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EMPEROR join the already confirmed BEHEMOTH, TESTAMENT, ELUVEITIE and D.R.I. in Vagos Metal Fest 2020. The last headliner for the next edition of Vagos Metal Fest is revealed. On this Christmas morning, the Norwegian EMPEROR will join the poster of the festival that will take place on 30, 31 July and 1 August 2020, in [...]

Progressive pillars Leprous have been confirmed to return to Portugal in 2020. Free Music Events has announced that the Norwegians will return in February for a double date: 28 February 2020 // Porto – Hard Club (Sala 1) 01 March 2020 // Lisboa – LAV – Lisboa ao Vivo Tickets will be available for sale [...]

Portuguese Godvlad have premiered a new video “Selfish Love”. The band continue to evolve and this video features some of the band’s catchiest riffs and choruses, always with electronic elements in the background. The track is taken from the band’s 3rd album “Delusional Dimensions”, released in October 2018. The video was filmed by Guilherme Ferro [...]

Brittish legends Carcass have revealed a new song entitled “Under the Scalpel Blade”. The track was first released via Decibel Magazine as one of their flexidisc releases and now it finally made it to the streaming platforms. [bandcamp width=100% height=120 track=1603170796 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=0f91ff tracklist=false artwork=small] After splitting in 1996, Carcass resurrected in 2007, releasing [...]

The death metal legends AUTOPSY are one of the big names of this year’s SWR Barroselas Metalfest, but there are already 14 more names added to the poster, with emphasis on the return of MGŁA and the debut of MORBID SAINT in Portugal. AUTOPSY! Would there be a more suitable name to head an event [...]

Godiva announce EXCLUSIVE concert in the special Halloween night at Hard Rock Cafe Porto. After an unprecedented concert at Vagos Metal Fest where accompanied by an orchestra of about 50 musicians on stage, Godiva now announce a more intimate performance after an invitation by Hard Rock Café of Porto for a special Halloween night where [...]

After having confirmed the desired return to Portuguese stages of SYSTEM OF A DOWN, headliners of the first day of the 2020 edition, at the VOA – HEAVY ROCK FESTIVAL, Prime Artists now announces the performance of KORN on the same day and BRING ME THE HORIZON, headliners on the second and last day. One [...]

Laurus Nobilis will take place at V. N. de Famalicão on July 23rd~25th of 2020. Italian gothic metal icons Lacuna Coil have been confirmed for 2020 edition of Laurus Nobilis Music Famalicão. Also confirmed are Venom Inc., Polish death metal machine Hate, Portuguese veiled entities Gaerea and melodic death metal Moonshade, also from Portugal. Ticket [...]

BLACK BONE NATION frontman Zakk Styles has revealed in a new interview that the band is currently in the studio recording what is presumably the band’s long-awaited follow-up to 2018’s self-titled “Black Bone Nation” EP album, aptly titled “Born To Rock”. He stated that the band has written close to 13 new songs for its [...]

System Of  A Down are returning to the stages and the organizers of the VOA Heavy Rock fest have confirmed that the Armenian-American band will return to Portugal in 2020 as headliner. According to Blitz magazine, special Early-bird tickets costing €70.00 will be on sale this friday September the 20th, starting at 10AM exclusively in [...]

Pist will release a new album ‘Hailz’ on the 8th of November through APF Records (Mastiff, Battalions, BongCauldron, Desert Storm). Lancashire based quartet follow their recent Spring UK tour alongside Orange Goblin with 7 tracks that see them taking a step away from the stoner-doom label they were tagged with.  Vocalist David Rowlands explains, “Myself and John (guitarist) had loads of ideas [...]

The organizers of the Roadburn Festival have issued their first confirmations, you can read the press release below. For the first time, Roadburn Festival will have two separate curators. CURATOR: EMMA RUTH RUNDLE Emma has left such a mark on the festival, and the wider musical landscape over the past few years; we’re honoured to [...]

COILGUNS have announced their third full-length album, Watchwinders, as well as accompanying tour dates through Europe in support of the release. Watchwinders will be released via Hummus Records (founded by guitarist Jona Nido) on October 25. Pre-orders are available HERE. Watchwinders was written and recorded during one intense month-long session, with the results being an [...]

Spanish melodic Death Metallers IN THOUSAND LAKES, have just released a lyric-video of the song “Murder Castle” as a 2nd advance single of their upcoming EP “Evolution”, scheduled for next 25th of September 2019 through Xtreem Music. “Evolution” contains 6 new tracks and a cover version of the classic “Breaking the Chains” by DOKKEN in [...]