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The new album will be out on September 22nd via Nuclear Blast. The extreme metal act Cradle Of Filth has just revealed that they will be releasing their twelfth studio album, entitled “Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness Of Decay”, on September 22nd via Nuclear Blast. The band also unveiled the cover artwork by Artūrs Bērziņš, best known [...]

Once again, RCA hosted a beastly Vagos Metal Fest warm-up last May 27 in Portugal. This time around, Amazing Events invited the Dutch death metal band Asphyx, which was supported by the Portuguese The Ominous Circle and Besta. Portuguese grindsters Besta took the stage in front of an almost empty room, something that didn’t compromise [...]

VOA – Heavy Rock Festival will once again return to the Quinta de Marialva Urban Park, in Corroios. The event will take place on August 4, 5 and 6, and the 2017 edition has its billing closed with the adding of Carcass and Venom to the poster. Both bands will join the previously announced names [...]

The band has been announced for this year’s edition of ‘The Summer Slaughter Tour‘. The Faceless release new song “Black Star”. This comes almost 2 years after the release of the previous single “The Spiraling Void”. The new album, supposedly called “In Becoming A Ghost”, is thought to have now been completed with release details [...]

The Black Planet had the opportunity to meet Guillermo Izquierdo, the man behind the vocals of the spanish thrash metal band Angelus Apatrida, when they last played in Portugal at Mosher Fest – Chapter V. Check below the result of this meeting. Special thanks to Angelus Apatrida and Mosher Fest.   [...]

Hallatar is the new Finnish band formed by Juha Ravio. This is a tribute project to Aleah Liane Starbridge work and life, which unfortunately succumbed to cancer last year after the recording of Trees Of Eternity debut album. With the intention to immortalise her work, “Carry the flame of Aleah”, her partner Juha invited  Tomi Joutsen [...]

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 [...]

Sala Tejo of Meo Arena, in Lisbon. Ticket’s cost is 28€ and can be purchased at Worten, Fnac, El Corte Inglês, Unkind, Blueticket and Masqueticket (Spain) It’s been five years since the American band Mastodon don’t play in Portugal. Between that time, the quartet from Atlanta, Georgia have released two new albums, 2014’s ”Once More ‘Round [...]

Australian metalcore band Northlane released official video for the song ”Solar”. The song is part of the recent released album ”Mesmer”. ‘Mesmer” is the follow-up to their 2015’s ”Node” album and Northlane’s 4th studio album. The album the album comprises eleven tracks and was launched on March 24th by UNFD records. Production by David Benneth [...]

Frontiers Music Srl announced the release of Circus Maximus “Havoc In Oslo”. The hotly anticipated live album is due to be released on August 4, 2017 and it will be available on 2CD/DVD and 2CD/BluRay. Ever since Circus Maximus released “Live In Japan” via YouTube, and have been eager to make a proper live release in a physical format. [...]

“Days Go By – London” will be part of the band’s debut studio album. VUUR is a group founded by Anneke Van Giersbergen (Gentle Storm, ex-The Gathering) and its a project that represents her heavy metal side. In the band’s official bio, it says: In early 2016, Anneke decided for the sake of clarity to [...]

Striker is a speed metal band from Edmonton, Canada who recently played in Lisbon with Triosphere and Sonata Arctica. The Black Planet Zine had the amazing opportunity to interview the guitarist Tim and get to know a little bit more about this smashing band. TBP – Hey Tim, first of all we appreciate that you [...]

Portuguese thrashers Terror Empire will release their new album ”Obscurity Rising” on July 14th through Mosher Records. ”Obscurity Rising” was recorded at Golden Jack Studios (studios of Terror Empire‘s drummer João Dourado). About the album the band says: “Songs range from Terror Empire’s modern sounding thrash metal to skin-pounding brutal death metal, however, this doesn’t stop [...]

The portuguese death/grind XXXicken Party festival has closed it’s band billing for their 2017 edition. The event will take place at Rex Bowling Club in Cantanhede. French death/grindcore band Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition (S.C.D.) are returning to Portugal and they are part of the latest confirmations for this year’s XXXicken Party festival billing. The Spanish bands Gruesome [...]