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Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe was acquitted of manslaughter charges in the Czech Republic when a not guilty verdict was handed down today (March 5). After spending five weeks in a a Czech prison this past summer and standing trial over two sessions this winter, Blythe is a free man. Czech news agency Blesk.cz reports that the three-judge panel [...]

The biggest Metal festival in Portugal has announced almost all the bands scheduled for the 16th edition. SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST XVI 24-27 APRIL 2013 | BARROSELAS | PORTUGAL DAY 0 – wednesday 24 april – 19:00 – free entrance STRONG INTENTION | USA | www.facebook.com/STRONGINTENTION DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION | France | www.facebook.com/departmentofcorrection W:O:A METAL BATTLE [...]

After a 17 year-long hiatus the legendary Carcass have officially announced that “Surgical Steel” will be the title of their first studio album in almost 20 years. It is set to be released later this year, but a label hasn’t been announced yet. It will be the first album to feature new drummer Dan Wilding [...]

  After one first successful night in Porto, the Lisbon concert arrived for the second act of the Swedish in Lusitanian lands this year. It was the second time they played in the Lisbon area, and the affluence to the gig was higher this time. In fact, we may consider Cult of Luna as the [...]

The Belgian event has announced the complete line-up for Throne Fest 2013. Carpathian Forest and Marduk (with a special Panzer Division Marduk set) are the headliners for this year edition, set to take place at Kubox Kuurne (West Flanders) – Belgium, the 11th May 2013. The final bill looks as follow: CARPATHIAN FOREST MARDUK BELPHEGOR [...]

Legendary grinders Carcass have recently been confirmed for this year edition of PartySan Metal Open Air Festival. Among the last confirmed bands are also the German pagan black metalers Helrunar. The festival is set to take place at Schlotheim – Flugplatz Obermehler, Germany from 8 to 10 August 2013. Here’s the list of the already [...]

Amplifest returned in 2012 for the third edition, putting Porto again as the Portuguese capital of dark alternative arts. Even if you think at this event as a “post intelectual” festival, Amplifest 2012 was much more than that. First of all because Hard Club is probably the best Portuguese venue for the moment; In second [...]

Krakow it’s probably the polish city with more metal concerts, and on the 17th November, Schizofrenia hosted one of them for us. This is where the old Kazamaty venue was settled, now transformed into an underground multi room venue, with a particularly good taste in terms of decoration, and reasonable beer prices. Being a Saturday [...]

The next edition of the mythical portuguese fest is going to take place on the days 24 to 27 of April 2013.  The bands that have been announced so far are the following: POSSESSED | USA BELPHEGOR | Austria AGALLOCH | USA MANILLA ROAD | USA NEGURA BUNGET | Romania SCD | France MISS LAVA [...]

French Black Metal band Aosoth have recently announced that they are working on a new album, with a scheduled release for April 2013, marking their fourth full length and a follow-up to their previous album, “III – Violence & Variation”, from 2011. The title, tracklist and artwork of the new album are still unavailable, although [...]

  Every year usually on the first weekend of August, thousands of metalheads travel to the small town of Vagos, near Aveiro for the Vagos Open Air metal festival. 2012 is the year of the 4th edition, and in just 4 years, this festival has already become a mark in the Heavy Metal scene in [...]

Side B Lounge Live Club hosted the second edition of the peculiar Sardinha de Ferro Metal Fest, this year with ten bands from new alternative local acts to well known satanic thrashers Omission or Portuguese black metalers Corpus Christii. The name of the fest is linked to the popular festivities that take place in the [...]

After the pre-festival partying on the night before, some people were already wasted on the ground when the sun came up.   Time for some breakfast, and head to the festival site, to see the decoration for this year. Rusty metal shaped artifacts could be found on the site, like the big Hellfest tree with [...]

Clisson, a small town part of Brittany in western France is usually quiet for almost an entire year, but when June arrives it is invaded by dozens of thousands of metalheads anxious for a good time and to watch some of their favorite bands in one of the biggest metal festivals all around Europe: Hellfest. [...]