All posts by Elsa Marques

FORÇA MACABRA was formed in 1991 in Punkaharju and currently moved to Helsinki area, Finland. This is an unique band since all band members are Finnish with no obvious connection to Brazil or Portugal, but they adopted a band name and write all lyrics in Portuguese. They explain this fact with the the founding members passion [...]

Maximus Festival Brazil: a good start for a Brazilian solid metal festivals era Maximus festival took place in Interlagos autodrome, São Paulo, Brazil, in the last September 7th. The festival brought on stage Rammstein, Marilyn Manson, Bullet for my Valentine and other important names on the metal scene. The first edition of Maximus Festival Brazil [...]

OPETH premiered today the lyric video for “Will O The Wisp”, from their upcoming album “Sorceress”. The album will be released via Moderbolaget Records, an imprint label of Nuclear Blast on the 30th of September. Enjoy “Will O The Wisp” lyric video:    Check the “Sorceress” artwork and tracklist: 01. Persephone 02. Sorceress 03. The Wilde Flowers 04. Will O The [...]

You were formed in 2014. In 2015 you released the EP “Time Machine” and this year you released a long play album entitled “Genesis Reversed”. How you see these 2 years of activity and your fast progression? Do you feel things happened too quickly? No, things couldn’t go fast enough, hehe. We are happy with [...]

HANGING GARDEN is a Mikkeli/Helsinki based Finnish band, formed back in 2004 by Matti Reinola and Ari Nieminen. A complete lineup for the band was accomplished in 2005 with their debut album “Inherit the Eden” (2007) and “TEOTWAWKI”  (2009) both released via Spikefarm Records. Going through major changes in their lineup, without their founding members, they continued to [...]

ALCEST is a French band formed in 1999 by Neige. The solo project started as pure black metal but soon post-rock and shoegaze influences took over. With four full-length albums released, being the latest “Shelter” (2014). Their forthcoming album entitled “Kodama” (Meaning “tree spirit” and “echo” in Japanese) is to be released on September 30th by [...]

MYSTICUM is a Norwegian band formed in 1992, and considered the pioneers of the industrial black metal. With only two full length albums released: “In the Streams of Inferno” (released in 1996) and “Planet Satan” (released in 2014); they still managed to get  a solid and faithful amount of followers together with several other releases in [...]

PAIN is a Swedish industrial metal band formed by Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy) back in 1996. The self titled, “Pain”, debut album was released in 1997. After that an impressive track record followed, with seven full length albums all managing to enter the Swedish top selling charts. The “You Only Live Twice” album was released already in 2011, and it is [...]

DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT doesn’t require a lengthy introduction. Started in 2008 my the mastermind Devin Townsend. His initial project was to record four album covering different musical genres with different guest musicians, but the success of the project made the project continue beyond that. Their upcoming album “Transcendence” is to be released on the 9th of [...]

EPICA is a Symphonic/Power Metal band from the Netherlands. The band was initially formed by Mark Jansen after his departure from After Forever in 2002. Although they started to work already in 2002 (under the name  Sahara Dust), it was  in 2003 they decided to adopt the current band name. As common in many band, some changes in the band members occurred along the [...]

The Black Planet emissaries had the chance to have a private chat with the charismatic Vultures Industries & Black Hole Generator frontman Bjønar Nilsen. Bjønar Nilsen was kind enough to welcome the team at his own studio in Bergen, Norway during Blastfest 2016 weekend. A very light and well humored lengthy chat took place. Topics like [...]

It is safe to say that Brutal Assault festival has one of the most complete lineups of 2016 summer festivals. It will take place in the lovely scenario of JAROMEŘ. The old army fortress Josefov is located ~130km east from Prague, Czech Republic. This 18th century fortress will host the festival inside its wall, giving an historical [...]

Not everyone is familiar with this fact, but absolutely worth mentioning: Tuska 20th anniversary happens in 2017 and to celebrate the occasion the organisers announced that a book, with the attempted title ”Tuska 20-vuotta”, will be written by the rock journalist Jone Nikula (involved in the festival organization since its origins). Tuska Festival book will be [...]

The Black Planet & Undergrounded representatives based in Finland had the chance to perform a very relaxed interview with Leprous during the second part of The Congregation Tour 2016. An overview of how they feel about their previous albums and what is planned for the future ones was one of the topics covered. An in-depth [...]