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Symphonic Progressive Metal band Ormyst have revealed the first single “Dreamsailor”. This is taken from the upcoming album “Arcane Dreams”. About Ormyst Ormyst is a french symphonic metal band. Their compositions feature classical female singing, that will remind bands suchs as Nightwish or Epica, along with fast, powerful rhythmic parts, distinctive of power metal. Technical [...]

Last Tuesday, March 7th, Lisbon hosted a great Power metal show: Sonata Arctica + Striker + Triosphere. It took place in the new venue Lisboa ao Vivo. Around 300 people welcomed the three bands. Each one of them with their own style while sharing something in common: their passion and devotion. A detail which made [...]

Kvelertak have released a new video for their track “Bronsegud”. The song features on the Norwegian outfit’s third album Nattesferd which came out in May of 2016 via Roadrunner Records. The black and white video features an unusual mix of live footage, interviews and backstage clips – and was premiered a day after Kvelertak being confirmed as [...]

Flogging Molly announced new live dates for 2017 and will bring the band’s adrenaline-fueled live performances back to mainland Europe again. The live dates are in support of the Flogging Molly long awaited new album “Life Is Good” out on June 2 via Spinefarm/Vanguard Records. Produced by Grammy Award winning Joe Chiccarelli (U2, White Stripes, [...]

Old-school death metal veterans Hail Of Bullets have announced that the band is over. Hail Of Bullets announced on Facebook: “With sadness in our hearts, we hereby inform you that we have decided to pull the plug on HAIL OF BULLETS. The patient had been suffering from illness for a few years already. We thought [...]

The first Galena of 2017 was dressed in black and with a veil of nostalgia. Eterna Saudade started the evening with its environmental rock combined with dark folk influences sound, creating a cosy romantic ambience in the venue. Sadly, the audience remained apathetic, even with the dancer Cris Aysel complementing the band’s show with her [...]

Last week the Finish black metal band Ajattara premiered “Ave Satana” video “Ave Satana” song is part of their upcoming album “Lupaus”, to be released under Svart Records label in May 12, 2017. Ajattara is a pure black metal band with an extremely long career and recognised impact in their national black metal scene. They were [...]

Grimlet will do a presentation show for the release of their new album ”Theia” on March 25th in their hometown Figueira Da Foz. After being quiet for six years, in the early 2016 death metallers Grimlet announced that their new album was near completion. They returned to stages with Filipe Gomes (Destroyers Of All) and Flávio [...]

French death metallers Altered Shade have premiere the official video for the song “The Dark Gift of Life”. Taken from the newest Altered Shade ‘s album “The Path of Souls” (out TODAY (March 17) via Wormholedeath / Aural Music). Director: Stéphane Keca | KB-Productions Altered Shade is a metal band from the southwest of France, they play [...]

American band Mastodon release official video for the single ”Show Yourself”. ”Show Yourself” its one of the songs from the soon to be released ”Emperor of Sand” album. This Mastodon’s new album is set to be released on March 31st via Reprise Records. The video tells a funny story about the band and the Grim Reaper. [...]

Black metal visionaries Medico Peste premiered the new track “Hallucinating Warmth and Bliss” at Decibel magazine’s website. The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated new mini-album “Herzogian Darkness”, set for international release on March 30th via W.T.C. Productions. You can listen to Medico Peste’s “Hallucinating Warmth and Bliss” in its entirety right below. Ever [...]

Battle Beast together with  Majesty, Gyze and Fantasy Opus were on stage on March  12th, 2017 at the RCA Club Lisboa venue. These four heavy metal bands played on a Sunday evening, closing that weekend. Two of these band played for the first time in Portugal, the Finnish Battle Beast and the Japanese Gyze. This [...]

Polish extreme Death/Black Metal act Hate revealed a lyric video for the album’s lead track, “Asuric Being”, available for streaming below. “Tremendum” is the tenth album of Hate and will be released on May 5th via Napalm Records. The sheer amount of fierceness on the upcoming album is beyond anything Hate have ever done before. Fast [...]

Santa Maria Summer Fest (SMSF) is an extreme music festival located in Beja, Southern Portugal that has been happening since 2010. The festival is mostly known for its eclectic stance on music genres within its billing – here what matters is not only the sound, but the message and visual as well, meaning that you [...]