'Stranger Than Love', is a true power rock ballad of epic proportions. Big sounds! big riff's! big beats! big hair? (optional) these days.
Read More »Blues Pills latest EP, Devil Man.
"As for Blues Pills own guitarist French born Dorian Sorriaux , well I can only describe him as an 'alchemist' of modern proportions. The Edward Scissor Hands of lead guitarists"
Read More »Theia’s debut E.P. plus bonus-Theia II
Theia’s debut EP, just self entitled that, ‘Theia‘. It has got to be one of the most professional hard rock hitting EP’s of 2013. For this extremely young group of three guy’s ( the youngest being sixteen ) to put together songs like theses you would have thought after listening …
Read More »Eva Plays Dead Live @ The Victoria Inn, Derby
Back and fresh from playing a great set at the Y-Not Festival, Eva Plays Dead kicked off their mid-summer tour in their home town of Derby. After reviewing the groups last album ‘Guilt Trips and Sins’ for Planetmosh back in June, I then gave it a top 10/10 and put …
Read More »Persian Risk – Once A King
"When I heard this for the first time I was blown away by all the technical composition that's been well spent on producing such a memorable track, lead singer Carl Sentence's voice and style just brings this to a fore in a massive explosion of sound".
Read More »FireRoad debut album release, ‘I Got Sound’
"I feel we are now witnessing the the start of something very special here. Treading in the footsteps of giants these guys are now side stepping and making their own path to the top of the rock scene".
Read More »Vega Live @ Rock City supported by Santa Cruz & Mia Klose
I reviewed Vega’s second album ‘What The Hell‘ released via Spinefarm Records, for Planetmosh back in March of this year. What I heard then was a pure revelation to these old ears. Since then I’d been waiting patiently for the opportunity to see the guy’s playing a live gig …
Read More »Wraith, Snakecharmer and Bonfire – Rock City, Nottingham
Back at Rock City again in Nottingham and Planetmosh was right at the forefront of the action, there to cover this classic three band gig on Sunday night. Three great bands coming together not for the first time, but a first for Nottingham’s ardent rock fans. First up on stage …
Read More »Eva Plays Dead – Guilt Trips And Sins
Eva Plays Dead are a group of four, made up of one lady and three guys from Derby. First starting out as Bury The Ladybird, they have, after making several band member changes and revised their musical direction, settled in late 2012 to what we see and hear today
Read More »Last Transmission, All The Time In The World.
This is the debut E.P. from four guy’s who formed up in 2012 and come from Newcastle Upon Tyne. So now we find out that the North-East is indeed full of Easton promise. The only thing wrong here is there’s not enough tracks on it! Trust me, once you hear this …
Read More »Jon Oliva – Raise The Curtain
Like good food at any restaurant if you don’t try it out first how can you judge it? This new release from former Savatage frontman Jon Oliva was something very different for me having never heard his work before. What followed was, I must admit, a bit of a surprise. …
Read More »Wildest Dream at the Cornmill, Chilwell.
Wildest Dream – formerly known as ‘Wrathchild…be thy name‘, are a local rock duo from the East midlands made up of Edd Smith and Terry Crofts. Mostly performing as a rock tribute band, they have though written and sung their own songs along side the many greats they enact. …
Read More »Interview with Seb Mikkelsen of Nine Miles South
Nine Miles South are a “hard hitting, riff heavy and melodic hard rock band.” According to their own words. ” With a softer more blues oriented side as well as an overall country vibe.” These guy’s are the real deal. A very new ( un-signed ) underground rock group, who …
Read More »Michael Schenker’s, Temple Of Rock. Rock City, Nottingham.
The un-matchable guitarist Mr Michael Schenker,of UFO and Scorpions fame, also known for his solo group ( The Michael Schenker Group ), brought his powerhouse of sound the “Temple Of Rock” show to Rock City, Nottingham this weekend. On stage tonight with Michael were the ex-Scorpions star’s Herman Rarebell on …
Read More »Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Specter At The Feast
This latest album from the psychedelic American West coast rock band was released on the 18th March 2013 from Abstract Dragon Records. The band have also released the track “Let The Day Begin” EP for free off this new album, it came out on 8 April 2013. From their first debut album B.R.M.C., which …
Read More »Skarlett Riot,Tear Me Down.
This the first time I’ve been able to listen to this group’s songs and I think my record collection has been deficient for it! The groups singer/guitar player Skarlett, has a really strong rock style which belays her tender years and diminutive stature. While it’s Danny, Tom and Luke who make up …
Read More »Anthony Nolan Easter Charity Event at Rock City, Nottingham.
It was one of the strangest twists of fate that put me with photographers Anthony May, Sean Larkin and George David Ellis at Nottingham’s Rock City on the 31st of March. We were there to meet and review the bands on behalf of the Planet Mosh web site that were giving their …
Read More »Von Hertzen Brothers – Nine Lives.
The Von Hertzen Brothers are a Finnish prog-rock band made up of the three Von Hertzen brothers, Kie von Hertzen , Mikko von Hertzen and Jonne von Hertzen. Mikko Kaakkuriniemi and Juha Kuoppala complete the five piece group. The brothers have played individually in many popular Finnish rock bands, Kie played in …
Read More »Vega – “What the Hell”.
Vega! Not heard the name yet? Well they are four guys who formed the metal group in 2009 with a sound straight from the 70-80′s now turning out their own original rock songs in the 00′s. Their first album “Kiss Of Life”, which was released in October 2010 was well …
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