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SynaptiK – Bloodstock (August 8)

You never know who you’re going to meet when you’re hanging about back stage at a big festival… And so it was that PlanetMosh hooked up with the guys from SynaptiK – winners of the Norwich heat of the ‘Metal 2 The Masses’ competition -for a chat about the band, …

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ZhOra – Monsters Of Rot preview interview

ZhOra

PlanetMosh is proud to be sponsoring the main stage at the fourth incarnation of Monsters Of Rot, which takes place in Letterbreen, County Fermanagh, this coming Saturday (August 16). The festival brings together some of the best extreme metal bands on the island of Ireland.  As part of our build …

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Zombified – Monsters Of Rot preview interview

Zombified vocalist Pete Clarke

PlanetMosh is proud to be sponsoring the main stage at the fourth incarnation of Monsters Of Rot, which takes place in Letterbreen, County Fermanagh, on this day week (Saturday August 16). The festival brings together some of the best extreme metal bands on the island of Ireland.  As part of …

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Aeternum Vale – Monsters Of Rot preview interview

Aeternum Vale album artwork

PlanetMosh is proud to be sponsoring the main stage at the fourth incarnation of Monsters Of Rot, which takes place in Letterbreen, County Fermanagh, on Saturday August 16. The festival brings together some of the best extreme metal bands on the island of Ireland.  As part of our build up to the …

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It’s a Monster(s Of Rot) brew…

The PlanetMosh backed Monsters Of Rot has confirmed that local brewery Inishmacsaint has come on board as the event’s latest sponsor, and is to sell a specially brewed IPA at the festival, which takes place at Letterbreen in County Fermanagh next Saturday (August 16). The artwork for a specially commissioned …

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F#cherry say ‘Just B#ck it”

Los Angeles hard asses Buckcherry have premiered the first single from their forthcoming new profanity-fuelled EP. The band – whose guitarist Keith Nelson last November challenged this PlanetMosh journalist to a fight and then backed out – are streaming the song ‘Just F#ck It’ (a cover of the Icona Pop …

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Weed Priest – Monsters Of Rot preview interview

Weed Priest

PlanetMosh is proud to be sponsoring the main stage at the fourth incarnation of Monsters Of Rot, which takes place in Letterbreen, County Fermanagh, on Saturday August 16. The festival brings together some of the best extreme metal bands on the island of Ireland.  As part of our build up to the …

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Putrefy – Monsters Of Rot preview interview

Monsters Of Rot Poster

PlanetMosh is proud to be sponsoring the main stage at the fourth incarnation of Monsters Of Rot, which takes place in Letterbreen, County Fermanagh, on Saturday August 16. The festival brings together some of the best extreme metal bands on the island of Ireland.  As part of our build up to the …

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Dead Aeon – Monsters Of Rot preview interview

Monsters Of Rot IV logo

PlanetMosh is proud to be sponsoring the main stage at the fourth incarnation of Monsters Of Rot, which takes place in Letterbreen, County Fermanagh, on Saturday August 16. The festival brings together some of the best extreme metal bands on the island of Ireland.  As part of our build up …

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Fuckhammer – Monsters Of Rot preview interview

Monsters Of Rot IV logo

PlanetMosh is proud to be sponsoring the main stage at the fourth incarnation of Monsters Of Rot, which takes place in Letterbreen, County Fermanagh, on Saturday August 16. The festival brings together some of the best extreme metal bands on the island of Ireland.  As part of our build up …

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Steelhouse Festival (Day Two) – Ebbw Vale, 20/07/2014

Joey Tempest, Steelhouse 2014 - Photo by Ian Cates

The weather forecast for the first day of this fourth round of Steelhouse had predicted thunderstorms and torrential rain… but  neither materialized and the only protection needed from the elements was another layer of sunblock.  Like its predecessor, the second day dawned gloriously, but the question on everyone’s lips was …

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Can metal fans drink in ‘normal’ bars?

Is it becoming increasingly difficult for ordinary, decent heavy metal fans to enjoy a quiet drink on a night out with their – sometimes non-metal – friends?  If recent experiences – including several by this writer – are anything to go by, then the answer may be more and more …

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