All posts by Filipe Gomes

Joseph G. Lombard, known as Joey “Fingers” Lombard, former Incantation bass player has passed away at the age of 42, last January 3rd. According to SMNnews, he commited suicide. Incantation drummer Kyle Severn commented: “Joey was one of the nicest people you could ever meet. “Joey had stepped up to the plate and joined John [...]

Prime Artists, the organizer of the Portuguese metal festival Vagos Open Air, have confirmed two bands: Swiss Folk/Melodic Death Metal act ELUVEITIE and Melodic Black Metallers CHTHONIC from Taiwan. Bands already confirmed: ARCH-ENEMY, ARCTURUS, OVERKILL, ENSLAVED, TEXTURES, NORTHLAND [...]

American Deathcore act Suicide Silence auctioned one t-shirt worn by Mitch on the video for “You Only Live Once”, and spent the entire amount of money in toys for less fortunate children. The band commented: “We sold the shirt Mitch wore in the ‘You Only Live Once’ video and spent all of the money on [...]

SWR barroselas metalfest XV, set to take place from April 26th to 30th 2012 at the small village of Barroselas, in the north of Portugal, gets ready to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary with a five days special edition. With names like Venom, Napalm Death, Brujeria, Katatonia or Kreator on its history, SWR barroselas metalfest XV [...]

According to the official Rock In Rio website, Metallica will perform in Lisbon next year.   “After a spectacular concert at the Rock in Rio 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Metallica return to the Portuguese edition of the biggest event of music and entertainment world, where they will present fans with a concert dedicated to [...]

  Psycroptic has posted a behind the scenes look at the making of the band’s upcoming fifth studio album “The Inherited Repression”. Check out the teaser clip below. “The Inherited Repression” is due out on February 7th in North America and February 10th, 2012 in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records. You can also listen to [...]

Portuguese Death/Black metallers Daemogorgon have promised to reveal the title of their next release as soon as their Facebook page gets 1000 likes. Also as a teaser, they will be offering free copies of their EP “Chaos.Through.Phobia” to the people who prove to be the “like” numbers 666, 700, 800, 900 and 1000. To be [...]

The huge Hellfest has already revealed a huge amount of bands confirmed for their 2012 event occurring in Clisson, France, from June 15th until June 17th. For more information: http://www.hellfest.fr/ [...]

The forthcoming album “Requiem For The Indifferent” by the Dutch Symphonic band EPICA will be released on March 9th (Europe) and March 13th (USA). The band has recently announced the first dates of their “Requiem For The Indifferent Tour 2012”:   2012-03-15 Bochum (Zeche ) DE 2012-03-16 Tilburg (013) NL 2012-03-29 Karlsruhe (Substage) DE 2012-03-30 [...]

The Portuguese Metal festival Vagos Open Air have been confirming bands for the upcoming 2012 event. So far the following bands have been confirmed: ARCH-ENEMY ARCTURUS OVERKILL ENSLAVED TEXTURES NORTHLAND and also the Twisted Sisters DJs. Vagos Open Air 2012 should be happening in the same place, Lagoa de Calvão, Vagos (Aveiro) on the 3rd [...]

DYING FETUS have set “Reign Supreme” as the title of their new album, due mid-2012 via Relapse Records. The CD is being recorded at Wrightway Studios in Baltimore with longtime producer Steve Wright (SLIPKNOT, MISERY INDEX). The effort will feature nine tracks. “Thematically, the album is set to be a good old-fashioned piece of social [...]

METALLICA will perform “the black album” in its entirety at the following European shows: May 23 – Oslo, Norway – Vallehovin June 01 – Nürnberg, Germany – Rock Im Park June 02 – Nürburgring, Germany – Rock Am Ring June 06 – Horsens, Denmark – State Prison June 09 – Donington, England – Download June [...]