All posts by Elsa Marques

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 [...]

Midsummer is for many the traditional festival Nummirock. It will take place once again at Kauhajoki, Finland. From the 22nd to the 25th of June, the days will be filled with a stunning lineup and hopefully camping in harmony with friends and fellow metalheads to provide you an experience you cannot forget. You might have noticed [...]

THENCE is a finish metal band from Kuopio area whose sound can be described as experimental ambient progressive metal. This is an unusual two men project, that started already in 2003. Unfortunately due to the several parallel projects of the band members the release of their debut album “These Stones Cry From the Earth” only [...]

The Black Planet representative in Finland had the chance to chat with “Freedomination” regarding their first tour: “Finnish Redemption Tour 2016” The band was touring in Finnish territory along side Steelwing (SWE) and other supporting local bands like Nuclear Omnicide (Helsinki) & Devastracktor (Turku). Videos and Photos from Turku and Helsinki shows were included in the [...]

After a long 10 years hiatus, the official webpages announce that TOOL has nearly completed the instrumental parts of the upcoming album. Fans all over the world have been wondering and despairing for some new Tool material after the 10,000 days album release in May 2006. A legal battle, that is finally coming to an [...]

Steelfest opens the season of the Open air “summer” festivals in Finland. It will take place in Hyvinkää, a city located around 1h drive north from Helsinki. The festival started already in  2010 on it’s current format and has been gaining the reputation of one of the finnish festivals that presents the most extreme metal [...]

Stratovarius doesn’t require much introductions in the Symphonic metal scene, being considered one of the bands that gave origin to the genre. They started they career in 1985 and released an impressive number of 16 full albums, reaching ten times the Top 5 charts in Finland (their home country). Their are releasing a “Best of” album called “Best [...]

ARCHITECTS is a British metalcore band formed in 2004 and after the debut album “Nightmares” in 2006, some lineup changes occurred in their second album “Ruin” with Sam Carter replacing Matt Johnson as vocalist and front man of the band. The following albums that gradually reached more audience outside UK were released via Century Media “Hollow Crown” (2009), [...]

Thrash metal band DEATHANGEL from San Francisco surely doesn’t require a lengthy introduction. After their Debut album “The Ultra-Violence” back in 1987 , the seven full length albums released in the almost three decades of this band career managed to gather a good amount of loyal fans. With the 8th full album to be released in May [...]

Stam1na is a finnish heavy metal band that settled to sing in their native language after attempting the first demos in english, fact that doesn’t prevent non-fluent or non Finnish speakers to follow their career. Originally formed in 1996 in Lemi the band has been growing exponentially and all their full length albums managed to reach Gold [...]

GOJIRA is working in the new album, still untitled, and already decided to tease their fans that patiently wait the follow up album of the L’enfant sauvage. The new album is suppose to be released this summer but no specific date was announced by the band yet. The album is being build in Joe DuPlantier’s [...]