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Portuguese Godvlad have premiered a new video “Selfish Love”. The band continue to evolve and this video features some of the band’s catchiest riffs and choruses, always with electronic elements in the background. The track is taken from the band’s 3rd album “Delusional Dimensions”, released in October 2018. The video was filmed by Guilherme Ferro [...]

The 6th of December started early for a small group of people already forming a line at the entrance of Sala Tejo (Altice Arena), in Lisbon, as they sought to secure a place on the first row of the gig that day. The memories of a sold-out show back in 2017 only made the expectations [...]

Brittish legends Carcass have revealed a new song entitled “Under the Scalpel Blade”. The track was first released via Decibel Magazine as one of their flexidisc releases and now it finally made it to the streaming platforms. [bandcamp width=100% height=120 track=1603170796 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=0f91ff tracklist=false artwork=small] After splitting in 1996, Carcass resurrected in 2007, releasing [...]

We’ve been reporting about Leprous for many years, so you should know them already. The outstanding Norwegian prog band is currently on tour after releasing their successful new album “Pitfalls”, setting new standards with their live shows. We took guitarist TorO aside in Frankfurt to ask how things are going. TBP: So, how is the [...]

This tour contains an interesting line-up because the opening band PORT NOIR has a solid fan base that they brought along to the gigs, even though they were “just support act”. A wide range of people who came for Port Noir had never seen Leprous live and vice versa. The chances were good that both [...]

An unsuspected and common rainy day, like so many in the autumnal season, would give place to a night to remember in Porto. It was around 6:30 PM and there was already a line forming at the entrance of the Hard Club venue. There could be distinguished at least three different languages, as some faithful [...]

The vanguards of heavy drone music, Sunn O))), unleashes a twirling maelstrom of sound, that is equally an endurance test, as it is an example of minimalism and maximalism, inviting the audience to an exercise in deep listening.   There is a classic scene in the 1984 movie “This is Spinal Tap” – a hilarious “rockumentary”about [...]

After much anticipation, Moonspell’s tour showcasing the album “1755” will make its way to the Lusitanian stages next month! With two dates scheduled for the 4th of November @ Hard Club (Porto) and the 5th of November @ Cineteatro Capitólio (Lisbon), fans will have the chance to see the Portuguese band accompanied by the Hellenic [...]

The death metal legends AUTOPSY are one of the big names of this year’s SWR Barroselas Metalfest, but there are already 14 more names added to the poster, with emphasis on the return of MGŁA and the debut of MORBID SAINT in Portugal. AUTOPSY! Would there be a more suitable name to head an event [...]

Godiva announce EXCLUSIVE concert in the special Halloween night at Hard Rock Cafe Porto. After an unprecedented concert at Vagos Metal Fest where accompanied by an orchestra of about 50 musicians on stage, Godiva now announce a more intimate performance after an invitation by Hard Rock Café of Porto for a special Halloween night where [...]

After having confirmed the desired return to Portuguese stages of SYSTEM OF A DOWN, headliners of the first day of the 2020 edition, at the VOA – HEAVY ROCK FESTIVAL, Prime Artists now announces the performance of KORN on the same day and BRING ME THE HORIZON, headliners on the second and last day. One [...]

Laurus Nobilis will take place at V. N. de Famalicão on July 23rd~25th of 2020. Italian gothic metal icons Lacuna Coil have been confirmed for 2020 edition of Laurus Nobilis Music Famalicão. Also confirmed are Venom Inc., Polish death metal machine Hate, Portuguese veiled entities Gaerea and melodic death metal Moonshade, also from Portugal. Ticket [...]

BLACK BONE NATION frontman Zakk Styles has revealed in a new interview that the band is currently in the studio recording what is presumably the band’s long-awaited follow-up to 2018’s self-titled “Black Bone Nation” EP album, aptly titled “Born To Rock”. He stated that the band has written close to 13 new songs for its [...]

The fierce winds that Lisbon faced during the day didn’t affect the excitement and expectation that followers and fans of MGLA had to see the most recent cult brought by their new album “Age Of Excuse”. Judging by the amount of headbangers standing outside the venue, if the concert wasn’t sold out the day before, [...]