Savage Messiah’s front man David Silver is taking part in this years Heavy Metal Truant Bike ride in aid of the Nordoff Robbins Charity! The bike ride idea started in 2012, where manager of IRON MAIDEN, RON SMALLWOOD, and Metal Hammer Editor-in-Chief ALEXANDER MILAS started the idea of influential people …
Read More »10% off Alt-Fest tickets with Planetmosh
We’ve been talking to those nice people at Alt-Fest and they’ve agreed to give Planetmosh readers 10% off the price of tickets if you order before 2nd May. All you need to do is go to the Alt-fest website and select the tickets you want. Then hit continue and it …
Read More »ARCH ENEMY reveals artwork, track-listing for ‘War Eternal’
Extreme metal icons ARCH ENEMY will unleash their 9th studio album, War Eternal, worldwide via Century Media Records (Trooper Entertainment in Japan) on June 9th in Europe and June 10th in North America. The artwork for the album was created by Costin Chioreanu, who previously worked with Michael Amott on …
Read More »Win a pair of tickets to Alt-Fest with camping
Planetmosh have a pair of weekend tickets, with camping to be won for this years Alt-fest. The myriad tribes of the alternative scene will assemble for Alt-Fest 15th – 17th of August 2014 at Boughton Estate in Kettering, tickets are available now from Alt-Fest.com. Alt-Fest’s line-up features an all-star cast …
Read More »SAVAGE MESSIAH premiere new track ‘Hammered Down’
London metallers SAVAGE MESSIAH have premiered a new track from their upcoming album, THE FATEFUL DARK, which is due to be released on March 10th in Europe via Earache Records and on March 18th in the USA via Century Media/Earache Records. Listen to the new track “Hammered Down” now via …
Read More »AMEN to return for a UK festival exclusive appearance at Alt-Fest, plus Paradise Lost confirmed
Twenty years since their formation, controversial metal-punk outfit AMEN are coming back together for a very special set at Alt-Fest, 15th – 17th August 2014 at Boughton Estate, Kettering. This UK festival exclusive appearance is the first of many new additions to the event including a new headliner for the …
Read More »Combichrist, Satyricon, Peter Murphy and more join Alt-Fest’s ever-expanding line-up
Electro Metal five-piece, Combichrist, are the first of several new additions to Alt-Fest taking place 15-17th August at Boughton Estate, Kettering. The band will bring their collision of hardcore and electronic sounds to the main stage in a UK festival exclusive after having been heavily requested to appear by Alt-Fest …
Read More »The Cult are announced as Alt-Fest final main stage headliner
Alt-Fest are celebrating the New Year in style by announcing The Cult, set to appear on Sunday 17th of August as the final headliner for the festival. This is an exclusive UK 2014 performance that will take place over the weekend of 15th – 17th August at Boughton Estate, Kettering. …
Read More »Alt-Fest announce Marilyn Manson as headliner
The self-proclaimed ‘God of Fuck’ has been confirmed as the headline act for Alt-Fest – Saturday 16th August 2014. This will be the band’s only UK Festival Performance. 10 albums down, 3 Grammy nominations, a string of past band members, a truck load of covers and more controversy than the …
Read More »Peter Hook and the light, Arch Enemy and Killing Joke among latest additions to Alt-Fest 2014
Alt-Fest is very pleased to announce that the legendary Peter Hook will be joining the line-up of the debut festival in 2014. His band Peter Hook and The Light will perform seminal album ‘Unknown Pleasures’ in its entirety as part of his set. In keeping with the ethos of Alt-Fest, …
Read More »Alt-fest smashes it’s £30,000 fundraising target in just six days
Having launched phase two of their crowd-funding via Kickstarter on Monday 4th March 2013, Alt Fest organisers are proud to announce that the £30,000 initial target was smashed within six days and with 22 days still left on the official campaign. In accordance with Kickstarter’s terms and conditions, pledgers do …
Read More »Alt-fest announces bands for 2014
Alt-Fest – a brand new radical alternative music and lifestyle festival with a totally wicked edge, has been confirmed to take place on August 15th, 16th and 17th 2014 at a 50,000 capacity site in the South East of England, to be announced soon. Yes you did read that right …
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