As I made my way down to the House of Blues from my new home in Hollywood a few things were going through my head, “will my pass be there?” Was the first and most prominent as this show is my first in Hollywood in my official capacity as Planetmosh …
Read More »Gojira, Mo Club, Southampton review 15/11/12
Walking into the Southampton venue, ‘Mo’Club’ I found myself confused as I approached. The venue is situated in between two car companies and in the middle of an industrial estate. The front of the venue includes a large image of a roller-skating disco venue with ‘Jiving’ and ‘Bollywood’ as themed …
Read More »Gojira Interview with Joe Duplantier
I was lucky enough to catch up with vocalist and guitarist, Joe for Gojira before their gig at Southampton’s Mo’Club. We discuss their current tour in the UK and the new album L’Enfant Sauvage.
Read More »Hornet, Daken & Blurred Vision – Borderline, London – 29th November 2012
The night started with Blurred Vision. No not from people drinking too much at the nearby Crobar – this is a Canadian band who are on tour in the UK and were last minute replacements for the band that had originally been supposed to open the bill but had to …
Read More »Danish Death Metal heroes ILLDISPOSED talk to Planetmosh.
We grabbed a chat with the most excellent Illdisposed to talk about their current album, the state of the music industry in these troubled economic times, and the bands future plans. Firstly, many thanks for taking time to talk to us. Illdisposed can trace their roots back way back to …
Read More »SOiL and Fozzy with Breed77 and Villains – The Arches Glasgow, 30th Nov 2012
The Arches in Glasgow is not renowned as a venue for metal bands to play. Its very design, part of the old railway arches under Glasgow Central Station, means playing anything loud tends to bounce from one end to the other and can make things sound very muddy. Thankfully however, …
Read More »Kobra and the Lotus at HRH 6 – 02/12/12
After their set on Sunday I caught up with the lovely Kobra from Kobra and the Lotus, who are currently touring with Buckcherry. Their self-titled debut album is available to buiy on iTunes and Amazon. Don’t forget to also check out their latest video ’50 Shades Of Evil’ …
Read More »Soil interview with Adam Zadel, Glasgow 30/11/12
Adam Zadel of US rockers SOiL took time out when they came to Glasgow with Fozzy and Breed77 to chat to us about the tour and how progress on the new album is coming along. SOiL have launched an interactive pre-sale campaign on Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/soil/soil) to enable fans to participate …
Read More »Fozzy interview with Chris Jericho, Glasgow 30/11/12
Chris Jericho of US rockers FOZZY took time out when they came to Glasgow with SOiL and Breed77 to chat to us about the tour and how life is treating the form WWE wrestler. To see photos taken at the gig click here [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLl8uhImtDk&w=560&h=315] FOZZY are: Chris Jericho – …
Read More »The Levellers, Citizen Fish & Gaz Brookfield – Shepherds Bush Empire, London – 24th November 2012
The night started with Gaz Brookfield, a singer songwriter who performs by himself with an acoustic guitar. Despite being on early the venue was already busy, so there was a large crowd to watch his set. His folk sound went down well with the crowd, and a song about …
Read More »Absolva @ Voodoo, Belfast – Friday November 30th
It confounds me. No, it really annoys me. Actually, it makes me really fucking angry. OK, I know there’s a recession on and all that, but for four damn fine bands – including one who have travelled since the wee small hours to play the gig – to play to …
Read More »Testament Interview with Alex Skolnick, Glasgow, Nov 2012
Testament came to Glasgow earlier in the week and absolutely destroyed it with a monstrous set as you can read from our review right here. Beforehand we had the opportunity to sit down with one of the band’s guitar maestros, Alex Skolnick, to discuss the tour and life in general. …
Read More »Malefice Interview – Glasgow Garage, 27th Nov 2012
Ben Symons and Dale Butler of British metallers Malefice took time out when they came to Glasgow with Testament to chat to us about the tour and what they’ve been up to since their move to Transcend Music this year. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IQR3d34EfU&w=560&h=315] MALEFICE are: Dale Butler – Vocals Ben Symons – Guitar Andrew Wilson – …
Read More »Xerath Interview – Glasgow Garage, 27th Nov 2012
Owain Williams and Richard Thomson of British orchestral groove metallers Xerath took time out when they came to Glasgow with Testament to chat to us about the tour and how they go about bringing their unique sound to the live shows [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyNXExi807I&w=560&h=315] XERATH are: Richard Thomson – Vocals Owain Williams – Guitar Christopher Clark …
Read More »Jettblack’s Will Stapleton talks about ‘War Of The Worlds’
With High Wycombe sleaze rockers Jettblack having recently finished their first UK headlining tour, in support of their sophomore ‘Raining Rock’ album, vocalist Will Stapleton is not about to take things easy… Instead, he has taken to the stage again – but in a completely different role, as ‘The Voice …
Read More »Doro & Seven – Relentless Garage, London – 21st November 2012
The night started with the support band – Seven, who come from the Czech republic. Doro fans may know of the band purely because of their guitarist, Honza, who guested at Doro’s 25th anniversary show in 2008, which was recently released on DVD. That is the only reason any of …
Read More »Testament with Malefice and Xerath – Glasgow Garage, 27th Nov 2012
Testament have been the only one of the big five that I’ve never managed to see, so I was understandably very excited beforehand at the prospect of finally catching these guys live, not to mention get a chance to speak with Alex Skolnick prior to the gig too. It was …
Read More »Furyon + Stormzone @ The Diamond Rock Club, Ahoghill – Saturday November 24th 2012
Co-headline shows are awkward beasts. And, personally, I’m not a huge fan of them… I mean, you either have a headline act or you don’t – right? Running a bill with two headliners has inherent problems – who goes on first, what happens if the opening act are better than …
Read More »Magnum Manchester HMV Ritz 24/11/2012
Trillium, the band fronted by Amanda Somerville, are the special guests on the UK part of Magnums current tour. They had a good half hour set to show the crowd what they were all about. Playing Symphonic metal at a Magnum gig might have sounded like a strange idea to …
Read More »Incassum Album lanuch Club Ater Ego, Manchester 24th November 2012
Tucked away beneath the rain swept streets of Manchester, we find ourselves at club Alter-Ego, and the stage for the launch of Incassum’s second album, ‘Rite of Passage’. In support tonight are Lazarus Syndrome and Hanging Doll, both of whom, curfew or otherwise, assist in making this intimate subterranean microcosm …
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