Original Portuguese version here: http://backstageforum.hot-me.com/t4545-reportagem-swr-porto-hard-1-dia » Up next was “the Portuguese heavy metal army”, MIDNIGHT PRIEST. Personally, I’m still not very fond of this IRON MAIDEN/JUDAS PRIEST copycat – more than influenced by these two bands and others alike, some … Continue reading
Original Portuguese version here: http://backstageforum.hot-me.com/t4545-reportagem-swr-porto-hard-1-dia » SWR Inc. brings us another festival destined to please both Greeks and Trojans. On the first day, the target were classic heavy metal and grindcore lovers. Extremely opposite genres, true, but the line-up seemed … Continue reading
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Original Portuguese version here: http://backstageforum.hot-me.com/t4539-reportagem-mr-big-motel-21-hard-club-2011-09-26 » It wasn’t quite 21:30 when the lights went out and, one by one, the four elements of MR. BIG got on stage. “Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy” was the opening theme, with Paul Gilbert and … Continue reading
Original Portuguese version here: http://backstageforum.hot-me.com/t4539-reportagem-mr-big-motel-21-hard-club-2011-09-26 » In the afternoon, Hard Club had announced the MR. BIG concert on its Facebook page, finishing with “tickets are still available”. I was left wondering if that was just a marketing strategy or if … Continue reading
“Incomparable” stretches the term “pop metal” to both its limits – the pop is more mainstream, and the metal is heavier than before. But in matters of “quantity”, the first wins, as there are a lot more smooth melodies than … Continue reading
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Original Portuguese version here: http://www.backstageforum.com/t4523-20110913-in-flames-noctiferia-hard-club#29491, with pictures by Sandra Manuel (www.sandramanuel.com) For Joana Gonçalves » For IN FLAMES the house was full. The stage got set quickly, and seeing no more roadies on it, we thought the Swedes would go on … Continue reading
Original Portuguese version here: http://backstageforum.hot-me.com/t4523-20110913-in-flames-noctiferia-hard-club, with pictures by Sandra Manuel (www.sandramanuel.com) » Hard Club was yet pretty abandoned when the evening started – not only NOCTIFERIA are little known around here, as FCP played at home and the match was … Continue reading
I’d seen EUROPE in 2008, at Kobeta Sonik festival (Bilbao, ES). It was a great show, but it took place precisely one month after John Norum‘s wife, Michelle Meldrum (R.I.P.), had died. So the fun was somewhat refrained. This year, it was … Continue reading
Yeah, Samantha Fox… She played before EUROPE on this little fest, promoted in order to celebrate a new waterpark in Vila Real, so I had to endure it. I didn’t know she had any more songs besides “Touch Me”, let … Continue reading
Original text here: http://backstageforum.hot-me.com/t4475-reportagem-20110806-vagos-open-air-2-dia, with pictures by Sandra Manuel (www.sandramanuel.com) » To close down the festival’s 3rd edition, the organization chose another kind of legend: old school death metal from America’s MORBID ANGEL. Although their latest work “Illud Divinum Insanus” … Continue reading
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