At a Sunday evening, took place on the usual spot another great night of heavy metal, counting on the bill with the Portuguese acts Inner Blast and Cruz de Ferro, opening for one of the major viking forces in metal music nowadays, Tyr. Portuguese new comer act Inner Blast opened the night with a melodic [...]
October 5, 2016
Daniel Lemminkainen
Concerts, Reports
Opening a great night of heavy metal, in the hot and sunny Portugal, The Raven Age, band of George Harris (Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris’ son), made the first impact. Bringing with them the self-titled EP “The Raven Age”, playing it in its entirely, but bringing also new songs like “Promised Land”, “The Merciful One”, and [...]
July 22, 2016
Filipe Gomes
Concerts, Reports
Check out our report of the awesome Gojira show that took place at Hard Club, Porto, last July 7th. Opening band: Equaleft Special thanks: Prime Artists [...]
July 11, 2016
Filipe Gomes
Concerts, Reports
On the last June 10th, the presentation of the new “Everchild” album of the German band Dark Suns took place in Werk 2 Kulturfabrik, Leipzig. Opening guest band were the FON, an alternative progressive post-rock band that fitted quite well for opening the event. Under the direction of bassist and lead singer Katharina Helmke, the other two [...]
June 21, 2016
João Osório
Concerts, Reports
An epic night at RCA Club in Lisbon started with great performances of the chaotic punk rockers Scum Liquor, the epicness of the Lusitanian warriors Ironsword and a rare comeback of the more than epic heavy – metal band from the States, Manilla Road, to our country that we wouldn’t like to miss, (yes we [...]
June 20, 2016
Filipe Gomes
Concerts, Reports
In current times, many bands that we love, and with who we grew up with, are now starting to celebrate very important anniversary marks of their careers. We were very fortunate in having had the opportunity to witness the mighty Enslaved celebrate their 25th anniversary in an immensely special gig, the first of this unique [...]
May 10, 2016
Sandra Nunes
Concerts, Reports
If people celebrate their birthdays every year, why should bands celebrate their anniversaries just every 5 years? That’s Promethevs line of thought and having turned 9, they put up a 9th anniversary concert party. Guest bands were Sollust, Hills Have Eyes and Web, the hosts playing the second slot, but there wasn’t really an opening [...]
April 18, 2016
Rita Limede
Concerts, Reports
It has been five years since HEAVENWOOD released a record, and a couple since the last time they played live, so their return with the new album “The Tarot Of The Bohemians” had to be celebrated in style. With some very special guests such as Gates of Hell, Blame Zeus and The Temple, the band [...]
April 5, 2016
Rita Limede
Concerts, Reports
A musical mark was made last Saturday in Coimbra during the special release show of DESTROYERS OF ALL debut record “Bleak Fragments”, that was officially due on the 18th of March via Mosher Records. For the first time, three of the city main bands shared their home stage, and all of them gave on hell [...]
March 24, 2016
Rita Limede
Concerts, Reports
Some while we travelled to Oslo, Norway, to witness a special event at this big venue called Rockefeller, event that sounded to us like a must see since the first time we heard the news about it last year, the decision was made and finally we were there to see SATYRICON performing their milestone “Nemesis [...]
March 22, 2016
Sandra Nunes
Concerts, Reports
The line was quite long when we first approached Paradise Garage and it was easy to confirm what we already suspected: inside, a jam-packed venue would be waiting for the long awaited Baroness. But before them, we had CORREIA and their psych-infused rock. It was only their second time on stage but don’t let that [...]
March 14, 2016
Phobia
Concerts, Reports
In a weekend with an other event claiming the spotlights of the media attention, we kept faithful to our convictions and drove to Benavente for a night where an appealing line-up was ahead of us. INFRA were the ones with opening credits and started not much after the scheduled hour. They occupy an unparallel seat [...]
March 7, 2016
Lucifer
Concerts, Reports
On a cold Friday night, RCA Club presented two acts together that claimed their own space in the black metal genre: Myrkur with her melancholic black metal making the debut in Portugal, and Deafheaven with their post black metal, returning to present their new album “New Bermuda”. The fans of Myrkur started gathering around the [...]
March 6, 2016
Sandra Nunes
Concerts, Reports
They were listed as one of 10 bands that rose from the ashes of other bands, scavengers that were destined to live forever on the shade of Phil Lynott’s legacy. But today The boys were definitely back in town, and an old school visit it was. The switzs Weyers were charged w/ welcoming party. The [...]
December 14, 2015
Vasco Baptista
Concerts, Reports