Trillium, the band fronted by Amanda Somerville, are the special guests on the UK part of Magnums current tour. They had a good half hour set to show the crowd what they were all about. Playing Symphonic metal at a Magnum gig might have sounded like a strange idea to …

Tucked away beneath the rain swept streets of Manchester, we find ourselves at club Alter-Ego, and the stage for the launch of Incassum’s second album, ‘Rite of Passage’. In support tonight are Lazarus Syndrome and Hanging Doll, both of whom, curfew or otherwise, assist in making this intimate subterranean microcosm …

Since reforming nine years ago, Europe have released four albums , all receiving critical acclaim, and selling by the truck load, ‘Last Look at Eden’ was my surprise hit of 2009, as it marked a turning point in the bands musical direction, heading more into hard edged blues territory. Paul …

Manchester Metal is alive and kicking, just ask anyone who was at NQ Live last night to witness the launch of Dark Horizons, the debut album from the latest addition to Rocksector Records. Expectations were high as three top class bands were booked to support Babylon Fire and despite an …

Trail of murder – Shades of art Having never heard of Trail of Murder before I dug a little deeper as the first track kicked in. It seems I knew more about the band than I first realized, as all the members at one time or another have all been …

WORLD FIRE BRIGADE is a new modern hard rock group featuring ‘Fuel’s’ Brett Scallions, ‘Smile Empty Soul’s’ Sean Danielsen and producer Eddie Wohl. After a brief intro, the title track “Spreading My Wings” really opens this opus up. We get to discover if this new band is in fact new, …

More than 30 years and counting, Loudness are still going strong, these Japanese metal veterans are still finding new ways to deliver good, heavy, fresh and interesting metal. If you haven’t followed Loudness in a while,’ Eve To Dawn’ is a good record to get you back into the band. …

Steve Hackett’s latest album is a follow up to 1996’s “Genesis revisited”. This album, once again revisit’s Genesis songs and rework’s them in Steve’s own musical direction. It can be hard to do justice to this type of music, as I can only think of one Genesis song that has …

This album, Paul’s 12th solo record includes four new guitar and vocal compositions, four instrumentals, plus three live cover songs from Gilbert’s 2010 “Fuzz” tour. Ably backed in the studio by his wife Emi on keys and vocals, Kelly LeMieux on bass and the utterly brilliant Thomas Lang on drums …

Following the release on 22nd October of legendary guitarist Steve Hackett’s newest album, Genesis Revisited II which comes in a limited edition 2CD Media-book, as well as a 4LP & 2CD version, Planetmosh have a copy to give away to one lucky reader. To win, just answer this simple question. …

Hell to pay, hailing from Manchester release their 2nd E.P as a prelude to their full album due sometime next year. They have just completed a uk tour in support of this E.P, with a launch party in their home city, before ending the tour with another launch party at …

Periphery Photos, Manchester Academy 5th October 2012

Between The Buried And Me Photos, Manchester Academy 5th October 2012

Planetmosh have another great prize for you, this time it is a copy of the new Coheed and Cambria cd, The Afterman: Ascension, AND a SIGNED cd flyer, to win this moshtastic bundle, just answer this simple question: In which year did Coheed and Cambria form ?. The closing date …

Kismet are an alternative Rock band from Trecenta, Italy, and formed in the late 90’s. Shortly after, their debut EP “Rooms of Lie” was created, which went on to obtain much positive feedback from Metal Hammer, Metal Shock, Rock Hard etc. This fuelled the band into playing many Italian events …

Rival Sons Photos, Manchester 28th September 2012

Slash photos, Manchester Apollo, 8th October

Ginger Wildheart and his band of rock n roll outlaws were a great choice as an opening act last night at the Manchester Apollo,. They got a thunderous welcome and hit the stage running with ‘Sonic Shake’, ‘Girls are better then the boys’, before the “everybody on stage jump about’ …

Planetmosh have two Motorhead digipacks to give away, each contain 1x DVD & 2 X Cds. To win, just answer this simple question : What is the name of the very first live Motorhead album ? The competition will close at Midnight, 20th October, and the winners will be emailed …

Formed in 2007, Severenth have toured the UK with their debut album ” The Age Of Paranoia” The album gained critical acclaim with outstanding reviews, and also won the Playmusic UK best unsigned metal act of 2009. They have toured America knitting factorys in 2010 and have also played Ibiza,hammerfest …