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  • 15 mins ago Pink Floyd Announce Activity around 50th Anniversary of The Dark Side of The Moon album release 
  • 1 day ago Australian pop-punks Between You & Me release new single ‘Nevermind’
  • 1 day ago Album Review : Last In Line – Jericho
  • 2 days ago Gig Review : Daughtry with support from Ayron Jones, Rock City, Nottingham
  • 2 days ago Paul Gilbert Reveals “Man on the Silver Mountain” Taken From ‘The Dio Album’
  • 2 days ago Album Review : Blackmore’s Night – ‘Shadow of the Moon – 25th Anniversary Edition’
  • 2 days ago Wolfgang Van Halen’s MAMMOTH WVH share new album, new video, & touring plans
  • 2 days ago TAKEDOWN FESTIVAL – Set Times Revealed For 2023 Line Up || Rock Day Fest Returns 8 April
  • 2 days ago NITA STRAUSS drops new single ‘Winner Takes All’ feat. ALICE COOPER
  • 2 days ago Tech-Fest 2023 announces 21 additional bands including Oceans Ate Alaska, Kublai Khan TX, Hacktivist, Heriot and many more
  • 2 days ago Dead Man’s Whiskey – New Single: “Masquerade” Out Today
  • 2 days ago The Darkness – 20th Anniversary Tour of ‘Permission To Land
Breaking News
  • Pink Floyd Announce Activity around 50th Anniversary of The Dark Side of The Moon album release 

  • Australian pop-punks Between You & Me release new single ‘Nevermind’

  • Album Review : Last In Line – Jericho

  • Gig Review : Daughtry with support from Ayron Jones, Rock City, Nottingham

  • Paul Gilbert Reveals “Man on the Silver Mountain” Taken From ‘The Dio Album’

  • Album Review : Blackmore’s Night – ‘Shadow of the Moon – 25th Anniversary Edition’

  • Wolfgang Van Halen’s MAMMOTH WVH share new album, new video, & touring plans

  • TAKEDOWN FESTIVAL – Set Times Revealed For 2023 Line Up || Rock Day Fest Returns 8 April

  • NITA STRAUSS drops new single ‘Winner Takes All’ feat. ALICE COOPER

  • Tech-Fest 2023 announces 21 additional bands including Oceans Ate Alaska, Kublai Khan TX, Hacktivist, Heriot and many more

News

Pink Floyd Announce Activity around 50th Anniversary of The Dark Side of The Moon album release 

15 mins ago
News

Australian pop-punks Between You & Me release new single ‘Nevermind’

1 day ago
News

Paul Gilbert Reveals “Man on the Silver Mountain” Taken From ‘The Dio Album’

2 days ago
  • Gigs

    Gig Review : Daughtry with support from Ayron Jones, Rock City, Nottingham

    2 days ago
  • Gigs

    Gig Review : The Answer – Sundowners UK Tour Spring 2023 With support from Oli Brown & The Dead Collective Thekla, Bristol

    2 days ago
  • Gigs

    Gig Review : Carcass – Limelight Belfast

    6 days ago
  • Gigs

    Gig Review : Enter Shikari ‘A Kiss for The Whole World’ UK Tour pt2 KK’s Steel Mill, Birmingham

    7 days ago

Albums

Album Review : Last In Line – Jericho

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
1 day ago
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Where has the time gone, I saw these guys on their first ever show outside the USA when they played in Belfast, back when they had no albums out and it was an entire Dio setlist, and already we are on album number three, coming on the back of Two and Heavy Crown comes the new album Jericho, so let's get stuck in and see what this one is all about!

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Album Review : Blackmore’s Night – ‘Shadow of the Moon – 25th Anniversary Edition’

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
2 days ago
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Many were wondering what Ritchie Blackmore would do next following his winding up of Rainbow, the free spirited guitarist never afraid of going where his muse lead him.

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Album Review : Kamelot : The Awakening

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
3 days ago
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5 years have passed since Kamelot took us on an orchestral, bombastic journey with their previous studio release, “The Shadow Theory” in 2018.

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Album Review : NE OBLIVISCARIS : Exul

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
4 days ago
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Xenoyr (growler) came up with the title Exul for NE OBLIVISCARIS' 4th masterpiece album.  He explained that it epitomized people's sentiments about the pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine, and that each person has their own story about banishment. 

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Album Review : Paul Gilbert – The Dio Album

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
4 days ago
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Now this is going to be a hard sell, I love Dio and I love Paul Gilbert, but can the two work on an album?? I have only really heard one album like this that worked and that was Andy Timmons Plays Sgt Pepper, but with that said, let's crack on and see what we have here!

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Album Review : RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR (Showdown)

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
1 week ago
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A mix of old and new, crafty – a little P.O.D. meets Beastie Boys meets Yngwie Malmsteen.  I’m digging the bucket hats and the three-quarter shorts in Rise of the Northstar’s  ‘One Love’ (Track 05) video.  Who said  90’s rap was dead?  Fast forward to 2023, and it’s alive and well. 

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Album Review : Lordi ” Screem Writers Guild

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
1 week ago
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Lordi’s soon to be released Screem Writers Guild is a corpus of spooky sound effects, dark lyrics, graceful melodies, and catchy chorus lines.

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Album Review : The Damned Darkadelic

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
1 week ago
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Punk stalwarts new album is full of sophistication and fire, adding a quality addition to their recorded legacy. The Damned have been around for well over 40 years, and like the Kinks, are in my opinion an essential British band that often get (foolishly) ignored by the mainstream although their influence among other bands and artists is immeasurable.

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Album Review : Hanoi Rocks Oriental Beat (40 year re(al)mix)

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
2 weeks ago
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After 40 years Hanoi Rocks get to finish and release their own vision of how second album Oriental Beat should have sounded first time around. 

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Album Review : Kings X – In the New Age

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
2 weeks ago
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Loved by peers and fans alike, Kings X have long since transcended the label of a ‘cult band’ and joined the pantheon of greats alongside such outfits as Clutch and Opeth as artists who really matter way beyond this limiting epithet. 

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Slade – ‘Slayed?’ / ‘Nobody’s Fool’ / ‘The Amazing Kamakaze Syndrome

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
2 weeks ago
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More rabble-rousing terrace anthems from everyone’s favourite chart-dominating Glam scallywags, these reissues are a very welcome addition to fans old and new as they bring back that visceral excitement of youth.

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Album Review : Suicide Silence – Remember… You Must Die

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
3 weeks ago
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For me, when the word ‘Deathcore’ gets brought to the surface, one of the first O.G's that come to mind were introduced to me as a youngun in the early 2000’s… Californian Titans Suicide Silence.

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Album Review : Empyre : Relentless

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
3 weeks ago
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Empyre first came to my attention back in September 2021, when I went to a gig at Leo’s Red Lion in Gravesend, Kent. The headline act that night was Mason Hill ably supported by Hollowstar and a third band from Northants, who were totally unknown to me.

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Album Review : Night Demon: Outsider

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
3 weeks ago
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The New Wave of British Heavy Metal spawned many influential bands in a form of Metal that is pure, original and from which all other sub-genres derived.

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Album Review : Haken – Fauna

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
3 weeks ago
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Haken are about to release their seventh album this month, no mean feat given the band's first album Aquarius came out in 2010, if you know about these guys they are a British Prog band, who have a great mix of modern influences as well as classic prog bands, exceptional players all in their own right, I am excited to delve into what this album has to offer!

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Album Review : The Enigma Division – Self Titled

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
3 weeks ago
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For those in the know, these guys were formed from their previous band Xerath, featuring Conor McGouran on Guitar & Keys, Ben Wanders drums & vocals and Ronan Burns on bass, there are a few guest musicians on the album as well from Derek Sherinian (Planet X/Dream Theater), Sam Bell (Mask of Judas), Mal O’Brien and Dave Whyte.

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Gigs

Gigs

Gig Review : Daughtry with support from Ayron Jones, Rock City, Nottingham

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
2 days ago
Gigs

Gig Review : The Answer – Sundowners UK Tour Spring 2023 With support from Oli Brown & The Dead Collective Thekla, Bristol

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
2 days ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Carcass – Limelight Belfast

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
6 days ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Enter Shikari ‘A Kiss for The Whole World’ UK Tour pt2 KK’s Steel Mill, Birmingham

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
7 days ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Elles Bailey – Shining In The Half Light 2023 UK Tour Special Guests Morganway The Globe, Cardiff

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
1 week ago
Gigs

Gig Review : State of Unrest Tour – Lamb of God, Kreator, Municpial Waste

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
1 week ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Empyre with support from Ethyrfield The Black Prince, Northampton

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
1 week ago
Gigs

Stiff Little Fingers – Everyone Is Someone UK Tour With special guests Slim Jim Phantom Trio Tramshed, Cardiff

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
2 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Beth Hart at the Armadillo, Glasgow

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
2 weeks ago
Gigs

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE UK&EUROPE TOUR 2023 O2 Academy, Birmingham

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
2 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Laurence Jones with support from Dan Byrne UK Tour 2023 Patriot, Crumlin

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
2 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Laura Evans with support from John Adams Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
2 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review :Saxon, Ulster Hall, Belfast

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
3 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review :King King @ Barrowland, Glasgow

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
3 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : King Kraken – ‘MCLXXX’ – Album Launch With support from Six Sins Till Sunday and Straight For The Sun The Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
3 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Megadeth – They Only Come Out at Night – Live at Budokan

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
3 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Beast in Black @ The Garage, Glasgow

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
4 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Those Damn Crows – Inhale / Exhale – February 2023 UK Tour With support from Valhalla Awaits & James And The Cold Gun
Swansea Arena

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
4 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review: Skillet, Theory of a Deadman, and Saint Asonia at The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, WI

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
4 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Black Star Riders @ SWG3, Glasgow

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
4 weeks ago

Interviews

MPM’s Gary Spiller was welcomed on board The Thekla in Bristol for a chat with bassist Micki Waters and frontman Cormac Neeson.

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
3 days ago

DeadWax Taking time out to chat with MPM’s Gary Spiller they reflect upon their teenage roots through to where they discover themselves and the journey they’re about to embark upon.

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
2 weeks ago

Blaze Bayley chats to Gary Spiller from MPM ahead of his show at The Patriot, Crumlin

2 weeks ago
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In a chat prior to their Patriot gig original Spiders Pete ‘Spider’ Spilsby and Adam ‘The Fox’ Irwin chat with MPM’s Gary Spiller and reflect upon how their approach to rock n’ roll has shifted over the years.

2 weeks ago
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Highly acclaimed Bristol-born singer song-writer Elles Bailey chatted with MPM’s Gary Spiller in the ‘luxuriant’ surroundings back-stage at Cardiff’s Globe.

3 weeks ago
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Proud North-eastern rockers Twister have undergone a couple of lineup changes since MPM last caught them in action at Gloucester’s AmpliYuletide festival back in December.

21st February 2023
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Ahead of their gig at Crumlin’s Patriot venue, south coast rockers Black Water Redemption, beer in hand, have a chat with MPM’s Gary Spiller.

14th February 2023
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2022 was a memorable year for the Sons Of Liberty and 2023 promises much too for Bristol’s finest. Shortly after sound checking at The Patriot Fred, Mark and Steve have a chat with MPM’s Gary Spiller.

14th February 2023
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Highly impassioned guitarist / songwriter Oli Brown dropped in for a chat with Gary Spiller from MPM about his new project The Dead Collective

2nd February 2023
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Welsh metal monsters King Kraken chat with MPM’s Gary Spiller

2nd February 2023
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Ahead of their co-headline UK tour – entitled ‘The Ragged Path’ – Sons Of Liberty guitarist Fred Hale and Preacher Stone bassist Jim Bolt chat with MPM’s Gary Spiler.

25th January 2023
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The Big Truck keeps on rolling and delivered its precious cargo to The Patriot – Home Of Rock. On a whistle-stop two dates in Wales Trucker Diablo took time out to have a natter with MPM’s Gary Spiller before taking their particular brand of rock n’ roll onstage.

24th January 2023
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Festivals

Festivals

Gig Review : Bloodstock Open Air 2022

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
19th August 2022
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4,101

My wristband has been collected and I am walking towards The Sophie Lancaster Stage. The feelings of nostalgia began instantly as I heard Basment Torture Killings pounding from the stage. …

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Glastonbury 2022 – the Disneyland for adults

5th July 2022
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1,373

Gig Review : Download 2022, Headliners

26th June 2022
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1,301

Photography: IDLES @ The Park, Glastonbury 2019

15th August 2019
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Festival Review: Not another Glastonbury review – an unusual story about one of the most famous cultural events in the UK

10th July 2019
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4,390

Gig Review: Vambo reinvent 70s rock at the Stone Free Festival

17th June 2018
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2,152

Gig Review: Stonewire roll out the hard rock blues with a passion filled southern swagger

17th June 2018
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Day two at Stone Free Fesitval sees blues rock and ultimate Prog

17th June 2018
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Stone Free Festival serve up a meaty metal smorgasbord – Day 1 – 16 June 2018

16th June 2018
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HRH Blues 4 at the O2 Academy Sheffield 14/15 April 2018

15th April 2018
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