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Currently working on the follow-up to 2015’s The Anthropocene Extinction, Cattle Decapitation has officially welcomed Belisario Dimuzio (Eukaryst; guitar) and Olivier Pinard (Cryptopsy; bass) to their ranks! The band comments: “We’re pleased to announce the new lineup that will appear on our next album due out in fall 2019! Many of you who have come to our shows [...]

It was time for the last day of this year’s edition of Copenhell. In all with as a successful event, that will be back next year for it’s 10th edition. Day 3 The final day of this year’s edition of Copenhell started with a lot of spandex and colors – the first big band playing [...]

Huntress frontwoman Jill Janus has passed away of a reported suicide. She was only 43 years old. Janus’s former bandmate Casey Wood, was the first to break news with the following message on Facebook: “I’m in shock and can’t stop crying. My X best friend, singer has left the world. She was the biggest sweetheart [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Laurus Nobilis will take place at V. N. de Famalicão on July 26th~28th of 2018 Portuguese rising festival Laurus Nobilis Music Famalicão is coming soon. This year’s edition will feature Greek symphonic death metal SepticFlesh, Swedish Dark Tranquillity, Spaniards Crisix, as well as Tarantula, Equaleft, Hills Have Eyes, Mata-Ratos, Revolution Within, Legacy Of Cynthia, Cruz De Ferro, In Vein, [...]

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 [...]

Iranian death metal band Connate Exasperation presents the long-awaited debut full-length album “Delusional Primacy”, which will be released in July 2018 via Sleaszy Rider Records. A lyric video has been for the first single “Subsistence of the Bygone”. Mesmerizing riffs and brain crushing rhythms, together with a remarkable drum work by George Trakas (known from Mass Infection, [...]

This year the “The Black Planet” team returned to Leipzig for the Wave Gotik Treffen festival. Like last year, we chose to do the daily reporting in one place. We decided to watch the performance of all the bands on that stage/venue, instead of jumping from place to place, because we would lose a lot [...]

After years of silence, highly respected Black Metal act Funeral Mist shreds new light with a surprise new album. Called “Hekatomb” it is due to be released on June 15th via Norma Evangelium Diaboli. Each new album by Funeral Mist, a band whose origins date back to the mid ’90s, is the equivalent of an [...]

Portuguese death/thrash machine Infraktor have released a video of the song “Son of a Butcher”. You can watch it below. “Son of a Butcher” is taken from the Infraktor debut album “Exhaust”, released in February 2018 via Rastilho Records. The video was directed by Portuguese director Ricardo Silva. Known for is work as a vocalist [...]

Season Of Mist has announced that Abbath parted ways with King ov Hell (also known for being involved in Gorgoroth for many years). Season Of Mist published: ABBATH’s bass player ‘King’ will no longer be part of the band, due to conflicting views on lyrical concepts of the upcoming album. The lyrics are inspired by [...]

Veteran metal guitarist Ralph Santolla passed away. He was best known for playing in Obituary, Deicide, Iced Earth, Death, and others fell into a coma after suffering a heart attack on May 30th, according to a Facebook post written by his mother, Sue Santolla-Rocha. The musician was surviving with the help of artificial life support. [...]

Portuguese prog band Shell From Oceanic have released a new single entitled “Intermittent”. The song is taken from the band’s new album “”How to Let Go” due to be released on June 29, 2018. You can listen to it below. How to Let Go by Shell From Oceanic About “How to Let Go” “How To Let [...]