Reports

It is not very common for a Black Metal tour to pass through Leiria. However, at the same time, it is a good sign. It indicates that the decentralization of concerts in Portugal does take place and that Leiria has an excellent venue to host concerts, such as the StereoGun, in the centre of the [...]

Turku Saatanalle X took place at Utopia venue in Turku on 3 – 4 of March, 2023 This time we provide you a complete photo report of Turku Saatanalle 10th anniversary celebration. Hopefully the galleries will allow you to absorb the atmosphere of the event and the quality of the performances that took place – [...]

Fans in North America witnessed Cannibal Corpse end 2022 with a brutal bang on their most recent 2-month tour. Bringing along Sweden’s Dark Funeral, New York’s Immolation, and New York’s Black Anvil, it was no wonder the trek saw multiple theatre-sized venues at full capacity night after night. There was a palatable swell of excitement [...]

Black Matter Productions organized a two-day festival called Madrid Invasion Fest. Here is our photo report of the event! Day #1 The first band to take the stage was Painstorm, a death metal act playing “at home” as they’re from Madrid. Opening is never easy, but Painstorm showed that they mean business and someone has [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

On the 9th of April, Hellraiser in Leipzig hosted a concert with 4 bands who were promoting their latest albums (although they have a little time). Unfortunately, due to the pandemic and with all the venues closed the bands couldn’t do it properly when their works were released. The first band that played was Holy [...]

The SWR Feast 2022 was the return of the SWR Barroselas Metalfest after a 2-year hiatus due to the Covid pandemic. Read out report here! [...]

The Teatro José Lúcio da Silva in Leiria received another great night of metal. After the visit of Gaerea a few months ago, it was now time for Moonspell to visit the peaceful city. Celebrating 30 years of a solid career, full of metamorphosis and success, Moonspell showed why after 3 decades they are still [...]

On a rainy Thursday night, Lisbon hosted a night of pure Thrash Metal with bands that rocked the audience from start to finish. To celebrate 40 years of career, the band Artillery presented in Lisbon, at RCA Club, the ‘Turn Up The Race Iberian Tour 2022’. As openers, Portuguese bands Alpha Warhead and ThrashWall warmed [...]