Author Archives: Pieni

An industrial-rock band, for a change. Too bad the people in the audience didn’t like the change that much. Oh well… http://www.myspace.com/lugarmaldito

4th of the 7-day festival, my 3rd and last. In fact, I shouldn’t even gone to that one. as a toothache was affecting all my system and good mood. But EQUALEFT, DEAD PHOENIX and GATES OF HELL were on the bill. Plus … Continue reading →

Last band for Gaia Em Peso third day. Tribal thrash. Nice. But the strobes that had been annoying me all fest long finally started to give me headaches and I couldn’t enjoy the show as much as I’d like to. … Continue reading →

Muffy is such a great performer, I can’t stop shooting her  And there’s my friend Rstein again, as well as Reborn/pRX, who guested on one song. Cool concert 🙂 http://www.myspace.com/karbonsoulband

Never heard of them before, although I recognized them all (or almost) from other bands. Still… meh. Didn’t convince me http://www.myspace.com/hellsbloodband

So here’s the other black metal band I mentioned two posts ago. My friend Rstein plays bass here. http://www.myspace.com/quantumentropia

Progressive hardcore (I think that’s the label) from Leiria. I also believe singer Valter said their video “gold” had been playing on MTV, but I can’t even remember the last time I’ve seen anything on that channel… In college, maybe? … Continue reading →

INVOKE is a trio from Oeiras. The second guitar player you see on pic # 5 is a guest (j_X from ENTROPIA, the other band of singer/guitarrist Reborn – although in ENTROPIA he goes by the name pRX…). Black metal … Continue reading →

I know I saw these kids in last year’s edition of Gaia Em Peso, but I can’t remember very well what they played. I’m almost sure it wasn’t this heavy and they weren’t so expressive! Nice to know they’re growing. … Continue reading →

MAURO PASSOS & WINGS OF MURIEL is an instrumental project that mixes modern electric guitars with traditional Portuguese ones. Cool. http://www.myspace.com/mauropassos