All posts by Filipe Gomes

Moita Metal Fest returns for its 16th edition on the 5th and 6th 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 16th edition, they [...]

Swedish prog rock act Soen will return to Portugal to play live at 30 and 31 of March, at Hard Club (Porto) and RCA Club (Lisbon) respectively. Danish progressive metalcore Ghost Iris and Finnish prog rock band Wheel will be the opening acts. Tickets and schedule: 21:00 – Open doors 21:30 – Concerts beginning 23:00 [...]

There are a lot of good prog festivals lately, and Eindhoven seems to be a stronghold of prog metal, organizing one of the most thrilling events in a long time: Prognosis Festival! The organizers have invited none less than Devin Townsend himself to play an exclusive solo set, as well as the US no. 1 [...]

Italian orchestral-death metal and renaissance revivalists Fleshgod Apocalypse will make their return this year with the release of their 5th studio album, “Veleno”, on May 24th via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band has unveiled the record’s debut single, ‘Sugar,’ via a music video, the album artwork and track listing. Check it all out below. [...]

Keith Flint, the iconic frontman of British electronic group The Prodigy, was found dead at his home in Essex on Monday morning. He was 49 years old. The Essex police confirmed it was called to the address in Dunmow, Essex, regarding “concerns for the welfare of a man,” but the 49-year-old was pronounced dead at the [...]

AEPHANEMER have unveiled a first track-by-track trailer for their much anticipated album 'Prokopton'. [...]

ATARAXIE have just unleashed the music video for their new album's opening track, "People Swarming, Evil Ruling" [...]

Russian post-metallers Endless Ocean have released their debut full-length “Preeznanie” (Acknowledgement), an experimental act with oriental influences that flows into trip-rock and unfolds in a progressive death metal ending, with the lyrical concept being based on fundamental philosophy. You can listen below and buy the album at the band’s bandcamp page: https://endlessocean.bandcamp.com <a href=”http://endlessocean.bandcamp.com/album/acknowledgement”>Acknowledgement by [...]

The legendary American band Coven will perform for the first time in Portugal and in an exclusive concert at the 7th edition of the Woodrock Festival. Coven, led by Jinx Dawson, is a cult band, turned to the occult even before bands like Black Sabbath emerged, making them pioneers in the theme and also in [...]

The enigmatic Icelanders of ÁRSTÍÐIR are now releasing a new video for the track ‘Lover’ taken from the band’s latest album ‘Nivalis’. ÁRSTÍÐIR comment on the video: “When making an album the simplest songs can often prove to be the most captivating ones in the end, and Lover is one of those little gems that [...]

Swedish atmospheric doom/sludge metallers, The Moth Gatherer, premiered a music video for a new track “The Drone Kingdom”, taken from the band’s upcoming album “Esoteric Oppression” (due out February 22nd via Agonia Records, pre-order here). Listen to the album’s second single down below. “Esoteric Oppression” was worked on in several recording studios. Guitars, bass and [...]

Swedish modern melodic metal band SAREA released a dark and insane video for their song ”Black at Heart”. You can watch it below. Following the sold out release gig of their 2017 album ”Black at Heart”, SAREA have toured Europe and won numerous awards, such as ”Best song” and being nominated for ”Artist of the [...]

Deströyer 666 announced new European tour dates together with label mates Nocturnal Graves in the fall of 2019. The metal wolf-pack will embark on the ‘Sons of Rebellion’ tour on October 24 at the Viper Room in Vienna (AT), and travel trough out 8 more countries before a final curtain the the Proxima venue in Warsaw [...]

With “Electric Nights” grit-blues-rock duo The Picturebooks are releasing a second glimpse on their upcoming studio album “The Hands Of Time”, which will be out on March 8th, 2019. You can watch the video below. The official video for “Electric Nights” shows just how intense and fun it is for them to be in their [...]