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Polish/Finnish heavy metallers Exlibris are wrapping up the production of their new release titled “Shadowrise”. Following original guitarist Daniel Lechmański’s departure from the band in early 2019, the band’s been joined by one of Finland’s top axemen – Antti Wirman (Warmen, King Company, Children of Bodom). “Riku first contacted me in spring …

Music wise, 2019 was my favourite Bloodstock Open Air Festival I’ve attended in the last eleven years, weather wise it was the worst as mother nature tested the mettle of the metalheads but came out in second place to a packed out Catton Hall in Alrewas, Walton-On-Trent. First band of …

As Halloween creeps up, BLOODSTOCK has prepared an early treat and announced six new bands to join their previously announced Friday night headliner, SABATON on the 2019 bill at Catton Park. CHILDREN OF BODOM land a Friday spot on the Ronnie James Dio main stage in a UK exclusive.  The …

Children Of Bodom’s prodigious debut album ‘Something Wild’ was released 20 years ago and thus the mighty Hatecrew were born. Finland’s melodic death superstars will take to the road in 2017 to celebrate 20 years of life in the form of a mind blowing classic set-list. For an entire month, Children Of Bodom will bring their reaper sound …

Here are an evil Lucky 13 metal bands, representing a variety of genres, for you to listen to, plus learn the Wikipedia versions of their name origins. The rules: Only metal is included; no rock, blues, or punk feature in this round. No origin stories from anywhere but Wikipedia are …

Progressive metal band Oni signs with Blacklight Media/Metal Blade Records; New album, ‘Ironshore’, out November 25th Art by Brent Elliot White (Megadeth, Trivium, Job For A Cowboy) As heavy metal devotees may have noticed of late, rising progressive metal band Oni has been gearing up for something big. Today, the band is …

Day three of Tuska Open Air Metal Festival 2016 is about to begin: today’s big three are Gojira, Katatonia and headliners Children of Bodom. There’s been ominous rain all morning and as we head up to the arena we get a nice respite as the sun glistens over the harbour. Block Buster: …

With Tuska Open Air Metal Festival almost 3 months away, we decided to put together a PlanetMosh Playlist of all the acts confirmed to play at Suvilahti on the first weekend in July. We’ve included a few songs from each of the headliners, Avantasia, Ghost and Children Of Bodom as …

As the first rays of sunlight slip through the clouds after a seemingly endless Finnish winter, it’s a good time to start making plans for the summer. Finland’s boldest metal festival, Tuska will provide the heaviest dosage of metal madness of the summer, for the nineteenth time. FROM LAKE BODOM …

Ensiferum Announce Dates in UK and Ireland in February 2016 Finnish Metal warriors ENSIFERUM have just announced dates in the UK and Ireland kicking off in Bristol on February 18, 2015. Sami Hinkka Comments: “Hi folks! We are extremely happy to announce that in February 2016 we shall raid UK …

Today Finnish metal superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM have posted the first in a series of track-by-track videos offering insight and information on their ninth studio record, I Worship Chaos.  The first video covers the first three tracks on the album   01. I Hurt 02. My Bodom (I Am The …

Last Friday, Finnish guitar superstar Alexi Laiho (CHILDREN OF BODOM) played a very special show: he went on stage with an army of 100 guitar heroes and presented a song he wrote specifically for this evening. Jaska Raatikainen joined these guitarists on drums and Janne Wirman played keyboards. This once-in-a-lifetime …

It’s Sunday lunchtime and the punters have crawled out of their beds from across the city of HELLsinki to once again descended on Suvilahti for the final day of this year’s instalment of Tuska Open Air Metal Festival. The carnage of the Saturday night after-parties is evident on the faces …

World renowned Finnish heavy metal powerhouse Children Of Bodom (aka COB) are set to release their ninth studio album ‘I Worship Chaos’ worldwide on October 2, 2015 via Nuclear Blast Records. The artwork was created by Finnish artist Tuomas Korpi (http://tuomaskorpi.com/) which is attached below. COB frontman, guitarist, and mastermind Alexi …

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, …

I spoke to Janne and Henkke from Children of Bodom at this years Bloodstock festival,  Hear what they had to say using the player below…            

Children of Bodom put in a great set on the Saturday afternoon at Bloodstock.  Here are some photos from their set… [flickrapi user=”planet mosh” get=”photoset” id=”72157646584436452″ size=”z” count=”100″]

With action on the New Blood Stage already well and truly underway (see our separate review), Babylon Fire kicked off proceedings on the Sophie Lancaster Stage with their classic-inspired metal, delivered with grunt, grit and fist-pumping angst – but, it was over on the main Ronnie James Dio Stage that …

Friday Day Two at Wacken reviews include Skid Row, Santiano, Children Of Bodom, Apocalyptica, Saor Patrol, Rabbit At War, Motorhead, Carcass and Slayer. Skid Row by Sheila: Skid Row kick-start their early performance on the True Metal stage with ‘Let’s Go’ then ‘Big Guns’. Even though it’s just after midday …