Leprous

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 – [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. To start, these are [...]

Be Prog! My Friend 2017 will happen at Poble Espanyol, Barcelona, Spain on the 30th of June and 1st of July. Moving to the 4th edition, Be Prog! My Friend stands firmly by its name. The festival brings the best of the progressive music in metal and rock. Two days listening to the finest progressive [...]

“Malina” is set to be released on August 25th through InsideOut Music Records. A new European tour was also revealed. Norwegian prog metallers Leprous have announced a new album called ”Malina”. The new album was produced by David Castillo (Katatonia, Bloodbath, Amorphis…), who also produced ”The Congregation”, and mixed by Jens Bogren (Amon Amarth, Devin Townsend, [...]

Devin Townsend visited Madrid in a very cold but people were anxious to enter in La Riviera, the first of two Spanish shows of this tour. Still the fans calmly entered the venue and the first concert started at the precise time with the majority of the public entering after the beginning of the gig. [...]

The Devin Townsend Project, the Canadian band created by the legendary Devin Townsend, will be doing an European tour promoting ”Transcendence”, the latest album released by the band in September 2016. The tour won’t make it to Portugal but there will be two dates in Spain: Feb. 03 in Madrid (La Riviera) Feb. 04 in [...]

It is safe to say that Brutal Assault festival has one of the most complete lineups of 2016 summer festivals. It will take place in the lovely scenario of JAROMEŘ. The old army fortress Josefov is located ~130km east from Prague, Czech Republic. This 18th century fortress will host the festival inside its wall, giving an historical [...]

The Black Planet & Undergrounded representatives based in Finland had the chance to perform a very relaxed interview with Leprous during the second part of The Congregation Tour 2016. An overview of how they feel about their previous albums and what is planned for the future ones was one of the topics covered. An in-depth [...]

Karmøygeddon team organizes several club concerts and two festivals per year: Karmøygeddon (April) and Karmøygeddon Arctic (October) Karmøygeddon Metal Festival 2016 will be held on April 28-30 in Kopervik, Norway. With a pretty luxurious lineup, there is no surprise that organizers already announced that the tickets sales for the festival already surpassed the previous editions. [...]

After almost 15 years of career LEPROUS developed from just another local band from Notodden (Norway) to very influential in the progressive metal scene. Starting by the end of March the second part of their european tour,  and with many shows in their curriculum they are finally happy with the way musically and aesthetically their live [...]

Prog Metal act Leprous have announced that they’ve been nominated for the Spellemannsprisen 2015 (Norwegian Grammy) awards in the Metal category. 2015 saw the release of the band’s latest studio album, “The Congregation”, which came out on May 25 in Europe and June 2 in North America via InsideOut Music. “The Congregation” was also featured in several of [...]