Belfast had been in virtual lockdown for the long weekend which marked the cornerstone of Northern Ireland’s marching season, the Twelfth. Bars, restaurants and shops kept their doors firmly shut for most of the duration, leaving those who dared to venture into the practically abandoned city centre with little to …
Read More »Wilson Interview, Glasgow, 6/3/15
On Friday night Wilson opened up for Halestorm at the legendary Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow. Before the show singer Chad sat down for a chat with me about their new record deal, touring, and Full Blast Fuckery. Then we did a funny face selfie and he went off and did …
Read More »Sky Valley Mistress Interview, Glasgow, 5/3/15
Last night I went along to the Cathouse in Glasgow to interview Sky Valley Mistress, the band currently supporting The Cadillac Three on their sold out UK tour. We had a chat in the noisy Cathouse bar, about going from playing gigs in empty pubs to the Download festival, their …
Read More »The Cadillac Three Interview, Glasgow, 5/3/15
Last night I had the chance to sit down for a chat with Jaren, Neil and Kelby from The Cadillac Three. During the interview we talked about haggis, Slash, the new Peace, Love and Dixie EP and how I’m their new favourite interviewer. The Cadillac Three tour is sold out, but …
Read More »Gun – Frantic
@planetmosh reviews Frantic by .@gunofficaluk Back in 1996 I went to my first ever stadium gig, Bon Jovi at Ibrox, Glasgow. A few things stick in my mind from that day. The intro to Lay Your Hands on Me being played by a pipe band, the entire Glasgow Rangers squad …
Read More »Marillion – The Forum, London -11/12/2014
I have to admit that until a few years ago the only Marillion albums in my collection were Script for a Jester’s Tear , Misplaced Childhood and Clutching at Straws. The group have seemed to have by-passed me for a number of years and I have only recently been re-acquainted …
Read More »Massive, Buffalo Summer, The Treatment, O2 ABC2 Glasgow, 7/10/14
Tuesday saw the second night of this tour, and the first ever Scottish date for Aussie rockers Massive, whose feet have yet to touch the ground after a flight from Oz, a drive to Newcastle, a gig and a drive to Glasgow. A healthy diet of Newcastle Brown Ale and loud …
Read More »SKARLETT RIOT unveil their new lyric video, ‘House Of Cards’ + catch them on tour with Edguy this month!
Skarlett Riot are excited to announce the release of the first track from their forthcoming new album. The brand new single – ‘House Of Cards’ available to download on the 8th September! Featuring all the trademark elements of Skarlett Riot’s sound; from the crunching guitar riff to Skarlett’s soaring vocals, …
Read More »ANCILLOTTI to tour with Tygers Of Pan Tang
After the success of “The Chain Goes On” album, ANCILLOTTI are pleased to announce that the band have been confirmed as special guest of the Tygers Of Pan Tang for their upcoming European tour in November 2014. Tour dates: 7th November 2014 t.b.a 8th November 2014 Turock, Essen – Germany …
Read More »Havok interview with David Sanchez – August 2014
@AnybodyBC @PlanetMosh interview with @HAVOKthrash @centurymedia Denver thrashers Havok could well be one of the most busy bands on the road if they continue touring like they are now! Their huge world tour will finish in the October and guys already have further plans. I managed to catch Havok lead vocalist and guitarist David …
Read More »Bad Touch/Afterlife/Bonafide – Cathouse, Glasgow – 30/3/14.
@planetmosh reviews .@BadTouchrocks .@UKAfterlife and .@Bonafiderocks. Sunday, March 30th saw the last night of Bonafide’s UK tour in support of latest album Bombo. Glasgow’s Cathouse is easy to miss, an unassuming door next to a couple of dumpsters on one of the cities’ busiest streets, but the queue forming an …
Read More »AGELESS OBLIVION: ‘Penthos’ Out Now
AGELESS OBLIVION‘s critically acclaimed sophomore record PENTHOS is out now. Hailed as the ‘Future of British Death Metal’ by Metal Hammer, the album has received phenomenal praise across the board, including 9/10 in BIG CHEESE magazine, KKKK’s in KERRANG magazine and a barrage of tips for top 20 albums of the …
Read More »Anette Olzon interview – February 2014
Anette Olzon is due to release her debut solo album, Shine next month. Ahead of the release I spoke to her to talk about the album, whether or not she has any touring plans, and of course I asked her some questions relating to her time with Nightwish. Read on …
Read More »Hypocrisy – Effenaar, Eindhoven – 31/03/2013
After counting down for weeks, the moment had finally arrived. I was finally going to get to see Hypocrisy for the first time! I was probably more excited than a 5 year old at Christmas! Since the gig started at the most random time of 16:30 (what kind of time …
Read More »Kill Ritual. Interview with Steven Rice (Lead Guitar)
Steven Rice, lead guitarist with American thrashers Kill Ritual took time out of preparing for their up coming US tour to answer a few questions about writing their album Serpentine Ritual, the up coming tour and the bands plans for the future. PM – Hi there, first of all, thanks for …
Read More »Wolf interview with Richard “Raptor” Holgren
I managed to catch up with Wolf Drummer, Richard “Raptor” Holgren in the Pint and he shared the bands future plans and told me exactly what he thinks of the Metal scene nowadays. So you’re back on tour with Evile how have you been finding it? It’s been great so …
Read More »Photos of Tracer and Littlecrazy at Islington academy, April 2012
Here are a few photos of Tracer performing at Islington Academy on 24th April 2012 on their first UK headline tour. Support came from Sheffield band Littlecrazy – photos below the Tracer pics. %%wppa%% %%slide=298%% %%wppa%% %%slide=295%%
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