Last January 11th, the oldest metal festival in Portugal took place once again the town of Mangualde. Organized by Rocha Produções, this festival is an authentic annual tradition, propelled by the great comradeship within the metal community as well as its taste for bringing bands that have never set foot in Portugal before or haven’t [...]
January 23, 2020
Filipe Gomes
Festivals, Reports
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 [...]
April 23, 2019
Filipe Gomes
Previews
Moita Metal Fest returns for its 15th edition on the 6th and 7th of April. The festival will take place at Largo do Pavilhão Municipal de Exposições, in Moita – Setúbal. Moita Metal Fest started back in 2004 and soon became a reference for the Portuguese underground scene. Now, currently on their 15th edition and after [...]
March 26, 2018
Rita Limede
Previews
On the next March the 3rd, death metal veterans Pestilence will return to Portugal for a very special concert! Part of the Deathmania Portugal series, organized by Rocha Produções, Pestilence will perform a set based on their legendary albums “Malleus Maleficarum”, “Consuming Impulse”, “Testimony Of The Ancients” and “Spheres”! Supporting this event will be Sacred [...]
February 26, 2018
Filipe Gomes
Previews
The festival will take place at Pavilhão Multiusos da Malveira (Mafra, Lisboa) on November 4th. After a very successful debut last year, Oeste Underground Fest is back with another strong lineup and with international bands for the first time: Acranius (Ger), Enzephalitis (Swi), Yar (Ukr), Raw Decimating Brutality, Bleeding Display, Sacred Sin, Revolution Within, Dead Meat, [...]
October 17, 2017
Zé Serôdio
Previews
We had a nice chat with Portuguese Oldschool Death Metal band Cape Torment. TBP – Hi how are you? Thanks for taking the time to talk with us. For those who don’t know you yet, can you brief us about the people who are part of Cape Torment? CT – Hi. First, thank you for [...]
July 16, 2017
Filipe Gomes
Interviews
DAY 2 Unfortunately we missed Lisbon’s powerviolence act REVENGEANCE, and so our night started with necro black metalers MORTE INCANDESCENTE. Now with Angel-0 replacing former member V-Kaos, they gave a competent concert. “NecroCulto” and “Black Crushing Metal”, where some of their main tracks. There’s nothing better than to start a festival day with a black [...]
June 30, 2013
Lucifer
Festivals, Reports