Downfall Of Gaia returned to Portugal, after 11 years, to be present at Porto’s well-known cultural space, Maus Hábitos, accompanied by Syberia. It was a night that began around 9:30pm, with Syberia taking the stage, who brought their rock instrumental to the height of a 4th floor, showing those present how to tell a [...]
May 17, 2024
Rui Pereira
Concerts, Reports
Moonspell delighted fans in memorable concert at Convento São Francisco On friday night, February 23th, the iconic Portuguese gothic metal band, Moonspell, treated their devoted followers to a captivating and unforgettable performance at the majestic Convento São Francisco in the city of Coimbra. In a spectacle that masterfully combined the energy of metal with the [...]
March 1, 2024
Filipe Gomes
Concerts, Reports
Gothic metal masters Poisonblack, which split up in 2015, surprised their fans around the world with a tour of Finland in September/October 2023. This year marked the 20th anniversary of their first album “Escapexstacy,” and they celebrated this by bringing back their original singer, J-P Leppäluoto, and performing the whole album live. The tour dates [...]
November 20, 2023
Elsa Marques
Concerts
The Swedish band Soen, led by Martin Lopez returned to shows accompanied by Molybaron and Terra on the Memorial Tour 2023 which stopped in Portugal on the 4th and 5th of October, in Porto – Hard Club and Lisbon – LAV, respectively. The night began with a well-filled venue with the sound of the Italians [...]
October 29, 2023
Rui Pereira
Concerts, Reports
Another great night of metal in Porto, this time at the well-known HardClub, with a unique atmosphere, which welcomed the return of the Australian band NeObliscaris to our country. Opening the show, we had the Australian trio The Omnific, with their two bass players and a drummer, who warmed up the audience for the big [...]
June 20, 2023
Rui Pereira
Concerts, Reports
We visited the Atelier A Fábrica venue, a recently open place in the city of Coimbra, Portugal to check out a stoner night that gathered the bands Stones Of Babylon and Fjords. André Figueiredo, also a member of Mike Vhiles, and Rafael Borges on bass make up the duo known as Fjords. This project came [...]
May 29, 2023
Filipe Gomes
Concerts, Reports
It is not very common for a Black Metal tour to pass through Leiria. However, at the same time, it is a good sign. It indicates that the decentralization of concerts in Portugal does take place and that Leiria has an excellent venue to host concerts, such as the StereoGun, in the centre of the [...]
April 3, 2023
Filipe Gomes
Concerts, Reports
Fans in North America witnessed Cannibal Corpse end 2022 with a brutal bang on their most recent 2-month tour. Bringing along Sweden’s Dark Funeral, New York’s Immolation, and New York’s Black Anvil, it was no wonder the trek saw multiple theatre-sized venues at full capacity night after night. There was a palatable swell of excitement [...]
January 9, 2023
Tom Delgado
Concerts, Reports
Fora de Rebanho, one of the most active associations in the Portuguese Rock and Metal scene organized Punk Rock & Billy event featuring T. Perry And The Bombers from Porto and Drastiks from Coimbra. Both bands came from pretty close to an hour’s drive. Photos by Pedro Sales, special thanks to Pedro and Fora de [...]
September 26, 2022
Filipe Gomes
Concerts, Reports
On the 9th of April, Hellraiser in Leipzig hosted a concert with 4 bands who were promoting their latest albums (although they have a little time). Unfortunately, due to the pandemic and with all the venues closed the bands couldn’t do it properly when their works were released. The first band that played was Holy [...]
May 15, 2022
João Osório
Concerts, Reports
The Teatro José Lúcio da Silva in Leiria received another great night of metal. After the visit of Gaerea a few months ago, it was now time for Moonspell to visit the peaceful city. Celebrating 30 years of a solid career, full of metamorphosis and success, Moonspell showed why after 3 decades they are still [...]
March 21, 2022
Filipe Gomes
Concerts, Reports
On a rainy Thursday night, Lisbon hosted a night of pure Thrash Metal with bands that rocked the audience from start to finish. To celebrate 40 years of career, the band Artillery presented in Lisbon, at RCA Club, the ‘Turn Up The Race Iberian Tour 2022’. As openers, Portuguese bands Alpha Warhead and ThrashWall warmed [...]
March 13, 2022
Filipe Gomes
Concerts, Reports
Not even the cold of the mountains that is felt in Covilhã (Portugal) stopped the metalheads from getting together at Neverlate for another concert. After almost two years without playing, on the 20th of November, the Portuguese bands Sollust and Congruity got together to bring another night of heavy metal to town. The evening began [...]
February 22, 2022
Lara Brito
Concerts, Reports
The pandemic has taken a toll on us all. The cultural sector has seen countless shows and other activities getting canceled. Hopefully, the overall scenario seems to be taking a turn for the better. So it was an enormous delight to finally witness a concert again after such a long hiatus. Portuguese enigmatic black metal [...]
June 7, 2021
Filipe Gomes
Concerts, Reports