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Report: Mgla + Martwa Aura + Above Aurora @ RCA Club

Report: Mgla + Martwa Aura + Above Aurora @ RCA Club

The fierce winds that Lisbon faced during the day didn’t affect the excitement and expectation that followers and fans of MGLA had to see the most recent cult brought by their new album “Age Of Excuse”. Judging by the amount of headbangers standing outside the venue, if the concert wasn’t sold out the day before, [...]

September 26, 2019 Ricardo Branco Concerts, Reports Comments Off on Report: Mgla + Martwa Aura + Above Aurora @ RCA Club

Photo Report: Laurus Nobilis 2019 (Day #4)

Photo Report: Laurus Nobilis 2019 (Day #4)

Once again, Laurus Nobilis Festival took place in Louro, Famalicão from July 25th to the 28th 2019. Unfortunately, we were only able to attend to some of the shows on the last day of the festival, so without further due, here it is! Simbiose Sugiru Analepsy Soilwork [...]

August 3, 2019 Filipe Gomes Festivals, Reports Comments Off on Photo Report: Laurus Nobilis 2019 (Day #4)

Copenhell 2019 – Ten Years In Hell – part 2

Copenhell 2019 – Ten Years In Hell – part 2

DAY 3: Day number three was opened by Matt Heafy and Trivium on the main stage, and the chaos around it. The inflow of crowd surfers during their show was the highest until that moment at Copenhell. Trivium delivered a high-quality performance as they always do. Matt is an amazing performer, he has this ease [...]

July 22, 2019 Kasper Pasinski Festivals, Reports Comments Off on Copenhell 2019 – Ten Years In Hell – part 2

Copenhell 2019 – Ten Years In Hell – part 1

Copenhell 2019 – Ten Years In Hell – part 1

Occurring for ten years— the second part of June in Copenhagen equals the biggest metal event in Denmark: Copenhell. The 10th edition of this metal event took place as always, in Copenhagen’s Refshaleøn. Counting with tens of thousands of fans invading the place eager to listen to some good music. DAY 1: The whole event [...]

July 22, 2019 Kasper Pasinski Festivals, Reports Comments Off on Copenhell 2019 – Ten Years In Hell – part 1

Report: Wave Gotik Treffen 2019

Report: Wave Gotik Treffen 2019

Another year has passed, and once again thanks to the organizer’s collaboration, we were given access to this very unique festival, in which various musical cultures (although the predominant is Gothic) coexist in a healthy way. Here is our report! [...]

June 28, 2019 João Osório Festivals, Reports Comments Off on Report: Wave Gotik Treffen 2019

Report: Once Upon the End + Rest in Furia @ Le Flow, Paris

Report: Once Upon the End + Rest in Furia @ Le Flow, Paris

On March 23th, the houseboat “Le Flow” in Paris was housing the second round of the “Emergenza Festival”. The concept is to give garage bands the possibility to get on great stages (though with short sets) through a contest with several rounds. This night was a heavy one with four of eight bands being Rock/Metal [...]

May 22, 2019 Filipe Gomes Concerts, Reports Comments Off on Report: Once Upon the End + Rest in Furia @ Le Flow, Paris

Report: Heart Sound Festival 2019

Report: Heart Sound Festival 2019

April 6, 2019, Sucy-En-Brie (near Paris), France In a small city called Sucy-En-Brie near Paris, a very special event took place on April 6th, 2019. A festival called HEART SOUND gathered seven bands and about 600 visitors to celebrate some special gigs and to collect money to donate it to “Ensemble contre les Leucémies”, a [...]

April 16, 2019 Uta Arnold Festivals, Reports Comments Off on Report: Heart Sound Festival 2019

Report: Soen + Ghost Iris + Wheel @ Hard Club

Report: Soen + Ghost Iris + Wheel @ Hard Club

Soen is promoting their new album ”Lotus” with an European tour. With them are traveling the bands Wheel and Ghost Iris, as openers of the shows. On 30th of March, the tour passed by Hard Club in Porto, Portugal, for an amazing show. Wheel – a Finnish prog rock band – had the task of [...]

April 10, 2019 Filipe Gomes Concerts, Reports Comments Off on Report: Soen + Ghost Iris + Wheel @ Hard Club

Report: SepticFlesh + Krisiun + Diabolical + Xaon @ Hard Club

Report: SepticFlesh + Krisiun + Diabolical + Xaon @ Hard Club

In the cool Oporto night of the 15th of March, the fires of an unholy communion were lit at Hard Club, as another extravaganza of amazing metal bands – SepticFlesh, Krisiun, Diabolical and Xaon – stormed the stage for the delight of their Lusitanian crowd. The first act was Xaon, a melodic death metal band [...]

April 8, 2019 Ricardo Pereira Concerts, Reports Comments Off on Report: SepticFlesh + Krisiun + Diabolical + Xaon @ Hard Club

Report: Prognosis Fest 2019

Report: Prognosis Fest 2019

PROGNOSIS festival took place in  Eindhoven (Netherlands) on the 22nd – 23rd, 2019 The organizers of the “Prognosis” festival were once again aiming high. They invited and succeeded to gather the ‘crème-de-la-crème’ of the prog metal scene, mixing it with some other genres. Visitors from all over Europe travelled to see bands such as LEPROUS [...]

April 4, 2019 Uta Arnold Festivals, Reports Comments Off on Report: Prognosis Fest 2019

Report: Under The Doom fest 2018

Report: Under The Doom fest 2018

Under The Doom 2018: A summary of all our failures For the unaware, Under The Doom is a two-day festival dedicated to the darkest trends within metal: doom metal, black metal, avantgarde, gothic, ambient and post-metal join hands to form a chain that, year after year, has been reinforced with names of ever-increasing caliber. Held [...]

December 22, 2018 João Correia Festivals, Reports Comments Off on Report: Under The Doom fest 2018

Report: A Perfect Circle + Chelsea Wolfe @ Forum, Copenhagen

Report: A Perfect Circle + Chelsea Wolfe @ Forum, Copenhagen

On the 12th of December, Copenhagen’s Forum was filled with fans of melancholic rock. Maynard James Keenan with the colleagues from A Perfect Circle visited one of the city’s biggest venues. They provided a decent dose of A Perfect Circle music and let the fans enjoy the live performance of a big part of their last [...]

December 17, 2018 Kasper Pasinski Concerts, Reports Comments Off on Report: A Perfect Circle + Chelsea Wolfe @ Forum, Copenhagen

Report: Slayer + Lamb of God, Anthrax & Obituary @ Royal Arena Copenhagen

Report: Slayer + Lamb of God, Anthrax & Obituary @ Royal Arena Copenhagen

One of the most important bands in thrash metal history is touring (supposedly) for the last time. For this farewell tour, Slayer invited honourable and extremely strong guests: Anthrax, Lamb of God and Obituary. On the 3rd of December they visited their Copenhagen’s metal fans at Royal Arena. The event was organised by Live Nation Denmark. [...]

December 15, 2018 Kasper Pasinski Concerts, Reports Comments Off on Report: Slayer + Lamb of God, Anthrax & Obituary @ Royal Arena Copenhagen

Report: Helloween @ Altice Arena

Report: Helloween @ Altice Arena

Last Thursday, December 6th, it dawned quite calmly, contrasting with what happened on September 20th, 1998, in the now extinct venue Dramático de Cascais. On that day, the pilgrimage began quite early and filled the quiet village with Helloween fans, eager to witness live the most famous album repertoire “Keeper of the Seven Keys” and [...]

December 11, 2018 Ricardo Branco Concerts, Reports Comments Off on Report: Helloween @ Altice Arena