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The 2024 edition of the SWR Barroselas Metalfest is coming, and with it more sonic chaos will pour down upon the quiet town of Barroselas in the north of Portugal.   :: BANDS :: I AM MORBID + BLASPHEMY + TERRORIZER + TANKARD + CANCER + BELL WITCH + SKITSYSTEM + SARGEIST + NOSTROMO + [...]

The organizers of the SWR Barroselas Metalfest 2024 have revealed the complete lineup and daily schedules. :: Tickets :: Tickets are available at swrfest.bigcartel.com and in the Official Stores. To make your purchase, visit any of the Official Stores: – BIOHAZARD AREA (Braga) – BAZAR MODERNO (Guimarães) – PIRANHA (Porto) – LOUIE LOUIE (Porto) – [...]

Set to take place from April 24th to 27th in the picturesque town of Barroselas, Portugal, this year’s festival promises an unforgettable experience for metal enthusiasts worldwide. Prepare your eardrums for a barrage of sonic devastation as SWR Barroselas Metalfest announces its lineup for the 2024 edition. None other than I AM MORBID will come [...]

The SWR Feast 2022 was the return of the SWR Barroselas Metalfest after a 2-year hiatus due to the Covid pandemic. Read out report here! [...]

The last 2 years have been hard for all of us. We ran out of concerts, out of events, out of (almost) everything. But the underground didn’t stop, because to stop is to die. Lots of albums came out, bands were created and dismantled, besides other initiatives such as online festivals, something that until then [...]

SWR Barroselas Metalfest is finally returning after a 2-year hiatus forced by the Covid-19 pandemic. Autopsy, Mgla, Sijjin, Skeletal Remains and many more will return on April 29th to the peaceful town in the north of Portugal! [...]

On the next November 15th, Canadian tech-death metal pillars Beyond Creation will return to Portugal! One of the freshest and most modern acts in the recent years, Beyond Creation have released 3 very solid full-length albums: “The Aura” (2011), “Earthborn Evolution” (2014) and the most recent “Algorythm” (2018), showing a strong career path. The band [...]

SWR is scheduled for 27-29 April 2018 at Barroselas, northwest Portugal. SWR Barroselas Metalfest is one of the oldest European festivals of extreme music and it returns for its 21st edition, in 2018. Cock and Ball Torture will be replaced by Malignant Tumour. The festival has announced another lot of band confirmations: MALIGNANT TUMOUR | Czech Republic [...]

SWR is scheduled for 27-29 April 2018 at Barroselas, northwest Portugal. SWR Barroselas Metalfest is one of the oldest European festivals of extreme music and it returns for its 21st edition, in 2018. The festival has announced another lot of band confirmations: Exhorder, Master’s Hammer, Church of Misery, Mortiis- Era 1, Agathocles, Mortuary Drape, SUMA, Obliteration, [...]

SWR is scheduled for 27-29 April 2018 at Barroselas, northwest Portugal. SWR Barroselas Metalfest is one of the oldest European festivals of extreme music and it returns for its 21st edition, in 2018. The first round of announcements includes 15 selected names from a wide variety of styles: Suffocation, the leaders of american Death Metal; the [...]

Norwegian Mayhem set foot on Portuguese soil in April early this year as headliners of the SWR Barroselas Metalfest. Six months later, they were back, but this time in a closed dedicated venue, not in a festival format. After a few minutes in line, we were able to witness the first concert: The Portuguese The [...]

Norwegian Death Metal beasts Blood Red Throne have made an Iberian tour in the past month, playing 5 dates in Spain and 1 in Portugal. This tour happened to promote their latest record “Union of Flesh and Machine” and to early celebrate their 20th anniversary as a band. The Portuguese date took place at Cave [...]

After a grim and mystical show at this year’s edition of SWR Barroselas Metalfest, black metal legends Mayhem are back to Portugal. Still celebrating the 23rd anniversary of their critically acclaimed album “De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas” with a special set, this has every ingredients to become an unforgetable night. Accompanied by the british blackened doom [...]

The organizers of the SWR Barroselas Metalfest have started to announce the first bands for the 2016 edition of the festival. So, the 19th edition will feature (confirmed so far): MARDUK | Sweden | www.facebook.com/Mardukofficial ABORTED | Belgium | www.facebook.com/Abortedofficial GRAVE | Sweden | www.facebook.com/GraveOfficial DOOM | UK | www.facebook.com/doomcrustpunk MIDNIGHT | USA | https://www.facebook.com/Midnight-87909491643/ [...]