The first edition of Oeste Underground Fest took place in Malveira, and the festival started on the right foot, as a benefit event for the local voluntary firefighters. A noble cause wrapped up in a day-long event represented by some of the most prominent acts of the Portuguese underground scene and with a familiar ambience. [...]
November 24, 2016
Rita Limede
Festivals, Reports
Death metal veterans DEICIDE have parted ways with guitarist Jack Owen. A replacement has been announced as Mark English (MONSTROSITY). One of the founding members of CANNIBAL CORPSE, Owen joined DEICIDE in 2004 and played on the latter band’s last four studio albums: “The Stench Of Redemption” (2006), “Till Death Do Us Part” (2008), “To Hell [...]
November 23, 2016
Filipe Gomes
News
A full house from the very star to the very end to see Pain and friends! When Swedish group Billion Dollar Babies started their show the venue was already packed. With just 30 minutes to play, they presented their most recent work, “Chemical God” released earlier this year. With a sound more in the heavy [...]
November 21, 2016
João Osório
Concerts, Reports
London-based shapeshifters CODE will release a new EP titled “Lost Signal” on January 25th via Agonia Records. Watch a video trailer for this release at: “Lost Signal” is a meeting of ages and a blurring of lines. In the Summer of 2015, CODE spent some time in a studio in England to experiment with tracks [...]
November 21, 2016
Filipe Gomes
News
With Orphaned Land and Wolfbrigade already confirmed for 2017’s edition of Santa Maria Summer Fest, Mão Morta, Urfaust, Malthusian, Clitgore and Tales For The Unspoken have been announced as new additions to the festival roster. The even will happen on June 8 to the 10th. €20 tickets are already sold out. Until January 31st, tickets [...]
November 20, 2016
Filipe Gomes
News
Sunday evening and Lisbon was the stoping point to another great european tour, this time leaded by the veteran band Pain and supported by the bands The Vision Bleak, Dynazty and Billion Dollar Babies. Billion Dollar Babies gave the night a start, attacking us with their hard rock from the begining. With their latest album “Chemical [...]
November 12, 2016
Phobia
Concerts, Reports
After the huge successful show in 2014, Behemoth return for another concert as tour headliners. In the bag comes the critically acclaimed “The Satanist” album. Along came their compatriots MGŁA and the German band Secrets of the Moon, thereby filling the room at Paradise Garage. MGŁA – From the underground comes this formidable and fearful force, serving [...]
November 10, 2016
Filipe Gomes
Concerts, Reports
Last month, RAMP reissued their first album “Thoughts” by Rastilho Records, a classic and essential icon in the discography of any fan of heavy/ thrash. To celebrate the happening, the band made a series of presentations in several venues of the country and we had the pleasure of attending one of these presentations in Lisbon, [...]
November 7, 2016
Sandra Nunes
Concerts, Reports
On the very next day after Moonspell’s gig, the locals went on another pilgrimage in search of dark side powered by the music of Dark Funeral, at the venue “Hellraiser”. This space is one of the most famous ones in Leipzig, as one might see due to the great number of shows that take place [...]
November 2, 2016
João Osório
Concerts, Reports
The Finnish vocalist Tarja Turunen, is back with a new album untitled “The Shadow Self”, released on the 5th August, from which she takes the command to an Euro tour of “The Shadow Shows 2016”. And for the joy of the Portuguese fans, Tarja will stop in Lisbon next 4th November at Aula Magna with [...]
November 1, 2016
Rita Limede
Previews
PAIN is the Swedish industrial metal project created by Peter Tagtren, currently on tour to promote their newest album ”Coming Home”. Fortunately Portugal is one of the countries where they will be playing and the show will take place tomorrow at RCA Club, Lisbon (Sunday, October 30th). PAIN will be joined by the German horror metal masters THE VISION [...]
October 29, 2016
Elsa Marques
Previews
Moonspell passed by Leipzig for another date of their European tour, and it was an intense show. The opening acts were Eleine and The Foreshadowing. Eleine, Swedish symphonic gothic metal, were the first band to come upon stage. The crowd was still scarce when they started, maybe due to the fact that they are a [...]
October 25, 2016
João Osório
Concerts, Reports
Sonic Syndicate’s new album “Confessions” was released on October 14th via Despotz Records and that same night they threw a party to celebrate it in Gothenburg. The following night was their hometown Stockholm’s turn, at this fancy night club Göta Källare, in the Södermalm district. Their friends Mindshift were the support act. Around since 2003, [...]
October 22, 2016
RenataLino
Concerts, Reports
French satanic black metallers ANTAEUS are back after almost a decade of inactivity. The band that has brought us works like “Cut Your Flesh and Worship Satan” or “De Principii Evangelikum”are now starting a new chapter in their career with “Condemnation”. The album is set to come out on the 18th of November, via Norma [...]
October 13, 2016
Rita Limede
News