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TUSKA Open Air 2015 Day #1 – 26.06.2015 The festival’s ground is open space and has 3 stages, two in open space (Radio Rock Main Stage and Stage Hell, more or less in opposite each other but slightly skewed to the left side of the room) and another in enclosed space (Club Stage more into the [...]

It was under what you could call an infernal heat that the first few metalheads started their march towards Side B, in Benavente, Portugal, to attend the fifth edition of Sardinha de Ferro (or, as one of the bands of the day – Ravensire – had written on their set list, “Iron Sardine of Hell”!). An [...]

French act Regarde Les Hommes Tomber have revealed a new song entitled “The Incandescent March” from their upcoming album “Exile”. You can listen to it below. “Exile” will be released on September 19th via Les Acteurs de l’Ombre (LADLO Prods) will be available in gatefold LP version (limited to 500 copies) as well as digipak and cassette [...]

Carcass, Napalm Death (selected dates), Obituary, Voivod and Herod will be tearing up Europe and the UK together this fall on the Deathcrusher Tour. You can check some of the the dates below. 11/01 Gent, BEL – De Vooruit 11/02 Köln, GER – Live Music Hall 11/03 Geneva, SWI – L’Usine 11/04 Stuttgart, GER – [...]

Hailing from Portugal, Serrabulho were crafted in 2010, and with just one album entitled “Ass Troubles” (which was released via Vomit Your Shirt & Rotten Roll Rex on 2013), they have become one of the most active bands in the scene and now they’re back with their sophomore album “Star Whores”. Like a very personal interpretation [...]

American drone/doom/extreme metal legends Sunn O))) announces that their live, cathartic reverberations have been documented and can now be accessed via their live Bandcamp page. Compiled of taper and fan recordings, spanning from their 2002 show at the Blackbird in Portland up to their recent headlining show at Temples Festival 2015, these documents are presented [...]

In a hot summer night the darkness and grim have descended into Hard Club (Porto) for a ritualistic night of black metal. NEVOA, the Portuguese newcomers in the black metal scene, opened the night. They presented their debut record “Absence of Void”, released earlier this year, with a very atmospheric and intense ambiance. Although live the band is [...]

Portuguese Heavenwood are tracking their upcoming record “The Tarot Of The Bohemians” and have recently revealed another guest musician that will take part in the full-length. Sandra Oliveira, front-woman of Blame Zeus participated with vocal lines for the song “The High Priestess”, and expressed her excitement by saying “… it was a pleasure and an honor to participate in this.” [...]

After serving several appetizers during the last months, Reverence Valada Festival has completed the menu, presented in yesterday’s press conference. With more than 50 bands confirmed for the three days of the festival, the last 10 bands announced  are linked to the softer, but always psychedelic side of the event. They are: The Brian Jonestown [...]

Coimbra’s States Club is a small venue which has become a landmark when it comes to Metal concerts in the city of Students. This time three northern bands came to destroy the small stage of this club. The first band to play was THE LAST OF THEM from Aveiro, a Groove/Thrash metal band. In the [...]

Tim Yeung has officially left MORBID ANGEL, five years after he joined the band as the replacement for the group’s longtime drummer, Pedro “Pete” Sandoval. “I’ve been waiting to break the news for a while about this. Now seems like the proper time to do so. As some of you know, there have been some [...]

Bizarre act Maïeutiste have revealed a videoclip which showcases the first single of their upcoming album. “Absolution” can be heard below. “A complex and orchestral album masterfully executed. A journey through Black Metal and ambient music… an exploration of various musical territories, such as folk rock, jazz or doom. Maïeutiste delivers an unclassifiable yet universal [...]

Just a few days after releasing the track “Cirice”, GHOST have unveiled a music video for it. You can see it bellow. This song is taken from the band’s upcoming record, “Meliora”, which is set to come out on the 21st of August, via Loma Vista Recordings. [...]

Guðmundur Óli Pálmason, now ex-drummer of Iceland’s icons Sólstafir has released a public statement about his departure from the band. You can read it below and keep up with any updates at this location. Statement about my forced absence from Sólstafir “When I woke up on the morning of 20. January and looked at my [...]