BRUTEFORCE was supposed to have played the previous round, in Lisbon, but it seems the storm that hit our country the week before took the power down when they were about to perform. Lucky for me, as I haven’t seen them in a while.

I was hoping they would win this. Not because I’ve known guitarist Ricardo for ages but because I really thought they had the best performance/attitude on stage and strongest metal music. Ah well. Better luck next time.

www.myspace.com/bruteforceband