All posts by Filipe Gomes

Voivod finished recording and mixing the follow-up to their 2018 album The Wake. Done at RadicArt Recording Studio and mastered by Maor Appelbaum (Cynic, Candlemass, Sigh), the new album is expected to be out sometime in 2022. [...]

After being postponed to 2022, the organisers of the Vagos Metal Fest have been busy. Amazing Events have confirmed that both Norwegian legendary black metal bands Emperor and Dimmu Borgir will perform at this year’s edition of Vagos Metal Fest. The thrash titans Testament have also been confirmed, along My Dying Bride and Trollfest. Quoting [...]

The organizers of the Laurus Nobilis fest have taken the fans by surprise and announced that the legendary Manowar will headline the 2022 edition of the festival. The band will perform on July 21st. Joey DeMaio commented: “The power of the Portuguese Manowarriors is truly legendary! We are proud to return to Portugal, 11 years [...]

Dark Funeral have announced the conclusion of the recording of their seventh full length album. The band stated: And that’s a wrap! We have now officially completed the recording of our new (yet untitles) full-length album at 33 together with producer Daniel Bergstrand and studio technician Fredrik Thordendal. We have had 5 fantastic, but very [...]

After the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, things seem to be slowly returning to normal. So the Laurus Nobilis Music Fest will be back in 2022 for a new edition. The dates have been announced: July 21st, 22nd & 23rd. The organizers have also revealed the first bands to take the stage at Famalicão: Lacuna Coil, Decapitated [...]

This is the second single taken from the band’s debut album “Anatman”, which will see the light of day on July 30th on a joint release by Nox Liberatio Records and Gruesome Records. The single can be listened to below. Vocalist Alex Mendes elaborated on the matter: ““Metamorphosis of Man” is a retelling of the [...]

As a precise, infallible organism, with no sign of wear and tear, the Russian Circles have been following a path for a decade and a half that has established them as an ineradicable presence in any compendium of heavy instrumental music. Owners of an unmistakable and overwhelming sound identity, the result of the marriage between [...]

Quebecois-based death metal three-piece Obvurt have played a show at Saint-Albert-Le-Grand Elementary School, where the frontman Philippe Drouin teaches music. The guitar player had to relearn the guitar left-handed with legendary tutor Michael Angelo Batio after a car accident left him unable to use his right hand for picking. «After being a victim of a [...]

Amazing Events, the organizers of Vagos Metal Fest have announced that the festival will be postponed to 2022. Quoting the festival’s Facebook page: Amazing Events and the Municipality of Vagos, along with the competent authorities, have been working so far to create conditions to bring you in 2021 the Vagos Metal Fest. However, given the [...]

Portuguese melodic death metal titans Apotheus just released a new video for the track “Staring the Abyss”, taken from their latest full-length “The Far Star”. You can watch the video below. “Staring the Abyss” is about despair and loss, but it also paves the way for a fallback plan in which everyone puts their hopes. [...]

The pandemic has taken a toll on us all. The cultural sector has seen countless shows and other activities getting canceled. Hopefully, the overall scenario seems to be taking a turn for the better. So it was an enormous delight to finally witness a concert again after such a long hiatus. Portuguese enigmatic black metal [...]

Portuguese metal magazine LOUD! has premiered the first single of avant-garde black metal act Existence:Void. “Sword of the Overman” is the first song to be extracted from the band’s promising upcoming debut album “Anatman”. The album is scheduled for release on July 30th, via Nox Liberatio Records and Gruesome Records. The band is composed of [...]

MOONSPELL are back in Lisbon for two exclusive concerts on June 18th and 19th at LAV – Lisboa ao Vivo which reopens its doors in this long-awaited return to concerts in a new space on Av. Marechal Gomes da Costa . The first show that takes place on June 18 is dedicated to IRRELIGIOUS , MOONSPELL’s second album, initially released by Century Media in [...]

Portuguese Heavy Metal veterans Tarantula have unveiled the cover art of their upcoming new album “Thunder Tunes From Lusitania”. The album is scheduled to be released on May 1st via Larvae Records, the exact same day the band commemorates 40 years of existence. The album will be released in digipak, starting pre-sales on April 16 [...]