Reports

Last Monday, March 10, 2025, Lisbon had the privilege of hosting Geoff Tate, the legendary voice of Queensrÿche, in a memorable concert at RCA Club, closing “The Big Rock Show Tour 2025,” with support from Ivory Lake. With his unique and powerful voice, Tate transported the audience through various heavy metal and progressive classics, in [...]

Milagre Metaleiro has evolved from a local hidden gem into one of the most promising metal festivals in Portugal. The 2024 edition marked a defining moment for the event [...]

Milagre Metaleiro has evolved from a local hidden gem into one of the most promising metal festivals in Portugal. The 2024 edition marked a defining moment for the event [...]

Milagre Metaleiro has evolved from a local hidden gem into one of the most promising metal festivals in Portugal. The 2024 edition marked a defining moment for the event [...]

A special thank you to the Wave Gotik Treffen organization. Day 1 Another year in this beautiful city of Leipzig for another Wave Gotik Treffen festival. After picking up the credentials and looking at the program for that day, we decided to cover the shows of Miranda Sex Garden and Anneke van Giersbergen at Schauspielhaus [...]

Sunday 21.4 As always, the whole weekend flew by in the blink of an eye, and while thankfully Sunday was clearly more quiet than the previous day, there is also that lingering feeling that things are about to end soon and you need to wait for another year to be experiencing this festival again. After [...]

Saturday 20.4 On a quest to enjoy the city of Tilburg before diving into the festival madness, each day we found something different to try out, and Saturday the choice landed on a cosy little street that leads to a traditional Dutch pancake house. After getting our fill of food it was already time to [...]

Friday 19.4 The second day of the festival began in a rather unexpected but yet very relaxed and pleasant way: a cat café! Chilling a bit surrounded by those furry fellows set the good mood that characterized this second day. There was still plenty of time to chill at the pit stop area despite the [...]

Thursday 18th The weather can be unpredictable in the Netherlands this time of the year, so after preparing for multiple possibilities (will it get colder? Warmer? Windier? Will there be storms? Who knows!), the day started relatively early with some breakfast at the Airbnb. I walked to the center, collecting the festival wristband, media pass [...]

This year edition of Roadburn Festival took place from the 18th to 21st of April in Tilburg, NL Once again Marco Manzi was our representative and shares his personnel experience during the festival days. The Spark (Wednesday 17th) In occasion of the third Roadburn in the post-COVID-19 world, I decided to embrace the full experience [...]

Downfall Of Gaia returned to Portugal, after 11 years, to be present at Porto’s well-known cultural space, Maus Hábitos, accompanied by Syberia.   It was a night that began around 9:30pm, with Syberia taking the stage, who brought their rock instrumental to the height of a 4th floor, showing those present how to tell a [...]

From the 24th to the 27th of April, the small village of Barroselas received another edition of the SWR Barroselas Metalfest festival, amassing already 24 editions. [...]

Moonspell delighted fans in memorable concert at Convento São Francisco On friday night, February 23th, the iconic Portuguese gothic metal band, Moonspell, treated their devoted followers to a captivating and unforgettable performance at the majestic Convento São Francisco in the city of Coimbra. In a spectacle that masterfully combined the energy of metal with the [...]

Gothic metal masters Poisonblack, which split up in 2015, surprised their fans around the world with a tour of Finland in September/October 2023. This year marked the 20th anniversary of their first album “Escapexstacy,” and they celebrated this by bringing back their original singer, J-P Leppäluoto, and performing the whole album live. The tour dates [...]