All posts by Rita Limede

Santa Maria Summer Fest (SMSF) has added Forgotten Tomb, among others, to their band billing for this year’s edition. The other acts added to the poster were OvO, Phantom Vision, Celtibeerian, Bleeding Display, Extirpatin, Vizir and M.I.L.F. We remind you that the festival this year will take place between the 9th and 11th of June, [...]

Portuguese act HEAVENWOOD is going to present their upcoming record in two very special release shows, that will take place in Porto (Hard Club – Room 1) on the 26th of March and in Lisbon (RCA Club) on the 2nd of April. The tickets for both shows are now available in pre-sales online, you just [...]

Swiss group RORCAL have debuted a new song from their upcoming release “Creon” on streaming. The album, the group’s fourth, it is set to come ou on March 25th, via Lost Pilgrim Records (among other labels), so in the meantime you can stream their new track “Αἵμων” (Haemon), an eleven-minute piece, bellow. [...]

THORVUS, a portuguese act has released a lyric video for their track “A Trial Before My Demons”, which can be seen bellow. This song is a demo version taken from their upcoming debut record, whose title is yet unknown, that should be released later this year. [...]

Psychedelic black metal group ORANSSI PAZUZU have debuted a new track from their upcoming record “Värähtelijä” on streaming. The song “Vasemman Käden Hierarkia” can be streamed here, and its the second track released earlier by the band to promote their next album, which has its due date on the 26th of February via Svart Records. You [...]

BURNED BLOOD, Portuguese melodic death metal group have made available a lyric video for their single “The Method”. The track was taken from their EP, “In The Eyes of MA’AT” which was released later last year, on the 5th of December, and it’s a social critic to the methods of manipulation used by todays media [...]

HEAVENWOOD are going to present their new record, “The Tarot Of  The Bohemians”, that is set to be released on the 26th of March via Raising Legends Records, on a special show, that will take place on the same day, in Porto, at Hard Club (Room 1). The opening acts are the groups The Temple, [...]

SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST have closed the band billing for the two main stages for this year’s edition. The bands Taake, Severe Torture, Incantation, Possession, Nadra and Desalmado are the final additions to it. They’ve also revealed the name of the four finalists for the Wacken Metal Battle Portugal, that are Kapitalistas Podridão, Mindtaker, Monolyth and [...]

Portuguese black metal cult act MORTE INCANDESCENTE have shared a new track on streaming, “Nas Esquinas da Alma”, which you can listen to bellow. This song is a part of their upcoming release “…o mundo morreu!”, that is set to come out on the 18th of March, via War Arts Productions. https://soundcloud.com/war-arts-prod/morte-incandescente-nas-esquinas-da-alma/s-W2qcG   [...]

Portuguese group SULLEN have released a video of a live performance for their rendition of the song “Redondo Vocábulo”, by musician Zeca Afonso, featured on their debut record “Post Human” from last year. This video was filmed at their most recent show, that took place at the Teatro Helena Sá e Costa (Porto), and can [...]

DESTROYERS OF ALL, portuguese death/progressive metal group, have announced a special gig to celebrate and present their debut record “Bleak Fragments”. The show will take place in Coimbra, their home town, at the venue States Club, on the 19th of March (saturday). The opening acts are Tales For The Unspoken and Terror Empire, also from [...]

Grunt have unveiled a new video, in exclusive for the Rock n’Heavy zine, for their track “Teratoid Latex Feudalist”. Bellow you can see the video for this song, that was taken from their latest record, “Codex Bizarre” which came out last year on CD format via Bizarre Leprous, and on tape via Larvae Prod. Be [...]

The Black Planet had the opportunity to interview two members of Di.Soul.Ved, a newgrindcore supergroup that is taking the portuguese underground scene by storm, Pedro Pedra and Hugo Silva, the project mentor. This is what they had to say: For the ones who haven’t heard of you… Who are Di.Soul.Ved? Pedra – Well me and [...]

[Note]: This is the extended version of the interview given by Pedro Pedra, the frontman of Grog originaly published in the booklet for XXXAPADA Fest. Portuguese grind veterans Grog return to XXXAPADA after last year’s amazing gig in the fest. This is a special year for them, in which they celebrate their 25th birthday as [...]