Interviews

I spoke to the legendary Arthur Brown at the HRH Prog festival where he had performed with his band Crazy World of Arthur Brown to talk to him about his career, his biggest hit (Fire), and his use of flames on stage.  Understandably given the freezing temperatures in the venue …

I spoke to Romeo’s Daughter at the HRH AOR festival in Rotherham to talk about their career so far, their comeback over the last few years, and their next album.  You can listen to what they had to say using the player below.               …

I spoke to the Barbe-Q-Barbies at the HRH AOR festival in Rotherham to talk about their latest album, live shows and more.   Barbe-q-barbies Interview

At Hammerfest I interviewed RSJ the day after their set on Stage 2, so sit back and enjoy a real slice of RSJ.  I guarantee you will not get bored listening to this and for those of you about to hit the play button, it should be made clear that I know …

I spoke to Scott Gorham, long-term member of Thin Lizzy, and now Black Star Riders, to talk about why they decided to change their name to record a new album, to talk about the album itself, tour plans and more.   Black star riders interview           …

I spoke to Olof Morck and Elize Ryd who had flown over to the UK on their day off from touring supporting Stratovarius.  We talked about their new album, The Nexus, touring, Elize’s performance as stand in vocalist for Nightwish, and more.   http://planetmosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Amaranthe-interview.mp3             …

I spoke to Martin Harb, keyboard player and main songwriter for Visions of Atlantis shortly before they played at the Boston music rooms in London with Serenity and Souldrinker to talk about their brand new album, Ethera which had been released on Napalm records that day, their upcoming appearance at …

I spoke to Clémentine Delauney, singer with Serenity shortly before the band performed on stage at the Boston music rooms in London to talk about their new album, War of Ages, which had been released on Napalm records that morning.   Serenity Interview with Ant May of Planetmosh

Earlier this week I spoke to a very tired Craig Mabbitt, lead singer with Escape the fate to talk about the new album and their upcoming tour dates and festival appearances.   Escape the fate interview

Following the release of their new album Blodsvept, I spoke to Mathias from Finntroll about the new album and their upcoming European tour starting,  with some random questions thrown in for good measure. Finntroll will be playing at the Underworld in Camden on 13th May so go onto the venue’s website and …

I spoke to Mia Klose recently and asked her a few questions about her music and upcoming shows including Hard Rock Hell AOR, NLC/RACPA festival and Sweden Rocks Festival. First of all, for anyone who hasnt listened to you before, how would you describe your music? It’s 80s inspired classic …

I caught up with the Estrella lads before their gig at The Vale in Glasgow, the support band were soundchecking, so out we braved it, into the freezing Scottish, arctic like night. [youtube http://youtu.be/7Cte87nbQp4]   You can also read the full review of the gig itself right here  Estrella are: …

Last year I interviewed Darrin Richards from Chemicals of Democracy at Hammerfest IV and one year later I caught up with Darrin again, this time also with JQ Bass and their new guitarist Sammy Damaxx. With line-up changes, their upcoming album having its UK release 25 March and 2 sets …

Playing Stage 2 on the Thursday evening at The Goddamn Electric added themselves to the long list of bands to grace the stages of Hammerfest over the past five years. Formed only in 2010 and naming themselves after the Pantera song ‘Goddamn Electric’ their debut album Snake Bite is due …

As their first full UK tour supporting Breed 77 drew to a close, we took the opportunity to speak to imembers of Seven Deadly, managing to catch up with guitarist H Virdee (first speaker) and drummer Rob Hicks, both formerly of Panic Cell, before we were also joined by singer …

As they hit their adopted home town on their headline tour, we caught up with Breed 77’s guitarist Pedro Capparos López on their tour bus, ahead of the show and the relaease of thier new album ‘The Evil Inside’ to talk about everything from using Pledge Music to dirty finger …

Jeff ‘Oly’ Olson is best known as the original drummer with Trouble, one of the groups which shaped the sound of modern doom metal. Having left the band in 2008, he recently has re-united with his former bandmates, this time contributing keyboards to their forthcoming new album, ‘The Dark Riff’. …

After apparently calling it quits two years ago, German power metal maestro Tobias Sammett delivered a pleasant surprise to his legions of fans when it was revealed that there would, in fact, be a new Avantasia studio album, ‘The Mystery Of Time’, which is being released at the end of …

We asked British Rockers Voodoo Vegas some questions about the band and their new album…. For anyone who isn’t familiar with Voodoo Vegas, can you tell us a bit about the band? We’ve got Nick and the lovely Meryl on guitar, Ash on bass and Matt on drums. I do …

Swedish rock band Sister have been supporting Wednesday 13 on his current UK tour.  I spoke to the band just after they finished sound checking before their gig at Rock City in Nottingham.  Listen to what they had to say about touring and their planned second album, using the player …