All posts by Filipe Gomes

The 19th edition of the SWR Barroselas Metalfest took place from the 22nd to 24th of April 2016. Once again the event featured the two main stages, a free stage outside called the SWR arena, which received the final of the Portuguese W:O:A metal battle on the 21st (Day #0). The band bill was also [...]

A few days ago Belphegor frontman Helmuth Lehner was provoked and attacked by a Russian orthodox fanatic at the St. Petersburg airport. The attacker was later identified as Anatoly Artyukh, who is the chair of Narodny Sobor, a national Orthodox Christian organization. Helmuth Lehner managed to stay calm and did not retaliate, probably having in mind that if [...]

Portuguese groovy act Tales For The Unspoken have announced in their official Facebook page that they have parted ways with drummer Sérgio Vaz, who had been in the band since the beginning. In a more recent update, the band revealed that the drummer replacement will be André Fragoso (Madame Violence). The band will continue to [...]

We had a chance to chat with Evig Natt before their performance at Blastfest. Enjoy! About Evig Natt Website | Facebook | BandCamp [...]

Portuguese modern Groove act Tales For The Unspoken have been confirmed to play at the Grito Rock festival, which will take place in Cape Verde on April 9th. The band will bring along the album “CO₂” released  in 2015 by Raising Legends Records. Below you can see the band’s latest video “Soul For a Soul”. [...]

The portuguese brutal XXXapada na Tromba festival which is going to take place this weekend has already shown its next evolution. This time the event will take place outdoors, in July and nearby a well known beach. Headliners will be Putridity, Igorrr and Inhumate. Completing the roster are the following confirmed artists: Clitorape (FR) Vizir (PT) Cerebral Extiction (IT) [...]

1. Greetings! Please introduce yourselves and tell us a little bit about your history. We are molllust, we combine classical music with metal and love to play concerts! We connect both worlds also regarding the audience: F. e. we won the classical competition BachSpiele in 2012, we became M’era Luna Newcomer 2013 and we toured all over Europe [...]

Melodic Death metal act Pandora have unveiled information about their upcoming debut album. The album will be entitled “Release Your Demons” and is scheduled to be released on February 26th during a concert at Metalpoint, Porto, in Portugal. Support bands for this evening will be announced later. In the meantime, Pandora have revealed a preview [...]

According to an official statement, Slash and Duff McKagan are indeed returning to the band. There is no word as to who else will join those three for these performances, nor any word on any further touring or recording plans for the trio. The complete press release is posted at the bottom of this story. [...]

Motörhead have announced in their official Facebook page that the Memorial service of Lemmy Kilmister will take place in his favourite bar and will also be streamed via the Internet. SATURDAY JANUARY 9th THE WORLD CELEBRATES LEMMYOn SATURDAY JANUARY 9th, the world will come together and celebrate the… Publicado por Official Motörhead em Terça-feira, 5 de [...]

Prog Metal act Leprous have announced that they’ve been nominated for the Spellemannsprisen 2015 (Norwegian Grammy) awards in the Metal category. 2015 saw the release of the band’s latest studio album, “The Congregation”, which came out on May 25 in Europe and June 2 in North America via InsideOut Music. “The Congregation” was also featured in several of [...]

Italian heavyweights Fleshgod Apocalypse have revelead the first song from their upcoming album “King”. “The Fool “will be released on January 1. You can now listen to the track below. The band commented: “‘The Fool’ is one of the craziest songs of the album and we felt like it was a perfect way to let [...]

With 2015 coming to its end, its time to choose the best Metal albums of the year. These are the choices of Mütiilator (due to difficulty in chosing a specific order, only the top 3 will be numbered): Leprous – The Congregation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDVo-olDBq8 2. Ghost – Meliora   3. Mgła – Exercises In Futility   [...]

According to the Ponto Alternativo zine, Löbo, the atmospheric Sludge/Doom Metal group that released the superb record “Älma” back in 2010, will return to the stages for a few selected live performances to celebrate the rerelease of “Älma”. This time it will be released on cassette and vinyl formats, by Signal Rex and Ring Leader [...]