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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 [...]

SWR is scheduled for 27-29 April 2018 at Barroselas, northwest Portugal. SWR Barroselas Metalfest is one of the oldest European festivals of extreme music and it returns for its 21st edition, in 2018. The festival has announced another lot of band confirmations: Exhorder, Master’s Hammer, Church of Misery, Mortiis- Era 1, Agathocles, Mortuary Drape, SUMA, Obliteration, [...]

Italian female fronted Rock Trio Black Mamba have released a new video for the song “Loop”. The song is taken from “Heritage”, the band’s debut album released on December 14th, 2017. The lyrics talk about a person who is trapped in an eternal loop, living each day the same day. The band said: “For us [...]

Scorpions, the German titans of heavy metal led by Rudolf Schenker have been spreading hard rock around the world for over 50 years now. With twenty albums released, band started back in 1965, and have had many changes in their lineup. Beside the founder, Rudolf Schenker, stable point of the Scorpions who is definitely voice [...]

The legendary Germanic Power Metal band Helloween visited Helsinki’s Ice hall (Black Box) on the 30th of November. This show was part of the very special tour entitled “Pumpkins Reunited”, that as the name implies saw the return of Kai Hansen and Michael Kiske. The band was formed in the early 80’s (1984) and suffered [...]

Oriental metal pioneers, Orphaned Land, have just released a video and digital single for their new song “Like Orpheus”. Taken from their upcoming album “Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs”, which will be released on January 26th, 2018. “Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs” features a guest appearance of guitar virtuoso Steve Hackett as well as guest [...]

Laurus Nobilis will take place at V. N. de Famalicão on July 26th~28th of 2018. Portuguese festival Laurus Nobilis Music Famalicão has just announced that the Swedish band Dark Tranquility will also be part of the poster of the 2018 edition. They will be joining Greek SepticFlesh, Spaniards Crisix and other Portuguese bands already announced: [...]

“The Lyricist” by Susperia will be released on March 16th via Agonia Records. Susperia will return with their long-awaited first full-length studio album since 2009, titled “The Lyricist”, on March 16th via Agonia Records. Watch a video trailer for the album at this link: “The Lyricist” was recorded at three different studios in Norway between [...]

“A Time Will Come” is available now! “A Time Will Come” is the second EP of Noydem. It reflects the will of the band to get back to a more rock approach, compared to its previous album. This EP expresses the feeling of people struck with ostracism in today’s society. The track « Bring Me [...]

Anathema came to Denmark to promote their new album ’The Optimist’. This record, which won ‘Album the year’ award during ‘Progressive Music Awards’ in September 2017, promotes itself. Anathema were accompanied by the French band Alcest,  as an opening act for them in this European tour. Alcest, the shoegaze black metal act was the opener of [...]

Brazilian Heavy/Thrash Metal act Tiberius Project has released a brand new single entitled “Starvation”. This is extracted from the band’s new EP “T – ProjecT”. You can watch it below. “T – ProjecT” (EP) contains six songs in the same composition and production style that the band has launched into the world. “The initial idea [...]

Italian masters of Stoner/Doom metal Ufomammut have visited Copenhagen on their fall tour to spread the stoner sound and promote the new record called simply ‘8’. Copenhagen was one of the 18 dates on the route and the concert took place in KB18, which totally suits this type of music with its underground presentation. Ufomammut [...]

We here at The Black Planet had the opportunity to interview the iconic black metal band Satyricon about their new full lenght release, “Deep Calleth Upon Deep”. This was the result. You are back with a new album 4 years after the release of your self-title record. What has changed since? Quite a lot. Satyricon [...]