Martelo Negro

Being around for more than two decades of existence, the SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST became more than an obligatory stopping point for all fans of heavy metal and its more extreme subgenres. This year’s edition, which runs from April 26 to 28, promises, as usual, to gather a legion of headbangers from all around the world [...]

SWR Barroselas Metalfest, one of the oldest, most respected festivals dedicated to extreme sonorities in the old continent, will return to Vila de Barroselas, Viana do Castelo, Portugal on April 26, 27 and 28, 2019. After the first batch of confirmations including Godlfesh, Benediction, The Black Dahlia Murder, Midnight, Venenum and more, the organizers have [...]

SWR Barroselas Metalfest, one of the oldest, most respected and contested festivals dedicated to extreme sonorities in the old continent, will return to Vila de Barroselas, Viana do Castelo, on April 26, 27 and 28, 2019. The first round of confirmations for the 22nd edition of the event includes fifteen proposals of undeniable quality. Fifteen [...]

After the successful first edition of Morbid Spring Fest last year, a second edition had to be mandatory. This time Stone the Crow Productions improved the festival by adding 5 more bands to the bill. Made entirely by portuguese bands, the bill counts with: Martelo Negro (black/thrash metal) – The quartet hailing from Lisbon released [...]

After a very successful evening, it was time for round two of Moita Metal Fest. A day filled with 12 bands of different styles ranging from hardcore to black metal, and a lot of beer and camaraderie. Day 2 The second day started off with Mindtaker, a young group that is starting to be the [...]

DI.SOUL.VED is new portuguese super group, and have announced the release of their debut record, “Confessions From The Soul – Volume 1”, which it is set to come out somewhere during the month of November, via Murder Records/ Helldprod productions. The first single, “Dark Balance”, is available on soundcloud and on youtube. The DI.SOUL.VED line-up [...]

Day 3 Stage 1 The last day started with an excellent show from BONDED BY  BLOOD. This revival thrash metal band from California (USA), has great stage presence. In spite of not having a big audience, the performance was fast, straight to the point and exciting. The crowd went wild and there was mosh everywhere. Their [...]

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 [...]

Biggest Metal festival in Portugal, SWR Barroselas Metalfest have started announcing bands in the past weeks, and recently another handful of names have been announced, check the list below. For more info, please check the promoter’s website: http://www.swr-inc.net 23-26 APRIL 2014 | SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST XVII METAL CHURCH | USA | www.facebook.com/OfficialMetalChurch DISCHARGE | UK [...]