Friday at Bloodstock was indeed a great day for the New Blood Stage and one of those bands was Cambion.   Apologies for the background noise, but that’s festivals for you.   If you missed their set at Bloodstock, you can listen to 5 of their tracks on their Facebook …

Another new band playing on the New Blood Stage at Bloodstock 2012 was Exile The Traitor.  Formed in 2011 and with their first gig only taking place in January this year, they are certainly on the fast route.           You can also download ‘Passion For The Postmortem’ …

Yet another great young band this year was Skarlett Riot.  Following on from their set at Download, they played an acoustic set on the Jägermeister Stage on Friday at Bloodstock. Their debut EP ‘Villain’ was released this year and their video is available for request on Scuzz TV and Kerrange, …

Yorkshire based group Waking Theo have a lot to be happy about at the moment after playing the New Blood Stage at Bloodstock this year. Part of a great line up courtesy of Metal To The Masses, I caught up with the band a short while after their packed set …

I love a good Celtic tune and so when I was asked if I wanted to review the new album by Eluveitie I said….well…go on then!  Due to be released on 17 August, the new album is called ‘The Early Years’ and looking at the track listing it is easy …

Released on 3 August 2012, ‘Manala’ is the eighth studio album from Finnish pagan folk metallers Korpiklaani.  It also sees a change in line up with Tuonas Rounakari on fiddle replacing Jaakko Lemmetty’s violin.  The artwork for the album works well with the concept which is itself a very interesting …

Earlier this month Mothers Ruin played 2 sets at Hard Rock Hell in Ibiza and I was very disappointed not to be able to arrive in time to see either. However, I was lucky enough catch up with Gary Moat and Adrian Dunn to talk about the band, recent gigs, …

English metallers HeKz released their debut album ‘Tabula Rasa’ on 6 April 2012, offering us up 10 tracks in the process.  This is indeed an interesting album and another example of a band allowing its old school metal influences to flow nice and clearly through their music.  Several tracks on …

The first time I heard of Fury was at Hammerfest IV earlier this year when they were added to the bill at short notice.  I absolutely loved their set in Wales and with Hammerfest fading into memory I was only too happy to review their two offerings; Fury (EP) and …

Last Saturday night I was in unfamiliar territory for me, namely Chelsea Football ground.  Why was I there? To attend the launch party for Nico Tamburella’s new album, ‘Mind Cage’.  The venue, ‘Under The Bridge’ is definitely a cool venue for music nights and due to all the photographs of …

As Friday night dawned and another working week came to an end, I headed over to Nambucca for a Freak Circus.  (No, I’m not being harsh, that’s the name of the night.)  I had been looking forward to this gig for a while and as many of my mates would …

Planetmosh: Your new album ‘Son of Perdition’ was released late last month, can you tell us about it? Adam: The album “Son of Perdition” marks Wretched’s 3rd Victory records release.  It has  11 tracks; 3 of which make up an epic instrumental ride. The songs span all genres but concentrate …

Friday night in the city and another great evening of music awaits, this time in the shape of the Jägermeister Tour at Brixton Academy.  Headlining this event is none other than the incomparable Skindred, along with Therapy?, Black Spiders and The Defiled.  This is the first time I have seen …

I am going to begin by apologising for the late posting of this review, I feel that I should say right off that the delay had nothing to do with the gig or the quality of performance from any of the bands that evening.  All of which were fantastic. Right, …

After a weekend of interviews I was very happy to be booted out of the press area and told to go and enjoy watching some bands – and where did I go?  Stage 1 to see Skindred of course!  Well ok, first I went to have some beer and then …

I caught up with Darrin Richards from Chemicals of Democracy after their set on stage 2 at Hammerfest IV.  Having flown all the way from Arizona  to play Hammerfest I took the opportunity to have a chat with Darrin about how it feels to be playing Hammerfest, their new album that …

I met up with the lads from Heaven’s Basement on Friday at Hammerfest IV to chat about playing at Hammerfest, how it feels to be playing their first electric set at Download this year, their debut album, and receiving the award for the best drummer of the year.   Heaven’s …

I caught up with the guys from Slam Cartel fresh from their set at Hammerfest IV on Friday night to chat about how they enjoyed their set, their new single ‘Wishing eye’, and what’s next for them in 2012.  Check it out.   Apologies for the poor quality, crank up …

I caught up with the lovely blokes from Savage Outlaw at Hammerfest IV to talk about being at Hammerfest for the first time and what’s next for them in 2012, with a couple of other random questions thrown in. Thanks guys! Check out their debut album ‘Life of Sin’, which …

I caught up with the lovely Trucker Diablo after their set at Hammerfest IV to talk about what’s in store for them in 2012, how it feels to have their single ‘Drink beer, destroy’ on Rock Band for Xbox and who they would like to go on tour with.   …