Laurus Nobilis will take place at V. N. de Famalicão on July 26th~28th of 2018 Portuguese rising festival Laurus Nobilis Music Famalicão is coming soon. This year’s edition will feature Greek symphonic death metal SepticFlesh, Swedish Dark Tranquillity, Spaniards Crisix, as well as Tarantula, Equaleft, Hills Have Eyes, Mata-Ratos, Revolution Within, Legacy Of Cynthia, Cruz De Ferro, In Vein, [...]
July 20, 2018
Filipe Gomes
Previews
Laurus Nobilis will take place at V. N. de Famalicão on July 26th~28th of 2018. Portuguese festival Laurus Nobilis Music Famalicão has just announced that the Swedish band Dark Tranquility will also be part of the poster of the 2018 edition. They will be joining Greek SepticFlesh, Spaniards Crisix and other Portuguese bands already announced: [...]
December 8, 2017
Filipe Gomes
News
We had a nice chat with Portuguese Oldschool Death Metal band Cape Torment. TBP – Hi how are you? Thanks for taking the time to talk with us. For those who don’t know you yet, can you brief us about the people who are part of Cape Torment? CT – Hi. First, thank you for [...]
July 16, 2017
Filipe Gomes
Interviews
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 [...]
May 6, 2016
Filipe Gomes
Festivals, Reports
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 [...]
April 18, 2016
Rita Limede
Concerts, Reports
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 [...]
April 13, 2016
Rita Limede
Festivals, Reports
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 [...]
April 8, 2016
Rita Limede
Previews
ENTOMBED AD, swedish death metal group, are the newest confirmation for this year’s edition of Moita Metal Fest. They join the band billing of the festival were the groups Tankard, Web and For The Glory were already confirmed to play. The festival will take place on the 1st and 2nd of April. More details should [...]
January 18, 2016
Rita Limede
News
WEB, the portuguese thrash veterans have released a lyric video for the song “Leaving Scars”, which is available bellow. This track features the participation of Miguel Inglês from Equaleft, and it was taken from their latest record, “Everything Ends”, released last year via Raising Legends Records. [...]
January 13, 2016
Rita Limede
News
With 2015 coming to its end, its time to choose the best albums of the year. These are the choices of Renata Lino: 1. Hills Have Eyes “Antebellum” 2. Bring Me The Horizon “That’s The Spirit” 3. Moonspell “Extinct” 4. Soilwork “The Ride Majestic” 5. Web “Everything Ends” 6. Devil In Me “Soul Rebel” 7. W.A.S.P. [...]
December 22, 2015
Lucifer
Tops
The organizers of the SWR Barroselas Metalfest have started to announce the first bands for the 2016 edition of the festival. So, the 19th edition will feature (confirmed so far): MARDUK | Sweden | www.facebook.com/Mardukofficial ABORTED | Belgium | www.facebook.com/Abortedofficial GRAVE | Sweden | www.facebook.com/GraveOfficial DOOM | UK | www.facebook.com/doomcrustpunk MIDNIGHT | USA | https://www.facebook.com/Midnight-87909491643/ [...]
November 17, 2015
Filipe Gomes
News
Coimbra’s States Club is a small venue which has become a landmark when it comes to Metal concerts in the city of Students. This time three northern bands came to destroy the small stage of this club. The first band to play was THE LAST OF THEM from Aveiro, a Groove/Thrash metal band. In the [...]
June 17, 2015
Filipe Gomes
Concerts, Reports
Vagos Open Air have announced 2 new bands to appear at this year’s edition. Well known Finnish Power Metal Sonata Arctica, and Portuguese Industrial Metal act Bizarra Locomotiva. The other bands already confirmed are the following: TESTAMENT | US | http://www.testamentlegions.com/ SAXON | UK | http://www.saxon747.com/ ICED EARTH | US | http://www.icedearth.com/ MOONSORROW | Fin | http://www.moonsorrow.com/ ROTTING CHRIST | Gre | http://www.rotting-christ.com/ LACUNA COIL | [...]
May 17, 2013
Filipe Gomes
News
Once more, the Vagos Open Air organizers have announced new additions to this year’s band line-up. The new bands are the Thrash metal legends Testament, Greek Rotting Christ, and the Portuguese oldschool Power/Thrash Metal band WEB. Already confirmed are the following acts: TESTAMENT | US | http://www.testamentlegions.com/ SAXON | UK | http://www.saxon747.com/ ICED EARTH | US | http://www.icedearth.com/ MOONSORROW | Fin | http://www.moonsorrow.com/ ROTTING [...]
April 5, 2013
Filipe Gomes
News