Album Reviews

So far this year, I have come across quite a few excellent doom albums which show that the genre is well and truly alive and kicking butt in all corners of the planet we call Mosh – from the epic Greek godliness of Mahakala to the dark Swiss denseness of …

“Metal is the way… Devil Metal!” The prolific Nunslaughter, a pride and joy of Cleveland Ohio’s live underground metal scene, have birthed a double CD compilation record. Out on the Hell’s Headbangers imprint, The Devil’s Congeries, Vol. I features highlight tracks from some of their collector-grade past 7″ vinyl releases. Channeling …

Pennsylvanian four-piece Heartless have released four records to date and are currently making a name for themselves touring all over the U.S. and Europe. Calling themselves hardcore punk, their sound certainly has all the vitriolic fury of the pit-inciting genre. The first track ‘Ruin’ is a discordant assault, a forceful …

This fifth full-length release from US metalcore mob Hawthorne Heights is billed as a concept album, based around the usual storyline (although admittedly one more often narrated by power metal outfits) about post-apocalyptic world/dystopian future where a totalitarian corporation has risen to overarching power and the ‘little man’ starts to …

Leicester band Hell’s Addiction formed in 2010 with members from other local bands – De Sade, Dirty Cocktail, and Forgotten Sun.  Musically it’s good heavy rock and roll that will appeal to fans of Zodiac Mindwarp, Voodoo six, Airbourne and more. Brief comments on a few tracks.. Opening track ‘Feels …

Hailing from Olympia, in Washington state in the far north west of the USA, Mom’s Rocket formed in 2009.  Since then they’ve released two albums and played over 250 gigs.  Shortly after the release of their second album – V2, their drummer Jeff Meshke had shoulder surgery that left him …

The Killer Dawrfs singer, Russ Dwarf is clearly a busy man at the moment.  For a start, the Killer Dwarfs reuniting to support the release of their album ‘Start @ One’, an album recorded in the 90’s but never released, and which has now been remixed and remastered.  As well …

Marc Eric is a guitarist referred to as a “psychadelic blues guitarist extraordinaire”.  He’s played on movie and TV sountracks as well as playing on Graham Bonnet’s “The day I went mad” album.  ‘Reaching for Orion’ is his fourth album, and as normal he both plays guitar and sings. Brief …

Embersland is a metal band from Barcelona, Spain.  The band formed in 2009, and during 2011 and 2012 recorded their debut album, Sunrise, which was finally released in May this year.  The band are fairly unusual in having two male vocalists. Starting with the vocals there is quite a mix …

Prog band Titan consists of thee musicians who met at Appalachian state university.  They recorded their debut album during 2012 and it was released earlier this year. It’s quite a varied album this.  It’s clearly Proresssive rock/metal, but it has a varied sound, taking its influences from different bands.  At …

Radio friendly are a Christian rock band from California.  They’ve just released their latest EP, ‘Love is alive’.  This release comes not long after their seventh album. Normally the words “Christian rock” are the kiss of death – too often the music is pretty average and the lyrics are far …

Days we are even are a band based in Zurich, but with members coming from Germany, Switzerland and Brazil.  They describe their music as “modern metal”, whatever that is supposed to mean. Brief comments on a few songs.. The album kicks off with ‘Misunderstood’.  Nice heavy guitar riffs, good vocals, …

We love new bands and new metal done well here at Planetmosh and London based Neuronspoiler certainly know how to do it well if their first full length album is anything to go by.

It’s great hearing about bands because they follow you on Twitter or Facebook and throw their material at you. You seem sceptical at first but it soon becomes apparent that some bands really do have something special, and that’s what I discovered with Piston. I came across this Midlands 5 …

  If you like your music to come at you from the darker end of the spectrum then this is well worth checking out, although a mere fifteen minutes in duration it packs a mighty punch, very much in the Gothic vein. As a German language band Schwarzer Engel are …

American band Huntress are a band that are quickly making a big name for themselves.  Their singer Jill Janus is certainly someone worth talking about.  She’s a former opera singer with a staggering 4 octave vocal range.  For anyone who doesn’t know much about vocal ranges, most talented singers can …

Twisted State of Mind are a young metal band from Witney in Oxfordshire.  When I say young, I’m not kidding – they’re only 13 years old.  To be honest I was a bit sceptical when given their EP to review – their young ages did make me wonder if they …

“Halo of Blood” is the 8th studio album by Finnish melodic death metallers, Children of Bodom. ‘Waste of Skin’ starts the newly released album with melody, catchy guitar work, typical chugging Children of Bodom riffs and signature keyboards. Before long the entrance of title track ‘Halo of Blood’ brings a …

Originally released via Spitfire Records on March 21st 2000,Magica is the latest Dio solo album to get the re-master treatment,this time via Niji Entertainment Group on June 25th 2013 and is eagerly awaited as the original release has been out of print for many years. The original sold over 100,000 …

Altus are a band very new to the Northern Irish metal scene, and have only been together since late last year. The band members were brought together sharing experiences from being in previous bands. I have seen them perform only once at their debut performance at this years inaugural Helfast …