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The show started with a previously announced half an hour delay. Miracle Flair, a Swiss melodic metal band, was the first to rise onstage. The 7 song set that they played was focused on their second album “Angels Cast Shadows” released back in 2016. With the venue half full, they tried their best, but maybe the [...]

We are a little more than a month way, and some the anxiety over the arrival of another edition of Wave Gotik Treffen is already felt in the air. Not only in social media, but also in conversations at the underground places in Leipzig, we can see that an event like this has become a [...]

Swedish unique act Ghost has been promising heavier material ever since a fourth album started to be mentioned. Now the band has premiered a brand new song entitled “Rats”. A cinematic video has also been released, very inspired by the 80’s film style. You can watch it below. Ghost also announced that their new album will [...]

  Krowos is an Italian black metal band formed by: Tsade – Screaming and Clean Vocals Bheltregus – Choirs and Clean Vocals Frozen – Drums and Guitars Imbris – Bass Krowos was created by Frozen and Tsade in 2011. After the first release, Imbris and Mescun joined the band in 2012, and later on by [...]

We here at the Black Planet had the opportunity to interview the Australian metalcore band A Breach Of Silence regarding their new record “Secrets”. Their vocalist and bass player Blair Layt was kind enough to take some time to answer our questions. Can you tell us a little bit about A Breach Of Silence’s history and [...]

Italian symphonic death metal kings Fleshgod Apocalypse have been robbed in Sweden. Leader Francesco Paoli has posted a video mentioning what happened and announcing that the rest of the tour is now cancelled due to the loss of indispensable gear and equipment. You can watch the video below, as well as a list of the [...]

French band Birds In Row have started touring recently after 6 months without playing live. Coilguns, from Switzerland, however were on the final stops of their European tour. So, for 5 dates both bands played together. One of those dates was the 28th of March at The Underworld, one of London’s most popular spots for [...]

“Unsettling Whispers” will be out on June 22, 2018 via Transcending Obscurity Records. Portuguese Black Metal act Gaerea have released a single extracted from the band’s upcoming album “Unsettling Whispers”. You can listen to it below. Transcending Obscurity commented: “Gaerea have turned the genre of black metal on its head. While most rehash the classic sound, [...]

You can pre-order “Messe Noire” here. Polish black/death titans Behemoth have released a new trailer video for their new upcoming live DVD/Blu-ray, which will be entitled “Messe Noire”. This new live release is due to be out on April 13th. You can watch it below: Messe Noire includes the band’s shows in Warsaw, Poland on [...]

Moita Metal Fest returns for its 15th edition on the 6th and 7th of April. The festival will take place at Largo do Pavilhão Municipal de Exposições, in Moita – Setúbal. Moita Metal Fest started back in 2004 and soon became a reference for the Portuguese underground scene. Now, currently on their 15th edition and after [...]

Desertfest London 2018 will take place between May 4th and 6th on six different venues in Camden area. Desertfest London has been around since 2012 along with its German counterpart and later on other locations joined the event. Since its first edition, every year the festival brings many rock and metal scene big names to Camden. [...]

Polish Decapitated have finally returned home. This past January, all charges against the band members were dropped. Things haven’t been easy for the band since September of last year when the group was arrested for alleged rape and kidnapping after their show at The Pin in Spokane, Washington on August 31st 2017. Finally, after months [...]

Andorran progressive metallers Persefone have released their dark new single ‘In Lak’Ech’ (feat. Tim Charles from Ne Obliviscares) ahead of their upcoming EU tour. The single will be available to purchase digitally and also on 12″ vinyl. You can watch the lyric video to the single below. With a new guitarist and a new drummer [...]

Tool guitarist Adam Jones shared a brief update from the recording sessions of the band’s massively-anticipated new album, revealing the boys are using analog equipment. The post states: “Danny Carey and Evil Joe Barresi dialing in some drums. And yes… no sound for you. 2″ tape bitch and an ultimate SSL board with Neve and [...]