Day three of Tuska Open Air Metal Festival 2016 is about to begin: today’s big three are Gojira, Katatonia and headliners Children of Bodom. There’s been ominous rain all morning and as we head up to the arena we get a nice respite as the sun glistens over the harbour. Block Buster: …
Read More »Katatonia release full album stream of ‘The Fall Of Hearts’ including bonus tracks teaser
Katatonia, are giving fans the chance to hear their brand new studio album The Fall of Hearts in its entirety with an added of bonus of an extra track featuring clips of their 3 bonus tracks released across the various formats of the album Fans can take a listen to …
Read More »Tuska Open Air 2016 – The PlanetMosh ‘Pain’list – Listen now on Spotify
With Tuska Open Air Metal Festival almost 3 months away, we decided to put together a PlanetMosh Playlist of all the acts confirmed to play at Suvilahti on the first weekend in July. We’ve included a few songs from each of the headliners, Avantasia, Ghost and Children Of Bodom as …
Read More »Katatonia announce details of new album and reveal new lineup
Katatonia, the Swedish purveyors of dark progressive rock/metal, have revealed details of their eagerly awaited 10th studio album – the new album, entitled The Fall of Hearts is set for release on the 20th May 2016 through their long-time home of Peaceville Records. “This album is probably everything we unknowingly ever dreamed of to release. …
Read More »Tuska 2016 adds Katatonia, Delain, Lordi and Havok – Tickets on sale now
The line up for Tuska 2016 at Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland, just keeps getting bolder and more beautiful. Swedish atmospheric masters KATATONIA have been confirmed to put their spell on Tuska 2016. Entertainment values will be shot through the roof when Finland’s hard rock ambassador LORDI brings his “The Arockalypse 2006 …
Read More »KATATONIA to release ‘Kocytean’ for Record Store Day
Record Store Day began in the US in 2007 when over 700 independent stores in the USA came together to celebrate their unique culture, the UK soon followed suit and on April 19th 2014 will see the seventh celebration of the UK’s unique independent sector. All of the independently owned …
Read More »Damnation Festival – Katatonia Interview
The boundary- pushing enthusiasts are still striving to take their music forward, with their new project just recently launched with the tranquil and ambient alternative to their new album ‘Dead End Kings’ – ‘Dethroned and Uncrowned’. Damnation was also the anniversary of the album that revolutionized Katatonia; ‘Viva Emptiness’, as …
Read More »Paradise Lost Tragic Illusion Tour- Glasgow 31/10/13
Halloween 2013 finds me back in Glasgow joining Sheila for Paradise Lost’s ‘Tragic Illusion’ tour to celebrate the bands 25th year in the music industry. For this short tour of the UK the band have brought special guest Katatonia from Sweden and Lacuna Coil from Italy to join them on …
Read More »Katatonia, ABC Glasgow Pictures
Some pictures of Katatonia supporting Paradise Lost on their Tragic Illusion tour at the O2 ABC Glasgow
Read More »Paradise Lost interview with Aaron Aedy, ABC Glasgow 31st Oct 2013
I had the pleasure of chatting with the lovely Aaron Aedy, Rhythm Guitarist for Paradise Lost before their superb set at the ABC in Glasgow on Halloween. In this 25 minute interview we discuss 25 years of the band, achievements, touring, previous and current tour with Lacuna Coil and Katatonia, …
Read More »Graspop Metal Meeting 2013 – Day 1 – Friday 28/06/13
Every year at the end of June, flocks of nomadic metal fans descend on the tranquil little town of Dessel in the north east of Belgium for the Graspop Metal Meeting. Now in its 18th year, GMM offers the best of all genres of music over 3 sonically charged days. …
Read More »Bruce Soord with Jonas Renkse – Wisdom Of Crowds
Last year, Prog Rock champions, Katatonia and The Pineapple Thief gave us two astounding collections with “Dead End Kings” and “All the Wars”. This year their respective frontmen have banged their creative heads together in a quest for the musical equivalent of the Higgs-Boson Particle and “Wisdom of Crowds” is …
Read More »Download 2013 more bands announced!
Download 2013 latest announcement – Papa Roach, Rise To Remain, Gogol Bordello, Lit, Escape The Fate and Blitz Kids are amongst the 49 new acts added to our 2013 line up. Taking on the world, this year’s line-up continues to bring the best international rock acts from every corner of …
Read More »Minutian – Repercussions
It’s no secret that we love a bit of prog over here at Planetmosh, in all its forms. Progressive music as a whole is simultaneously the cheesiest and most ridiculous genre we have and the most serious and overtly complex. The simple banner of “progressive” fits snugly alongside virtually any …
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