After a not so exciting first day, I returned to Copenhell to catch some shows that interested me. Despite of the cold, the venue had a bigger crowd than the day before, maybe due to the Ozzy efect – the mythical artist was the headliner for this day. Day 2 I started my Copenhell adventure [...]
July 30, 2018
Kasper Pasinski
Festivals, Reports
Copenhell this year kicked off on a Wednesday, adding a Warm Up day to the festival. Despite only having a small stage for the day, the program was quite diversified. However by the time I have managed to get through the check in process, the first interesting band – Turnstile – was already finishing up [...]
July 24, 2018
Kasper Pasinski
Festivals, Reports
On the hot evening of June 5th the beast came to Denmark to claim the throne of the metal gods again. One of the biggest metal bands in the music history – Iron Maiden – came again to Copenhagen after a few years break to present their biggest hits in the Danish leg of “The Legacy [...]
July 6, 2018
Kasper Pasinski
Concerts, Reports
Copenhell is the biggest metal and rock festival in Denmark, hosted in Copenhagen, usualy in the second half of June. Since 2010 the metal fans in Copenhagen have had the chance to see many stars of heavy music performing on the Copenhell stages. The list is very long including big names as Black Sabbath, Iron [...]
May 7, 2018
Kasper Pasinski
Previews
We here at the Black Planet had the opportunity to interview the Australian metalcore band A Breach Of Silence regarding their new record “Secrets”. Their vocalist and bass player Blair Layt was kind enough to take some time to answer our questions. Can you tell us a little bit about A Breach Of Silence’s history and [...]
April 5, 2018
Kasper Pasinski
Interviews
The first weekend of March started in a melancholic mood in Denmark. Not only because of the outdoor climatic conditions but also due to the fact that king of progressive rock was coming to Copenhagen for the first time in two years. “The most successful musician people have never heard of” – Steven Wilson – [...]
March 22, 2018
Kasper Pasinski
Concerts, Reports
On the February 10th Cannibal Corpse took over Copenhagen’s Vega and left it with blood marks all over the place. The place was totally packed – show was reported ‘sold out’ in the end of December – which is not surprising, considering the fact that these death metal titans invited the younger death metal superstars [...]
February 15, 2018
Kasper Pasinski
Concerts, Reports
The first big death metal names in 2018 are brought to Copenhagen by 3rd Tsunami Agency, for a show at club Vega. Cannibal Corpse is coming back to Denmark to deal some brutal power among their fans! New York based death metal titans this time are coming at us with strong support from The Black [...]
February 1, 2018
Kasper Pasinski
Previews
With the year of 2017 coming to an end, it is time to choose the best releases of the year. Like in previous years, we will be publishing our staff’s choices daily as well as a final Top 20 for the zine of the best albums that were released in 2017. Here are the choices [...]
December 29, 2017
Kasper Pasinski
Tops
Scorpions, the German titans of heavy metal led by Rudolf Schenker have been spreading hard rock around the world for over 50 years now. With twenty albums released, band started back in 1965, and have had many changes in their lineup. Beside the founder, Rudolf Schenker, stable point of the Scorpions who is definitely voice [...]
December 17, 2017
Kasper Pasinski
Concerts, Reports
Anathema came to Denmark to promote their new album ’The Optimist’. This record, which won ‘Album the year’ award during ‘Progressive Music Awards’ in September 2017, promotes itself. Anathema were accompanied by the French band Alcest, as an opening act for them in this European tour. Alcest, the shoegaze black metal act was the opener of [...]
December 5, 2017
Kasper Pasinski
Concerts, Reports
Italian masters of Stoner/Doom metal Ufomammut have visited Copenhagen on their fall tour to spread the stoner sound and promote the new record called simply ‘8’. Copenhagen was one of the 18 dates on the route and the concert took place in KB18, which totally suits this type of music with its underground presentation. Ufomammut [...]
November 29, 2017
Kasper Pasinski
Concerts, Reports