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PESTIFER reveals song “Mars Exult” from debut album

PESTIFER reveals song “Mars Exult” from debut album

Portuguese blasphemous Death Metal act Pestifer have revelead a new song “Mars Exult”. “Mars Exult” is the first single taken from the band’s debut album “Execration Diatribes”. The album is scheduled to be released on February 14th by Lavadome Productions. Execration Diatribes by PESTIFER “Execration Diatribes” (Lavadome Productions) 1. March of the Dead Orchestra 2. [...]

January 19, 2017 Filipe Gomes News Comments Off on PESTIFER reveals song “Mars Exult” from debut album

Pyrrhon team up with Willowtip / Throatruiner

Pyrrhon team up with Willowtip / Throatruiner

Experimental New York death metal band Pyrrhon (pronounced “peer-on”) have partnered up with Willowtip records (North America) and Throatruiner (Europe) to release new material. “We’re absolutely thrilled to be working with these two fantastic labels, as clichéd as that might be. Willowtip has been the foremost name in weirdo death metal mutations since we were [...]

January 19, 2017 Filipe Gomes News Comments Off on Pyrrhon team up with Willowtip / Throatruiner

Obituary premier new track “Sentence Day”

Obituary premier new track “Sentence Day”

Florida death metal legends OBITUARY have shared the first single off their forthcoming, self-titled album. You can listen to the new Obituary’s track “Sentence Day”, while watching its video, below. Obituary is due out March 17th, 2017 on CD/LP/Digital. Physical and digital pre-orders are available now via Relapse Records. Additionally, OBITUARY are touring as part [...]

January 18, 2017 Rita Limede News Comments Off on Obituary premier new track “Sentence Day”

Dimmu Borgir announce live DVD “Forces…”

Dimmu Borgir announce live DVD “Forces…”

Nowegian Symphonic Black Metal kings Dimmu Borgir have recently announced the release of “Forces of the Northern Night” DVD. The release date is scheduled to April 14th and will be distributed via Nuclear Blast. The package includes a pair of Dimmu Borgir live performances. The first one is a 2011 concert recorded in Oslo, Norway. [...]

January 17, 2017 Filipe Gomes News Comments Off on Dimmu Borgir announce live DVD “Forces…”

Preview: Suidakra Warm Up Vagos Metal Fest

Preview: Suidakra Warm Up Vagos Metal Fest

Suidakra is a germanic melodic death band with influences of celtic mythology and one pionner band to mix death metal with folk. Later the release of Realms of Odoric in last year, Suidakra returns to Portugal for the first warm-up from Vagos Metal Fest 2017, and brings with them the spanish death metal band Vendetta [...]

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TOP Albums of 2016

TOP Albums of 2016

In the past few days we have presented you our staff choices for best albums of 2016. Now we bring you our final and oficial list for best releases from that year, to close that chapter. Here are our top 20 choices : 1 – Bolzer – Hero 2 – Animals As Leaders – The [...]

January 11, 2017 Rita Limede Tops Comments Off on TOP Albums of 2016

Trollfest, Misthyrming and Nadra join billing for SMSF 2017 edition

Trollfest, Misthyrming and Nadra join billing for SMSF 2017 edition

Norwegian folk metal masters Trollfest, icelandic black Misthyrming and Nadra, and thrashers Ranger and Rankor are new aditions to the billing for 2017 of SMSF – Santa Maria Summer Fest. The festival has already announced the names Exodus, Orphaned Land, Mão Morta to headline the festival billing. The groups Wolfbrigade, Urfaust, Hypothermia, Fuse, Process Of [...]

January 11, 2017 Rita Limede News Comments Off on Trollfest, Misthyrming and Nadra join billing for SMSF 2017 edition

MORBID ANGEL calls Scott Fuller and enters studio

MORBID ANGEL calls Scott Fuller and enters studio

Death metal legends Morbid Angel’s guitarist Trey Azagthoth has checked in at his Facebook page with the following update on the band’s upcoming ninth studio album. After announcing last year that they have signed with UDR Music for all territories exclusively outside Japan. “We have all the drums recorded for the new record, performed by Scott [...]

January 11, 2017 Filipe Gomes News Comments Off on MORBID ANGEL calls Scott Fuller and enters studio

TOP 20 – 2016: The Staff’s Choices – Mutiilator

TOP 20 – 2016: The Staff’s Choices – Mutiilator

With 2016 coming to its end, its time to choose the best albums of the year. These are the choices of Mutiilator: 1 – Obscura – Akróasis 2 – Vektor – Terminal Redux 3 – First Fragment – Dasein 4 – Bolzer – Hero 5 – Ulcerate – Shrines Of Paralysis 6 – Départe – Failure, [...]

January 2, 2017 Filipe Gomes Tops Comments Off on TOP 20 – 2016: The Staff’s Choices – Mutiilator

TOP 20 – 2016: The Staff’s Choices – Zé Serodio

TOP 20 – 2016: The Staff’s Choices – Zé Serodio

With 2016 coming to its end, its time to choose the best albums of the year. These are the choices of Zé Serodio: 1 – Animals as Leaders – The Madness of Many 2 – Meshuggah – The Violent Sleep of Reason 3 – Pain – Coming Home 4 – Devin Townsend Project – Transcendence [...]

January 1, 2017 Rita Limede Tops Comments Off on TOP 20 – 2016: The Staff’s Choices – Zé Serodio

TOP 20 – 2016: The Staff’s Choices – Renata Lino

TOP 20 – 2016: The Staff’s Choices – Renata Lino

With 2016 coming to its end, its time to choose the best albums of the year. These are the choices of Renata Lino: 1- Sister – Stand Up, Forward, March! 2- Sonic Syndicate – Confessions 3- Dark Tranquillity – Atoma 4- Testament – Brotherhood Of The Snake 5- Caliban – Gravity 6- In Flames – [...]

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SIMBIÓTICOS – A celebration for 25 years of Simbiose

SIMBIÓTICOS – A celebration for 25 years of Simbiose

It’s another historical and major event in portuguese underground history. “Simbióticos” celebrates Simbiose’s 25th anniversary in a CD compilation featuring 23 bands, not only portuguese ones, but also from Spain, Belgium and specially from Brazil. The CD will be out in stores in early January via Raging Planet Records . The idea of making a [...]

December 29, 2016 Rita Limede News Comments Off on SIMBIÓTICOS – A celebration for 25 years of Simbiose

TOP 20 – 2016: The Staff’s Choices – Sandra Nunes

TOP 20 – 2016: The Staff’s Choices – Sandra Nunes

With 2016 coming to its end, its time to choose the best albums of the year. These are the choices of Sandra Nunes: 1- Insomnium – Winter’s Gate 2- Abbath – Abbath 3- Myrkur – Mausoleum 4- Kypck – 3epo 5- Dark Tranquillity – Atoma 6- Destroyers of All – Bleak Fragments 7- Nervosa – [...]

December 29, 2016 Sandra Nunes Tops Comments Off on TOP 20 – 2016: The Staff’s Choices – Sandra Nunes

TOP 20 – 2016: The Staff’s Choices – João Osório

TOP 20 – 2016: The Staff’s Choices – João Osório

With 2016 coming to its end, its time to choose the best albums of the year. These are the choices of João Osório: 1 – Witherscape – The Northern Sanctuary 2 – Megadeth – Dystopia 3 – Evergrey – The Storm Within 4 – Dark Funeral – Where Shadows Forever Reign 5 – Gojira – [...]

December 28, 2016 João Osório Tops Comments Off on TOP 20 – 2016: The Staff’s Choices – João Osório