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Portuguese death metal act GRIMLET are back with a new song, “2:1:0”, and you can listen to it below. The track was taken from “Theia: Aesthetics Of A Lie”, the band’s forthcoming record, that hasn’t got an official release date yet. This is the follow-up work to the 2010’s album “Grim Perceptions”, and its the [...]

The 19th edition of the SWR Barroselas Metalfest took place from the 22nd to 24th of April 2016. Once again the event featured the two main stages, a free stage outside called the SWR arena, which received the final of the Portuguese W:O:A metal battle on the 21st (Day #0). The band bill was also [...]

German teutonic thrasher DESTRUCTION hava released a new video, and digital single, for the track “Under Attack”, which can be seen below. “Under Attack” is the forthcoming records’ title, and the band’s 14th studio album of their career, that is set to be released on the 13th of May via Nuclear Blast Records. Schmier, the [...]

Steelfest opens the season of the Open air “summer” festivals in Finland. It will take place in Hyvinkää, a city located around 1h drive north from Helsinki. The festival started already in  2010 on it’s current format and has been gaining the reputation of one of the finnish festivals that presents the most extreme metal [...]

KATATONIA have released a new song, “Serein” on streaming, and you can listen to it bellow. This is the second track taken from their forthcoming record, “The Fall Of Hearts”, the first one was “Old Heart Falls” and is available in here. The new record, which is set to be released on the 20th of [...]

Swedish controversial black metal act SHINING have announced a change in their line-up. Bassist Christian Larsson and drummer Rainer Tuomikanto have left the band, for reasons yet unknown. As said in the band’s official statement on their facebook page, that can be read in full bellow, this will not affect any upcoming tour date, since these [...]

A few days ago Belphegor frontman Helmuth Lehner was provoked and attacked by a Russian orthodox fanatic at the St. Petersburg airport. The attacker was later identified as Anatoly Artyukh, who is the chair of Narodny Sobor, a national Orthodox Christian organization. Helmuth Lehner managed to stay calm and did not retaliate, probably having in mind that if [...]

MORE THAN A THOUSAND have announced the dates for their farewell tour. The band had revelead last year that after a long run of 15 years, they were going to take a break for undetermined time, but not without a few special farewell gigs. The dates for the last shows will be the following: 06-05-16 Loulé [...]

More details about the new Akercocke album, and live dates, should be revealed soon. After nine years since their last record, and five since their official disband, AKERCOCKE are officially back! Founding members Jason Mendonca and David Grey have re-joined forces with guitarist Paul Scanlan, and Nathaniel Underwood. The band announced it on their facebook [...]

Portuguese groovy act Tales For The Unspoken have announced in their official Facebook page that they have parted ways with drummer Sérgio Vaz, who had been in the band since the beginning. In a more recent update, the band revealed that the drummer replacement will be André Fragoso (Madame Violence). The band will continue to [...]

First time of Stone The Crow Productions at RCA, and the name of the event was Morbid Spring Fest, counting on the billing with 4 very interest Portuguese bands, some of the best by now in the underground scene. They got the crowd curious about this, so this is how it went. The crowd started [...]

If people celebrate their birthdays every year, why should bands celebrate their anniversaries just every 5 years? That’s Promethevs line of thought and having turned 9, they put up a 9th anniversary concert party. Guest bands were Sollust, Hills Have Eyes and Web, the hosts playing the second slot, but there wasn’t really an opening [...]

Stratovarius doesn’t require much introductions in the Symphonic metal scene, being considered one of the bands that gave origin to the genre. They started they career in 1985 and released an impressive number of 16 full albums, reaching ten times the Top 5 charts in Finland (their home country). Their are releasing a “Best of” album called “Best [...]

After a very successful evening, it was time for round two of Moita Metal Fest. A day filled with 12 bands of different styles ranging from hardcore to black metal, and a lot of beer and camaraderie. Day 2 The second day started off with Mindtaker, a young group that is starting to be the [...]