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Preview: VOA Heavy Rock Festival 2019

Preview: VOA Heavy Rock Festival 2019

VOA Fest is back and is celebrating 10 years! After one year of hiatus, one of the most important heavy festivals in Portugal will be returning with a colossal band roster on July 4th – 5th. Day #1 Featuring a 2-day format once again, on the first day (July 4) all the maggots will get [...]

June 18, 2019 Filipe Gomes Previews Comments Off on Preview: VOA Heavy Rock Festival 2019

Copenhell 2018 – Day 1

Copenhell 2018 – Day 1

Copenhell this year kicked off on a Wednesday, adding a Warm Up day to the festival. Despite only having a small stage for the day, the program was quite diversified. However by the time I have managed to get through the check in process, the first interesting band – Turnstile – was already finishing up [...]

July 24, 2018 Rita Limede Festivals, Reports Comments Off on Copenhell 2018 – Day 1

Preview: Copenhell 2018

Preview: Copenhell 2018

Copenhell is the biggest metal and rock festival in Denmark, hosted in Copenhagen, usualy in the second half of June. Since 2010 the metal fans in Copenhagen have had the chance to see many stars of heavy music performing on the Copenhell stages. The list is very long including big names as Black Sabbath, Iron [...]

May 7, 2018 Kasper Pasinski Previews Comments Off on Preview: Copenhell 2018

2017: The Staff’s Choices – Daniel Lemminkainen

2017: The Staff’s Choices – Daniel Lemminkainen

With the year of 2017 coming to an end, it is time to choose the best releases of the year. Like in previous years, we will be publishing our staff’s choices daily as well as a final Top 20 for the zine of the best albums that were released in 2017. Here are the choices [...]

December 25, 2017 Rita Limede Tops Comments Off on 2017: The Staff’s Choices – Daniel Lemminkainen

Report: Vagos Metal fest 2017

Report: Vagos Metal fest 2017

Once again, the town of Vagos hosted the anual Vagos Metal Fest, which already became a Meca for metalheads in Portugal. Three days of good concerts, a lot of beer and meeting friends in a relaxed place. Day #1 Tales For The Unspoken received the responsibility of opening the first day of concerts. The band [...]

September 3, 2017 Filipe Gomes Festivals, Reports Comments Off on Report: Vagos Metal fest 2017

Preview: Leyendas del Rock 2017

Preview: Leyendas del Rock 2017

Leyendas Del Rock will take place at Villena, Spain from August 9th to 12th. In the second week of August the village of Villena will host the twelfth edition of the Leyendas del Rock festival, which has 70 bands in the billing, spread over 4 days and several stages. Schedules are available below. Day #0 [...]

August 8, 2017 Melissa Poseyydon Previews Comments Off on Preview: Leyendas del Rock 2017

Preview: Vagos Metal Fest 2017

Preview: Vagos Metal Fest 2017

Once again the small town of Vagos becomes a real “Metal Meca” to most metalheads in Portugal. The festival takes takes place at Quinta do Ega, Vagos, Aveiro that has been upgraded along the years. Repeating the 3 day format, the festival starts on August 11th and stretches until Sunday the 13th. This special festival [...]

August 7, 2017 Filipe Gomes Previews Comments Off on Preview: Vagos Metal Fest 2017

Arch Enemy reveal new album “Will To Power” and tour

Arch Enemy reveal new album “Will To Power” and tour

Swedish melodeath band Arch Enemy announced a new album called ”Will To Power” scheduled to be launched on September 8th through Century Media Records and via Trooper Entertainment in Japan. After the 2014 release of ”War Eternal”, the first album with the new vocalist Alissa White-Gluz (ex-The Agonist) and the addition of Jeff Loomis (Conquering [...]

May 23, 2017 Zé Serôdio News Comments Off on Arch Enemy reveal new album “Will To Power” and tour

Vagos Metal Fest announces Soulfly and final bill

Vagos Metal Fest announces Soulfly and final bill

Soulfly is the last headliner announced by the organizers of Vagos Metal Fest. Max Cavalera & co will join Arch Enemy, Hammerfall, Wintersun, Korpiklaani, Powerwolf, Rhapsody Reunion, Therion, Primordial, Whitechapel, Batushka, Metal Church, Chelsea Grin, Havok, Gorguts, Hills Have Eyes, Gama Bomb, Cough, Grunt, And Then She Came, Tales For The Unspoken, Miss Lava, Brutality Will Prevail, [...]

March 9, 2017 Filipe Gomes News Comments Off on Vagos Metal Fest announces Soulfly and final bill

Buried Realm releases single “Asphyxiation’s Lullaby”

Buried Realm releases single “Asphyxiation’s Lullaby”

Colorado Springs one-man outfit Buried Realm released a single from debut album, ‘The Ichor Carcinoma’. The song “Asphyxiation’s Lullaby” features Teemu Mäntysaari of Wintersun and Ryan Strain. The album is due out late spring of this year. The debut Buried Realm album ‘The Ichor Carcinoma’ features current and former members of Arch Enemy, Soilwork, The [...]

March 3, 2017 Filipe Gomes News Comments Off on Buried Realm releases single “Asphyxiation’s Lullaby”

Leyendas del Rock billing closed

Leyendas del Rock billing closed

Leyendas del Rock announced the last bands that will take part of this year’s edition. Megadeth led by the legendary Dave Mustaine and part of the American “Big Four”; the oldschool thrashers Overkill known mainly for their technique and high speed; Magnum known worldwide for the 1985 album “On a Storyteller’s Night. And finally,the amazing [...]

March 3, 2017 Melissa Poseyydon News Comments Off on Leyendas del Rock billing closed

Anthrax, Sepultura and others added to Resurrection Fest

Anthrax, Sepultura and others added to Resurrection Fest

Resurrection Fest annouced today new names to the bill. Big Four thrashers Anthrax, brazillian legends Sepultura, german death metal Deserted Fear, American punk rock The Menzingers, Italian ska band Talco, Dutch punk rock band Undeclinable Ambuscade, CJ Ramone (Ramones), Canadian metalcore Obey The Brave, Deathcore mexicans Here Comes The Kraken, Galicians Aphonnic, Display of Power [...]

February 28, 2017 Zé Serôdio News Comments Off on Anthrax, Sepultura and others added to Resurrection Fest

PREVIEW: Brutal Assault 2016

PREVIEW: Brutal Assault 2016

It is safe to say that Brutal Assault festival has one of the most complete lineups of 2016 summer festivals. It will take place in the lovely scenario of JAROMEŘ. The old army fortress Josefov is located ~130km east from Prague, Czech Republic. This 18th century fortress will host the festival inside its wall, giving an historical [...]

July 25, 2016 Elsa Marques Previews Comments Off on PREVIEW: Brutal Assault 2016

ARCH ENEMY welcomes Jeff Loomis as new guitarist

ARCH ENEMY welcomes Jeff Loomis as new guitarist

ARCH ENEMY welcomes Jeff Loomis as their new guitarist! Metal icons ARCH ENEMY are proud to announce that guitar legend Jeff Loomis (ex-Nevermore) will be joining their ranks for their upcoming European tour which kicks off November 26, as well as all future tours in 2015. Jeff Loomis states: ”I’m very excited to be playing [...]

November 18, 2014 Filipe Gomes News Comments Off on ARCH ENEMY welcomes Jeff Loomis as new guitarist