Interviews

I spoke to Andrea Ferro, one of Lacuna Coil’s singers before their gig in Birmingham to talk about the tour.  Hear what he had to say below…..      

I interviewed Heart of a coward (HOAC) on their tour with Machine Head.  Hear what they had to say using the player below……..    

Following the release of their acclaimed third album, ‘Crossroads’ back in April (read our review at http://planetmosh.com/portrait-crossroads-album-review/), Swedish metallians Portrait have been keeping busy, touring in support of said opus.  Not content with that, however, they’ve also teamed up with fellow countrymen and Metal Blade labelmates RAM to record and …

I am backstage at the Garage in Glasgow with Tomas from At the Gates who has kindly taken some time before the show to answer a few questions. Tomas you were saying in an interview earlier this year that you had some new material that you really felt you needed …

My chat with Vardis prior to their headlining set.   Photo courtesy of Simon Dunkerley.

As Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliott brought his self-described “little side project” to Belfast for the penultimate night of the ‘Further Adventures Of The Down ‘N’ Outz’ tour, PM pulled up to venue, took the lift to the third floor and sat ourselves down on a rather nice leather sofa …

Now and again, a press release lands in the PlanetMosh inbox that, out of the thousands we receive on a daily basis, piques our interest… such was the case when yours truly scanned a message from Pure Steel Records about one of their new signings, rising Hamburg five piece Shadowbane.  …

We met up with the legendary Thomas Gabriel Fischer (otherwise known as Tom G Warrior) before he took to the stage in Glasgow with his latest band Triptykon. A pioneering figure in the evolution of Extreme Metal first with the primitive Hellhammer and then Celtic Frost. Triptykon formed out of …

Planetmosh interviewers David Vincent, vocalist & bassist from Morbid Angel before their show at The Garage in Glasgow on the 9th Dec 2014. We discuss the 20th Anniversary Covenant shows, touring, music scene, what his plans are after the tour, new material, what he wants from Metal Santa and more….  

PlanetMosh hooked up with Heri Joensen, frontman with Faroe Islanders Týr shortly before their opening slot with Sabaton and Korpiklaani in Belfast this past weekend, to chat about football, rowing, tattoos and whatever else came to mind: http://www.tyr.fo/ https://www.facebook.com/tyrband

PlanetMosh caught up with Sabaton vocalist Joakim Brodén when the Swedish metal gods pulled into Belfast for the latest leg of their ‘Heroes’ world tour, to talk about playing Bloodstock next summer, stalking Saxon around the UK, the influences behind their latest album and their plans for 2015: http://www.sabaton.net/ https://www.facebook.com/sabaton

Louise Swift caught up with Olli Herman from Reckless love ahead of their Nottingham show, find out what they chatted about below!  

I had the pleasure of chatting with Charlotte Wessels from Delain before their sold out show at The Cathouse in Glasgow. We discuss their UK tour, Otto’s confetti injury, and the 2014 album The Human Contradiction and a few other things!

I spoke to Accept guitarist, Wolf Hoffmann shortly before the band’s gig at the Forum in London, to discuss the latest album, the tour and more.  Hear what he had to say using the player below….          

I spoke to Blind Guardian guitarist Andre Olbrich to talk about the band’s forthcoming album, “Beyond the red mirror” and about their touring plans for next year.    

On Tuesday afternoon I had the chance to interview Phil Campbell of The Temperance Movement before their sold out gig at Glasgow’s O2 ABC. He was so excited to play his homecoming gig and while he probably had loads to do to get ready he was more than generous with his time, …

I had the pleasure of chatting with John Clelland, drummer & Steve Williams, keyboardist from Eden’s Curse before their special concert at the Classic Grand in Glasgow. We discuss the band, the live album show being done that night, their inital jam sessionf for the next studio album, touring, food …

I had the pleasure of chatting with Niklas Stålvind, lead vocalist and guitarist from Wolf  before they played at the Cathouse in Glasgow. We discuss the band, the tour, Wolf merchadise, future plans and more!  

Solstafir is melancholic, yet powerful and dark sound band from the country far North – Iceland. This band seems to be very busy lately, as well as productive: new album, new video, festivals and overwhelming intimate countless gigs during their tour. Those, who has been at least in one of …

I interviewed Animal at 100 Club, London earlier this year here. Since then Anti-Nowhere League have played Sonisphere and done a tour of the USA. I had a chat with birthday boy Shady after their gig at Manchester Academy 3, in a dressing room with a few topless band members, …