Is there such a thing as a perfect gig? Well after going to them for over 30 years then this one was as close as you can get. A packed venue, a near perfect setlist ( The Wildhearts played the whole of their debut album Earth Vs The Wildhearts for the 1st set) and the [...]
Author Archives: Dennis Jarman
I recently emailed Efthimis Karaimas,founder member of Nightfall to discuss the band and their latest studio album Cassiopeia. Can you introduce Nightfall to the readers, please? Hello Dennis and thanks for your time mate. Nightfall is an artistic vehicle running for about 22 years now, or 8,000 days if you prefer. This band [...]
I recently had the opportunity to email interview Nick,Cody and Kosta from the thrash metal band Hatriot fronted by Steve Souza,ex vocalist from Testament and Exodus. For a debut album Hatriot sound very tight. Are you pleased with how the album turned out? Thank you very much. We are very pleased with how the album [...]
From the ashes of Black Snake Moan come Jokers Hour, formed in March 2012 and based in Winsford/Macclesfield. They are a 5 piece hard rock/blues band in their early to mid 20′s and at The Commercial Hotel in the quiet village of Wheelock in Cheshire last Friday they had the daunting task of opening the [...]
Well Xmas certainly came early to the punters who turned up for Black Rose’s final gig of 2012. We were treated to over 2hrs of Thin Lizzy classics with a few obscure album tracks thrown in for the diehards. The evening was split into 2 sets giving the band a chance to take a breather [...]
September 29th 2012 was an important day for fans of nwobhm music as the Denim And Leather festival staged 5 bands whose musical styles fit the bill. Gaskin, Praying Mantis, Weapon and Stampede were playing when the movement began in the late 70′s/early 80′s but opening band Agincourt, although who formed in 1991 have [...]
I caught up with Soph Day, vocalist and guitarist in Alunah after I reviewed their album ‘White Hoarhound’, to find out more about the band how they began etc, favourite bands/records and what their plans are and so on. Who formed Alunah and when? It kinda happened by accident, I was at a Sonic Lord show [...]
I had the privilege of catching up with Lofft’s vocalist Torger Neuhaus after I reviewed their debut album The Bitterness Of Life’, to find out more about the band how they began etc, touring and what their plans are and so on. When was Lofft formed? LOFFT was formed in 2002, so we are having [...]
Canadian metal band Anvil have just returned home after a successful tour promoting their latest studio album ‘Juggernaut Of Justice‘.The final date being a long awaited concert at Bloodstock Open Air Festival on Sunday, August 12th. New bassist Sal Italiano kindly took time out to answer an email interview with me for PlanetMosh. How [...]
I wonder if Lips and Robb Reiner, the 2 founding members of Canadian metal legends Anvil were aware that their Bloodstock appearance was just 9 days away from being 30 years since they played at a UK outdoor festival? I was front barrier for that [...]
Indepth interview with Robb Reiner at Bloodstock 2012
I recently reviewed Carpe Mortem, an excellent album by Istanbul based, melodic/death metal band Soul Sacrifice and they kindly took part in an email interview with me. Read my review of ‘Carpe Mortem’ here Who formed Soul Sacrifice and how were the remaining band members found? “Well, actually the band started by Maksim & [...]
After reviewing ‘Chaos Theory‘ the excellent debut album from ‘Bio-Death’ I caught up with vocalist Claudio Peterlini for a quick interview to find out more about the band. I have seen on your Facebook page that there is a healthy scene of Italian thrash metal bands. Is it mainly underground or gaining in popularity? Yes [...]
I had the privilege of catching up with the legendary owner and founder of Metal Blade Records, Brian Slagel. Hello Brian, this is Dennis from Planetmosh.com congratulating you on 30 years of Metal Blade Records. When you founded Metal Blade 30 years ago, did you ever imagine at the time that it would grow into [...]
I had the honor of catching up with former Exodus singer Zetro aka Steve Souza about his new band Hatriot via email. Hello Steve! Great news that Hatriot has taken off. Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. It is my pleasure. I’m glad to talk to you! Can you [...]
I had the pleasure of catching up with Mem Von Stein, vocalist from Exumer via email for this interview. 1. Prior to Exumer reforming, did Ray approach you or did you approach Ray? We were getting so much mail over the years and it really did not stop after we played the reunion show [...]
After about 12 months, the Nottingham based noisemongers Evil Scarecrow returned to The Sanctuary rock club in Burnley to show that the heavier side of metal has not got to be played with a frown but to bring a hilarious sense of showmanship to their music but which does not detract from the quality [...]
Following my review of the remastered Lightning To The Nations album i put a few questions to Diamond Head’s guitarist Brian Tatler which he graciously answered. My 1st Diamond Head gig was at Donington 1983,they opened the show followed by Dio,Twisted Sister,ZZ Top,Meatloaf and Whitesnake.Does Brian have any memories from this day? We had [...]
Midlands based band Agincourt had their work cut out on the nwobhm stage,having to follow 2 awesome sets from Stampede and Bronz but they rose to the challenge by giving us 8 tracks from their excellent debut album ‘Angels Of Mons‘. Even a few technical difficulties arising from Paul Anderson’s guitar could not halt their [...]
Well,here we are again,Hard Rock Hell V,the annual festival that goes from strength to strength and part of the weekend’s festivities was a stage devoted to nwobhm on Saturday afternoon from 12pm-17.30pm.The proceedings were opened in style by a 40min classic hard rock set from Stampede who have just finished playing 5 UK dates with [...]
