With 25 years passing miraculously and the band drifting away from their death metal roots, this doesn’t stop Amorphis excelling in their craft. The Finnish metallers carry something special; the ability to produce variation and to apply all of it into their music. And they have done that especially on …
Read More »Cradle of Filth – Hammer of the Witches
After catching Cradle Of Filth‘s fantastic set at Graspop Festival, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this album, we were lucky enough to be treated to ‘ Right Wing Of The Garden Triptych‘ live and get a taste of what was to come. Hammer of the Witches is …
Read More »Madball announce surprise Old Blue Last Show on Monday 15th June 2015
Madball announce surprise Old Blue Last Show on Monday 15th June 2015 NYHC Heavyweight legends Madball have announced a London show at The Old Blue Last for next Monday following their already announced Download Festival set. Frontman Freddy Cricien commented ‘We are very excited to be playing Download for the …
Read More »Children Of Bodom Reveal New Album ‘I Worship Chaos’ Out 2nd October
World renowned Finnish heavy metal powerhouse Children Of Bodom (aka COB) are set to release their ninth studio album ‘I Worship Chaos’ worldwide on October 2, 2015 via Nuclear Blast Records. The artwork was created by Finnish artist Tuomas Korpi (http://tuomaskorpi.com/) which is attached below. COB frontman, guitarist, and mastermind Alexi …
Read More »Soulfly to release new album in August
Soulfly will release their tenth studio album, ‘Archangel’, via Nuclear Blast Entertainment on August 14. It will feature guest performances from Todd Jones of Nails, Matt Young of King Parrot, as well as Richie and Igor Cavalera. “I am so proud to be releasing Soulfly’s tenth album,” commented founder/vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera. “I …
Read More »Kadavar Announce November 2015 UK Tour
German psych-rockers, KADAVAR have just announced a full UK Tour for this November. Drummer Tiger commented “We are stoked to return to the UK this fall! It has been two years already and with a new record in the pocket, we are looking forward to play again. It’s gonna get faster, …
Read More »Agnostic Front Posts Sixth And Final Webisode Of ‘The American Dream Died’ Series
New York hardcore pioneers AGNOSTIC FRONT are set to release their new album The American Dream Died one week from today in North America on Nuclear Blast. During the recording process the band filmed a webisode series documenting the production process and the background for the new album The American Dream …
Read More »Enforcer Streaming New Song ‘Below the Slumber’ & Exclusive Interview
Swedish Heavy Metal foursome ENFORCER will release their new album From Beyond this coming Tuesday Nuclear Blast. The fourth ENFORCER record consists of ten new tracks; all produced, mixed and mastered by the band themselves. Today the band has teamed up with Decibel Magazine’s “Deciblog” for an exclusive premiere …
Read More »Nightwish – Endless Forms Most Beautiful
It’s been four years since Imaginaerum gave the world the most bonkers record of 2011 and now Finnish giants Nightwish have gone all Darwin on us. Taking inspiration from the naturalist’s seminal work ‘On the Origin of Species’, Endless Forms Most Beautiful is the band’s eighth studio effort, based around the ‘very loose’ concept …
Read More »Black Star Riders – Acoustic Show at PMT, Manchester: 13th March 2015
I’ve been very lucky recently, in that last month a friend won tickets to see Thunder play an acoustic show at PMT (which stands for Professional Musical Technology) store in Manchester and then only last week another friend, Arwel, won tickets for the Black Star Riders acoustic show at the …
Read More »Blues Pills – Live
Even though this new Blues Pills album has roughly the same play list as the studio version, this time we get to hear the group at their best playing live and adding just a few extra twists to some of their already well known and established tracks. If you’ve heard …
Read More »ENFORCER Release Album Trailer For “From Beyond”
Swedish Heavy Metal foursome ENFORCER will releasetheir new album From Beyond April 7th via Nuclear Blast. The fourth ENFORCER record consists of ten new tracks; all produced, mixed and mastered by the band themselves. A new album trailer, featuring comments from the band and previews of new music is …
Read More »Black Star Riders – The Killer Instinct (First Opinion)
When Damon Johnson and Ricky Warwick were writing their previous album, All Hell Breaks Loose, they were unsure whether it was going to be a Thin Lizzy album or something else, something that rose from the ashes of Lizzy. This time around, and with a couple of years of playing as Black Star …
Read More »Black Star Riders – Ricky Warwick discusses the first five tracks on new album ‘The Killer Instinct’
Black Star Riders – Ricky Warwick Discusses the First Five Tracks on ‘The Killer Instinct’ BLACK STAR RIDERS are set to release their forthcoming album The Killer Instinct on the 23rd of February and in anticipation of the release, frontman Ricky Warwick sat down to discuss each of the new tracks. The first part …
Read More »What is the best Nightwish studio album?
With the impending arrival of the brand new NIGHTWISH album, Endless Forms Most Beautiful. PlanetMosh is asking our readers to select their favourite studio album from the back catalogue of the symphonic Finns. Endless Forms Most Beautiful is released on March 27th via Nuclear Blast records. Pre-Order the album here …
Read More »Unleashed finish recording new album
Legendary Swedish Viking death metal outfit Unleashed have just finished recording the as yet untitled follow up to their critically acclaimed 2012 ‘Odalheim’ album. Scheduled to be released via Nuclear Blast in the spring, the album was recorded by producer and guitar player Fredrik Folkare in his own Chrome Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. Unleashed frontman Johnny Hedlund stated: “Warriors!!! Unleashed are …
Read More »Blind Guardian – Beyond The Red Mirror
Blind Guardian is a special band; a band that has laughed in the face of convention since day one and have created some of the seminal classics of the power metal genre. With a legacy as powerful how will new release Beyond The Red Mirror fare in the land of …
Read More »Sylosis – ‘Dormant Heart’
This fourth album by Reading’s Sylosis is one born out of trauma: several months before they started recording it, the band were involved in a serious road accident while touring the States with DevilDriver – and it is this incident which seems to permeate the sense of darkness which pervades …
Read More »Kataklysm start recording new album
Canadian death metallers Kataklysm have revealed that their new album – tentatively scheduled for a summer release via Nuclear Blast – will be called ‘Of Ghosts And Gods’. The band are currently in the studio recording the album – the follow up to 2013’s ‘Waiting For The End To Come’ …
Read More »DIABLO BLVD Release Second Official ‘Follow The Deadlights’ Video Trailer
Belgium’s finest, anthemic grooving rock/metal machine DIABLO BLVD have released the second official video trailer for the band’s upcoming album, Follow The Deadlights: The band will release their Nuclear Blast debut on January 26, 2015. Pre-order the album: http://smarturl.it/DIABLO-BLVD-NB Recently an extensive digital EP has been released – the Rise Like Lions digital EP includes: 01. Rise Like Lions …
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