Interviews

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, …

I spoke to Jeremy Cunningham from The Levellers shortly before they played the Academy in Birmingham as part of their greatest hits tour.  The band are so hands on that Jeremy took a break from painting UV paint onto their backdrop to talk to me.  We talked about their Greatest …

I spoke to Guy Griffin, guitarist for The Quireboys, at Sheffield Corporation earlier this year, after he kindly agreed to an impromptu interview (here). I caught up with him before their gig at Manchester Academy, last weekend. Find out what The Quireboys have been up to this year, why he changes …

Malevolence are currently on tour with Dying Fetus, Goatwhore and Fallujah. I managed to squeeze in an aul chin wag with Malevolence’s lovely front man, Alex Taylor, after their Dublin Show.Here’s what we talked about:       There are couple more UK dates and plenty more European ones so …

I had a chat with Blues Pills at Hard Rock Hell this year. We discuss their UK tour, going off on tangents during songs and their continuing rise to prominence.

I was lucky enough to speak to all five of Black State Highway at Hard Rock Hell this year after their set, discussing large audiences, touring with other bands that have B and S as their initials and what you wouldn’t expect on their iPods…

I talked to Jared from Massive at Hard Rock Hell this year about late night gigs, the best Australian lager (it’s not Fosters) and everything else in between.

I had a chat with Ann-Sofie from Spiders at Hard Rock Hell this year about a number of different things and then let my geographical knowledge slip quite brilliantly…

It’s been a busy year for Bristol’s BlackWolf, culminating in a tour with Blues Pills and The Vintage Caravan, which included a stop at this past weekend’s Hard Rock Hell VIII.  PM took the opportunity to hook up with the band to talk about what 2014 has meant for them, …

This year’s Hard Rock Hell could possibly have been defined by the number three, given the amount of trios which featured on the bill… among them were The Broken Chords, who brought proceedings to a close on the second stage on the Saturday night.  Before that, however, PM tracked the …