Trucker Diablo has always reminded me in the past of a British Black Stone Cherry. I thought the Northern Ireland quartet was a little one dimensional but always great live and a lot of fun. With Tail End Of A Hurricane, they show a real variety; the southern sounding rock …

I have always liked The Treatment, especially as a live act. They always come out all guns blazing and win the audience quickly. With their 5th album Waiting For Good Luck they demonstrate a real ability for writing quality, sleazy, hard rock n roll and sound as hungry as ever. …

Ireland’s Lugosi formed in 2016, and was influenced by the unholy quadrilogy of beer, books, movies and music. They embarked on a mission to make heavy music informed by horror and science fiction. Like an Ed Wood movie transmitted through rock and roll, they have created a cartoon catalogue of …

I have seen L.A. Guns with most of their various line-ups throughout the years, a handful of times in Hollywood and a dozen or so times in the UK so I was really excited to hear Renegades, the debut album from the Steve Riley / Kelly Nickels / Scotty Griffin …

Italian female fronted, symphonic goth band Dismal are celebrating 25th years of activity.  Their new album Quinta Essentia mixes classical symphonic music with doom metal, darkwave, neofolk and waltz creating a wonderfully relaxing gothic fairy tale. The first pounding sounds of Gold Leviathan Part I,II brings to mind an image …

The Dutch metal duo Legendarium is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Laurence Kerbov and Stefano Vaccari, who is also the drummer of the Italian prog band Prophexy.  Their third release Reign In Repose is a full-on concept album with every song telling a different part of the central story.  The style …

Montreal based postpunk band The City Gates present their new single ‘Siegfried 1969‘ on Velouria Recordz. This single previews the bands next album, which is expected to be released in autumn of 2020. Siegfried 1969 features vocals by Alexander Donat of German outfits Vlimmer, Whole and Fir Cone Children Review …

Constance Tomb was the brain child of Washington based multi-instrumentalist Tony Reed who originally wrote and recorded these tracks in 1988.  Originally the songs were recorded using two track tape to tape overdubbing which resulted in the songs having a lot of hiss.  Thirty two years later Tony has re-recorded …

The Sourheads – An Elder’s Son – new video single The Sourheads are soon to release their second album and have filmed the video for the new single An Elder’s Son whilst on lockdown. They filmed it in isolation using Whats App, incense smoke and Marcel the cat. Taking influence …

Swedish band Dictator Ship have signed to Sign Records and are set to release their debut album Your Favorites on the 17th April 2020.  It is a short and fast slab of 21st Century Scandinavian Rock n Roll with more than a few nods to early 70’s American garage. The …

3teeth and PIG live at the Key Club in Leeds on 04.02.2020 The Key Club is a long-standing Leeds venue that is basically a large dark dingy cellar.  The large crowd tonight looks like a sea of black, packed with an army of industrial metallers and goths.  The audience has …

Anchor Lane have been making a name for themselves as a young, upcoming New Wave of Classic Rock act over the last few years and have performed at a number of festivals including Isle of Wight, Download and Hard Rock Hell.  They have also toured with the likes of Temonti, …

Empyre are having their official launch show for their 5 star PlanetMosh rated debut album Self Aware at The Water Rats, Kings Cross, London on Thursday 28th November.  They are performing on the night and have support from Jack J Hutchinson. It is free entry and quite an early start …

London based Her Despair are back with their third release Exorcisms of Eroticism.  They combine pagan and symphonic metal with guitar based Goth to create nuggets of melodramatic adventure.  I found it easy to be immersed in the atmospheric sound of the six varied tracks, often with the music taking …

Chez Kane from Kane’d has just released the video for her debut single Torn, and it is a terrific song that showcases her powerful yet tender rock voice. The song was wrote by Chez Kane with Harry Scott Elliott (who plays all the instruments and produced, mixed and mastered the …

American GosT returns with his new album Valediction.  The constantly changing electronic landscape he creates includes many alternative musical styles.  For instance, black metal, brutal industrial, energetic dance music and catchy synth pop, all effortlessly flow from one genre to the other.  This results in a varied listen and most …

Finnish band Cvlt Ov The Svn give Planetmosh an interview ahead of their first ever live performance in London supporting Ice Nine Kills at O2 Islington Academy on Friday 27th September.   Q: Can you tell us about yourselves and how Cvlt Ov The Svn formed? A: The right minded people …