TUSKA 2018 – EMPEROR AND OTHERS ADDED TO THE LINE UP, DAY TICKETS ON SALE – Tuska festival at Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland 29.6.-1.7.2018 – New additions: Emperor, Stick To Your Guns, The Charm The Fury and Shiraz Lane – Show days of Artists announced, day tickets and two day tickets …

BLOODSTOCK are excited to announce four more additions to their August 2018 line-up. German metal legend, DORO will be our Friday night Sophie Lancaster stage headliner!  With a career spanning over 30 years and 17 studio albums under her belt (including 4 with Warlock), DORO’s current label Nuclear Blast recently …

Starting its third decade, Tuska festival celebrates by announcing more Artists to the 2018 line up. KREATOR, EUROPE, EVEN STAR WARS More than three decades of thrash metal is serious thing. And Kreator has always been strictly business. Mille Petrozza and his horde have been blasting shit to bits since day one …

PlanetMosh caught up with Irish doom outfit Death The Leveller after their debut release ‘A Call To Men Of Noble Blood’ to find out a little more about them and to see what they have in store for us in 2017 and beyond. For people hearing about Death The Leveller …

With the hugely successful ‘Not In This Lifetime‘ tour bringing a swathe of rock ‘n’ roll nostalgia across the world, Guns ‘n’ Roses are preparing to take the UK by the scruff of the neck on June 16th and 17th with what promises to be one of the hottest shows …

With KISS releasing Kissworld on June 02nd we’ve decided to throw together a poll to see what is the PlanetMosh readers’ favourite song from the 20 that were chosen to be included on the album. [poll id=”15″] Read the PlanetMosh review of their recent London show here For more info …

Former Irish folk metal outfit, Mael Mórdha & Cursed Earth members give birth to new 90’s doom-inspired project Death The Leveller, with the debut track from their forthcoming self-titled EP due for release on June 12th. Rising from the ashes of Dublin-based Mael Mórdha – purveyors of ‘Gaelic doom metal’ …

It’s Dublin on a Saturday night in May. There’s more than 350 people rammed into Fibber Magees and that can only mean one thing. It’s time for the Metal 2 The Masses Ireland Final 2017. Throughout the first half of this year thirty five bands have been whittled down to the last …

TUSKA HEATSEEKER 2017 – MAN WITH A MISSION AND OTHERS – Tuska pre-party at Tavastia and Semifinal on Thursday 29.6. Helsinki, Finland. Tuska Heatseeker serves as the official opening party for the Tuska weekend in Helsinki. Tavastia and more intimate Semifinal just downstairs accommodate the hottest upcoming acts on the …

It’s April 29th 2017, the night of the biggest fight of the century. Expectations are high as to who will deliver the goods on the big stage as the combatants touch gloves and the bell rings. Yeah, it’s time for Dublin to decide what two bands will complete the final …

It’s Saturday night again at the den of iniquity that is Fibber Magees and the hordes have gathered for the second semi-final of Metal 2 The Masses Ireland. Whether they are here to have their souls saved and their sins purged remains to be seen, but from the buzz in …

TUSKA 2017 – NEW BANDS, AFTER PARTIES AND FESTIVAL AREA DETAILS – Stockholm-based death metal machine LIK and Finnish acts Huora and Amendfoil added to the bill – Festival area services improved: ”Tulinen Grillialue” BBQ area and Rottanaama Beer Bingo among other fine features – Official After Parties at Virgin …

BLOODSTOCK has six more bands lined up for the Sophie Lancaster stage and four lucky bands win slots on the New Blood stage to celebrate the start of the ‘Metal To The Masses’ finals. Landing slots on the Sophie Lancaster stage are Leeds metal trio BLIND HAZE, Italian power/classic metal outfit, …

The rollercoaster ride that has been Metal 2 The Masses Ireland 2017 reached the semi-final stages last weekend and PlanetMosh was strapped into the carriage once again to see which bands could hold on tight enough to secure a place in that one last foray on the way to Bloodstock. …

TUSKA20 – THE ANNIVERSARY SONG –  Charity Campaign starts on Monday April 10th As part of its twentieth birthday celebrations Tuska Open Air Metal Festival gets its own very special signature song. “Tuska20 – The Anniversary Song” is an exquisite seven minute epic, written and performed by the top names …

Saturday evening at Fibber Magee’s in Dublin saw the culmination of the heats for Metal 2 The Masses Ireland 2017. The seventh event in nine weeks brought together the final four acts looking for a place in the Semi Finals. On paper I assumed it was going to be a close affair …

Hot on the heels of the Irish rugby team obliterating English dreams at the Aviva stadium, we shuffled down to Fibber Magees to see the next quartet of bands going head to head at Metal 2 the Masses Ireland. Would one of the outfits begin an unbeaten streak tonight on …

TUSKA 2017 – TRIPTYKON, SOILWORK, ROTTEN SOUND AND MANY OTHERS ADDED – Tuska 20th Anniversary at Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland on 30.6.-2.7.2017 – Triptykon, Soilwork, Impaled Nazarene, Rotten Sound, Brother Firetribe and more Tuska’s 20th Anniversary program keeps on getting sweeter, as a bunch of new Artists have been added to …

Saturday night saw the 5th instalment of this years Metal 2 The Masses showcase at Fibber Magees in Dublin. With one band unable to play the playing field was reduced to 4 groups vying for a place in the semi final. First up are M2TM returnees Antidotes. Fronted by Stephen …

TUSKA 2017 – DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT CONFIRMED – 20th Tuska at Suvilahti, Helsinki, 30.6.-2.7.2017 – Tuska Show on the Tuska youtube channel Canadian gentleman and multi-instrumentalist Devin Townsend along with his Project has been confirmed to appear at Tuska 2017 on Friday June 30th. Devin has always had a very …