, how do you think the show went tonight? I think it went really good – I loved it. It’s ten years since Amaranthe formed, and seven since …
Read More »Those Damn Crows – Murder And The Motive.
Once in a while an album comes out to reaffirm that rock is not dead (so that’s a big middle finger in the air to Billy Corgan and Gene Simmons) as Bridgend based Those Damn Crows do it with ease on the release of their debut Murder And The Motive. …
Read More »Molars – Tight, But Not Groundbreaking
Based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, Molars are a Midwest Emo/Pop-Punk trio formed in 2018. Their debut EP Tight, But Not Groundbreaking will be released on 14th December. For fans of Tiny Moving Parts, Taking Back Sunday, American Football, and The 1975. What band they fail to add to this impressive …
Read More »Seven More Days – Eleven, Stoke.
Seven More Days stunning debut album Little Dark Pleasures proved to be a big big pleasure when it was released this year. It oozed confidence with ten tracks of hard rock and they played eight from it at Eleven supporting the Scopyons. It was my first time seeing them and …
Read More »Ward XVI – Sophie Lancaster Festival, Rebellion, Manchester
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After touring their debut album The Art Of Manipulation to death, Preston based nutters Ward XVI are taking a hiatus to write new material so this gig was to be their last show of 2018 but not even a disrupted train service full of annoying Manchester United fans and even …
Sumo Cyco / Scars Of Remembrance / I Saw The World Burn – The Live Rooms, Wrexham – 29/11/18
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Previously known as ‘Central Station’, Wrexham’s Live rooms have seen some pretty decent bands over the years, and this was a mouth watering line-up starting with the superb ‘I Saw The World Burn’. I reviewed their recent support slot with Skindred and had nothing but praise for them, so I was really …