PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

  No lows, just highs on this bruising new album The Lowdown from Belfast based Baleful Creed. Currently available on their bandcamp page, these ten songs hit hard and heavy as opener ‘Mr.Grim’ is far from grim as it lumbers along on a steadfast stoner stomp and wailing wah-wah solos …

Sadly the inevitable has happened and this years Bloodstock festival is cancelled.  Read the official statement here….   Following the ongoing government guidance on mass gatherings and social distancing, we are extremely disappointed to announce that this year’s BLOODSTOCK will no longer be going ahead. We respect the government’s mandate …

Irish Street Punk band Hooligan formed in Dublin back in October 2009. Fast forward ten years and they have released their sixth and latest 7″ EP Dublin City Rockers via Advance Records on vinyl. The more observant amongst you may recognise frontman David Linehan as guitarist in The Blue Carpet Band. …

 CLUTCH RELEASE BRAND NEW STUDIO RECORDING OF “SMOKE BANSHEE” AS PART OF THE “WEATHERMAKER VAULT SERIES” Clutch announce the release of the new studio recording of the track “Smoke Banshee”. The single is the seventh in a series of new studio recordings that comprise the Weathermaker Vault Series. “As 2019 drew to a …

THE LIVE COLLECTION – REMASTERED LIVE AFTER DEATH / ROCK IN RIOFIFTH SET OF CD DIGIPAK ALBUMS RELEASED ON JUNE 19TH   Parlophone Records will continue their reissues series of the IRON MAIDEN catalogue with a fifth set of Digipak CD titles in The Live Collection – Remastered, to be released …

North-west heavy rockers VORSETELLAN are primed to drop their engrossing debut album, Encephalon, on Friday 8th May. The Brit tunesters have also just released a new single and lyric video for the track, Burn  – https://youtu.be/1NDvFIfVCHc .   While VORSTELLAN showcase an expansive array of influences, they largely take inspiration …

UK stout rockers AND THE SKY DARKENED will release their stunning new sophomore EP, Between Ghosts, on Friday 8th May. The rising quartet have also just dropped an explosive new single and video for Burden Hardest To Bear – https://youtu.be/Ohi8H64CkC0 . Born in 2015 by long-time friends Ryan Lewis (Vocals/Guitar) …

Since their beginnings in Dereham, Norfolk 2010, Bad Touch have consistently released impressive music and that work ethic sees them on another high with their soon to be released fourth studio album Kiss The Sky via Marshall Records on June 19th 2020. Available on white vinyl, CD, or digital download …

As COVID-19 Devastates Touring Industry, Blues Icon Joe Bonamassa Raises Money to Help Musicians in Need. His New “Fueling Musicians” Relief Program Will Give Musicians Cash and Gas Cards to Get Them Back on the Road. Watch Joe’s Heartfelt Message: https://vimeo.com/411620287 Deerfield Beach, FL, Tuesday, April 28 – Joe Bonamassa’s …

  Gypsy’s Kiss are back! Who you may ask? But a fair few Iron Maiden fans will know of them. Formed in late 1973 by lead vocalist/guitarist David Smith and Steve Harris on bass guitar (yes, that Steve Harris), they were known then as Influence but changed their name in …

        Swiss hard rock exponents The Order return with their sixth and most powerful album to date, in the shape of Supreme Hypocrisy   As you look back and reflect on how many Rock and Metal bands you must have listened to over the decades, sometimes you …

On May 1st 2020, Essex based metallers Spidervayne release their latest single ‘Sundance’ via Roulette Records and digitally distributed by Cargo Distribution. It’s a great appetizer for a forthcoming studio album as it eases in on laid back guitar lines and a haunting vocal drawl. The lyrics are very thought …

For sheer ballistic riffing, the This Is Hell album from Burnt Out Wreck released in November 2019 rocked on all levels. Fast forward to 2020 and they’ve just released ‘Positive’, the second single taken from it. It’s one of the more laid back tracks on the album but the grooves …

I first fell in love with Bloodyard at Hammerfest 2019 in Prestatyn. Towards the end of night 3,drained and withered from the rigours that media does to you during a festival. The interviews, the photographing and of course, the beer. I stood alone at a table just catching five minutes …

  Ty Morn, described by founder member Aron Biale as “A golden age metal project with worldwide guest musicians” have released a brand new single ‘Compliments Of The Wolf’ from the curiously titled forthcoming studio album Last Villain Testament. From the off it blazes a trail of proto power metal …

Already this is a contender for my album of 2020! Looking at the name I expected it to be peppered with a shitload of guitar solos and no songs but I could not be more wrong! Axel Rudi Pell will release Sign Of The Times via SPV/Steamhammer on May 8th …

According to a quote in the latest Classic Rock mag by You In The Future, Last Light On The Highway, the latest studio album by Robert Jon & The Wreck is “The best fucking album I’ve heard for ages”! I would not go that far but after hearing it I’ll …