Effloresce are a five piece band from the Nurnberg area of Germany.  With a sound influenced by Prog rock, classic metal and psychadelic prog they have a fairly unique sound.  The band released their debut EP, “Shades of fate” in 2009 and have just released “Coma Ghosts” –  their first …

Black Cherry are a band from Ottawa, Canada – there’s a totally different band with the same name based in London to cause confusion, as well as the similarly named but far better known Black Stone Cherry, so trying to find information about the band isnt as easy as it …

“The power of one” is the album from US Power metal trio Ninth Circle.  The album includes eleven original tracks and a cover of the Iron Maiden classic “The Trooper”. The band are clearly heavily influenced by European power metal bands such as Hammerfall or Stratovarius, and there’s an obvious …

Chris Kilmecky is an American musician.  He has a classical music background – one of his parents being a professional symphonic violinist, but he has a love of a wide spectrum of rock music, with inspirations including Rush, Foo fighters, Staind, Green day, Van Halen, Steve Vai, and many more. …

Earlier this month Hanging Doll played a gig at the Asylum 2 in Birmingham – their album launch party.  The album release has been delayed but the gig still went ahead.  Just before they went on stage I spoke to Alex and Aryan about the album and their tour plans.

                          I recently spoke by phone with JB, singer/guitarist with Grand Magus to talk about their new album, “The Hunt”.  

Tonights show was to be the first ever gig by I am I, the new band founded by former Dragonforce singer, ZP Theart.  Support was Primitai and Achilla. When Achilla came on stage, there weren’t many people in the audience unfortuantely – I suspect the glorious sunshine meant that a …

Emina is a female rock singer who has formed her own band and released this, her debut album.  Her biography on her website is fairly vague – she moved to Europe (from somewhere unspecified, but presumably the USA as her home town was into folk and line dance).  So really …

I recently spoke to Saxon frontman Biff Byford to talk about Saxon’s new DVD release – Heavy metal thunder, Eagles over wacken, live dates, and their next album… Planetmosh: You’ve just released your new live DVD – Heavy metal thunder, Eagles over wacken.  What made you choose Wacken as the …

Phantom Antichrist is the thirteenth album from German thrash legends Kreator.  If you’re thinking that after 30 years they might have softened and started to mellow then you couldnt be more wrong – Phantom Antichrist is just as hard, heavy and angry as ever. The album’s title relates to Osama …

Last week as Planetmosh’s resident Rush expert was unfortunately stuck working a night shift in Crewe then I was one of a small group of very privileged music journalists to be invited to a recording studio in London to listen to the new Rush album being played.  Rather than sending …

“Few against many” is the new album from Greek band Firewind.  Perhaps best known to many music lovers for their extremely talented guitarist, Gus G, who as well as playing in Firewind is also guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne.  That connection means Gus G has had a busy time recently as …

Firewind are due to release their latest album, “Few against many” on 21st May.  I recently spoke to Firewind guitarist Gus G to talk about the new album, his work with Ozzy and more. To listen to the interview, hit play on the player below..    

“The Aftermyth” is the debut album from London hard rockers Zodiac N Black.  The band cite influences including Led Zeppelin, Queens of the Stone Age, Soundgarden, and Black Sabbath. Comments on a couple of the tracks… The album opens with a heavy track, Bastinado (Useless trivia – apparently Bastinado is …

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with the guys from Australian band Tracer the night before they played the first show on their first UK headline tour.  London Underground had done their best to stop me getting to the hotel by closing the central line, but luckily I …

Tonight was the first night of Australian band Tracer’s first UK headlining tour.  They were in the UK last late last year supporting Royal Republic, and are now back.  It’s impressive – less than six months ago they were the support band at the Underworld, but now they’re headlining the …

Lonewolf are a French power metal band that formed in 1993.  They released a demo and single before splitting in 1996.  In 2000 the band reformed and released their debut album.  Now in 2012 they have just released their fifth studio album – Army of the damned.  France isnt a …

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Tonight’s gig was the Dragonforce album launch party and was described as an intimate gig.  They weren’t kidding either – the venue was the Temple room at the HMV Institute, on the top floor of the venue and being a tiny room with a capacity of just 300. Long before …

Planetmosh: OK for anyone who hasnt listened to My Dynamite before, can you tell people a bit about the band and your music? Pat: We’re a blues based rock n roll band that formed in the pubs and clubs of Melbourne. We’re in to a lot of classic rock and …