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BURNED BLOOD, Portuguese melodic death metal group have made available a lyric video for their single “The Method”. The track was taken from their EP, “In The Eyes of MA’AT” which was released later last year, on the 5th of December, and it’s a social critic to the methods of manipulation used by todays media [...]

We here at The Black Planet had the opportunity to interview Jens F. Ryland, guitar player of Borknagar, about the new album “Winter Thrice”, and some other curiosities. TBP: Hi guys! First of all, thank you for having some time to answer to our questions. The band just released a new album “Winter Thrice”. Is [...]

HEAVENWOOD are going to present their new record, “The Tarot Of  The Bohemians”, that is set to be released on the 26th of March via Raising Legends Records, on a special show, that will take place on the same day, in Porto, at Hard Club (Room 1). The opening acts are the groups The Temple, [...]

Sweden’s cult Sludge band CULF OF LUNA will have a new album this year. “Mariner”, their eight full length, will represent a collaboration with Battle of Mice’s former frontwoman Julie Christmas, and is expected to have its official release the 8th of April, through Indie Recordings. As the pre-orders start exactly today we leave with [...]

SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST have closed the band billing for the two main stages for this year’s edition. The bands Taake, Severe Torture, Incantation, Possession, Nadra and Desalmado are the final additions to it. They’ve also revealed the name of the four finalists for the Wacken Metal Battle Portugal, that are Kapitalistas Podridão, Mindtaker, Monolyth and [...]

Portuguese black metal cult act MORTE INCANDESCENTE have shared a new track on streaming, “Nas Esquinas da Alma”, which you can listen to bellow. This song is a part of their upcoming release “…o mundo morreu!”, that is set to come out on the 18th of March, via War Arts Productions. https://soundcloud.com/war-arts-prod/morte-incandescente-nas-esquinas-da-alma/s-W2qcG   [...]

Portuguese group SULLEN have released a video of a live performance for their rendition of the song “Redondo Vocábulo”, by musician Zeca Afonso, featured on their debut record “Post Human” from last year. This video was filmed at their most recent show, that took place at the Teatro Helena Sá e Costa (Porto), and can [...]

Icelandic newspaper The Reykjavík Grapevine has issued an extended article covering the surpringly influent local Black metal scene. In a piece entitled “Welcome To The Circle – Meet The Men Behind Iceland’s Thriving Black Metal Scene”, several testimonies from the guys that are shaping new faces in the contemporary extreme musical panorama. Interviews with bands such as [...]

DESTROYERS OF ALL, portuguese death/progressive metal group, have announced a special gig to celebrate and present their debut record “Bleak Fragments”. The show will take place in Coimbra, their home town, at the venue States Club, on the 19th of March (saturday). The opening acts are Tales For The Unspoken and Terror Empire, also from [...]

Portuguese occult Doom act DEAD PROCESSION will see its debut full length hit international landscapes next 1st March, through Labyrinth Productions, a sub-label of Altare Productions. This first long-run effort is entitled “Rituais e Mantras do Medo”, and the advance first song (“Percorrendo os Caminhos da Noite”) is now available for free listening at this location. [...]

The Black Planet had the opportunity to interview two members of Di.Soul.Ved, a newgrindcore supergroup that is taking the portuguese underground scene by storm, Pedro Pedra and Hugo Silva, the project mentor. This is what they had to say: For the ones who haven’t heard of you… Who are Di.Soul.Ved? Pedra – Well me and [...]

The second  day of party started with the Portuguese band Extreme Retaliation, now based in Braga, opened the afternoon with a nice gig. The drummer had a great performance, and the sound was very consistent as well. Condylomata Acuminata from Austria brought their party grind to the pit with band members coming of the stage [...]

Dutch black metal cult FOLTERAAR have premiere their new track “Mijn verlossing” at heavily trafficked web-portal InvisibleOranges.com. The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated debut album, “Vertellingen van een donkere eeuw”, set for international release on February 26th via Iron Bonehead Productions. You can listen to this track at this location. A rather primitive and bestial [...]

Just like last time, the RCA Club in Lisboa was the grinders stage for the second edition of the Xxxapada na Tromba. A festival organized with total devotion by Sérgio Páscoa and Carlos Guerra, to name a few, who put up an amazing event to promote the best in the grindcore scene, divided in 2 [...]