Hard Club

One of the most influential bands in the progressive metal scene is without a doubt, Canadian Voivod. During their 35th Anniversary tour they finally made it to the city of Porto for an unforgettable gig. Supporting Voivod came Nightrage, a melodic death metal group originally from Greece, but is now located in Sweden. With a [...]

The landscape of black metal is morphing into something else entirely. As it happens with all artistic movements and their respective subdivisions, experimentation as a statement of healthy aversion to the status quo has proved itself to be inevitable in inducing the magic of conceptual and artistic evolution. Both Batushka and Gaerea are fine examples [...]

All things, good and bad, inevitably meet their demise. As such, Batushka will storm Europe this autumn with the purpose of bringing the End Of Litourgiya to the faithless masses one last time. This tour, presents itself as the end of the promotion cycle for Litourgiya (2015). This is the band’s extremely successful debut record, [...]

After a very convincing performance at VOA 2017 past August, Epica will be returning to Portugal before the end of the year. This time, the band comes to perform as headlining act on a double date, where the legion of followers will be able to see Simone Simons and Co more closely, on the stages [...]

Swedish prog rock act Soen will return to Portugal to play live at 20 and 21 of October, in Hard Club (Porto) and RCA Club (Lisbon) respectively. Norwegian prog metal band Madder Mortem will be the opening act, and (Porto concert only) Portuguese Heavenwood will also play. Schedule: Open Doors: 20h Heavenwood: 21h Madder Mortem: [...]

After an absence of eleven years from playing concerts in Portugal, hailing from Finland, the so-called love metal pioneers HIM, are back to Portugal. This unique show will take place at Hard Club, Porto, on next June 17th. For sure it will be a special and emotional concert, but sadly, the last one, as the band has recently [...]

Check out our report of the awesome Gojira show that took place at Hard Club, Porto, last July 7th. Opening band: Equaleft Special thanks: Prime Artists [...]

The past weekend saw the debut show of one of the most groundbreaking bands that emerged in the recent past: Ghost. Hate them or love them, the fact is that they have settled their presence in the nowadays music scene by releasing excellent quality albums, filled with catchy songs and charming melodies that you can’t [...]

The finnish group SWALLOW THE SUN is set to play two shows in Portugal, on the 2nd of December, in Lisbon – RCA Club, and on the 3rd, in Porto – Hard Club. The band will be accompanied by fellow finnish group Wolfheart and the italian progressive metal band Adimiron. SWALLOW THE SUN haven’t played [...]

Sunday isn’t anyone’s favorite day to attend a concert, but it’s a disadvantage of tours, you have to be flexible… The first band was DAGOBA, a french groovy band in charge of starting the hostilities. Apparently not very known to the Portuguese audience, a conclusion taken based on both the amount of people and reaction [...]

Back in Porto to another dark, ritualistic experience at AMPLIFEST. Having again Hard Club as the perfect venue, the northern organization chose this time to add a third stage, at the bar “Mercedes”, at Ribeira, about 400 m from the main venue. Day #1 Again in a sunny weekend, the festival overture had Swiss ZATOKREV [...]

British industrial metal masters Godflesh are coming for a two night performance, first at old Ritz Club – Lisbon (23/05) and then at Hard Club – Porto (24/05). Justin Broadrick e G.C. Green are back after having headlined Amplifest first edition, and now also, for the first time in Lisbon. No one saw this coming. [...]

Amplifest returned in 2012 for the third edition, putting Porto again as the Portuguese capital of dark alternative arts. Even if you think at this event as a “post intelectual” festival, Amplifest 2012 was much more than that. First of all because Hard Club is probably the best Portuguese venue for the moment; In second [...]

Canadian dark post rockers masters GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR are set to headline this year’s edition of AMPLIFEST. Among the first names announced are also the Belgian doomsters AMENRA, dark jazzers BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE, italian new sludge masters UFOMAMMUT, folk psychadelic rockers SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE and heavy space rockers WHITE HILLS. [...]