Horna

SWR has finally returned in full force after a hiatus forced by the lockdown resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and a smaller-than-usual 2022 edition. This is one of the oldest and most mythical underground festivals in Portugal, and it once again brought four days of the festival to the quiet town of Barroselas in the [...]

After a successful return in 2022, the iconic SWR Barroselas Metalfest will be back for its 23rd edition in… 2023 (thanks covid pandemic for synching the numbers!) Things are quieter now and the overall feeling is of a full return to normality. SWR 2023 :: BANDS :: SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST 23 27-30 April 2023 | [...]

The SWR Barroselas Metalfest 2023 is coming and the organizers have shared the daily lineup   SWR 2023 daily programTickets are still available at swrfest.bigcartel.com and official stores. INFO: www.swr-fest.com EVENTO OFICIAL: fb.com/events/315286246019420 [...]

SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST 23 27-30 April 2023 | Barroselas – Portugal | www.swr-fest.com Due to personal commitments, Finnish black metal veterans Sargeist had to cancel this year’s appearance and will be confirmed in 2024. TRIUMPH OF DEATH + PIG DESTROYER + SADISTIC INTENT + ROTTEN SOUND + PROFANATICA + GUTALAX + HORNA + CRISIX + [...]

First of all, there was one positive aspect about the whole covid pandemic: The number of SWR editions syncs with the year in which it happens! So, SWR has announced the first batch of bands confirmed for the 23rd edition of the SWR Barroselas Metalfest, taking place in… 2023! Triumph of Death might not ring [...]

The death metal legends AUTOPSY are one of the big names of this year’s SWR Barroselas Metalfest, but there are already 14 more names added to the poster, with emphasis on the return of MGŁA and the debut of MORBID SAINT in Portugal. AUTOPSY! Would there be a more suitable name to head an event [...]

Steelfest opens the season of the Open air “summer” festivals in Finland. It will take place in Hyvinkää, a city located around 1h drive north from Helsinki. The festival started already in  2010 on it’s current format and has been gaining the reputation of one of the finnish festivals that presents the most extreme metal [...]

With 2015 coming to its end, its time to choose the best albums of the year. These are the choices of Lucifer: MGLA – Exercises in Futility 2. VI –De Praestigiis Angelorum 3. SERPENTS LAIR – Circumambulating the Stillborn 4. ACHERONTAS – Ma​-​IoN (Formulas of Reptilian Unification 5. MISTHYRMING – Söngvar elds og óreiðu 6. [...]

Two of the most influential bands in the European Black Metal scene have gathered for a split released today. ACHERONTAS and HORNA “Atavistic Resurgence” is out now through World Terror Commitee. An Lp is expected till end of this Year. Here is the Official Announcement by the label: W.T.C.Productions proudly presents “Atavistic Resurgence”, a split album [...]

Finish black metal horde HORNA will see their ninth full length hit the stores next 22nd September. “Hengen Tulet” was recorded during this year Spring, at Studio Blackvox by the exact same line up than its predecessor “Askel Lähempänä Saatanaa” For more details please check World Terror Committee announcement below. Hengen Tulet – CD set for release [...]

European Legions be prepared for some brutal assaults next May in a cementary near you. Finnish horde HORNA will join forces with Italian obscure band FIDES INVERSA for a dozen of live shows next spring. Celebrating both new studio works (Horna’s splits with Demonic Christ and Den Sakaaldte and Fides Inversa astonnishing “Mysterium Tremendum et [...]

You are certainly familiarised with the city of Speyer, in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany. At least you’ve heard about it, right? If you haven’t it means that you’ve been passing far away from some of the best European black metal. As for us, we returned to that historic city six months after the SPEYER [...]

Carpathian Alliance Metal Festival has announced the second confirmed band for the 2015 edition. Finnish horde HORNA joins already confirmed compatriots SATANIC WARMASTER, for the band bill of the vent that will take place in Volosyanka, near the Western border of Ukraine. Meanwhile the 2014 edition took place this weekend, featuring some strong names as [...]

Drohende Schatten events have just confirmed more bands to perform at Sinister Howling IV fest, including the two Finnish bands HORNA and BAPTISM. These bands join already confirmed acts: CORPUS CHRISTII THRONE OF KATHARSIS KAWIR MORTE INCANDESCENTE BORGNE DARKMOON WARRIOR DEATHROW According to the organisers, “a few more exclusive bands will be announced”. The event [...]