Lamas em Chamas 2026: Eight bands, one day of Portuguese Underground Metal
The fifth edition of Lamas em Chamas took place on September 12th 2026 at Parque de Santa Maria de Lamas, bringing together eight bands for a programme spanning thrash metal, traditional heavy metal, melodic death metal and more extreme forms of black and death metal. The lineup reflected the diversity of Portugal’s underground scene, with each act representing a different approach to heavy music.
Crimson Legacy
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Crimson Legacy opened the festival, setting the programme in motion. As the first band of the day, their performance marked the beginning of a lineup built around Portuguese underground metal and its range of styles. Opening slots are an important part of independent festivals, providing exposure for bands while allowing audiences to discover projects they may not yet know. Crimson Legacy’s place at the start of the bill established the first chapter of the day’s programme.
Keimar
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Keimar followed with a thrash metal approach. The Porto-based band, formed in 2024, draws on a style rooted in sharp guitar riffs, rhythmic precision and an emphasis on momentum. Their lyrical themes include war and science fiction, placing them within a tradition of thrash metal that combines aggressive musical structures with subject matter extending beyond conventional heavy metal themes. As one of the younger projects on the lineup, Keimar represented a newer generation contributing to the Portuguese metal scene.
Infraktor
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Infraktor brought a more established presence to the early part of the festival. Formed in 2013, the Portuguese band combines death metal and thrash metal, drawing on the forceful guitar work, rapid rhythms and aggressive vocal delivery associated with both styles. Their debut album, Exhaust, was released in 2018 through Rastilho Records. Infraktor’s position in the running order added a heavier dimension to the programme, linking the directness of thrash with the density of death metal.
Wanderer
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Wanderer shifted the programme towards traditional heavy and speed metal. Formed in Porto in 2010, the band draws on an approach shaped by classic heavy metal, with an emphasis on energetic guitar work, driving rhythms and a connection to the genre’s established traditions. Releases such as the Way of the Blade EP and the album Awakening Force reflect this commitment to a style that retains the directness and melodic character of traditional metal. Their inclusion broadened the festival’s musical scope beyond extreme metal.
Blind the Eye
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Blind the Eye continued the programme with melodic death metal. Formed in Portugal in 2015, the band combines the aggression of extreme metal with a greater emphasis on melody and structured guitar arrangements. Their sound sits within a genre that balances forceful rhythms and harsh vocals with more developed melodic passages. Blind the Eye’s presence also underlined the strength of the melodic death metal tradition within the Portuguese underground, providing a bridge between the more traditional metal influences earlier in the day and the darker material that followed.
Moonshade
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Moonshade brought another perspective on melodic extreme metal. The Portuguese band, formed in 2010, has developed a sound combining melodic death metal with progressive elements and a thematic interest in philosophy, mythology and literature. Their releases include Sun Dethroned (2018) and As We Set the Skies Ablaze (2022), which demonstrate the band’s interest in combining heaviness with more expansive songwriting. At Lamas em Chamas, their place in the running order positioned them among the festival’s melodic extreme metal representatives, adding further variety before the final stages of the programme.
ANZV
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ANZV introduced a darker and more ritualistic dimension to the festival. Formed in Porto in 2019, the band combines black metal and death metal, drawing on occult imagery and Mesopotamian mythology. Their 2025 album, Kur, released through Edged Circle Productions, explores an imagined underworld shaped by ancient deities, mortality and spiritual darkness. The record’s conceptual approach is matched by a musical direction that brings together extreme metal aggression and atmospheric elements. ANZV’s position late in the programme prepared the ground for the festival’s closing act through a shift towards more severe and blackened sounds.
Okkultist
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Okkultist closed Lamas em Chamas 2026, bringing the day’s programme to an end with their blackened death metal. Formed in Portugal in 2016, the band is fronted by vocalist Beatriz Mariano and is known for combining death metal’s weight and intensity with darker black metal influences. Their releases include Reinventing Evil (2019) and O.M.E.N. (2023), establishing a catalogue rooted in extreme metal. As the final act, Okkultist occupied the closing position in a lineup that moved progressively through different forms of heavy music before reaching its most extreme territory.
A Snapshot of the Portuguese Underground
Across eight bands, Lamas em Chamas 2026 presented a broad view of the Portuguese underground, moving from thrash and traditional heavy metal towards melodic death metal and blackened extreme metal. The programme brought together bands at different stages of their careers, highlighting the range of approaches that continue to shape the country’s independent metal scene.
The festival’s value lies not only in the individual acts but also in the opportunity to bring different audiences and musical communities together in one setting. The 2026 edition continued that role, providing a platform for Portuguese bands and reinforcing the importance of grassroots events within the underground circuit.
Text and Photos by Ricardo Silva
Ambiente
Crimson Legacy
Keimar
Infraktor
Wanderer
Blind The Eye
Moonshade
ANZV
Okkultist
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