Author Archives: Pieni

CRUSHING SUN haven’t been around as long as WEB or BURIED ALIVE, but they also didn’t start out yesterday. 7 remarkable years earned them the right to be there that night, plus the friendship with WEB and the fact that guitarist … Continue reading →

To help them celebrate their 25th anniversary, WEB invited BURIED ALIVE and CRUSHING SUN to play with them at “the party”. I remembered the name BURIED ALIVE from when I was back in high school, but this was the first … Continue reading →

Original Portuguese version here: http://www.backstageforum.com/t4615-reportagem-hammerfall-vicious-rumours-amaranthe-hard-club-2011-12-09 » The Renegade World Crusade visited Portugal in 2001 (with VIRGIN STEELE and FREEDOM CALL), but after that, HAMMERFALL never crossed the Portuguese border again. Joacim Cans was well aware of that, saying that after … Continue reading →

Original Portuguese version here: http://www.backstageforum.com/t4615-reportagem-hammerfall-vicious-rumours-amaranthe-hard-club-2011-12-09 » As there are still many people around here who’d rather arrive later just to see their favourite band, those people missed the first 15 minutes of VICIOUS RUMORS (maybe they will learn to give … Continue reading →

Original Portuguese version here: http://www.backstageforum.com/t4615-reportagem-hammerfall-vicious-rumours-amaranthe-hard-club-2011-12-09 » It wasn’t 20:00 yet and already two dozens of people were at the doors of Hard Club. I’m glad they were, as the gig started earlier than it was supposed to: the ticket said … Continue reading →

Original Portuguese version here: http://www.backstageforum.com/t4604-reportagem-turisas-gwydion-hard-club-2011-11-27 » But the real festivities started with the Finns, who visited us for the first time. “Marching” right away with “The March Of The Varangian Guard”, band and crowd showed a great complicity and the … Continue reading →

Original Portuguese version here: http://www.backstageforum.com/t4604-reportagem-turisas-gwydion-hard-club-2011-11-27 » I wasn’t previously warned about the TURISAS gig being moved to Hard Club’s Room #2. I was counting on the photopit and so I didn’t go to the venue early enough. Therefor the scarce number of … Continue reading →

Original Portuguese version here: http://www.backstageforum.com/t4602-reportagem-amorphis-leprous-nahemah-hard-club-2011-11-20 » It was almost 23:00 when the intro for AMORPHIS finally was heard and, one by one, the headliners took their places on stage – Tomi Joutsen being last, of course. Promoting “The Beginning Of Times” … Continue reading →

Original Portuguese version here: http://backstageforum.hot-me.com/t4602-reportagem-amorphis-leprous-nahemah-hard-club-2011-11-20 » When the members of LEPROUS played with Ihsahn in this year’s edition of Vagos Open Air, I liked what I saw pretty much. The talent of these Norwegian youngsters was tangible. But when I saw … Continue reading →

Original Portuguese version here: http://backstageforum.hot-me.com/t4602-reportagem-amorphis-leprous-nahemah-hard-club-2011-11-20 » As usual at Hard Club, the number of people there when the doors opened wasn’t even 1/10 of what would be registered later. But the expression “few but good” applied and the Spanish were … Continue reading →