Album Reviews

Man.Machine.Industry hold a wee place in my heart thanks to them being one of the first bands I reviewed when I started writing for Planetmosh in 2012. I loved their then release, Lean Back Relax and Watch the World Burn, and it’s great to see J.Bergman return to create more …

Just under two years since the absolutely stonking Omertá and Adrenaline Mob are back with that tricky album number two. It’s another great album but one that doesn’t quite hit the heights of Omertá. Men of Honor is probably closer to being a more conventional heavy rock album. Is it …

@planetmosh reviews The Search Goes On by .@KamchatkaSWE, out on .@Despotz Records. Formed in 2001 in Varberg, Sweden, Kamchatka are a three piece blues rock band about to release their fifth studio album.  The Search Goes On has been recorded at the band’s own Shrimpmonkey Studios, in their home town …

First of all an introduction as I am sure there may well be a few people out there who are unfamiliar with Nervosa, well Nervosa are a three piece all female Trash metal outfit hailing from Brazil. Fernanda Lira takes the vocal and bass duties with Prika Amaral on guitars …

@planetmosh reviews Precious Metal by .@_houseoflords_ Melodic rock band House of Lords was first created back in 1987 by keyboardist Gregg Giuffria, and after landing a record deal with Kiss bass player Gene Simmons company ‘Simmons Records ‘ Simmons stipulated that the band changed their name from Giuffria to House of Lords, plus …

  Hailing from Järvenpää Finland Corpsessed released their first full length album Abysmal Thresholds by Dark Descent Records on the 4th of February 2014. Artwork by Danille Gauvin. Now I have never claimed to be good at reviews, sometimes you just can’t get into an album enough to right something …

@planetmosh reviews The Difference Between by .@mojofuryband out on .@graphiterecords Following on from 2011’s ‘Visiting Hours Of a Travelling Circus’ Northern Irish indie-rockers Mojo Fury have released the much-anticipated ‘The Difference Between’. This second full-length album is available now on Graphite Records. Safe in The Arms is a perfect song …

@planetmosh reviews Failed Futures by .@DripBack DripBack’s debut album Failed Futures feels like a punishment, but one from which you gain a narcissistic pleasure. It is a relentless onslaught of riffs, drum thrashing, thunderous bass and lyrics that at times appear to be being metaphorically, if not literally, spat into …

Dave Evans, the original vocalist and co-founder of AC/DC releases his new EP Nothing to Prove via Rocksector Records on 3rd March 2014. The EP contains a cover of blues classic Baby Please Don’t Go and three original tracks which Dave has co-written with guitar player Chris Appleton from Abslova, …

    Having now been snapped up by Metal Blade Records, the band are about to release a beefed up version of their E.P. that surfaced  early last year, with the addition of two new tracks, taking the total up to eight, this now has the more rounded feel of …

  A band for barely a year, one limited edition 7” release behind them, Mantar are a band that should not be yet able to produce a debut album like this. This is just amazing, hats off to the German/Turkish twosome, for coming up with a debut that knocked me …

It is only February and already I may have found my album of the year! ‘For Those Who Are Left‘ is the 2nd studio album by Steel Threads. The band describe themselves as a “Power folk/rock band using guitar/violin and vocal harmony to create uniqueness”. That statement perfectly sums them …

This four track split EP – appropriately limited to 666 12” pressings – sees mysterious Ukrainian black metal overlords Drudkh teaming with their English pagan counterparts Winterfylleth to deliver a collection of four cover versions. Drudkh explore the darkest depths of the eastern European underground for their triptych of contributions, …

      The Gothic Metal band from Greece return with their highly anticipated follow up to 2009’s excellent debut album “Silent Scr3am”. “Someplace Better”, again released through Germany’s Massacre Records label, is without doubt a major step up in class and performance from beginning to end, as good as …

In this moment are releasing their first ever live DVD.  Recorded at the Orpheum theatre in Madison, Wisconsin on 21st May 2013 on the band’s tour following the release of the album “Blood”, the show took their already theatrical performances up a level. As anyone who saw them on tour …

Theli is a groundbreaking album, and is deservedly getting a deluxe edition release.  Therion were a death metal band with limited success for their first two albums, but their fifth album (their third with Nuclear Blast) Theli saw a radically different style.  As the third album in the band’s three …

@LouellaDeville_ @PlanetMosh reviews Meet Thy Maker by October 31 OUT NOW on .@hellshead666 October 31 are an American heavy metal band formed in Virginia in 1995 by King Fowley of Deceased (he isn’t actually deceased as I first thought when I read King Fowley Deceased but is the vocalist/drummer in the band …

Def Leppard released “Slang” in 1996 at a time when rock was definitely out of fashion thanks to the popularity of new styles such as Grunge.  As a result of this the album sold well but nowhere near as well as the previous two albums had done, being the first …

Retro revivalism is a movement very much in full flow. With Scandinavian acts the likes of Graveyard, Witchcraft and Blues Pills leading the way, the sound of the late 60s and early 70s, with all its hazy vibes and values are being resurrected and dressed with a modern edge. Yet …

Solstice hail from the depths of Yorkshire and have been challenging and berating the mainstream since 1991. At the helm of this mighty ship is the formidable Rich Walker who has steered the band through multiple line up changes and labels but has never bowed down to ideals of the …