I’ve been a fan of Slayer way back since 1983 after buying their debut album Show No Mercy. 1985 saw Hell Awaits with the band playing a darn sight faster but the major game changer was Reign In Blood in 1986. For a measly £5.50 I got to see them …
Read More »Slayer, Anthrax, Kvelertak – 02 Academy, Birmingham – 27/11/2015
With a society very much stuck in the epic nature of the now, tonight’s Slayer/Anthrax/Kvelertak show has been labelled as the metal event of the year by many. In a 2015 where we have already been blessed with a Slipknot/Korn tour, a Megadeth/Lamb Of God Tour and a host of …
Read More »Slayer – ‘Repentless’
Any new album by the likes of Slayer is going to carry with it an understandable weight of expectation. With ‘Repentless’, it is inevitably going to be even more so. Not only is it the band’s first album in six long years but it is also the first since the …
Read More »Dave Lombardo – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast – 05/03/2014
@Planetmosh reviews .@TheDaveLombardo drum clinic in Belfast A year after parting ways – for the second and what would seem to be most definitely the final time – with the band that he formed at the age of 16, Dave Lombardo remains an angry man. A bitter man. But, he …
Read More »Dave Lombardo – “It’s sickening… I wasn’t asking for anything other than to be treated equally.”
It’s been almost a year since drummer Dave Lombardo was unceremoniously dumped by Slayer, on the eve of an Australian tour. As he prepares to return to the UK for the first time since that ignominious day, PlanetMosh took the opportunity to chat with him about said visit – and, …
Read More »Slayer – Limelight 2, Belfast – Wednesday June 12th 2013
When Slayer first announced this, the last of three intimate warm up shows on the island of Ireland in preparation for their trip around the European festival circuit – culminating, of course, at Bloodstock – there was at first a certain degree of incredulity. “Are you fucking serious?” was the …
Read More »Serpent – ‘Fear’ EP
Serpent are a young – make that ridiculously so – thrash band from the historic market town of Cookstown (best known for its amazing sausages and having the widest high street in the British Isles!), in that part of Norn Iron known as being “west of the Bann”, and therefore …
Read More »Marshall 50 years of loud – 22nd September 2012
Saturday night at Wembley arena was the scene for one of the most impressive nights of music the venue has seen. The event had advertised a whole host of stars – Doug Aldrich, Nicko McBrain, Phil Campbell, Tim Ripper Owens, Billy Duffy, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Corey Taylor, Glenn Hughes, …
Read More »Marshall 50 Years of Loud Photos – Part 2, Wembley Arena, 22/9/12
Part 2 of the photo's taken at the Marshall 50 Years of Loud event at Wembley Arena on 22nd September 2012
Read More »Marshall 50 Years of Loud Photos – Part 1, Wembley Arena, 22/9/12
Photo's taken at the Marshall 50 Years of Loud event at Wembley Arena on 22nd September 2012
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