Reports

When we arrived to República da Música, we feared for another empty house night. But, by that time, the answer was simple: very few expected the gig to start on time. It is a tradition difficult to erase in this neighborhood… Well, in one of the more eclectic nights of the last years, ATENTADO opened [...]

Italian black/doom metalers FORGOTTEN TOMB  have returned to Portugal and to Side B, Benavente, this time accompanied by two Swedish acts. Notredame Productions added the fourth (national) element. The affluence was pretty good considering both the moment and date of the gig, which started with EREB ALTOR performance. This Swedish collective mixtures old school classic [...]

In a weekend marked by the XVI edition of the mythical SWR Barroselas Metal Fest, Side B profited the presence of some international bands to host one parallel gig at Benavente. No one expected a full venue, so the few people present that night build the right atmosphere for an uncompromising metal night. Firstly with [...]

Brazilian post-rock band LABIRINTO played last week at Side B, Benavente, under their first European tour. The instrumental textures that they created filled an empty room with imaginary quiet sets, where we could chose the whole story of each one of the four short movies they presented. But yet, here and then, between the seductively [...]

Sadly the concerts started two hours after the announced schedule with HUNTED SCRIPTUM, death/technical death metal from Braga. They had the tough task of opening the ceremonies, in a cold, (still) wintry night. Their carnivorous themes made the first attempt to warm a still not crowded Side B room, with some good appointments, including the [...]

The Underground is not dead! That could be the main idea retained from last weekend double dose of Extreme Metal Attack, at Side B, Benavente. On their 10th anniversary the Portuguese festival putted out a considerable quality bill for this year edition, joining some established well known underground bands to other new out coming acts.  [...]

  After one first successful night in Porto, the Lisbon concert arrived for the second act of the Swedish in Lusitanian lands this year. It was the second time they played in the Lisbon area, and the affluence to the gig was higher this time. In fact, we may consider Cult of Luna as the [...]

Amplifest returned in 2012 for the third edition, putting Porto again as the Portuguese capital of dark alternative arts. Even if you think at this event as a “post intelectual” festival, Amplifest 2012 was much more than that. First of all because Hard Club is probably the best Portuguese venue for the moment; In second [...]

Krakow it’s probably the polish city with more metal concerts, and on the 17th November, Schizofrenia hosted one of them for us. This is where the old Kazamaty venue was settled, now transformed into an underground multi room venue, with a particularly good taste in terms of decoration, and reasonable beer prices. Being a Saturday [...]

  Progresja is Warsaw’s underground venue for underground acts. Located in a military academia, the people that you see around it make you confuse whether there are going to the concert as well or are just passing by….. . With two stages and affordable beer prices, the distance from the city center makes you believe [...]

Saturday night in central Lisbon. Rain falls over the Lusitanian capital, blackening the skies for Rosa Crux’s second year appearance in Portugal. The dark medieval group came from old Rouen (Normandie, France), to cover our souls with their dark and frightening anthems, putting on stage much more than a simple concert. It was a state [...]

Haloween night in Almada with Phantasticus – Festival Internacional de Artes e Cinema II, hosted by Cine Incrível – Incrível Almadense’s smaller room. There where four days of rock, dark movies, … and witches, on the 31st October. Portuguese industrial masters Bizarra Locomotiva gave another intense show before a full venue. Dark anthems like Cavalo [...]

Saturday night. Anathema plays in Lisbon, but we preferred drive to Benavente for our third experience with Tides From Nebula. I knew this polish group almost by chance, in a middle of the week concert in Lisbon’s downtown, early 2010. That time the first impressions were great and the polish youngsters gathered our admiration due [...]

And after all Decayed didn’t play last Saturday in Benavente… Seemed that founder J.A. woke up with no felling for live concerts that day… Well, nevertheless, the fest went great only with second line underground acts, but still with solid performances and good general ambience. The night started with new black metalers Frost Legion, presenting [...]