Grog

Just like last time, the RCA Club in Lisboa was the grinders stage for the second edition of the Xxxapada na Tromba. A festival organized with total devotion by Sérgio Páscoa and Carlos Guerra, to name a few, who put up an amazing event to promote the best in the grindcore scene, divided in 2 [...]

[Note]: This is the extended version of the interview given by Pedro Pedra, the frontman of Grog originaly published in the booklet for XXXAPADA Fest. Portuguese grind veterans Grog return to XXXAPADA after last year’s amazing gig in the fest. This is a special year for them, in which they celebrate their 25th birthday as [...]

DI.SOUL.VED is new portuguese super group, and have announced the release of their debut record, “Confessions From The Soul – Volume 1”, which it is set to come out somewhere during the month of November, via Murder Records/ Helldprod productions. The first single, “Dark Balance”, is available on soundcloud and on youtube. The DI.SOUL.VED line-up [...]

Day 2 The second day had its kick start with BORDERLANDS, a young metalcore group. The room was still half empty, but that didn’t stop them to give their best.  Next up was ANALEPSY. The group never disappoints when playing live, and their unique style of slam/brutal death metal caused the first chaotic moshpit of [...]

International Death metal night in central Lisbon, for our first incursion to the new club in town – RCA CLUB. NotreDamme Productions presented us with Immolation’s “European Conspiracy Tour 2014”, in a well filled venue, with a very pleasant atmosphere, and well decorated room, reminding us the old north American industrial underground clubs. The night [...]

Less than a week after returning from Darkness Rising Festival, we shipped south, towards Santa Maria Summer Fest, in Beja, Alentejo. Besides the good line up that the organization was able to join, this event had another natural advantage: the entrance was for free, to everyone. So, naturally, you could see all genres of metalheads, [...]

Sadly the concerts started two hours after the announced schedule with HUNTED SCRIPTUM, death/technical death metal from Braga. They had the tough task of opening the ceremonies, in a cold, (still) wintry night. Their carnivorous themes made the first attempt to warm a still not crowded Side B room, with some good appointments, including the [...]

After having informed that this year’s edition of Metal GDL would not count with some of the major names firstly announced (Benediction or Dew Scented, for example), the Alentejo organization confirmed at last the festival for 2013. It would be the first Metal GDL indoor edition after six open air events. Italian technical death metalers [...]