featured

MYSTICUM is a Norwegian band formed in 1992, and considered the pioneers of the industrial black metal. With only two full length albums released: “In the Streams of Inferno” (released in 1996) and “Planet Satan” (released in 2014); they still managed to get  a solid and faithful amount of followers together with several other releases in [...]

PAIN is a Swedish industrial metal band formed by Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy) back in 1996. The self titled, “Pain”, debut album was released in 1997. After that an impressive track record followed, with seven full length albums all managing to enter the Swedish top selling charts. The “You Only Live Twice” album was released already in 2011, and it is [...]

Heavenwood are back with a new video, for the track “The Empress” which can be seen below. This song was taken from their most recent record, “The Tarot Of The Bohemians Part I” released earlier this year. The footage for this video was captured during the live performances of the band on the record release [...]

DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT doesn’t require a lengthy introduction. Started in 2008 my the mastermind Devin Townsend. His initial project was to record four album covering different musical genres with different guest musicians, but the success of the project made the project continue beyond that. Their upcoming album “Transcendence” is to be released on the 9th of [...]

The organizers of the new Vagos Metal Fest have announced the last band as well as all the information regarding the festival. Correia is the last band confirmed for this year’s edition. The first edition of the festival will take place at Quinta do Ega, Vagos, Portugal on August 13th and 14th. VAGOS METAL FEST: Website | [...]

French Melodic Death metallers AEPHANEMER have released a new track called “The Call Of The Wild”, taken from the band’s much anticipated debut album “Memento Mori”, scheduled for a release on September 16th, 2016 via Primeval Records. Listen to ‘The Call Of The Wild’ below. Previously the band released the single “Unstoppable” which you can [...]

Advent of Bedlam released their brand new single “Creatures of Yore”, after more than 4 years since releasing their last album “Flesh Over God”. The single was recorded at Cavan Studio in Heredia, Costa Rica, by the band’s guitarists Isak Arroyo and Max Gutiérrez, this last one also mixed and produced the song “Creatures of [...]

EPICA is a Symphonic/Power Metal band from the Netherlands. The band was initially formed by Mark Jansen after his departure from After Forever in 2002. Although they started to work already in 2002 (under the name  Sahara Dust), it was  in 2003 they decided to adopt the current band name. As common in many band, some changes in the band members occurred along the [...]

OPETH, the Swedish progressive death masters premiered the title track, “Sorceress”. This is the first single of their upcoming 12th record, that premiered on the radio yesterday, and its lyric video was presented via rollingstone.com today. The upcoming album entitled “Sorceress” is set to be released on the 30th of September via Moderbolaget Records, an [...]

The first edition of the Oeste Underground Fest will take place on the 5th of November in Malveira, Lisbon at the Pavilhão Multiusos. This is a charity event in favor of the local fire department corporation, so the tickets will only be available at the door, by the symbolic price of 8 euro (with a [...]

Just after their passage at the fest XXXICKEN Party in Portugal for a gig, we here at The Black Planet zine had the amazing opportunity to interview Kadaverficker, who gave us the chance to get to know a little bit more about them, one of the most unique German grindcore acts in the current scene. [...]

It’s that time of the year, festival season, and one of the biggest metal festivals in Portugal is back, for its 8 consecutive year, although it comes with a different name and location. The event previously known as Vagos Open Air, moved to Quinta da Marialva in Corroios, and change its name to VOA Fest. [...]

Opening a great night of heavy metal, in the hot and sunny Portugal, The Raven Age, band of George Harris (Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris’ son), made the first impact. Bringing with them the self-titled EP “The Raven Age”, playing it in its entirely, but bringing also new songs like “Promised Land”, “The Merciful One”, and [...]

Check out our report of the awesome Gojira show that took place at Hard Club, Porto, last July 7th. Opening band: Equaleft Special thanks: Prime Artists [...]