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It may be the last day of July, but already it is a typical Belfast “summer” evening – the temperature is plummeting into the lower reaches of single figures and the rain isn’t taking its time to belt it down as the PM team duck from the adjacent pub and …

Now in it’s fifth year, the Steelhouse Festival is one of the UK’s more remote festivals.  Although only four miles from the nearest town, Ebbw Vale, Hafod-Y-Dafal Farm’s mountain top location means it is not the most accessible – especially in a weekend dominated, in both the build up to …

PMTV had the great privilege of meeting up with the ‘Queen Of Metal’, the one and only Doro, immediately following her rain-drenched but triumphant performance at the Steelhouse Festival this past weekend. With the petite singer having barely had time to dry out, she granted our team exclusive backstage access …

Massive Wagons, Adam Thistlethwaite – Interview with PlanetMosh July 2015  Louise Swift for PlanetMosh interviews Adam Thistlethwaite, guitarist with Massive Wagons, after their gig (part way through the ‘Out of our Rockas’ Tour 2015) at The Yorkshire House, Lancaster on 17th July 2015. Find out a bit more about the band, what …

Skam – Interview with PlanetMosh July 2015  Louise Swift for PlanetMosh interviews Skam after their gig (part way through the ‘Out of Our Rockas’ Tour 2015) at The Yorkshire House, Lancaster on 17th July 2015. Find out a bit more about the band, what they have lined up, and more! Skam are: Steve …

First of all an apology and correction, if you have read yesterday’s review you will need to know that actually Garage Days are Austrian and Fireforce are Belgian so your man from Nick Hellefort was correct, they WERE “ze Germans”! After yesterday’s full metal onslaught I approached today with some …

Saturday dawned bright and sunny and off I went for the second day. Special mention as well at this point to the sponsors of the acoustic stage all weekend, Metal Nation Radio. Not cos they were really nice guys who worked damn hard all weekend to broadcast live from the event …

With Bloodstock Open Air Festival now only 2 weeks away, we asked the inhabitants of PlanetMosh Towers to recommend a few bands (and entertainment) that you need to see at Catton Hall. Before you start scanning the advance weather forecasts and packing your tents, take the time to check out …

Massive Wagons/Skam – The Yorkshire House, Lancaster: 17th July 2015 The Seventh night of the Out of Our Rocka’s tour (usually two of ‘Off Yer Rocka’ bands Massive Wagons, Skam, Texas Flood and Pig Iron with local support) saw Massive Wagons and Skam playing The Yorkshire House in Lancaster, conveniently …

Saturday at Ivory Blacks in Glasgow was a four band show, leading up to the debut headline gig from Dyorlich. First up on the night was three piece Psycho-Logic.  They were on very early and because of that the crowd hadn’t really filled out yet, but that didn’t stop them …

What do we know about SOS Festival then? Sponsored by Rocksector records and organised by them and Chris Appleton (founder member of Fury UK and now playing with Absolva amongst other things) who also compered it, it’s now in its 8th year and showcases some of the label’s talent, along …

In the mid- to late-Eighties, an melodic rock band tried to break out of the confines of their native Northern Ireland and onto the world stage – but, various circumstances conspired against them and they never quite made it and went their separate ways…  One of them did fulfill the …

For the second successive year, PlanetMosh is delighted to be the main media partner, and main stage sponsor, for Monsters Of Rot V, the annual celebration of the best in the extreme Irish metal scene.  As part of our continuing build up to the August 1 event, we today turn the spotlight …

Belfast had been in virtual lockdown for the long weekend which marked the cornerstone of Northern Ireland’s marching season, the Twelfth.  Bars, restaurants and shops kept their doors firmly shut for most of the duration, leaving those who dared to venture into the practically abandoned city centre with little to …

Earlier this Summer I caught up with three fifths of the mighty Warpath. Darren, Joe and Eoin sat down with me to discuss the band’s upcoming E.P, ‘The Ambience of War’ (due to be released later this year),  their much anticipated gig with Metal legends, Sepultura and more. Warpath are …

For the second successive year, PlanetMosh is delighted to be the main media partner, and main stage sponsor, for Monsters Of Rot V, the annual celebration of the best in the extreme Irish metal scene.  As part of our continuing build up to the August 1 event, we today turn the spotlight …

For the second successive year, PlanetMosh is delighted to be the main media partner, and main stage sponsor, for Monsters Of Rot V, the annual celebration of the best in the extreme Irish metal scene.  As part of our continuing build up to the August 1 event, we today turn the spotlight …

Screaming Eagles – Interview with Chris Fry July 2015 Screaming Eagles (sometimes shortened to Screagles), a Rock ‘n’ Roll band from Northern Ireland are due to release their second album Stand Up and be Counted this Saturday (11th July 2015) via Off Yer Rocka Recordings. Ahead of their release Front-man …

For the second successive year, PlanetMosh is delighted to be the main media partner, and main stage sponsor, for Monsters Of Rot V, the annual celebration of the best in the extreme Irish metal scene.  As part of our continuing build up to the August 1 event, we today turn the spotlight …