Brutal Assault will take place at in Fortress Josefov in August 7 ~ 10, 2019. Czech Republic’s iconic metal festival Brutal Assault has issued another number of confirmations. Dimmu Borgir and Godflesh are among the highlighted bands, but there are many more. Read the statement below: Let’s open this mega update with black metal stormblast! [...]
December 17, 2018
Filipe Gomes
News
Once again, the unique MetalDays festival joined thousands of metalheads in Slovenia for a week of great Metal shows, swimming and sunbathing. Check out some pictures below. Photos courtesy of Miha K. [...]
September 1, 2018
Filipe Gomes
Festivals, Reports
After publishing our staff’s lists for the best albums of 2017, we have come to a final decision. So here is The Black Planet zine’s official top albums list for the past year! 1 – Septicflesh – Codex Omega 2 – Akercocke – Renaissance in Extremis 3 – Mastodon – Emperor of Sand 4 – [...]
January 6, 2018
Rita Limede
Tops
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 [...]
January 2, 2018
Rita Limede
Tops
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
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 26, 2017
Rita Limede
Tops
Not everyone is familiar with this fact, but absolutely worth mentioning: Tuska 20th anniversary happens in 2017 and to celebrate the occasion the organisers announced that a book, with the attempted title ”Tuska 20-vuotta”, will be written by the rock journalist Jone Nikula (involved in the festival organization since its origins). Tuska Festival book will be [...]
June 20, 2016
Elsa Marques
Previews
On a cold Friday night, RCA Club presented two acts together that claimed their own space in the black metal genre: Myrkur with her melancholic black metal making the debut in Portugal, and Deafheaven with their post black metal, returning to present their new album “New Bermuda”. The fans of Myrkur started gathering around the [...]
March 6, 2016
Rita Limede
Reports
DEAFHEAVEN, post-black metal act return to Portugal for two dates, to present their latest release “New Bermuda”. The shows are taking place on the 4th and 5th of March, in Lisbon (RCA CLUB) and Porto (Hard Club) respectively. They return for the third time, by the hands of promoter Amplificasom, where they promise to dazle [...]
February 26, 2016
Rita Limede
Previews
With 2015 coming to its end, its time to choose the best albums of the year. These are the choices of dcustodio: 1. Ghost – Meliora 2. Leprous – The Congregation 3. Chelsea Wolfe – Abyss 4. Moonspell – Extinct 5. Myrkur – M 6. Kontinuum – Kyrr 7. Grave Pleasures – Dreamcrash 8. [...]
December 22, 2015
dcustodio
Tops
Danish one-woman black metal project MYRKUR is advancing online its new demo track “Skaði”. The song is a part of the impending full-length debut which is due out next year on Relapse Records. MYRKUR has also just confirmed its first ever live performance at the Roskilde Festival 2015, choosing this way a safer home debut [...]
December 1, 2014
Lucifer
News