Blaze Bayley – SinCity –Swansea16/12/11   The night kicked off with Black Tamanous, a 4 piece metal band fromSwansea. They list their influences as Lamb Of God, Carcuss, Pantera and EyeHateGod. Unfortunately there were only about 20 people in the room including the bar staff during their set.   7/10 …

The biggest Metal Festival of the world! Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. With 70,000 festival visitors, it attracts all kinds of metal music fans, such as fans of black metal, death metal, power metal, thrash metal, gothic metal …

On a very windy Sunday night I headed through to Glasgow to interview Barney and review the Napalm Death gig at Ivory Blacks. Last time I seen Napalm Death was at Hammerfest 2 back in 2010 when they tore up the main stage so I was looking forward to tonight’s …

First things first , thankyou Mick Staley  of MGTV for inviting Planetmosh. Despite a couple of last minute changes to the line up, and worst of all, the eleventh hour cancellation of the Hog Roast which resulted in my having to console myself with packets of Mr Porky’s scratchings, I …

MP3 album  downloaded from Stuka Squadron’s website.   Review by Carl “Thunarr” Pickles   Pardon?  Are you sure about that?  OK, let me get this right… Vampires in the Luftwaffe?  They’re playing what?  NWOBHM-influenced Metal?  They’re reminiscent of Maiden, Cathedral and Manowar at their best?  What’s not to like?!   …

  Where to start with this one eh?31 tracks on 2cds and a bonus live dvd as well.Metal Blade Records,due to demand,have re-released Servants Of Chaos from the vastly underrated and sadly disbanded Cirith Ungol.Originally released as a dbl cd in 2001,Servants Of Chaos contains rare,demo,live and unreleased tracks from …

Since last week’s competition proved to be so popular, we’ve decided to give you all another chance at winning a 2nd mega stack of CDs!!! Of course, you’ll get the extra goodies as usual thanks to our friends at Metal Blade, Pitch Black Records, Nuclear Blast and TrashPit!! Remember, there’s …

Christmas song from Malice In Wonderland Norwegian hard rock band Malice In Wonderland have written and recorded a brand new Christmas song. The song is called “When Everything’s Red” and you can find it on the band’s youtube site. [youtube]j9VL6zD8zkY[/youtube] The band’s front man Chris Wicked comments the song. “While …

Ant May from Planetmosh spoke to Arch Enemy bassist, Sharlee D’Angelo before the band played their only UK show at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London on 6th December. Planetmosh: First of all, welcome to London Sharlee: Thank you. Planetmosh: You’ve chosen to start your tour in the UK this …

This is Lee Walker from www.PlanetMosh.com conducting an interview with Jimi from Raven Vandelle. LW – It doesn’t seem that long ago you were playing Highway to Hell taking part in a battle of the bands competition with another 24 bands to win places on this festival. How have things …

My instant reactions to this album were Judas Priest. The album instantly sets off an atmosphere that is chilling and creepy. They give it a mysterious feel that makes you want to discover the darkness it holds within. In the album you can hear a mixture of British and European …

I caught up with Blaze before the gig at Ivory Blacks in Glasgow. To find out what he’s been up to over the last year or so. He talks about Wolfsbane and his own band, what motivates him, his new Blaze Bayley album ‘The King of Metal’ that will be …

I interviewed Mark “Barney” Greenway lead singer from Napalm Death just before there gig at Ivory Blacks in Glasgow. Barney answers a few questions including his favorite albums and then some fan questions first before talking about Napalm Death, the new album ‘Utilitarian’ coming out 27th February next year and …

I was as happy as a kid in a sweet shop when i found out that Fiona Flanagan was back in the music business earlier this year, and was due to release an new record, as it has been 19 years since her last release “Squeeze”. As a long time …

The night opened with some Taiwanese black metal courtesy of Chthonic.  Chthonic supported Arch Enemy last year when they played London, so they’ve got plety of fans in the crowd tonight.  Tonight the band arent wearing their face paint, and I have to say, Bassist Doris looks better without the …

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This is Lee Walker from www.PlanetMosh.com conducting an email interview with Phil Conalane frontman of Million $ Reload LW – For those people out there who are just discovering Million $ Reload how did the band come into being? Phil – All the members of M$R were playing in other …

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It’s always impressive when a band manages to come overseas and bust-out a sell out tour. It became even more impressive when looking upon the droves of rabid fans Soil and Puddle of Mudd brought out onto a pretty damn cold Southampton evening. Then again, is it really that surprising …