The 19th edition of the SWR Barroselas Metalfest took place from the 22nd to 24th of April 2016. Once again the event featured the two main stages, a free stage outside called the SWR arena, which received the final of the Portuguese W:O:A metal battle on the 21st (Day #0). The band bill was also [...]
May 6, 2016
Filipe Gomes
Festivals, Reports
This year’s edition of SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST, the 19th edition of the fest, will take place from the 22nd to 24th of April. The event will have two main stages, a free stage outside, the SWR arena, that will receive the final of the Portuguese W:O:A metal battle on the 21st, and was curated by [...]
April 8, 2016
Rita Limede
Previews
In a weekend with an other event claiming the spotlights of the media attention, we kept faithful to our convictions and drove to Benavente for a night where an appealing line-up was ahead of us. INFRA were the ones with opening credits and started not much after the scheduled hour. They occupy an unparallel seat [...]
March 7, 2016
Lucifer
Concerts, Reports
With 2015 coming to its end, its time to choose the best Metal albums of the year. These are the choices of Mütiilator (due to difficulty in chosing a specific order, only the top 3 will be numbered): Leprous – The Congregation 2. Ghost – Meliora 3. Mgła – Exercises In Futility Shrine [...]
December 29, 2015
Filipe Gomes
Tops
SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST has announced Violator, Monolord, Misþyrming, Dementia 13 and Infra to play in their next years edition of the festival. These bands join the billing where you can already find the following bands: MARDUK | Sweden | www.facebook.com/Mardukofficial ABORTED | Belgium | www.facebook.com/Abortedofficial GRAVE | Sweden | www.facebook.com/GraveOfficial DOOM | UK | www.facebook.com/doomcrustpunk [...]
December 15, 2015
Rita Limede
News
The Estudantino café, a venue known in the Metal underground for hosting a high number of concerts received the 2nd edition of the OMG Fest. An independent festival organized by Omega Som, an entity focused on featuring some of the best bands that the Portuguese underground hides within its ranks, but without losing its interest [...]
October 30, 2015
Filipe Gomes
Festivals, Reports
Corpus Christii have a new album and, under the sign of Notre Dame Productions, Lisbon was the start point for the live presentations of “Palemoon”. But before the highlight of the night, two bands warmed the well filled room of RCA. About INFRA we’ve already wrote a lot over the past last year, but each [...]
April 19, 2015
Lucifer
Concerts, Reports
DAY 2# The sunny (yet freezing) Sunday started with INFRA, the one and only corpse painted band of the weekend. Starting with the new “Communion”, this Lisbon trio showed again why they can no longer remain anonymous: their obscure death metal is too striking to be kept in the drawer. Cavernous vocals, demolishing drums [...]
February 21, 2015
Lucifer
Festivals, Reports
Portuguese obscure Death metal outfit INFRA will release their debut studio work through North American infamous label Nuclear War Now!. The 7″ will arise by the title of “Initiation On The Ordeals Of Lower Vibrations” and is expected in early 2015. After three well succeeded live shows earlier this year, the Lusitanian collective has made an [...]
October 28, 2014
Lucifer
News
Middle of the week underground night in central Lisbon, opening the ceremonies of Associação Fantasma Lusitano, in a dark and narrow alley at Cais do Sodré. Old building, recently renovated, with a concrete wall presentation that fools no one: here is where the conceivers of the Idea want to hold some infamous underground events in [...]
April 12, 2014
Lucifer
Concerts, Reports
The XIth edition of the Extreme Metal Attack took place last month, for the third time at Side B Club, in Benavente. Another intense weekend of pure blasphemy was carved by dedicated underground performers alongside with a quite numerous audience, fact that somewhat surprised us once the band bill was less appealing than in recent [...]
April 3, 2014
Lucifer
Festivals, Reports