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We here at The Black Planet had the opportunity to interview a very talkative and friendly Oliver Berlin, vocalist of Finsterforst, about their new EP #YØLØ TBP: The band decided to release something completely different from the usual concept. What is the concept this time?  Olli: The idea was to show our fun loving and drinking self. [...]

SAHG is a Norwegian band formed in Bergen in 2004. Their first released was the EP entitled “Godless” in 2005 that was quickly followed by the full-lengh “I” (2006). Their next full-length “II” (2008) was still released under Regain Records. After which they moved till the current day to Indie Recordings, releasing the full length “III” (2010) and “Delusions of [...]

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 [...]

French melodic death metal group Aephanemer have released a video for their track “Unstoppable” that is available bellow. This song was taken from the band’s much anticipated debut album ‘Memento Mori’, scheduled for a release on September 16th, 2016 via Primeval Records. This video was shot by director Cédric Gleyal of Uriprod Video. ‘Memento Mori’ was [...]

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 [...]

Legendary Norwegian duo, Darkthrone, will release their new album, “Arctic Thunder”, on October 14th via Peaceville records. “Arctic Thunder” marks the band’s first new studio material since 2013’s “The Underground Resistance”. The album’s opening track, “Tundra Leach”, is streaming below, along with commentary from Fenriz himself. The album was recorded in the band’s old rehearsal [...]

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 [...]

Once again, the town of Vagos became a place of pilgrimage. Vagos Metal Fest brought thousands of people for another Metal Festival. With a totally different promoter in charge of the arrangements, there was great curiosity to see how it would be. The festival structure was well arranged, while the placing of the stage, merch [...]

Maximus Festival – new Brazilian Heavy Metal Festival arises Brazil is gonna hold a brand new Heavy Metal festival in 2016. Maximus Festival is taking place in São Paulo on September 7th, the Brazilian Independence Day. The festival’s first edition is also happening in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 10th. The headliners for this first [...]

VOA Fest returned under a new name and venue, the chosen place was Quinta da Marialva in Corroios. At first this change was heavily criticized by many Portuguese fans, however, given the flux of people in there we might say all was forgotten and a chance was given to this reborn festival on its new [...]

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 [...]

Check out our report of the awesome performances at Laurus Nobilis Famalicão by Moonspell, Bizarra Locomotiva and Quinteto Explosivo, last July 22th. Special thanks: Laurus Nobilis organization [...]