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Sadly the concerts started two hours after the announced schedule with HUNTED SCRIPTUM, death/technical death metal from Braga. They had the tough task of opening the ceremonies, in a cold, (still) wintry night. Their carnivorous themes made the first attempt to warm a still not crowded Side B room, with some good appointments, including the [...]

Legendary Thrashers Sodom will soon be releasing a new album… The upcoming album will be called “Epitome Of Torture”, it is scheduled to be out in late April in Europe, and the first week of May in the USA via SPV/Steamhammer. You can listen to the song “Stigmatized” here. Tom Angelripper has provided a little insight [...]

Swedish Amon Amarth have recently leaked a song and cover which will be used as cover of their upcoming album. Entitled “Deceiver Of The Gods”, the album is already being spoken about, due to it’s beautiful artwork which was shown by the band itself: The cover depicts the last battle between the Gods and Loki [...]

Chi Cheng, Deftones bassis died last night at the age of 42. He had a car accident in November 2008 that left him in a coma. In the following years he had evolve to a semi-conscious state and there were still hopes of his recovery. However we was taken to the emergency room last night [...]

Norwegian Progressive Metal band Leprous have published the first of their upcoming album. The song is called “Chronic” and will be featured on the upcoming album entitled “Coal” and you can listen to it here. Here is what frontman Einar had to say: “‘Coal’ is a more melancholic and darker album than the more playful [...]

Norwegian Melodic Black Metal act Keep Of Kalessin have released a brand new EP entitled “Introspection”. It is available via all digital music services, including iTunes, Spotify and WiMP. You can watch the single video below. Obsidian C. commented: “The new digital era opens some opportunities for bands and releasing digital EP’s makes it possible [...]

Portuguese Death Metal band Daemogorgon have parted ways with their vocalist Francisco and are currently seeking a someone to fill the vocal duties. Here’s the statement published by the band: It was a long journey we made together, but it is time to trace different ways from now on. We wish Xico the best luck [...]

The  “Halo of Blood over Europe” tour is to promote the band’s upcoming release “Halo of Blood”. The new record is set to come out on the 7th of June. The tour dates announced so far are the following: Oct. 26 – Razzmatazz 1, Barcelona (SPA) Oct. 27 – La Riviera, Madrid (SPA) Oct. 29 [...]

Greetings! Thank you for having this interview with us! 1 – To start, please introduce yourself and the band. Hey, readers of The Black Planet. It’s a pleasure to have our band featured on this website. I used to come to your Orbit Fest events, years ago! My name is Rui Alexandre, and I play [...]

The mysterious Swedish band Ghost have leaked a new song from their highly awaited upcoming album “Infestissumam”. “Monstrance Clock” is the name of the track, featured on their second album, due to be released on April 16 via Loma Vista Recordings. “Infestissumam” track listing: 01. Infestissumam 02. Per Aspera Ad Inferi 03. Secular Haze 04. [...]

Black Sabbath have revealed the artwork for their upcoming album 13. The album is set to be released in June. They have also announced the dates for an European tour. Nov 20: Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland Nov 22: Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden Nov 24: Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway Nov 26: Forum, Denmark, Copenhagen Nov 28: [...]

The Underground is not dead! That could be the main idea retained from last weekend double dose of Extreme Metal Attack, at Side B, Benavente. On their 10th anniversary the Portuguese festival putted out a considerable quality bill for this year edition, joining some established well known underground bands to other new out coming acts.  [...]

Slawek ‘Mortifer’ Archangielskij of Polish death metal giants Hate has suddenly passed away. The band issued the following statement: “At night 5th/6th April near a German town of Munchberg, our friend, best comrade and longtime bass player unexpectedly passed away. After the show in Stuttgart last night he went to sleep and never woke up. [...]

Once more, the Vagos Open Air organizers have announced new additions to this year’s band line-up. The new bands are the Thrash metal legends Testament, Greek Rotting Christ, and the Portuguese oldschool Power/Thrash Metal band WEB. Already confirmed are the following acts: TESTAMENT | US | http://www.testamentlegions.com/ SAXON | UK | http://www.saxon747.com/ ICED EARTH | US | http://www.icedearth.com/ MOONSORROW | Fin | http://www.moonsorrow.com/ ROTTING [...]