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Billed as a special showcase gig, highlighting the best in established and up-and-coming Northern Irish hardcore talent, this triple bill certainly lived up to its advance promotion. Openers Spittin’ Teeth are one of the few bands in the genre, at least in this part of the world, to employ a …

@LouellaDeville_ @PlanetMosh interview with Iggie Pistolero of Gypsy Pistoleros. Ahead of a support slot on a couple of Jizzy Pearl’s Love Hate tour dates in Edinburgh and London, a few festivals including NLC/RAPCA, and with an album to be released later this year Iggie Pistolero guitar player and founder member …

.@daniel_graves @faderhead and @Terrolokaust show in Glasgow review by @AnybodyBC for @PlanetMosh Aesthetic Perfection and Faderhead made another great electro evening for Glaswegians on 16th of February and they brought Spanish team Terrolokaust with them to make it even more groovy. Everything started at 7:30 pm when Terrolokaust took to …

Bill Beadle front man at Sacrilege interview by @LouellaDeville_ @Planetmosh Sacrilege return to the stage after 25 years. Appearing recently at Winterfest 2013 at Warehouse 23. Bill Beadle front man and founder tells us a bit about the band, their history and why they are back quarter of a century …

Anette Olzon is due to release her debut solo album, Shine next month.  Ahead of the release I spoke to her to talk about the album, whether or not she has any touring plans, and of course I asked her some questions relating to her time with Nightwish.  Read on …

“Metal is the kind of music that was made for everybody, every outcast, every misfit, everybody who didnt have friends….I think it’s silly that people who like this kind of music then become judgemental of people” I spoke to Carla and Heidi, the two singers for Butcher Babies backstage shortly …

Fibbers was under assault on Saturday night. Carnage Metal Club saw bands from the North and South convene for an aural attack on Dublin. Rex Shachath, Overoth and For Ruin were here to tell the Dublin boys to go home to their mammies –  I joke. Rex Shachath was the …

WWRS: You’re gearing up to the release of the video for Days Of Hysteria – can you tell us about the filming of it? TrAsh (Bassist): Sure! – Well I guess the best piece of info about this video is the location it was shot on!  It was shot on …

@PlanetMosh reviews .@MonsterMagnetNJ show in Wolverhampton One of a brace of UK gigs (the other being at The Koko in London), Monster Magnet made it their mission to lay waste to the packed out Wulfrun Hall which they did with ease. Lead by the charismatic riff lord Dave Wyndorf  when …

The night started with three spectacularly badly chosen opening acts which were incompatible musically and of varying levels of ability and seemed to only manage to bring one fan between the three of them. Finally, several hours after the doors opened the first of two Belgian bands took to the …

Tonight was the final night of the UK leg of Dream Theater’s European tour, at an almost sold out Civic Hall in Wolverhampton.  The gig was an all-seated one with no support act, and Dream Theater doing two sets. The night started with projections onto a curtain in front of …

@planetmosh reviews .@ukblackwolf at .@O2Islington Everything was against me for this gig. The weather drenched and blew me to Swindon and back via work; tube strikes meant I had to navigate my way by bicycle and my phone to O2 Academy Islington from Paddington station, in order to catch Blackwolf …

Tonight’s gig was Tarja’s first UK show outside London since leaving Nightwish.  As a result I was curious to see how big a crowd would attend, and when support band Elyose took to the stage at 7pm the venue wasn’t busy – they certainly suffered from the early start, but …

I was expecting to interview Spike but on the day it didn’t happen, probably due to some misunderstanding on my part as I am, after all, a blonde! Guy Griffin was in the bar, after the gig, so I asked if he would be prepared to answer a few questions …

  Hi James, Dave Bradbery here from Planetmosh.com. If you have time could I just ask you a few questions regards your latest album ‘Precious Metal’ that we reviewed on the website a few days ago? “Sure, send along the questions“. This new album is your ninth studio recorded album. …

It’s been almost a year since drummer Dave Lombardo was unceremoniously dumped by Slayer, on the eve of an Australian tour.  As he prepares to return to the UK for the first time since that ignominious day, PlanetMosh took the opportunity to chat with him about said visit – and, …

@PlanetMosh reviews @limpbizkit @CrossfaithJapan @Nekrogoblikon @BABY_GODZILLA Dublin show @OlympiaTheatre As the first snow of a delayed winter arrived in Dublin, so too did this year’s Kerrang! Tour. For 2014, the package consisted of a very mixed bag of musical tricks with acts from polar opposites of the sonic spectrum taking …

It’s fair to say that Glasgow heavy groovers MAIR have been putting themselves about in the past year with appearances at the likes of Les Fest and Bloodstock after winning the Metal 2 The Masses competition alongside the release of EP Ear Ape Age. We had a chance to catch …

Scottish metal monsters Firebrand Super Rock released their second stunning album, Born for the Gallows, in December 2013 and we finally managed to catch up and have a chat with them when they took to the stage in Glasgow with a stupidly brilliant set. Find out about the creation of …

We recently had the pleasure of catching Dog Tired alonside MAIR, Firebrand Super Rock and 15 Times Dead during a night of local heavyness when they all took to the stage in Glasgow at Ivory Blacks. Dog Tired call themselves Edinburgh based riff-mongering beast metal and that persona very much …