A few days ago Belphegor frontman Helmuth Lehner was provoked and attacked by a Russian orthodox fanatic at the St. Petersburg airport. The attacker was later identified as Anatoly Artyukh, who is the chair of Narodny Sobor, a national Orthodox Christian organization. Helmuth Lehner managed to stay calm and did not retaliate, probably having in mind that if [...]
April 28, 2016
Filipe Gomes
News
MORE THAN A THOUSAND have announced the dates for their farewell tour. The band had revelead last year that after a long run of 15 years, they were going to take a break for undetermined time, but not without a few special farewell gigs. The dates for the last shows will be the following: 06-05-16 Loulé [...]
April 26, 2016
Rita Limede
News
More details about the new Akercocke album, and live dates, should be revealed soon. After nine years since their last record, and five since their official disband, AKERCOCKE are officially back! Founding members Jason Mendonca and David Grey have re-joined forces with guitarist Paul Scanlan, and Nathaniel Underwood. The band announced it on their facebook [...]
April 26, 2016
Rita Limede
News
Portuguese groovy act Tales For The Unspoken have announced in their official Facebook page that they have parted ways with drummer Sérgio Vaz, who had been in the band since the beginning. In a more recent update, the band revealed that the drummer replacement will be André Fragoso (Madame Violence). The band will continue to [...]
April 25, 2016
Filipe Gomes
News
First time of Stone The Crow Productions at RCA, and the name of the event was Morbid Spring Fest, counting on the billing with 4 very interest Portuguese bands, some of the best by now in the underground scene. They got the crowd curious about this, so this is how it went. The crowd started [...]
April 19, 2016
Rita Limede
Festivals, Reports
If people celebrate their birthdays every year, why should bands celebrate their anniversaries just every 5 years? That’s Promethevs line of thought and having turned 9, they put up a 9th anniversary concert party. Guest bands were Sollust, Hills Have Eyes and Web, the hosts playing the second slot, but there wasn’t really an opening [...]
April 18, 2016
Rita Limede
Concerts, Reports
Stratovarius doesn’t require much introductions in the Symphonic metal scene, being considered one of the bands that gave origin to the genre. They started they career in 1985 and released an impressive number of 16 full albums, reaching ten times the Top 5 charts in Finland (their home country). Their are releasing a “Best of” album called “Best [...]
April 18, 2016
Elsa Marques
News
After a very successful evening, it was time for round two of Moita Metal Fest. A day filled with 12 bands of different styles ranging from hardcore to black metal, and a lot of beer and camaraderie. Day 2 The second day started off with Mindtaker, a young group that is starting to be the [...]
April 13, 2016
Rita Limede
Festivals, Reports
ARCHITECTS is a British metalcore band formed in 2004 and after the debut album “Nightmares” in 2006, some lineup changes occurred in their second album “Ruin” with Sam Carter replacing Matt Johnson as vocalist and front man of the band. The following albums that gradually reached more audience outside UK were released via Century Media “Hollow Crown” (2009), [...]
April 13, 2016
Elsa Marques
News
Thrash metal band DEATHANGEL from San Francisco surely doesn’t require a lengthy introduction. After their Debut album “The Ultra-Violence” back in 1987 , the seven full length albums released in the almost three decades of this band career managed to gather a good amount of loyal fans. With the 8th full album to be released in May [...]
April 13, 2016
Elsa Marques
News
Industrial metallers FEAR FACTORY have premiered a new video for the track “Expiraton Date”, which is available bellow. The song was taken from their most recent work, “Genexus”, released last year via Nuclear Blast Records. [...]
April 12, 2016
Rita Limede
News
LEGACY OF CYNTHIA have released a live video for their most recent track “Darwinian”. The song was played live, and recorded, on their gig opening for Heavenwood on the 2nd of April in RCA Club, and is available bellow. https://www.facebook.com/legacy.cynthia/videos/966475086733792/ [...]
April 12, 2016
Rita Limede
News
BARONESS have released a new video for the track “Shock Me”, and it’s available bellow. The song was taken from their most recent record, “Purple”, released last year. [...]
April 9, 2016
Rita Limede
News
This year’s edition of SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST, the 19th edition of the fest, will take place from the 22nd to 24th of April. The event will have two main stages, a free stage outside, the SWR arena, that will receive the final of the Portuguese W:O:A metal battle on the 21st, and was curated by [...]
April 8, 2016
Rita Limede
Previews