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Rock City, the iconic rock venue in the heart of Nottingham, was the venue for the third night of the ‘Blast From the Past’ tour from the Fabulous, Flamboyant Finnish, Glam Rock Four, Reckless Love. I have seen them four times before and, so far, have always enjoyed their shows, …

We met up with the legendary Thomas Gabriel Fischer (otherwise known as Tom G Warrior) before he took to the stage in Glasgow with his latest band Triptykon. A pioneering figure in the evolution of Extreme Metal first with the primitive Hellhammer and then Celtic Frost. Triptykon formed out of …

On previous tours, Epica have skipped the UK when doing the European leg and instead done a separate UK tour of around half a dozen dates in small-medium sized venues, but this time they’ve included a single UK date on their European tour, and it’s here at the Forum, which …

Planetmosh interviewers David Vincent, vocalist & bassist from Morbid Angel before their show at The Garage in Glasgow on the 9th Dec 2014. We discuss the 20th Anniversary Covenant shows, touring, music scene, what his plans are after the tour, new material, what he wants from Metal Santa and more….  

Tonight’s show was the first of two to celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary.  Time certainly flies as when I thought about it I realised the first time I saw Fields of the Nephilim was 26 years ago. The first act tonight was Dolomite minor, a Southampton based band.  I say …

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

Unless you’re a resident of Bristol, the novelty of a gig in the underbelly of a boat is something to behold – particularly when the Thekla is a wonderful little venue that has a fantastic sound system: the three bands on tonight benefit from it fantastically. On arrival, with twenty …

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!

Dublin has been a hotbed of gigs for the last couple of weeks and this one came at the end of a 3 night run, Saxon and Sabaton having played blistering shows over the previous 2 evenings. It is Sunday night in Dublin and the hordes came out from North, …

Krokodil were first up.  They’re a very heavy band and tonight seem to have the volume set to “bleeding ears” as it is at times uncomfortably loud, and the bass is so high that anything you touched was vibrating.  There are some great heavy riffs in the music, but to …

Saxon are back at the Ritz, the first time since the release of ‘Saxon- St. George’s Day Sacrifice – Live in Manchester’ back in March of this year. The set list that time was pure fan driven magic, however this time around the tour is dubbed ‘Warriors of the Road’ …

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.    

Magnum are never a band to rest on their laurels, so it came as no surprise when they opened up with ‘Live ’til You Die’ from their latest exceptional opus, ‘Escape From The Shadow Garden’. This was certainly a crowd pleaser as was ‘Black Skies’ and ‘Freedom Day’ taken from …

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, …

Tuesday was a special day for many reasons. Firstly, the sun was out. In Glasgow in December that’s a bigger achievement than you might think. Secondly I got to make lots of lovely new friends, and catch up with some old ones. And thirdly, Phil Campbell got to play the …

First up tonight were British band Voodoo Six.  It’s not long since their singer quit the band due to health reasons, and as the band haven’t had time to find a permanent replacement, tonight’s gig is performed with a stand in singer, Nik Taylor Stoakes from Fire Red Empress. Voodoo …

Friday the 28th of November 2014 was ‘Black Friday’ for many. Fortunately for me the main black in my Friday was being worn by the line of Delain fans waiting outside The Cathouse in Glasgow for the last date of Dutch symphonic metal band Delain’s short UK tour. The doors opened promptly …