SWR Barroselas Metalfest

The last 2 years have been hard for all of us. We ran out of concerts, out of events, out of (almost) everything. But the underground didn’t stop, because to stop is to die. Lots of albums came out, bands were created and dismantled, besides other initiatives such as online festivals, something that until then [...]

SWR Barroselas Metalfest is finally returning after a 2-year hiatus forced by the Covid-19 pandemic. Autopsy, Mgla, Sijjin, Skeletal Remains and many more will return on April 29th to the peaceful town in the north of Portugal! [...]

The legends of extreme metal REVENGE head this second wave of confirmations for the Minho festival SWR Barroselas Metalfest, but besides the Canadians there are 14 other names added to the poster. Also worth mentioning is the confirmation of the presence of the unavoidable grindcore TERRORIZER and the classics of heavy metal ANVIL. Two decades, [...]

The death metal legends AUTOPSY are one of the big names of this year’s SWR Barroselas Metalfest, but there are already 14 more names added to the poster, with emphasis on the return of MGŁA and the debut of MORBID SAINT in Portugal. AUTOPSY! Would there be a more suitable name to head an event [...]

SWR Barroselas Metalfest, one of the oldest, most respected festivals dedicated to extreme sonorities in the old continent, will return to Vila de Barroselas, Viana do Castelo, Portugal on April 29th until May 2nd 2020. The organizers have announced oldschool death metal act Autopsy as their first confirmation! The official Facebook event is already online: [...]

Being around for more than two decades of existence, the SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST became more than an obligatory stopping point for all fans of heavy metal and its more extreme subgenres. This year’s edition, which runs from April 26 to 28, promises, as usual, to gather a legion of headbangers from all around the world [...]

SWR Barroselas Metalfest, one of the oldest, most respected festivals dedicated to extreme sonorities in the old continent, will return to Vila de Barroselas, Viana do Castelo, Portugal on April 26, 27 and 28, 2019. After the first batch of confirmations including Godlfesh, Benediction, The Black Dahlia Murder, Midnight, Venenum and more, the organizers have [...]

SWR is scheduled for 27-29 April 2018 at Barroselas, northwest Portugal. SWR Barroselas Metalfest is one of the oldest European festivals of extreme music and it returns for its 21st edition, in 2018. Cock and Ball Torture will be replaced by Malignant Tumour. The festival has announced another lot of band confirmations: MALIGNANT TUMOUR | Czech Republic [...]

SWR is scheduled for 27-29 April 2018 at Barroselas, northwest Portugal. SWR Barroselas Metalfest is one of the oldest European festivals of extreme music and it returns for its 21st edition, in 2018. The festival has announced another lot of band confirmations: Exhorder, Master’s Hammer, Church of Misery, Mortiis- Era 1, Agathocles, Mortuary Drape, SUMA, Obliteration, [...]

SWR is scheduled for 27-29 April 2018 at Barroselas, northwest Portugal. SWR Barroselas Metalfest is one of the oldest European festivals of extreme music and it returns for its 21st edition, in 2018. The first round of announcements includes 15 selected names from a wide variety of styles: Suffocation, the leaders of american Death Metal; the [...]

Norwegian Mayhem set foot on Portuguese soil in April early this year as headliners of the SWR Barroselas Metalfest. Six months later, they were back, but this time in a closed dedicated venue, not in a festival format. After a few minutes in line, we were able to witness the first concert: The Portuguese The [...]

SWR Barroselas Metalfest, one of the oldest european festivals focused entirely on extreme music, returns in 2017 for its 20th anniversary, scheduled for 28, 29 and 30 of April at the Village of Barroselas, northern Portugal. Confirmed so far are black metal legends Mayhem playing their magnum opus “De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas”, Belgium death metal [...]

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 [...]

This year’s edition of SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST, the 19th edition of the fest, will take place from the 22nd to 24th of April. The event will have two main stages, a free stage outside, the SWR arena, that will receive the final of the Portuguese W:O:A metal battle on the 21st, and was curated by [...]