[media-credit name=”Lucky Thir 13n” align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit]Lucky Thir13n is an oddly named band from Greece. “Lucky Thirteen” would sound right but “Lucky Thir13n” just doesnt read right to me, so I’m not sure why they didnt just call themselves Lucky Thirteen. The band have supported bands including Crashdiet and WASP as …
Read More »Interview with Lauren Harris and Olly Smith – Six Hour Sundown – September 2011
[media-credit id=4717 align=”alignright” width=”326″][/media-credit] Planetmosh interviewed Lauren and Olly from Six Hour Sundown shortly after they came off stage after supporting The Treatment at their album launch show at The Borderline in London on 6th September. Planetmosh: You formerly toured and released an album as Lauren Harris then as the …
Read More »Seven Thorns – Return to the past
[media-credit id=4717 align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit]Seven Thorns are a Danish power metal band that were formed in 1998. This is their second album – their first being the 2007 release “Glow of dawn”, although legal issues that affected it’s release mean that the band describe this new album “Return to the past” …
Read More »Voodoo Highway – Broken Uncle’s Inn
[media-credit name=”voodoo highway” align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit]Voodoo Highway are a new band from Italy. Only formed in Spring 2010, they’ve already released an EP and now this their debut album, the oddly named “Broken Uncle’s Inn”. Voodoo Highway play very 70’s feel hard rock in fact listening to the album you can …
Read More »Deadend in Venice – See you on the ground
“See you on the ground” is the debut album from German melodic death metal band, Deadend in Venice. Deadend in Venice have stuck to the standard formula for vocals for bands with death metal influences and who have a female singer – the female singer sings clean vocals with screams/grunts/growls …
Read More »Van Canto – Break the silence
[media-credit id=4717 align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit]If you’ve never come across Van Canto before then you could be in for a shock – Van Canto do what sounds at first like a crazy idea that couldn’t possibly work, but somehow they make it work. The old saying goes “There’s a fine line between …
Read More »Female fronted Rock and Metal, Podcast 2
My second podcast, bringing you music from a range of female fronted bands, including Nightwish, Indica, Winter in Eden, Ansottica, Coronatus, Arch Enemy and more
Read More »Interview with Mille Petrozza – Kreator – Bloodstock festival – August 2011
At this years Bloodstock festival, held at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, I was lucky enough to get the chance to interview Kreator frontman Mille Petrozza a couple of hours before they took to the main stage for an excellent performance. While bands were playing on stage, I talked to Mille …
Read More »Female fronted Rock and Metal, Podcast 1
Ant May presents songs from a range of bands, big and small and covering a variety of genres and musical style but all with female vocals. Tune in and rock out!
Read More »Interview with Marcela Bovio, Stream of Passion
Stream of Passion recently released their latest album “Darker days” on Napalm records. Planetmosh spoke to Stream of Passion’s lead singer, Marcela Bovio and asked her about the album and more… Planetmosh: You’ve recently released your new album, Darker Days. Can you tell us a bit about the album …
Read More »Coma Divine – Dead end circle
Coma Divide are a new band from Germany. I’m not clear if the name was a deliberate reference to the album of the same name by Porcupine Tree, but it’s bound to cause confusion when trying to do internet searches for instance. Coma Divine consists of singer Sonja Kraushofer, who …
Read More »Battlecross – Pursuit of honor
“Pursuit of honor” is the debut album from Battlecross. As you can probably tell from the spelling of the title, Battlecross are from the USA (Detroit to be precise). The band was formed in 2007 and are best described as Thrash metal. Battlecross have definitely gone for speed and power …
Read More »Powerwolf – Blood of the Saints
“Blood of the Saints” is the fourth album from German/Romanian power metal band Powerwolf. The album starts off with an intro that sounds like music from a horror film – rich gothic feeling music including what sounds like a church or cathedral organ along with a raspy voice speaking in …
Read More »Stream of Passion – Darker days
“Darker days” is the third studio album from Stream of Passion. As the band is a female fronted symphonic metal band, you might have assumed that they originate from the Netherlands (home of so many great bands of this genre including Epica, Within Temptation, Delain, Revamp and many more, and …
Read More »Interview with Betsy Bitch, Bitch – July 2011
Bitch have just released a new package on Metal Blade records consisting of their first EP – Damnation alley, first album – Be My slave (both of which have been re-mastered), along with a previously unreleased track and a DVD containing video of the band in concert both in the …
Read More »Bitch – Be My Slave & Damnation Alley CD/DVD
This release consists of the first Bitch EP (Damnation alley) from 1982 and their first album (Be my slave) from 1983. Both have been remastered and sound better than they’ve ever sounded before. As well as the album and EP on a CD the package also includes a DVD containing …
Read More »Combichrist, Rock City, Nottingham, 2nd July 2011
First up tonight are the opening band, Method Cell, and industrial synth band from Nottingham. They take to the stage in front of a tiny audience – being a saturday the doors open earlier than normal at 6pm, and they are on stage just a few minutes later. The band …
Read More »Tornado – Amsterdamn Hellsinki
Tornado were formerly known as Nemesis Divina, but changed their name to avoid people wrongly assuming they were a black metal group (Nemesis Divina also being the name of an album by black metal band Satyricon). This release is the bands first album. The band have been described as “Slayer …
Read More »Sarah jezebel Deva – The Corruption of Mercy
Sarah Jezebel Deva should be a well known name to a lot of metal fans. She was backing singer for Cradle of filth for 14 years and has sung on almost all their albums and she’s also been a member of Therion and Mortis. She also had a solo project, …
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