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  • 15 hours ago The Pat McManus Band: ‘Live In France’ album landing July 2023 
  • 16 hours ago Soen announce new album ‘Memorial’ out September 1st
  • 18 hours ago Bowling For Soup Announce Huge February 2024 UK Tour With Less Than Jake & Vandoliers
  • 18 hours ago BLOODSTOCK reveal first winners from M2TM finals for New Blood stage
  • 19 hours ago HALESTORM announce Wembley Arena show + special guest BLACK VEIL BRIDES in Dec 
  • 20 hours ago HOLDING ABSENCE – announce biggest UK and EU headline tour to date
  • 20 hours ago Riff merchants MUDSHARK release new single ‘F*CK YOURSELF’
  • 20 hours ago Guitar Virtuoso Matteo Mancuso To Release Debut Album, ‘The Journey’
  • 2 days ago Gig Review : Krooked Tongue – Deathproof EP Launch Show Dareshack, Bristol
  • 3 days ago EP Review : Krooked Tongue : Deathproof
  • 3 days ago EP Review : Oli Brown & The Dead Collective ; Prologue
  • 4 days ago POLARIS – announce new album ‘Fatalism’ + release brand new single/video ‘Inhumane’ 
Breaking News
  • The Pat McManus Band: ‘Live In France’ album landing July 2023 

  • Soen announce new album ‘Memorial’ out September 1st

  • Bowling For Soup Announce Huge February 2024 UK Tour With Less Than Jake & Vandoliers

  • BLOODSTOCK reveal first winners from M2TM finals for New Blood stage

  • HALESTORM announce Wembley Arena show + special guest BLACK VEIL BRIDES in Dec 

  • HOLDING ABSENCE – announce biggest UK and EU headline tour to date

  • Riff merchants MUDSHARK release new single ‘F*CK YOURSELF’

  • Guitar Virtuoso Matteo Mancuso To Release Debut Album, ‘The Journey’

  • Gig Review : Krooked Tongue – Deathproof EP Launch Show Dareshack, Bristol

  • EP Review : Krooked Tongue : Deathproof

News

The Pat McManus Band: ‘Live In France’ album landing July 2023 

15 hours ago
News

Soen announce new album ‘Memorial’ out September 1st

16 hours ago
News

Bowling For Soup Announce Huge February 2024 UK Tour With Less Than Jake & Vandoliers

18 hours ago
  • Gigs

    Gig Review : Krooked Tongue – Deathproof EP Launch Show Dareshack, Bristol

    2 days ago
  • Gigs

    Gig Review : When Rivers Meet with Arielle: The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham.

    4 days ago
  • Gigs

    Gig Review : Steel Panther – On the Prowl Tour

    4 days ago
  • Gigs

    Gig Review : Billy Talent & Cold Years Belfast Limelight

    6 days ago

Albums

Album Review : Enter Shikari – A Kiss for the Whole World

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1 week ago
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Enter Shikari, the genre-bending British band, has returned with their highly anticipated album, A Kiss for the Whole World. Known for their unique blend of post-hardcore, electronic, and experimental sounds, Enter Shikari delivers yet another bold and thought-provoking musical journey.

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Album Review : Elegant Weapons: Horns for a Halo.

By admin
2 weeks ago
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1,693

A pandemic conception sees the birth of Elegant Weapons, a Supergroup created by Richie Faulkner of Judas Priest. With Faulkner now thankfully recovered from an aortic aneurysm, that saw him in emergency surgery for 10-hours.

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Album Review : THE 69 EYES , Death Of Darkness

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3 weeks ago
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The Finnish creep rockers return with their 13th studio album and while thirteen might be unlucky for some, 'Death Of Darkness' is certainly full of life, in a haunting and gothic kind of way!

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Album Review : Gardner James – No Strings

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3 weeks ago
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Almost three years after the release of their rather excellent Synergy album, ex-Vixen frontwoman Janet Gardner and her partner Justin James present their new album, No Strings.

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Album Review : Steve Lukather – Bridges

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3 weeks ago
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Steve Lukather is best known as guitarist and vocalist with Toto throughout their tenure as a band, as well as a session guitar monster who has played on hundreds of hit records over the past forty or so years.

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Album Review : HAWKWIND – The Future Never Waits

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3 weeks ago
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The Space Lords have been around for well over 50 years now, and this is their 35th studio album, plus of course numerous live albums and compilations.

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Album Review :Therapy? Hard Cold Fire.

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3 weeks ago
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Saturday the 6th of May 2023. This date is going to go down in history. Why? Because it is the day I came back to music journalism (miss me?....). Our main dude here at MPM, Darren, brings me out of my self-imposed hiatus and drops this absolute gem on my desk

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Album Review : ELLES BAILEY – ‘SHINING IN THE HALF LIGHT (DELUXE VERSION

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3 weeks ago
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Sometimes something is so good that it just keeps getting better, and that is exactly what has happened with Elles Bailey’s most recent release. `Shining In The Half Light’ was originally released just over a year ago and received great reviews but always one to keep the fans happy, Bailey has now released a deluxe version of the album that increases the track count from ten to nineteen.

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Album Review : Winger: Seven

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3 weeks ago
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What can I say about Winger “Seven”? This is the 7th studio album from the American band formed in the early 1980’s in New York by Denver, Colorado native Kip Winger, the band enjoying initial success from their first period of activity, 1988’s debut self-titled album up until 1994 during which they released a further two albums, 1990’s “In the Heart of the Young” and 1993’s “Pull”.

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Album Review :MIKE ROSS – ‘THIRD EYE OPEN’

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3 weeks ago
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Brighton based, Mike Ross’ new studio album Third Eye Open hits the ground running with album opener ‘I Swear’. A screaming feedbacking guitar intro morphs into a huge heavy riff that is then supported by a driven backbeat laying the groundwork for Ross’ hard, meaty vocal.

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Album Review : JIM KIRKPATRICK – ‘DEAD MAN WALKING’

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3 weeks ago
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The ever busy, Jim Kirkpatrick’s follow up to his critically acclaimed 2020 album, `Ballad Of A Prodigal Son’, sees him flex his musical muscles, drawing on his wealth of experience over the years with FM, Bernie Marsden and Rhinos Revenge to name just a few.

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Album Review : Mecca – Everlasting

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4 weeks ago
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Mecca is the AOR band formed by vocalist Joe Vana. They first appeared on the scene in 2002 with their incredible debut album that effortlessly combined Survivor and Toto influences into a stunning AOR melting pot, with Vana’s vocals supported by the late great Fergie Frederiksen (ex-Le Roux and Toto) and with a backing band that had appeared on much of Survivor’s Jim Peterik’s Pride of Lions project.

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Album Review : Buckcherry – Vol 10

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4 weeks ago
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Josh Todd and crew have been on a steady upwards trajectory ever since they disbanded and rejoined back in 2005. Ever since the album 15 broke them they have went from strength to strength with a history built on brilliant songs and amazing live shows. This album is no different and the songs will add greatly to their live set.

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Album Review : Frozen Crown: Call of the North.

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
24th April 2023
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Frozen Crown is an Italian Power Metal band formed during 2017 in Milan. It’s slightly embarrassing but, Frozen Crown are a new band to me, so a bit of research finds, they have been described as; “where Power Metal meets old-school Speed and Classic Heavy Metal in a modern fashion, with a bombastic production highlighting opulent orchestrations and harmonies.” This could be interesting.

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Album Review : Electric Mob : 2 Make U Cry & Dance.

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
20th April 2023
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Electric Mob was formed in Curitiba, Brazil by Renan Zonta (vocals), Ben Hur Auwarter (guitar), Yuri Elero (bass), and André Leister (drums). They first “rattled the worlds cage” in 2020 when they released their crunching debut album ‘Discharge’.

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Album Review : Mike Tramp – Songs of White Lion

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
19th April 2023
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Mike Tramp revisits White Lion with reworkings of the best in the White Lion catalogue and he has knocked it out of the park.

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Gigs

Gigs

Gig Review : Krooked Tongue – Deathproof EP Launch Show Dareshack, Bristol

By admin
2 days ago
Gigs

Gig Review : When Rivers Meet with Arielle: The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham.

By admin
4 days ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Steel Panther – On the Prowl Tour

By admin
4 days ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Billy Talent & Cold Years Belfast Limelight

By admin
6 days ago
Gigs

Gig Review : The Pretenders Limelight 1

By admin
7 days ago
Gigs

GIG Review: Ministry/Gary Numan/Front Line Assembly – The Eagles Ballroom – Milwaukee, WI

By admin
1 week ago
Gigs

Def Leppard – Royal Festival Hall, London

By admin
2 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Ne Obliviscaris – Persefone – Asymmetric Universe – Grand Social, Dublin

By admin
2 weeks ago
Gigs

Joe Satriani – Elephants of Mars Tour – Glasgow

By admin
2 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Uprising, o2 Academy, Leicester”

By admin
2 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Polyphia – Manchester

By admin
2 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Warbringer, Hellripper, Tailgunner, Elyrean – The Asylum, Birmingham

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
2 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Joe Satriani: The Symphony Hall, Birmingham.

By admin
3 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Night Demon, Sandino’s Derry

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
3 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review: Disturbed w/Beartooth at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WI

By admin
3 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : A FOREIGNERS JOURNEY – TAVISTOCK WHARF

By admin
3 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review: Pop Evil w/The Word Alive & Avoid at The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, WI

By admin
4 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Cannibal Corpse, Dark Funeral, Ingested, StormRuler, Nottingham Rock City”

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
4 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Corrosion Of Conformity – The Academy, Dublin

By admin
4 weeks ago
Gigs

Gig Review : Deadwax – Northern Behaviour’s first capital city outing, a MPM exclusive! The Macbeth, Hoxton, London

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
30th April 2023

Interviews

MPM’s Gary Spiller catches up for a quick chat with Wayne Doyle from Scarlet Rebels

By admin
28th April 2023

MPM’s Gary Spiller catches up for a quick chat with this most likeable and humble of vocalists Dan Byrne

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
28th April 2023

Mr Lordi speaks in jocular form with MPM’s Gary Spiller about Eurovision and all things Lordi.

18th April 2023
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The Runaways Vocalist Cherie Currie chats to Gary Spiller ahead of her Gig at the Patriot

27th March 2023
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MPM’s Gary Spiller was welcomed on board The Thekla in Bristol for a chat with bassist Micki Waters and frontman Cormac Neeson.

21st March 2023
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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.

12th March 2023
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Blaze Bayley chats to Gary Spiller from MPM ahead of his show at The Patriot, Crumlin

12th March 2023
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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.

9th March 2023
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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.

5th March 2023
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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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Festivals

Festivals

Gig Review : Bloodstock Open Air 2022

By darren@metalplanetmusic.com
19th August 2022
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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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Gig Review : Download 2022, Headliners

26th June 2022
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1,757

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

17th June 2018
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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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