All posts by Filipe Gomes

BLACK BONE NATION frontman Zakk Styles has revealed in a new interview that the band is currently in the studio recording what is presumably the band’s long-awaited follow-up to 2018’s self-titled “Black Bone Nation” EP album, aptly titled “Born To Rock”. He stated that the band has written close to 13 new songs for its [...]

System Of  A Down are returning to the stages and the organizers of the VOA Heavy Rock fest have confirmed that the Armenian-American band will return to Portugal in 2020 as headliner. According to Blitz magazine, special Early-bird tickets costing €70.00 will be on sale this friday September the 20th, starting at 10AM exclusively in [...]

On the next Tuesday, September 10th, black metal fans will have the opportunity to see Mgła live. The mysterious band shared their new album on social platforms a couple of days ago. Logically, there is a big probability that some of the songs that compose it will be included in the line-up for this concert. [...]

The organizers of the Roadburn Festival have issued their first confirmations, you can read the press release below. For the first time, Roadburn Festival will have two separate curators. CURATOR: EMMA RUTH RUNDLE Emma has left such a mark on the festival, and the wider musical landscape over the past few years; we’re honoured to [...]

COILGUNS have announced their third full-length album, Watchwinders, as well as accompanying tour dates through Europe in support of the release. Watchwinders will be released via Hummus Records (founded by guitarist Jona Nido) on October 25. Pre-orders are available HERE. Watchwinders was written and recorded during one intense month-long session, with the results being an [...]

Spanish melodic Death Metallers IN THOUSAND LAKES, have just released a lyric-video of the song “Murder Castle” as a 2nd advance single of their upcoming EP “Evolution”, scheduled for next 25th of September 2019 through Xtreem Music. “Evolution” contains 6 new tracks and a cover version of the classic “Breaking the Chains” by DOKKEN in [...]

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 29th until May 2nd 2020. The organizers have announced oldschool death metal act Autopsy as their first confirmation! The official Facebook event is already online: [...]

Once again, Laurus Nobilis Festival took place in Louro, Famalicão from July 25th to the 28th 2019. Unfortunately, we were only able to attend to some of the shows on the last day of the festival, so without further due, here it is! Simbiose Sugiru Analepsy Soilwork [...]

The Vagos Metal Fest is returning in 2019 once again! More than 30 bands will pass by the stage of the festival that takes place from 8th to th 11th of August at Quinta do Ega, Vagos. This year the festival brings you big names like Satyricon, Six Feet Under (a group founded in 1993 [...]

Greek progressive death metal act Desolate Plains released their brand new video “A Final Thought”. This is the first single extracted from the band’s new album “The Face of the Earth”, out now in digital format via Molon Lave Records. Just two years after the release of Desolate Plains’ debut album “Practicing the Inner Arts”, [...]

Portuguese festival Under The Doom has just revealed the first confirmations for this year’s edition. Alcest (Fr), Daylight Dies (Usa), Disillusion (Ger), Darkher (UK), Ardours (Pt), Wells Valley (Pt) and Pântano (Pt) are the first confirmations. The Festival will be held on 6, 7 and 8 December in Lisbon, RCA Club and LAV-Lisboa ao Vivo [...]

The Municipality of Barcelos and Lovers & Lollypops, partners and co-producers of the Milhões de Festa festival since 2010, agreed not to hold the festival in 2019, deferring to 2020 the tenth edition of this collaboration. This decision has been announced today. Here is what the organizers have to say: “After nine uninterrupted editions, the [...]

International controversial collective The Way Of Purity premiere today their new single and official video “Spectral”, taken from the band’s upcoming album “Schwarz Oder Rot”. You can watch it below. Here is the band statement concerning the new release: “We are so proud to announce that, after a long silence, we are back with a [...]

Sonic Blast Moledo is back! The 9th edition of Sonic Blast Moledo presents itself in 2019 with a new proposal – three days of music instead of two, taking place in Moledo from the 8th to the 10th of August. The festival located in the Cultural Center of Moledo continues to assert itself as a [...]