AT THE GATES LAUNCH NEW SINGLE/VIDEO FOR “THE PARADOX” OFF THEIR UPCOMING ALBUM THE NIGHTMARE OF BEING Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES release their second single/video for “The Paradox”, which was directed by Patric Ullaeus / www.rEvolver.se (Arch Enemy, In Flames, Dimmu Borgir, etc.). Watch the music video: AT THE GATES – The Paradox …
Read More »Lucky for some, BLOODSTOCK announces 13 more bands!
BLOODSTOCK’s countdown is hotting up, with just 9 weeks left to go! There’s still plenty of exciting things to reveal about 2018’s event though, including this stellar collection of thirteen more bands you’ll be lucky enough to see, if you’ve snapped up a ticket! Your support for BLOODSTOCK’s regional …
Read More »BLOODSTOCK Announces First Winners For New Blood Stage & Jagermeister Stage Additions
As BLOODSTOCK’s regional finals for their grass-roots-artist-supporting METAL 2 THE MASSES scheme thunder through local venues around the country this month, the festival is very excited to announce the first winners who won themselves a slot on 2018’s New Blood stage this August. Joining the bill on Friday are hard-rocking …
Read More »Swedish Death Metal – The PlanetMosh Playlist
Like most music subgenres, Swedish death metal is fairly homogenous. It’s one of the finest kinds of intragroup similarity though: adequate musicianship, fueled by supremely aggressive guitar tones bolstered by the rest of the band, not overpowered by it. This list is meant to bring that sound in your ears. …
Read More »DAMNATION FESTIVAL 2015 announces two new bands
Norwegian extreme metal trio KEEP OF KALESSIN and Belgian hardcore quartet OATHBREAKER are the latest additions to Damnation Festival. The duo will join a diverse cast at Leeds University Union on Saturday, November 7, which already consists of At The Gates, High on Fire, Mono, Amenra, Asphyx, Solstafir, Altar of …
Read More »At The Gates – The Academy, Dublin – 30/01/2015
It is rare that I get excited about a gig nowadays; everybody has a list of acts that they want to see. And I’ve been lucky enough to see the bands that or on that list for the most part. One band that was amiss for far too long were …
Read More »At the Gates Interview- The Garage, Glasgow 06/12/14
I am backstage at the Garage in Glasgow with Tomas from At the Gates who has kindly taken some time before the show to answer a few questions. Tomas you were saying in an interview earlier this year that you had some new material that you really felt you needed …
Read More »PlanetMosh Readers Album of the Year 2014 – poll
PlanetMosh have compiled a poll for the best albums released in 2014 and now we are asking YOU, our readers, to pick your three favourite albums from 2014. The Poll will remain open until Saturday December 27th at 18.00. Will you agree with our Staff ? The PlanetMosh Album Of …
Read More »At The Gates, Triptykon & Morbus Chron- The Garage, Glasgow 06/12/14
On a particularly wet and windy Glasgow evening the most anticipated gig of the year in Scotland (for me at least) is about to commence. The insane powerhouse of Death Metal that is Sweden’s At the Gates are in Glasgow once more and they do it like no other. With …
Read More »WACKEN 2015 – Weekly X-mas Calendar Round Up – 8th Dec
Wacken X-mas calendar announcements is in full flow. Here is a list of last week’s announcements: The first bands revealed on the 1st were STRATOVARIUS and ANGRA. Tuesday 2nd: Shining – Get ready for some melancholy – Shining from Sweden are on the way to the Wacken Open Air 2015! …
Read More »HELLFEST 2015 first announcement and 3 days tickets on sale now!
Hellfest have announced 128 bands for next years festival and the 3 Day tickets are now on sale ONLY on their website and on the Digitick website. The price is the same than last year, 185 € (plus taxes and commission). SLIPKNOT, SCORPIONS, FAITH NO MORE, JUDAS PRIEST, ZZ TOP, …
Read More »At the Gates- At War with Reality
This is without a doubt the biggest review I have undertaken in my few years of writing for Planetmosh. From a personal perspective, as with many other fans of this legendary Swedish band, the news of a new release has kept us all holding our breath. After albums which have been …
Read More »At The Gates – At War With Reality
This job has a lot of pros and cons; and sometimes it is hard to continue after you hear bland act after bland act, or worse something by Avenged Sevenfold. So, it is rare to have an album that has nothing that you feel the artist could improve on. The …
Read More »Blastfest confirms more acts
The second annual Blastfest – being held in Bergen, Norway from February 19 – 21 – has confirmed six more acts. Dark Tranquility join At The Gates, Paradise Lost, Satan, Dead To This World, The Sickening and Byfrost as the latest tranche of acts to be added to a bill …
Read More »Vallenfyre Interview for PlanetMosh, August 2014
The UK’s Vallenfyre are an ‘extreme metal’ offshoot of Paradise Lost‘s Gregor Mackintosh. “What started in late 2010 as a project by Paradise Lost guitarist Greg Mackintosh became a real band. The 2011 debut album A Fragile King was hailed as one of the best death metal albums of the …
Read More »At The Gates interview with Tomas Lindberg, September 2014
I spoke to Tomas Lindberg, singer of At The Gates to talk about the band’s new album, At War with Reality. Hear what he had to say about the album and touring plans. Apologies for the background noise – the interview was recorded outdoors in central london so traffic noise …
Read More »AT THE GATES – ‘At War With Reality’ Formats Revealed + Live Updates
AT THE GATES are soon to release their first new music in 19 years! Here is an overview of the formats for the highly anticipated ‘At War With Reality‘ comeback studio album, which will be released via Century Media Records on October 27th, 2014: – Jewel Case CD (20 pages …
Read More »The Haunted – Exit Wounds
I am a huge fan of The Haunted; I have been since I first heard them. They are everything you could want in a modern metal band. The Swedish lads have carried the torch of the “Gothenburg style” of death metal for years now, not to mention the seminal “Made …
Read More »AT THE GATES ‘Slaughter Of The Soul’ Full Dynamic Range Vinyl Out Now
SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL, the definitive melodic death metal album from Gothenburg legends AT THE GATES, is available now on limited edition Full Dynamic Range vinyl LP. Originally released in 1995, SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL is regularly cited as one of the most important and influential metal albums of all …
Read More »AT THE GATES release “At War With Reality” online teaser + album tracklisting revealed!
AT THE GATES are soon to release their highly anticipated “At War With Reality” comeback album, their first studio effort in 19 years. A first online music teaser, featuring more of the stunning artwork designed by Costin Chioreanu / twilight13media.com for “At War With Reality”, can be seen below. And …
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