All posts by Rita Limede

With 2016 coming to its end, its time to choose the best albums of the year. These are the choices of Zé Serodio: 1 – Animals as Leaders – The Madness of Many 2 – Meshuggah – The Violent Sleep of Reason 3 – Pain – Coming Home 4 – Devin Townsend Project – Transcendence [...]

It’s another historical and major event in portuguese underground history. “Simbióticos” celebrates Simbiose’s 25th anniversary in a CD compilation featuring 23 bands, not only portuguese ones, but also from Spain, Belgium and specially from Brazil. The CD will be out in stores in early January via Raging Planet Records . The idea of making a [...]

With 2016 coming to its end, its time to choose the best albums of the year. These are the choices of Rita Limede: 1-BOLZER – Hero 2- Hail Spirit Noir – Mayhem In Blue 3-Deathspell Omega – Synarchy Of Molten Bones 4-Ulcerate – Shrine Of Paralysis 5-Animals As Leaders –The Madness Of Many 6-Colosso – [...]

Historical US based thrash band EXODUS have joined the billing for next year’s edition of SMSF – Santa Maria Summer Fest as their healiner. The festival has already announced names such as Orphaned Land, Mão Morta, Wolfbrigade, Urfaust, Hypothermia, Fuse, Process Of Guilt, Malthusian, Clitgore and Tales For The Unspoken. The 2017 edition of the [...]

The first edition of Oeste Underground Fest took place in Malveira, and the festival started on the right foot, as a benefit event for the local voluntary firefighters. A noble cause wrapped up in a day-long event represented by some of the most prominent acts of the Portuguese underground scene and with a familiar ambience. [...]

The Finnish vocalist Tarja Turunen, is back with a new album untitled “The Shadow Self”, released on the 5th August,  from which she takes the command to an Euro tour of “The Shadow Shows 2016”. And for the joy of the Portuguese fans, Tarja will stop in Lisbon next 4th November at Aula Magna with [...]

French satanic black metallers ANTAEUS are back after almost a decade of inactivity. The band that has brought us works like “Cut Your Flesh and Worship Satan” or “De Principii Evangelikum”are now starting a new chapter in their career with “Condemnation”. The album is set to come out on the 18th of November, via Norma [...]

French melodic death metal group Aephanemer have released a video for their track “Unstoppable” that is available bellow. This song was taken from the band’s much anticipated debut album ‘Memento Mori’, scheduled for a release on September 16th, 2016 via Primeval Records. This video was shot by director Cédric Gleyal of Uriprod Video. ‘Memento Mori’ was [...]

VOA Fest returned under a new name and venue, the chosen place was Quinta da Marialva in Corroios. At first this change was heavily criticized by many Portuguese fans, however, given the flux of people in there we might say all was forgotten and a chance was given to this reborn festival on its new [...]

Heavenwood are back with a new video, for the track “The Empress” which can be seen below. This song was taken from their most recent record, “The Tarot Of The Bohemians Part I” released earlier this year. The footage for this video was captured during the live performances of the band on the record release [...]

OPETH, the Swedish progressive death masters premiered the title track, “Sorceress”. This is the first single of their upcoming 12th record, that premiered on the radio yesterday, and its lyric video was presented via rollingstone.com today. The upcoming album entitled “Sorceress” is set to be released on the 30th of September via Moderbolaget Records, an [...]

The first edition of the Oeste Underground Fest will take place on the 5th of November in Malveira, Lisbon at the Pavilhão Multiusos. This is a charity event in favor of the local fire department corporation, so the tickets will only be available at the door, by the symbolic price of 8 euro (with a [...]

It’s that time of the year, festival season, and one of the biggest metal festivals in Portugal is back, for its 8 consecutive year, although it comes with a different name and location. The event previously known as Vagos Open Air, moved to Quinta da Marialva in Corroios, and change its name to VOA Fest. [...]

In two days, it’s time to pack up our tents and head to the beautiful city of Beja, in the middle of Alentejo, for the 7th edition of SMSF – Santa Maria Summer Fest, a festival that has been gathering more and more followers each year. Althought the peacefull and warm plain of Alentejo it [...]