THE ANSWER releases their long-awaited new album ‘Sundowners‘ on 17th March 2023, via Golden Robot Records and 7Hz. Celtic beats draw you in on album opener Sundowners. The psychedelic vibe is hard and heavy and almost hypnotic as Cormac Neeson’s smokey vocals sing over the entrancing rhythm. It’s like The Doors and Led …
Read More »Elles Bailey-Shining In The Half Light Deluxe Edition-Album Review-Planetmosh
Set all your calendars, mobile phones etc to March 17th 2023 as the self proclaimed “Elles Bailey, the smokey voiced, human dynamo” releases her Shining In The Half Light Deluxe Edition, to coincide with a full headlining tour to promote it. Basically it’s the original album released in February 2022 …
Read More »Those Damn Crows-Inhale/Exhale-Album Review-Planetmosh
Point Of No Return, the second album by Bridgend based Those Damn Crows released in 2020 is very apt with its title considering they’ve kept on breaking down doors resulting in their Inhale/Exhale third album recently released via Earache Records. These ten tracks see them hone their craft of musicianship …
Read More »Black Star Riders – Wrong Side of Paradise – Album review
FUAGH A BALLAH (Clear the way), Black Star Riders (BSR) has released their fifth, tub-thumping, balls-fresh, heavy riffing new album ‘Wrong Side of Paradise’. Black Star Riders are the offshoot band of Thin Lizzy, fronted by Ricky Warwick. Warwick set out to sustain ‘Lizzy’s reputation whilst delivering a fresh …
Read More »Small Town Saviours-Small Town Saviours-Album Review-Planetmosh
Welcome back Small Town Saviours, the berks from Berkshire have returned kicking and screaming to save us from mundane music with a bakers dozen of feel good songs on their forthcoming self titled debut album due out on January 27th 2023 on all digital platforms! They class themselves (and quite …
Read More »King Kraken-MCLXXX-Album Review-Planetmosh
Hang onto whatevers left of your hearing as Cardiff, South Wales based noisemongers King Kraken self release their debut studio album MCLXXX on January 27th 2023, followed by an album launch the following day at Redhouse, Cymru. These ten tinnitus worrying songs go for the throat as ‘Devils Night’ is …
Read More »Starlite Campbell Band-Starlite Campbell Band Live!2-Album Review-Planetmosh
In a musical world of wannabes welcome back to the real deal as husband and wife Suzy Starlite and Simon Campbell return like a breath of fresh air with their Starlite Campbell Band, releasing their fourth album on Supertone Records, Starlite Campbell Band Live!2 They proclaim to be “Flying in …
Read More »Dark Matter-The Rectory-Album Review-Planetmosh
The Rectory, recently released by WormHoleDeathRecords studio album by Dark Matter, live up to their name by unleashing some of the most utterly bleak doom metal I’ve heard for quite some time. They like to write long songs, three of the five here clock in at about the twelve minute …
Read More »Screamer-Kingmaker-Album Review-Planetmosh
Screamer, a new band to me formed in Ljungby, Sweden in 2009 are making all the right noises as they release their fifth studio album Kingmaker on January 13th 2023 via Steamhammer/SPV Records. These ten tinnitus causing tracks kick off with ‘Kingmaker’ with a riff that could move mountains with …
Read More »Jordan Red-Hands That Built The World-Album Review-Planetmosh
Not even Covid 19 could halt the dream of London based Jordan Red releasing Hands That Built The World, their thought provoking, self released debut album. Formed by Dan Baker who then took on Daniel Leigh, lead singer for New Device, Conor O’ Keefe on bass guitar and Dave Fee …
Read More »This House We Built-This House We Built-Album Review-Planetmosh
Towards the end of 2022 I was asked to review a video that was premiered by This House We Built, the song was ‘Fly Me Up To The Moon’, taken from their debut album of the same name that was self released on October 15th via THWB Records and I …
Read More »Bang Bang Firecracker-Speak Evil-EP Review-Planetmosh
Christmas is over so throw away those crackers and have a listen to the Speak Evil EP released today by Bang Bang Firecracker! It’s the final release of three seperate EP’s, the first two being See Evil and Hear Evil to make up the whole second album. The four tracks …
Read More »TJ Walker-Halfway To Somewhere-Album Review-Planetmosh
Following on from the solo debut album The Long Game by TJ Walker released in 2019, he certainly defines the term solo artist as he wrote, sang and also played every instrument as well as recording and producing it. Fast forward to October 28th 2022 as he releases his sophomore …
Read More »Kira Mac-Chaos Is Calling-Album Review-Planetmosh
Chaos Is Calling, the recently self released debut album by Kira Mac is far from chaotic, it’s contents are ten songs of cocksure confidence that make for a very impressive listen. They came to my attention after seeing a full page piece in the latest Classic Rock mag with lead …
Read More »Small Town Saviours release brand new single & video!
SMALL TOWN SAVIOURS will release their intoxicating self-titled debut album, on Friday 27th January 2023. The popular rock crew have also set loose an alluring new single and video for E.N.E.M.Y, out now – https://youtu.be/X0jk8AtdVNQ Buoyant energy, gigantic riffs, contagious choruses, and melodic harmonies are the key fundamentals to SMALL …
Read More »Fear Factory-Recoded-Album Review-Planetmosh
I’ll admit to a degree of trepidation before tackling this review of Recoded, the eleventh studio album by Fear Factory, released via Nuclear Blast Records on October 28th 2022 as it’s a remix of their previous Aggression Continuum, their previous album which I reviewed in June 2021, one of their …
Read More »Burnt Out Wreck-Stand And Fight-Album Review-Planetmosh
Welcome back Burnt Out Wreck as they unleash their third studio album Stand And Fight on December 2nd 2022 via Burnt Out Wreckords. Judging by the potency of these eleven tracks they’re a long way off being burnt out! Once again stunning artwork comes from Andy Pilkington at Very Metal …
Read More »Diamond Head-Lightning To The Nations (The White Album) (Remastered 2021)- Album Review-Planetmosh
When lead guitarist Brian Tatler and drummer Duncan Scott formed Diamond Head together while still at school in June 1976, adding lead vocalist Sean Harris to the lineup the same year and completing the lineup with Colin Kimberley on bass guitar in 1978, I wonder if they realized what was …
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Massive Wagons-Triggered-Album Review-Planetmosh
Crash bang wallop! No, this isn’t the title of the new studio album from Massive Wagons, released on October 28th 2022 via Earache Records but it could be as ‘Triggered’ to my ears is the heaviest they’ve recorded musically and lyrically. Formed in Lancaster 2009 I was lucky to catch …
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