Dutch symphonic rock band WITHIN TEMPTATION are thrilled to unveil a new live DVD/Blu-ray/2CD. ‘Let Us Burn – Elements & Hydra Live In Concert’ is set for release on November 14 and features two of WITHIN TEMPTATION’s most talked about arena shows ever. The two dates are 2012’s resplendent 15th …

Butcher Babies have just released an EP – “Uncovered”.  It’s an EP of cover versions, from a fairly diverse range of artists – from The Osmonds to ZZ Top to Suicidal Tendencies.  The tracks are the ZZ Top song “Beer drinkers & hell raisers”, the one hit wonder novelty song …

Greek Symphonic metal band Enemy of reality have released their debut album – Rejected Gods.  The band features former Meden Agan singer Iliana Tsakiraki.  The album features guest appearances from Mike LePond (Symphony X), Androniki Skoula (Chaostar), Maxi Nil (Jaded Star, ex-Visions of Atlantis) and Ailyn Gimenez (Sirenia). Brief comments …

Italian guitar virtuoso Marco Sfogli will take up playing all guitars on ex Seduce The Heaven frontwoman Elina Laivera’s debut solo album ”Kaleidoscope”, produced by LALU mastermind and producer Vivien Lalu (Atomic Ark) and mastered at Domination Studios by Simone Mularoni (DGM). The rest of the guest musicians to perform …

Suzi Quatro is celebrating an astonishing 50 years in the music business – a feat that not many people manage.  To coincide with this anniversary, Cherry Red Records are releasing a 4CD box set – The Girl from Detroit city. In the UK she has had 18 hit singles, including …

Former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo played the Underworld in London earlier this month with his new band Philm.  I met up with him the next day to talk about the band. Planetmosh: Lets start by talking about last night.  You played Philm’s first ever UK show.  How did you enjoy …

I spoke to Tomas Lindberg, singer of At The Gates to talk about the band’s new album, At War with Reality.  Hear what he had to say about the album and touring plans. Apologies for the background noise – the interview was recorded outdoors in central london so traffic noise …

While we spoke to a lot of bands both signed and unsigned at Bloodstock, we were unable to manage to speak to all the up and coming  bands who played the New Blood stage, so have been catching up with the ones we missed to see how they enjoyed their …

Flying Colors is the band founded by former Dream Theatre drummer Mike Portnoy and Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse. Alongside them are Neal Morse (Spocks beard, Transatlantic), Dave LaRue (dixie Dregs), and Casey McPherson (Alpha Rev). So you’ve got a mix of musicians with backgrounds in classic hard rock, prog …

If you’ve attended Bloodstock at all in the last few years, the chances are that you’ve seen and enjoyed Evil Scarecrow – they’ve packed out the Sophie Lancaster stage in previous years, and this year opened the main stage on the Saturday drawing a record crowd of around 11,000 – …

Tonight’s gig was the launch party for Danny Bryant’s excellent new album, Temperature Rising. The night opened with the Tom Killner band, a three-piece from South Yorkshire.  They play a nice blues/blues rock set including plenty of guitar solos (and the solos sounded prettty damn good).  As well as their …

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Skid Row have released the second of three EPs that make up United World Rebellion. The first part was released last year, and the third part is still to come.  It’s an interesting idea, releasing three EPs instead of one album, and does mean that while each release is shorter …

Lovelorn Dolls are a band from Belgium – home of great beer, great chocolate – and some great bands.  The band was formed by Ladyhell and Corpus Christi, and was initially called Lovelorn before becoming Lovelorn Dolls.  Ladyhell was formerly singer of Skeptical Minds from 2002 to 2007 and then …

White Empress may be a new band, but the various members are all experienced musicians.  The lineup consists of Paul Allender (ex Cradle of Filth), Mary Zimmer (Luna Mortis), Will Graney (Damnation Angels), Chela Harper (Coal Chamber), Jeremy Kohnmann (The Awakening), and Zac Morris (many bands including Ugly Kid Joe). …

First up were Palm Reader.  Oh dear – a rare occasion where I’ve regretted turning up early to watch all the bands on the bill.  The first song appeared to have no tune and just be them all playing their instruments as fast as possible.  Things did improve as the …

Hot on the heels of their triumphant appearance at this year’s Download Festival, SKID ROW will return to the UK in October. This will be the band’s 4th trip to the UK in the last 18 months, so the band have chosen to visit markets they have missed on the …

Tonight’s gig at the Union Chapel was the second ever show for Devin Townsend’s Casualties of Cool project, and one of only two UK dates.  They couldn’t have chosen a better venue – as the name suggests, it’s a church, and it’s an all seated gig – perfect for relaxing …

The Girl From Detroit City is a beautifully presented 4-CD boxed set, celebrating an amazing 50 years in the music business for rock ‘n’ roll queen, Suzi Quatro. The 82 tracks on offer here span the whole of Suzi’s career, including three songs by the Pleasure Seekers, the all-girl rock band, which …

Things didn’t look promising when I arrived at the venue shortly before the doors were due to open – just 4 fans waiting. Happily by the time the support act came on the numbers had grown, but not much – there were still only a couple of dozen fans there, …