Event Reviews

>The morning after the night before, and there were some very hungover faces walking through the campsite and the odd couple who looked like they hadn’t gone to bed yet. They probably hadn’t either. Still, Day 2 of Hellfest was upon us, the sun was shining again and there were …

With an estimated 138,000 people passing through the gates this year across the weekend, it’s clear that Hellfest is bigger than ever. Planetmosh took a trip across the pond to get a taste of the ‘ooh-la-laAAARGH’ at France’s biggest rock festival… With six stages operating a ‘three on, three off’ …

Final day of Hellfest :( which we have been affectionately calling ‘Dustfest’ this year due to the amount of dust that is being churned up from the parched earth. It’s even hotter today but is overcast on the way into the festival and we do get a 4 minute long shower …

I arrived slightly late today as our coach had a oil problem then we hit a few traffic jams as we headed back to the festival so I went straight in to my first interview with the lovely Julien from Mars Red Sky. Click here to hear the interview. I …

I returned to Hellfest for the third time, but this year the advance weather forecast promises sun instead of rain! Well, it was correct and we now affectionately call it Dustfest due to the amount of dust being churned up from the parched arena! First impressions of the new changes to …

I arrive at Hellfest on a scorching sunny day which is unusual as it’s normally overcast/rainy on the Friday when I arrive. After checking in for my pass, I head around the new layout taking in all the improvements that have been made since last year.What a difference there is with …

.@nilecatacombs @scordaturaband show reviewed by @AnybodyBC for @Planetmosh Half past seven in the Tuesday evening and next to the Audio club in Glasgow lined up a huge queue of metalheads, who were back from weekend festivals and eager to see American death metal legends – Nile. The concert did not …

And so, the final day of Download 2014. And this time it’s overcast. The rain has not been hard but it’s definitely a lot cloudier than before – a welcome relief for many of the punters. Elliott and Ant give their opinions on this final day. For me the day …

Elliot and Ant give their opinions of the second day at this years Download festival.. The first band of the day for me was South Wales rockers The Dirty Youth [8] who put in a great set.  Singer Danni Monroe was sporting a natural hair colour for the first time …

@wingertheband , @ukblackwolf and @jettblackuk show in Glasgow reviewed by @AnybodyBC for @Planetmosh When summer finally came to the Scotland, the people went out of their caves, to enjoy the sunshine or to go somewhere outdoors to enjoy the summer open air festivals. For those who were staying in Glasgow, …

.@incantation666, @exilethetraitor show in Glasgow reviewed by @AnybodyBC for @Planetmosh It was a fine day for a great death metal concert in Glasgow. Wednesday, the 18th of June was invaded by Incantation from USA and their three fellow support bands. The small venue Audio, seemed just right for this gig, as …

One tall dude and his guitar is how I can briefly describe Jameson Burt, who is opening the night’s proceedings. Hailing from California, I can hear why Jameson was asked to join Rival Sons on tour. As I’m photographing during the first few songs I am focusing more on the …

Avenged Sevenfold brought the pyros. Linkin Park brought the classic album. And Aerosmith? They brought the film crew for a live recording that will hopefully surface as a live DVD in the near future. One thing is certain though – they filmed on the right night. Starting off with a …

The guy next to me is crying – the tears are falling thick and fast down his face as he takes in what is happening on stage. No, it’s not due to frontman Mike Shinoda sporting a red wig as a tongue-in-cheek reference to his hair from the ‘One Step …

When My Chemical Romance headlined Download in 2007, they were bottled heavily. Avenged Sevenfold gained just as much, if not more, criticism for being given the chance to top the bill this year despite the obvious facts of a sold out UK arena tour and a #1 album on both …

Back in full swing for it’s twelfth year, Download Festival once again brought people from across the world to Donington Park in Derbyshire for a weekend of brilliant live music that even the weather couldn’t spoil (more about that later!). And the bands themselves? Well, read on to see what Elliott …

@planetmosh reviews @GoldenGodsLondon @MetalHammer @AlexanderMilas The Vans HMS Hammer pre-party gig boat kicked off proceedings, sailing 200 lucky competition winners and VIPs up the Thames for the 12th annual Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards held at the 02 Arena. The pre awards show kicked of in fine style, with a …

The sun may be beating down outside, and Belfast threatening to enjoy some some of (quite possibly foreshortened) summer, but that doesn’t stop the hardiest of the city’s black clad metallians gathering (not quite in their masses) and heading indoors to the sanctity of the equally darkened Slimer for another …

While circuses may fascinate many – either in terms of the tongue-in-cheek grotesquery of the ‘carny’ or the slapstick farce of clowns chucking water over each other – personally I’ve never quite seen the attraction.  They’re often facile and meaningless – and those which inflict needless cruelty on animals just …

For those of a superstitious mien, Friday the 13th is not exactly a lucky talisman – and so it proves, at least partially, for the organizers of this charity fundraiser gig (in aid of the hugely-underfunded Belfast Rape Crisis Centre) as, despite huge advance marketing and PR campaigns, other mitigating …