The lovely Rabid Bitch of the North lads from Belfast came to chat to us at Bloodstock Open Air to talk about playing the festival, the up and coming new release, their recording sound and their views on cassettes.
Read More »Rabid Bitch Of The North/Risen Prophecy – Belfast, Voodoo – 28 July 2016
The first leg of the ‘Rabies Is Rising’ tour, featuring Northern Ireland’s Rabid Bitch Of The North and Sunderland classic metallers Risen Prophecy, had battered its way through Scotland and the north of England at the beginning of the month. Now, as July prepares to fade into oblivion, the English …
Read More »Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses 2016 Belfast launch – Belfast, Limelight 2 – 5 December 2015
And so it is almost upon us again… the annual Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses competition, with it’s reward being the much coveted and desired chance to play the New Blood stage at Britain’s favourite bespoke metalfest alongside the likes of Slayer, Mastodon, Twisted Sister, Venom and a host of …
Read More »From Hell To The Unknown: 15 Years Of The Distortion Project – Belfast, Katy’s Bar/Limelight 2 – 17 October 2015
In these straitened economic times – marked from the music business’ perspective by increasing numbers of venues closing down and promoters going bankrupt – success stories are few and far between and thus should be acclaimed, celebrated and heralded at every opportunity. Which is exactly what today’s proceedings were all …
Read More »Stormzone – Belfast, Limelight 1 – 5 September 2015
Following a pair of warm-up festival shows in Spain – well, they certainly were “warm” – Stormzone returned to the colder climes of their native Belfast for this, the official launch of their most recent album, ‘Seven Sins‘. They were also returning to a familiar venue, but one which has changed …
Read More »Distortion Project goes ‘From Hell To The Unknown’ for 15th anniversary
Northern Ireland’s leading heavy metal promoters, The Distortion Project, are to go ‘From Hell To The Unknown’ when they celebrate their 15th anniversary in October. To mark this landmark occasion, DP will take over the entirety of Belfast’s historic Limelight complex on Saturday October 17, with 21 bands playing across …
Read More »Diamond Head – Belfast, Limelight 2, 27/06/2015
It could be argued that, although they hail from the Midlands of England, Diamond Head share an affinity with Belfast: after all, it was they who helped shape the sound of the nascent Metallica – a place in history they share with a band from this neck of the woods, …
Read More »Angel Witch – Belfast, Limelight 2 14/03/2015
On a freezing cold Mother’s Day this hard rocking mama took a little time out from her family celebrations to head out and catch a few bands – led by NWOBHM legends Angel Witch, fresh from their appearance just across the Irish Sea at Hammerfest just two days earlier and …
Read More »Portrait – Belfast, Voodoo 01/02/2015
I suppose, in the interests of journalistic impartiality, we better start this review with a declaration of interest, and that is that Terminus bassist David McCallum is a PlanetMosh contributor. The band play with a dark, thumping groove that has a ball-shaking intensity and equally dense and brooding vocals, delivered …
Read More »PORTRAIT release RAM cover “Blessed To Be Cursed”
Swedish heavy metal titans RAM and PORTRAIT join forces for a split album entitled “Under Command” to be released the 8th of December via Metal Blade Records! Side A RAM 1. Savage Machine (new song) 2. Welcome To My Funeral (originally performed by Portrait) 3. Creatures Of The Night (originally performed by KISS) Side …
Read More »Assault On T13 – Belfast, T13 26/09/2014
T13 is a massive urban sports arena which takes its name from it’s former use – as one of the huge workshops which once formed part of the industrial powerhouse that was Harland And Wolff: once the biggest shipyard in the world and famed for building the likes of HMS …
Read More »Perverting The Innocent – Dublin, Fibber Magee’s 27/09/2014
Nestled in an otherwise quiet side street off Dublin’s most famous thoroughfare, Fibber Magee’s is the watering hole of choice for a large proportion of the city’s metal community, as well as those of us from 100 miles or so further north venturing over the border on a frequent basis …
Read More »By Any Means – Interview with Paul Anthony
Perceived by many in this part of the world as the godfathers of the current Northern Ireland hardcore scene, By Any Means are about to release their second EP – and celebrate with support slots with two of the genre’s most seminal acts, Negative Approach and Madball. So, that seemed …
Read More »Defyed – Interview with Wayne Donaldson
PlanetMosh has partnered with Ascendancy Promotions, Ramp Rage, T13 and XporT13 to bring Belfast ‘Assault On T13’ – the city’s biggest ever all-ages heavy metal gig, being stage at the gigantic T13 indoor extreme sports and skate park (and part of the set of the hit HBO television series ‘Game …
Read More »Altus – Interview with Michael Legge
At the end of this month, PlanetMosh will be partnering with Ascendancy Promotions, Ramp Rage, T13 and XporT13 to bring Belfast ‘Assault On T13’ – the city’s biggest ever all-ages heavy metal gig, being stage at the gigantic T13 indoor extreme sports and skate park (and part of the set …
Read More »Zlatenera replace Cutter on Belfast all-ages bill
Following the surprisely untimely demise of Cutter, Belfast riffmeisters supreme Zlatanera have been added to the bill of the city’s biggest ever all-ages metalfest, ‘Assault On T13’. Taking place in the massive indoor skate and extreme sports park of the same name, the PlanetMosh-backed gig is headlined by Rabid Bitch …
Read More »Bloodstock – Sunday August 10
The sun dawned over the final day of Catton Park… well, it would have if it could have been seen through the heavy clouds and incessant rain which had unleashed itself over southern Derbyshire in the early hours of the morning and showed no sign of abating a sodden campers …
Read More »Rabid Bitch Of The North + Rule Of Six – Belfast, Limelight 2, 14/06/2014
The sun may be beating down outside, and Belfast threatening to enjoy some some of (quite possibly foreshortened) summer, but that doesn’t stop the hardiest of the city’s black clad metallians gathering (not quite in their masses) and heading indoors to the sanctity of the equally darkened Slimer for another …
Read More »BLOODSTOCK 2014 announce 17 more bands
Things are hotting up at BLOODSTOCK HQ as even more bands are unveiled for 2014!! Joining the main stage bill are the newly renamed, ENTOMBED A.D. After having to change their name from just ‘Entombed’, LG Petrov and his fellow band members are once again ready to let the music …
Read More »Rabid Bitch Of The North/Zlatanera/Cutter – Stiff Kitten, Belfast – 01-03-2014
Gallery of Photos from the Rabid Bitch Of The North cassette release ‘Defending Two Castles’. Read Mark’s review of the gig here: http://planetmosh.com/rabid-bitch-of-the-north-stiff-kitten-belfast-1-march-2014/ Photos by Paul Verner / LIVE:i photographic agency
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