Italian progressive metal band, LAST UNION have released a new music video and single for ‘Most Beautiful Day‘ featuring Mike LePond (SYMPHONY X) on bass and Uli Kusch (ex-HELLOWEEN, ex-MASTERPLAN) on drums. The track is taken from their debut album ‘Twelve‘, which also features DREAM THEATER vocalist James LaBrie on three songs, and will be releaed on December 21, 2018 through ROAR! Rock …
Read More »Enbound – The Blackened Heart
As a reviewer it’s always interesting what pieces of material get sent your way. One question you start asking yourself will be “is this album going to be worth listening to?” So when I received an email with an album entitled “The Blackened Heart” by Swedish melodic metal band Enbound; …
Read More »Metal Female Voices Fest reveal Friday lineup
The organisers of Metal Female Voices Fest have announced the lineup for the Friday night of the event. Whereas Saturday and Sunday will be normal band sets, the Friday will be a more intimate acoustic affair with a great lineup of musicians and singers performing.
Read More »Bloodstock Open Air Festival – Sunday 14/08/2016.
Sunday comes around too soon as it means the final day of Bloodstock Open Air Festival. 2016 has been one of the strongest line ups I have seen and I’m already counting down the days to 2017. The plan on my schedule was to watch the first half of Ghost …
Read More »Bloodstock announces VIP tickets, Fear Factory, & more!
BLOODSTOCK announces VIP tickets, Fear Factory, & more! As we cruise in to Christmas, BLOODSTOCK’s rolling out some early treats! Three more bands for your delectation, plus on-sale details for the VIP tickets. First up for a main stage add are FEAR FACTORY! Hot from their 20th …
Read More »Symphony X Announce Complete Line-Up for the ‘Underworld Europe Tour 2016’.
Announce support bands for European tour 2016 World Management and Symphony X are pleased to announce the complete line-up for the ‘Underworld Europe Tour 2016’. Support will be coming from Tunisia’s fantastic progressive rockers Myrath and from France the incredible Melted Space. Symphony X states: “Together we are excited to …
Read More »Symphony X Announce UK Headline Tour For 2016
New Jersey-based progressive metal masters Symphony X are very pleased to announce they will be coming to our UK shores this coming February 2016 for a run of headline shows. Guitar virtuoso and founding member Michael Romeo said of the announcement; “We are excited about getting back out on …
Read More »Allen/ Lande – The Great Divide
Arguably two of the greatest singers metal has had in the last 20 years have once again come together. Russell Allen (Symphony X) and Jorn Lande (Jorn, Yngwie Malmsteen, Masterplan) have released 3 previous albums with Magnus Karlsson (Primal Fear ) taking the duties of writing, producing and playing nearly everything …
Read More »Hellfest 2013 Sunday Pictures
Some pictures from Sunday at Hellfest 2013
Read More »Reign Of The Architect – Rise
Although Reign Of The Architect only fully coalesced as a band last year, this ambitious, Israeli-based progressive metal project has been five years in the making, with this album tracing its roots right back as far as 2008, when guitarist Yuval Kramer initially started work on this concept work, along …
Read More »DGM – Momentum
Although personally this is my first encounter with DGM, if the evidence of ‘Momentum’ is anything to go by it is not hard to see why the Italian five piece are highly regarded as one of the better progressive metal bands on the continent of Europe. Featuring guest performances by …
Read More »R-Mine Metalfest 2013 – Confirmed Festival Line-Up
R-MINE METALFEST 2013 takes place on the 21th – 23th June in Tongeren, Belgium. SYMPHONY X recently annouced as headliner with RHAPSODY OF FIRE and HELL. Acts confirmed for the festival include: Friday 21/06 – RHAPSODY OF FIRE, JORN, NIGHTMARE, EVIL MASQUERADE, FATE, VOODOO HIGHWAY, EX LIBRIS, ETHERNITY, AZYLYA (tickets …
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 …
Read More »Hellfest 2013 Clisson, Nantes, France. 21st to 23rd June
Hellfest 2013 takes place on 21/22/23 June at Rue du Champ Louet, 44190 Clisson, France. With a record of 113,000 people attending the festival in 2012, Hellfest has become the 3rd biggest festival in France. The originality of the festival’s artistic project has allowed it to reach an international recognition. Born …
Read More »Holy Knights – ‘Between Daylight And Pain’
When power metal is done well, it is done bloody well. When it’s done badly, it’s done bloody atrociously. The second album by re-united Sicilian trio Holy Knights falls somewhere between these two extremes. Way back at the turn of the 21st century, Holy Knights could have been, in words …
Read More »Adrenaline Mob with Voodoo Six – Glasgow, King Tuts – 29th June 2012
It’s safe to say that I had been looking forward to this gig for a while. It’s not often you get to be up close and personal to some true masters of their craft but King Tuts in Glasgow gives you that opportunity big style thanks to its compact size …
Read More »Sleepy Hollow – Skull 13 (c.d)
When you hear the name Sleepy Hollow everyUSMetal-maniac will go nuts. The band only released one demo (“A Legend Retold“) in 1989 and the self-titled album in 1991. But unfortunately, after that they got buried and forgotten. Now, 20 years later, they return with their second full length-album “Skull …
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