New Zealand’s high-charting rock act Like A Storm are heading back to Europe and the United Kingdom on tour. The band has been tapped by Alter Bridge to support them on their entire international run of dates this Autumn. The tour kicks off on November 4th in Bilbao, Spain and …
Read More »Alter Bridge to headline arenas across Europe this Winter
ALTER BRIDGE are ecstatic to announce their long-anticipated return to Europe! Their biggest headline shows yet, the 24-date tour treks 15 countries and kicks off on November 4, 2016. Produced by Michael ‘Elvis’ Baskette, Alter Bridge’s fifth studio album is planned for release in October 2016, via Napalm Records. Fortress, …
Read More »Tremonti – Belfast, Limelight 1 – 14 June 2016
Gigs staged in the shadow of a festival often can be hit and miss affairs. And with a lot of the Northern Ireland metallians returning from D(r)ownload turning left virtually as soon as they docked and heading straight down the motorway to Dublin for Slayer and Anthrax, you could have …
Read More »Mark Tremonti – PlanetMosh Exclusive
Best known to many as the guitarist with Creed and subsequently Alter Bridge, Mark Tremonti in recent years has stepped into the solo spotlight with his own self-titled band. With Tremonti the band having released their third album, ‘Dust‘, last month, and bound for the UK’s shores again, for a …
Read More »Tremonti – ‘Dust’
Mark Tremonti burst onto the rock scene in the late ’90s as lead guitarist with Creed. His roaring guitar riffs and unique song writing skills quickly gained him recognition with both fans and critics. After the band’s demise, Mark and two other members, Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips, teamed up …
Read More »Alter Bridge Announce Long-Awaited Studio Return
Alter Bridge Announce Long-Awaited Studio Return and Launch Fan Packages Rock powerhouse, ALTER BRIDGE are pleased to reveal they are hard at work on the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2013 album, ‘Fortress’. The as-yet-untitled fifth album is tentatively set for release Autumn 2016 with producer Michael ‘Elvis’ Baskette …
Read More »Tremonti – O2 Academy, Bristol, 15/12/15
It’s staggering how different gigs can be from one night to next. On Sunday, people were still queueing round the corner for The Darkness a full 30-45 minutes after doors opened. Fifteen minutes before entry here and there’s barely fifty in line. Interestingly, it’s much the same audience demographic; from the …
Read More »Tremonti – Cauterize
@planetmosh reviews Cauterize by .@tremontiproject on .@FRET12 Mark Tremonti is in the unusual position of releasing this, only his second solo album, having already sold 40 million records worldwide. As part of Creed and Alter Bridge he has seen massive success and won prestigious awards which recognised him as one …
Read More »Tremonti to release new album ‘Cauterize’ June 8; UK dates in June
Alter Bridge’s Mark Tremonti has confirmed his second solo release with his band TREMONTI, following the worldwide success of the 2012 debut ‘All I Was’. New album ‘Cauterize’ will be released on June 8 via Fret 12 Records. The record features Mark Tremonti on vocals/guitars, Eric Friedman on guitars, Wolfgang Van …
Read More »Hellfest Open Air, Part 3 – Sunday, 22nd June 2014
It appeared that someone from on high looked down with a smile on the second day of Hellfest – because the beginning of the third and final day was cloud cover and a drop in the temperature, with even a small amount of rainfall during the morning as well. It quickly transpired …
Read More »Hellfest 2014 Review Blog – Sunday 22nd June
Final day of Hellfest :( which we have been affectionately calling ‘Dustfest’ this year due to the amount of dust that is being churned up from the parched earth. It’s even hotter today but is overcast on the way into the festival and we do get a 4 minute long shower …
Read More »Download Festival 2014 – Sunday 15th June 2014
And so, the final day of Download 2014. And this time it’s overcast. The rain has not been hard but it’s definitely a lot cloudier than before – a welcome relief for many of the punters. Elliott and Ant give their opinions on this final day. For me the day …
Read More »PlanetMosh Album of the Year 2013
Twenty-Thirteen was another amazing year in the world of hard rock / metal. With so many crunching releases to sift through,the staff here in PlanetMosh Towers sent in their submissions for their favourite albums of the year. All the numbers were crunched in the PlanetMosh super-computer and we are proud …
Read More »Breached – ‘Left Behind’ EP
Hailing from Toronto, Breached – right from the opening bars of the title track of this five-song EP – are a band who it is extremely difficult to pigeonhole… and most definitely not in a bad way. Leaning quite heavily on the post-grunge sound of the likes of Alice In …
Read More »AEROSMITH announced as 3rd Headliner at Download 2014
Download Festival organisers are proud to announce that the legendary Aerosmith will be closing the festival in 2014, when they headline on Sunday 15th June. Joining them on the main stage as main support will be hard rockers, Alter Bridge. Aerosmith are one rock’s most infamous and revered bands. Fronted …
Read More »Alter Bridge, Shinedown and Halestorm – Nottingham Arena – 16th October 2013
Tonight was a gig I’d been looking forward to since tickets first went on sale – three great bands any of who would be worth seeing alone, playing together on one bill. The night kicked off with Halestorm, who despite the early start (they were on stage at 7pm) played …
Read More »The Answer – Limelight 1, Belfast – Friday 11 October 2013
I’m going to lay my cards on the table right from the off and state, with supreme confidence, that this was one of the best – if not THE best – live performances by a local band in front of a local crowd that I have seen, certainly in a …
Read More »Alter Bridge – Fortress
Alter Bridge are back with their fourth album – Fortress. It’s been three years since their last album, ABIII, and the band have certainly been busy in that time, touring in support of the album as well as Mark Trmonti doing his solo tour and shows with Creed and Myles …
Read More »Kashis – ‘I Welcome You’
Northern Ireland’s Kashis originally planned to call this EP ‘The Monarchy Is Set To Kill’. Now the lead off track, the former titular it is a pleasant blend of post-grunge, stoner and nu-metal which sets up the rest of the release nicely. ‘We Are The Blend’ has some beautiful, poppy …
Read More »MARK TREMONTI – All I Was CD Review
It has finally been released! After being teased with the 3 track preview for Mark Tremontis solo project, the album ‘ All I Was’ hit stores internationally yesterday. Not only is this Tremontis’ debut solo album, it’s also is the first time he has stepped up to the lead vocal …
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