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The second  day of party started with the Portuguese band Extreme Retaliation, now based in Braga, opened the afternoon with a nice gig. The drummer had a great performance, and the sound was very consistent as well. Condylomata Acuminata from Austria brought their party grind to the pit with band members coming of the stage [...]

Dutch black metal cult FOLTERAAR have premiere their new track “Mijn verlossing” at heavily trafficked web-portal InvisibleOranges.com. The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated debut album, “Vertellingen van een donkere eeuw”, set for international release on February 26th via Iron Bonehead Productions. You can listen to this track at this location. A rather primitive and bestial [...]

Just like last time, the RCA Club in Lisboa was the grinders stage for the second edition of the Xxxapada na Tromba. A festival organized with total devotion by Sérgio Páscoa and Carlos Guerra, to name a few, who put up an amazing event to promote the best in the grindcore scene, divided in 2 [...]

[Note]: This is the extended version of the interview given by Pedro Pedra, the frontman of Grog originaly published in the booklet for XXXAPADA Fest. Portuguese grind veterans Grog return to XXXAPADA after last year’s amazing gig in the fest. This is a special year for them, in which they celebrate their 25th birthday as [...]

Notre Damme productions has announced the support bands for next 2nd March DESTROYER 666 gig. They are Portuguese veterans NEOPLASMAH and national newcomers ORDEM SATANICA. This concert comes as a warm-up for the European tour the Australians will endure alongside bestial Swiss outfit Bolzer. The Black/Thrash attack is scheduled to start at 21.00 at RCA, [...]

Portuguese death metal group GRIMLET are back with their third work,”Theia: Aesthetics Of A Lie”. This is the follow-up work of their last record, “Grim Perceptions”, released in 2010. The date of the release is not yet set, but it is possible to come out later this year. So for now, enjoy the teaser trailer [...]

Italian metallers FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE have released a new lyric video, for “Gravity”, which can be seen bellow. Like the previous lyric video, for the song “The Fool”, this track was also taken from “King”, their upcoming studio album, that is set to be released on February 5th via Nuclear Blast Records.   [...]

AMON AMARTH are back with a video for their newst song “First Kill”, that you can see bellow. This track was taken from “Jomsviking”, their upcoming record, that is set to be released on the 25th of March. [...]

At XXXapada na Tromba 2016, we had the opportunity to interview G, vocals from Rotten Sound, one of the headliners of the festival before the show. Here’s what he had to say to your The Black Planet zine. TBP: First of all guys, thank you for this time with us and welcome to Portugal. Back [...]

The portuguese brutal XXXapada na Tromba festival which is going to take place this weekend has already shown its next evolution. This time the event will take place outdoors, in July and nearby a well known beach. Headliners will be Putridity, Igorrr and Inhumate. Completing the roster are the following confirmed artists: Clitorape (FR) Vizir (PT) Cerebral Extiction (IT) [...]

1. Greetings! Please introduce yourselves and tell us a little bit about your history. We are molllust, we combine classical music with metal and love to play concerts! We connect both worlds also regarding the audience: F. e. we won the classical competition BachSpiele in 2012, we became M’era Luna Newcomer 2013 and we toured all over Europe [...]

ENTOMBED AD, swedish death metal group, are the newest confirmation for this year’s edition of Moita Metal Fest. They join the band billing of the festival were the groups Tankard, Web and For The Glory were already confirmed to play. The festival will take place on the 1st and 2nd of April. More details should [...]

Portuguese thrashers TERROR EMPIRE have revealed a new lyric video, which can be seen bellow, for the track “Strings Of Rebelion”. This song was taken from their latest record, “Empire Strikes Black” that was released last year via Nordavind Records. [...]

OBSCURA, the tech death masters from Germany, have a new song available on streaming, which you can listen to bellow on the soundcloud player. The track “The Monist” was taken from their upcoming record “Akróasis”, which is set to be released on February 5th, via Relapse Records. [...]