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About Pieni

A metalhead who loves photography and her friends.

ANGRA @ Hard Club, 2018/03/29

ANGRA were the headliners of the night, promoting their brand new album “ØMNI” (shame they didn’t bring along at least one female singer to perform “Black Widow’s Web”). Between new tracks like “Insania” and “War Horns”, oldies such as “Lullaby … Continue reading

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OPERATION: MINDCRIME @ Hard Club, 2018/03/29

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QUEENSRYCHE‘s “Operation: Mindcrime” was released in May 1988 and it didn’t take long to be acknowledged as a masterpiece. Its sequel was far from it, but when both albums were fully performed in the 20th anniversary of the first one, … Continue reading

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HALCYON WAY @ Hard Club, 2018/03/29

A kind of progressive metal came up next, all the way from Atlanta, by the hands of HALCYON WAY. With a larger discography than their predecessors AVELION, their set was more balanced between older and newer material – also because … Continue reading

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AVELION @ Hard Club, 2018/03/29

Melodic power metal from Parma, Italy, opening up for ANGRA. Even if they’ve been around for 10 years and released two EP in the first half of that decade, AVELION‘s setlist focused only on their debut full-length “Illusion Of Transparency”, … Continue reading

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INFRAKTOR @ Cave Avenida, 2018/03/03

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Next stop in the InfrakTour was Viana do Castelo. The crowd wasn’t as massive as the day before, but the boys played as if the house was sold-out. REVOLUTION WITHIN–Raça joined Popas once again on “Ferocious Intent”, people sang along … Continue reading

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REVOLUTION WITHIN @ Cave Avenida, 2018/03/03

The following day, INFRAKTOR introduced “Exhaust” to the people of Viana do Castelo and REVOLUTION WITHIN tagged along once again. I liked this cozy, little place called Cave Avenida, despite the terrible lights to shoot under… The pillar in the … Continue reading

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INFRAKTOR’s “Exhaust” release party @ Metalpoint, 2018/03/02

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And then the time came for INFRAKTOR to officially introduce their debut “Exhaust” (review here). Funny how I’d already knew the album, and had seen them live half a dozen times before, meaning I knew what they were capable of, … Continue reading

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REVOLUTION WITHIN @ Metalpoint, 2018/03/02

Being great friends and rehearsal-roommates, REVOLUTION WITHIN was the obvious choice for INFRAKTOR‘s second guests. Fierce show as always, “From Madness To Sanity” is still my favorite song off their current “Annihilation”. http://www.facebook.com/revolutionwithinband/

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FINAL MERCY @ Metalpoint, 2018/03/02

FINAL MERCY were the first guests at INFRAKTOR’s”Exhaust” release party. As I’ve previously said (here), singer Dan Vesca gave a whole new life to the band and it was a real pleasure to see them taking part of this event, … Continue reading

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THERION @ Hard Club, 2018/02/21

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Originally posted on Valkyrian Music. With such foreplay, it took only the first chords of “Theme Of Antichrist” to drive the crowd to a climax which would last throughout the almost-2-hour long performance of THERION. Some highlights of their latest opera – … Continue reading

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