Reports

A full house from the very star to the very end to see Pain and friends! When Swedish group Billion Dollar Babies started their show the venue was already packed. With just 30 minutes to play, they presented their most recent work, “Chemical God” released earlier this year. With a sound more in the heavy [...]

Sunday evening and Lisbon was the stoping point to another great european tour, this time leaded by the veteran band Pain and supported by the bands The Vision Bleak, Dynazty and Billion Dollar Babies. Billion Dollar Babies gave the night a start, attacking us with their hard rock from the begining. With their latest album “Chemical [...]

After the huge successful show in 2014, Behemoth return for another concert as tour headliners. In the bag comes the critically acclaimed “The Satanist” album. Along came their compatriots MGŁA and the German band Secrets of the Moon, thereby filling the room at Paradise Garage. MGŁA – From the underground comes this formidable and fearful force, serving [...]

Last month, RAMP reissued their first album “Thoughts” by Rastilho Records, a classic and essential icon in the discography of any fan of heavy/ thrash. To celebrate the happening, the band made a series of presentations in several venues of the country and we had the pleasure of attending one of these presentations in Lisbon, [...]

On the very next day after Moonspell’s gig, the locals went on another pilgrimage in search of dark side powered by the music of Dark Funeral, at the venue “Hellraiser”. This space is one of the most famous ones in Leipzig, as one might see due to the great number of shows that take place [...]

Moonspell passed by Leipzig for another date of their European tour, and it was an intense show. The opening acts were Eleine and The Foreshadowing. Eleine, Swedish symphonic gothic metal, were the first band to come upon stage. The crowd was still scarce when they started, maybe due to the fact that they are a [...]

Sonic Syndicate’s new album “Confessions” was released on October 14th via Despotz Records and that same night they threw a party to celebrate it in Gothenburg. The following night was their hometown Stockholm’s turn, at this fancy night club Göta Källare, in the Södermalm district. Their friends Mindshift were the support act. Around since 2003, [...]

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 [...]

Maximus Festival Brazil: a good start for a Brazilian solid metal festivals era Maximus festival took place in Interlagos autodrome, São Paulo, Brazil, in the last September 7th. The festival brought on stage Rammstein, Marilyn Manson, Bullet for my Valentine and other important names on the metal scene. The first edition of Maximus Festival Brazil [...]

Once again, the town of Vagos became a place of pilgrimage. Vagos Metal Fest brought thousands of people for another Metal Festival. With a totally different promoter in charge of the arrangements, there was great curiosity to see how it would be. The festival structure was well arranged, while the placing of the stage, merch [...]

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 [...]

Check out our report of the awesome performances at Laurus Nobilis Famalicão by Moonspell, Bizarra Locomotiva and Quinteto Explosivo, last July 22th. Special thanks: Laurus Nobilis organization [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]