All posts by Lucifer

British industrial metal masters Godflesh are coming for a two night performance, first at old Ritz Club – Lisbon (23/05) and then at Hard Club – Porto (24/05). Justin Broadrick e G.C. Green are back after having headlined Amplifest first edition, and now also, for the first time in Lisbon. No one saw this coming. [...]

Finnish Black Metal horde Horna have released their ninth full length album “Askel Lähempänä Saatanaa” on the 8th March. This is the second release through the german label World Terror Committee after 2011 EP “Adventus Satanae”. The band will be presenting the new album in several  festivals around Europe this summer, like Under The Black Sun or Darkness [...]

Voices, the new U.K. black metal  project featuring Akercocke/My Dying Bride drummer David Gray alongside Akercocke members Peter Benjamin and Sam Loynes,  has inked a deal with Candlelight Records. The band’s  forthcoming debut album, “Voices From The Human Forest Create A Fugue Of Imaginary Rain“, was recorded at Legacy Studios, located in the heart of  the historic Old Street in [...]

North American funeral doom act The Howling Void has just released the brand new EP “Runa”, featuring a brand new take on THV’s musical vision. The usual funeral doom has now been blended seamlessly with folk melodies and chanted vocals. For fans of Ahab, Agalloch, Drudkh, and Negura Bunget. The EP focuses on the mythic paradigm of [...]

Portuguese black metalers Satanize are confirmed for the 10th edition of Extreme Metal Attack underground festival, closing the bill for this year’s event. The event is taking place again at Side B, Benavente, and counts with names as the mighty swedish  Setherial or the spaniards Primigenium. The final lineup looks as follows, SATURDAY 23 MARCH | [...]

  After one first successful night in Porto, the Lisbon concert arrived for the second act of the Swedish in Lusitanian lands this year. It was the second time they played in the Lisbon area, and the affluence to the gig was higher this time. In fact, we may consider Cult of Luna as the [...]

The Belgian event has announced the complete line-up for Throne Fest 2013. Carpathian Forest and Marduk (with a special Panzer Division Marduk set) are the headliners for this year edition, set to take place at Kubox Kuurne (West Flanders) – Belgium, the 11th May 2013. The final bill looks as follow: CARPATHIAN FOREST MARDUK BELPHEGOR [...]

Legendary grinders Carcass have recently been confirmed for this year edition of PartySan Metal Open Air Festival. Among the last confirmed bands are also the German pagan black metalers Helrunar. The festival is set to take place at Schlotheim – Flugplatz Obermehler, Germany from 8 to 10 August 2013. Here’s the list of the already [...]

Amplifest returned in 2012 for the third edition, putting Porto again as the Portuguese capital of dark alternative arts. Even if you think at this event as a “post intelectual” festival, Amplifest 2012 was much more than that. First of all because Hard Club is probably the best Portuguese venue for the moment; In second [...]

North Americain black metal cult Von are back to Europe, as they are confirmed for this year Under the Black Sun festival. Bands like Horna, Sigh or Koldbrann have also been confirmed. The following bands are already announced: VON SIGH MELECHESH KOLDBRANN HORNA ARKONA MORRIGAN BORGNE CHAOS INVOCATION ESSENZ FUNERAL WINDS INFINITY GRAIL STREAMS OF [...]

Krakow it’s probably the polish city with more metal concerts, and on the 17th November, Schizofrenia hosted one of them for us. This is where the old Kazamaty venue was settled, now transformed into an underground multi room venue, with a particularly good taste in terms of decoration, and reasonable beer prices. Being a Saturday [...]

  Progresja is Warsaw’s underground venue for underground acts. Located in a military academia, the people that you see around it make you confuse whether there are going to the concert as well or are just passing by….. . With two stages and affordable beer prices, the distance from the city center makes you believe [...]

Saturday night in central Lisbon. Rain falls over the Lusitanian capital, blackening the skies for Rosa Crux’s second year appearance in Portugal. The dark medieval group came from old Rouen (Normandie, France), to cover our souls with their dark and frightening anthems, putting on stage much more than a simple concert. It was a state [...]

Haloween night in Almada with Phantasticus – Festival Internacional de Artes e Cinema II, hosted by Cine Incrível – Incrível Almadense’s smaller room. There where four days of rock, dark movies, … and witches, on the 31st October. Portuguese industrial masters Bizarra Locomotiva gave another intense show before a full venue. Dark anthems like Cavalo [...]