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Vagos Open Air 2015 – First bands announced

Vagos Open Air 2015 – First bands announced

The next year’s edition of the festival Vagos Open Air will take place on the 7th, 8th and 9th of August, in Quinta do Ega, in Vagos. The first bands announced were Bloodbath, Amorphis (special tour of the 20th anniversary of the album “Tales from the Thousand Lakes”), Vildhjarta and Moonshade. More bands and news [...]

December 1, 2014 Rita Limede News Comments Off on Vagos Open Air 2015 – First bands announced

BURNING LIGHT FEST: daily line-up revealed

BURNING LIGHT FEST: daily line-up revealed

Goodlife HQ organisers have published the daily line-up for each one of the days of the promising first edition of Burning Light Fest, that will take place next February, at RCA Club, Lisbon. Besides the 19 bands already confirmed, eight more are still expected. In other news, daily tickets will be available at the price [...]

November 27, 2014 Lucifer News Comments Off on BURNING LIGHT FEST: daily line-up revealed

BORKNAGAR’s vocalist injured in accident

BORKNAGAR’s vocalist injured in accident

Norwegian epic black metalers BORKNAGAR are currently hard at work recording their new album to follow Urd. Today, however, guitarist Øystein Garnes Brun shared some bad news. Vocalist Vintersorg (also in Vintersorg and Cronian) injured himself in a fall resulting in fractures to the skull, and brain hemorrhage. The Norwegian melodic black metallers say that the [...]

November 27, 2014 Lucifer News Comments Off on BORKNAGAR’s vocalist injured in accident

MARDUK reveal new song online

MARDUK reveal new song online

Swedish leading black metal band MARDUK have released a new song online called “Rope of Regret” from their future album “Frontschwein”, that is coming out on January 2015 through Century Media Records. As you can comprove by listening to it below, expect nothing but hatred and filthiness in another direct black metal attack that will break [...]

November 27, 2014 Lucifer News Comments Off on MARDUK reveal new song online

LVCIFYRE release new video

LVCIFYRE release new video

UK black/death metallers LVCIFYRE have revealed today the official music video for the title track from their second full-length album “Svn Eater”, released earlier this year by Dark Descent Records. You can watch the devilish clip, shot and edited by Blackout Multimedia Studio/A Thousand Lost Civilizations, via the player below. LVCIFYRE have been recently confirmed as [...]

November 26, 2014 Lucifer News Comments Off on LVCIFYRE release new video

MEGADETH: Chris and Shawn leave the band

MEGADETH: Chris and Shawn leave the band

Only hours after it was revealed that drummer Shawn Drover had exited Megadeth, guitarist Chris Broderick announced he has quit the legendary metal band, too! Broderick had been with the band for 7 years. Megadeth are now left with just frontman Dave Mustaine and bassist David Ellefson following the back to back exits of Shawn [...]

November 26, 2014 Filipe Gomes News Comments Off on MEGADETH: Chris and Shawn leave the band

SWR Barroselas Metalfest – More bands confirmed

SWR Barroselas Metalfest – More bands confirmed

SWR Barroselas Metalfest added Enthroned, Skyforger, Skull Fist, Nightbringer, Lvcifyre, Claustrofobia and Emptiness, to next year’s line up. The organization also announced that their special X-mas packs are now for sale, and you can purchase them in here! More news coming soon. [...]

November 24, 2014 Rita Limede News Comments Off on SWR Barroselas Metalfest – More bands confirmed

Santa Maria Summer Fest – More bands announced

Santa Maria Summer Fest – More bands announced

Santa Maria Summer Fest has confirmed five more bands. Necro Deathmort, Quinteto Explosivo, Infra, Jibóia and Mordaça, have joined the festival’s line up. More news about the event should be disclosed soon. [...]

November 23, 2014 Rita Limede News Comments Off on Santa Maria Summer Fest – More bands announced

AT THE GATES releases new video

AT THE GATES releases new video

At The Gates have released a new video for the track “Heroes and Tombs”, which can be seen bellow. This track is a part of the band’s most recent comeback record, “At War With Reality”, that came out only a few weeks ago. This is the second video released for a track of their new [...]

November 20, 2014 Rita Limede News Comments Off on AT THE GATES releases new video

VITAL REMAINS welcome new drummer

VITAL REMAINS welcome new drummer

  North American death Metalers VITAL REMAINS have a new drummer in their line-up: James Payne of Hour Of Penance. The musician  will stick with the band at least for some new album writing sessions in January. The following was said of Payne‘s addition: I’m happy to announce our New Drummer James Payne from the band Hour Of Penance!!! He will be joining us [...]

November 19, 2014 Lucifer News Comments Off on VITAL REMAINS welcome new drummer

STEVEN WILSON reveal new album title and tour dates

STEVEN WILSON reveal new album title and tour dates

Steven Wilson has announced that he will embark on a UK and European tour in March and April 2015 to coincide with the release of his awaited fourth solo album that we now know will be called “Hand. Cannot. Erase.” and is due for release in March 2015 on Kscope. Full details about the upcoming [...]

November 19, 2014 Filipe Gomes News Comments Off on STEVEN WILSON reveal new album title and tour dates

TRIPTYKON release new video

TRIPTYKON release new video

Swiss dark metallers TRIPTYKON have premiered a new video for the first song off their already  acclaimed second album “Melana Chasmata” – “Tree Of Suffocating Souls”. The video was again directed by Philipp Hirsch (who previously worked with them for the group’s “Shatter” and “Aurorae” video clips). Iconic frontman Tom Gabriel Warrior stated: In producing this footage, [...]

November 19, 2014 Lucifer News Comments Off on TRIPTYKON release new video

FEAR FACTORY announce european tour

FEAR FACTORY announce european tour

The industrial group Fear Factory have confirmed an european tour in 2015, to promote their upcoming album, starting on March 11th in Paris and finishing on April 17th in London. They will be accompanied by Intronaut and Chabtan. This tour also has two dates in Portugal, 14 and 15 of March, in Porto and Lisboa [...]

November 18, 2014 Rita Limede News Comments Off on FEAR FACTORY announce european tour

IN THE WOODS… reunite and reveal 2-album plan

IN THE WOODS… reunite and reveal 2-album plan

Back in August, IN THE WOODS… heralded their return with the following statement : “The woods are full of trees, some old, some not. Some have been cut down, some recycled, and some are still standing, defying the harshness of the nature. This goes for the Kristiansand-based band as well. Some of the trees have [...]

November 18, 2014 Filipe Gomes News Comments Off on IN THE WOODS… reunite and reveal 2-album plan