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With a brand new record out this year, the BLACK RAINBOWS jumped to the spotlights of the psych/stoner scene after ten years of career. We met them during last Reverence Festival and took the chance for a pleasant chat with Marco, Alberto and Gabriele. TBP – Hey guys. You’ve been performing live since March. After several months [...]

On October 8th the RCA Club in Lisbon received a true Norwegian night. The 3 bands that played all shared more than their nationality… they shared intricate and highly technical music too. Rendezvous Point opened up the series of concerts. This band seemed a bit unknown to most of the people, so maybe it felt [...]

Portuguese thrashers TERROR EMPIRE have debut their first video, for the track “The Route of the Damned”, which can be seen bellow. The video features clips from studio moments and live preformances from the band. The chosen track was taken from their latest studio record “The Empire Strikes Black”,  that was release earlier this year [...]

SWALLOW THE SUN have release a new lyric video, for their track “Pray For The Winds To Come”, that you can see bellow. This song was taken from their upcoming release “Songs From The North I, II and III”, specifically from part II, which is the acoustical record. This triple release will be available on the [...]

Legendary bands are not something you can find in every corner. They are special, they are ground breaking, charismatic, they achieve what others only dare to dream of. They are true leaders, not followers but still humble and true to themselves. We believe it’s fair to state that Venom fits into this definition and so [...]

GORDO, the french technical death metal group has made their new record, “A Maze Of Recycled Creeds” available in full on streaming. You can listen to it on the soundcloud widget bellow. This is the band’s fifth full-lenght release, and it is set to come out on the 16th of October via Listenable Records. [...]

The north american group MACHINE HEAD has announced an european tour for the beggining of the next year. The band will headline the tour and give 2 hour long (or more) gigs without any opening acts. The tour will start on the 2nd of February in Switzerland (Geneva) and it will end on the 12th [...]

Jill Janus,  kindly took a few moments to talk to The Black Planet about the new Huntress album, “Static”. On this brief interview we can read about it, as well as other matters  regarding what’s coming on our way. Hi Jill! First of all, congratulations to you & the boys for another great record. What [...]

On the 26th of September, Wrath Sins took Metalpoint by storm to commemorate the release of their debut record “Contempt Over The Stormfall”. Evilution opened the night with their gig. Their performance cause the first few movements in the crowed, although the house wasn’t nearly was made as it should. But that didn’t bothered them, [...]

The finnish group SWALLOW THE SUN is back with a triple record, “Songs From The North I, II & III”. The album is set to be release on the 13th of November, via Century Media records. To give us a taste of what is coming, the band has unveiled a lyric video, for one of [...]

Sigurd Wongraven, mostly known as Satyr, frontman of iconic Norwegian band Satyricon has recently revealed that he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. We hope we recovers quickly. I'm going home. I got extremely sick 8 days ago and was rushed to hospital. Scans have shown that there is a blind passenger in my head. [...]

Norwegian black ‘n’ rollers VREID have released a new video that you can watch below. The clip is the title track from the band’s forthcoming album “Sólverv”, to be released on October 9th via Indie Recordings. The band’s seventh full length will contain seven tracks and the first sounds was made available previously here. Tracklist: 01. Haust [...]

The German trio was one of the attractions of Reverence Festival and we took the chance for a peaceful chat with Komet Lulu, Sula Bassana and Marcus. Three musicians committed with all forces of life, combined for a mind lift. TBP: Hi guys. “Theory of Mind” as just popped out. How’s the reactions so far? EM: [...]

Ever since we were into STEVEN WILSON, we were immediately grasped by his art. The guru of neo prog was promoting his new disc Hand. Cannot. Erase, and once again we were pulled into his storytelling. And to what a story told is concerned, Wilson undertakes that task very seriously. The point is to be [...]