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Fora de Rebanho, one of the most active associations in the Portuguese Rock and Metal scene organized Punk Rock & Billy event featuring T. Perry And The Bombers from Porto and Drastiks from Coimbra. Both bands came from pretty close to an hour’s drive. Photos by Pedro Sales, special thanks to Pedro and Fora de [...]

Amazing Events, the organizers of Vagos Metal Fest have unleashed news about the 2023 edition: After an explosive and successful 5th edition of Vagos Metal Fest, the festival returns in force in 2023 on August 3rd, 4th and 5th! The Municipality of Vagos and the Vagos Metal Fest are pleased and proud to announce two [...]

After being postponed to 2022, the Vagos Metal Fest will finally return with an epic band lineup. Check below for all the information you need to know! :: BANDS :: :: Tickets :: 3 day passes 95.00 € – On the day Daily 47.50 € – On the day Tickets are already on sale at [...]

The 8th edition of WoodRock Festival will take place on July 21st, 22nd and 23rd at Quiaios Beach, Figueira da Foz. :: Bands :: July 21st: Miss Lava, 10000 Russos, Fatman,  Misfit Trauma Queen July 22nd: Dopelord, Sereias, Kadavar, Madmess, Cobra Ao Pescoço July 23rd: Mike Vhiles, Mars Red Sky, Witchcraft, The Twist Connection, The [...]

The Laurus Nobilis Music fest will finally return after a forced hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The festival is returning strong with Manowar as the main headliners as well as At The Gates and Lacuna Coil. :: Bands & schedule :: :: Tickets :: 3 day tickets: 84€ Single day tickets: 55€ – July [...]

Vagos Metal Fest announced that My Dying Bride and Sacred Reich have cancelled their shows. Portuguese Doom band Desire and Brazilian deathmetal Crypta will replace. [...]

As always the last day of a festival feels somewhat bittersweet. It has this greatness of having seen (and waiting to see) some amazing performances, and the blues coming with the realization that everything will come to an end in a mere few hours. Everyone will have to get back to their daily lives and [...]

The third day began with Midwife, the slow melodies and velvety voice helping to gently transition into festival mood while watching the artist plays her guitar and sing attached to a phone handset mic that gives this distinct vocal sound. Later Divide And Dissolve provided a different kind of ambience. The instrumental music created by [...]

Friday’s expectations were mostly directed towards this year’s curators’ band GGGOLDDD and their performance of “This Shame Should Not Be Mine”. For the first time in front of a live audience after the incredibly emotional, goose-bump inducing show at last year’s Roadburn Redux (I am not gonna lie, I have watched that performance 4 times [...]

Being a first-time roadburner I had only heard the stories and overwhelmingly positive feedback from fellow music enthusiasts who have been there previously. So when I finally had the occasion to reserve time in Spring to set out towards the Netherlands and be on my way to Tilburg, I left home with quite high expectations [...]

SYLOSIS were forced to postpone all their concerts announced for the summer and which included a performance at the 11th edition of VOA – HEAVY ROCK FESTIVAL, which takes place on June 30th, August 1st and 2nd, at Estádio Nacional. “Unfortunately, we have been forced to reschedule all of our festival appearances to 2023,” the [...]

Another year in which The Black Planet Magazine was present at Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig. As always, we will focus on our target audience and report on events that our readers most identify with. Interestingly, almost all the reasons for our report this year were located in the same place (Heidnisches Dorf), with a [...]

Five years after presenting “Tallinn Under The Horns“, a documentary depicting the Underground Black Metal scene of the Estonian capital, the sequel “Tartu Under The Horns“ has been finished. A small crew of the German webzine Undergrounded.de returned to the baltics and traveled to Tartu, the second biggest city of Estonia, to take another deep [...]

The Polish Dopelord and the Portuguese 10000 Russos, The Faq’s, Cobra ao Pescoço, Mike Vhiles and Fatman, are the last bands that close the lineup of the 8th edition of Woodrock Festival that will take place on July 21st, 22nd and 23rd at Quiaios Beach, Figueira da Foz. They join the already announced: Kadavar, Witchcraft, [...]