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About Pieni

A metalhead who loves photography and her friends.

BURNING MAN @ Hard Club, 2013/01/26

My first gig this year was Round #5 of Wacken Metal Battle, promoted by SWR Inc. (as usual ). Also as usual, if the first band isn’t local, doesn’t have a very popular name in the underground and didn’t bring many … Continue reading

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Interview with JIMMY BERGMAN and SULAN VON ZOOMLANDER (THE END OF GRACE)

Always keeping an eye on new bands, THE END OF GRACE caught my attention. So I decided to ask them a few questions and let you know these Swedes a little better. Guitarists Jimmy Bergman and Sulan Von Zoomlander answered … Continue reading

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Interview with TÓ PICA

Original Portuguese version at Backstage Music Forum. Founded in 1989, R.A.M.P. have built a solid career ever since and there’s practically no Portuguese metalhead who doesn’t know their name. In 2012, their first recording ever, the single “The Last Child”, … Continue reading

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CRASHDIET’s “The Savage Playground”

You should never assume a certain genre of music belongs to a certain age. The so-called “eighties hair metal” is very much rocking and up-to-date nowadays, at least when it comes down to CrashDïet. The band has matured in these last … Continue reading

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DEMENTIA 13’s “There Are Those Who Kill Violently” video making of

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I had heard it through the grapevine that Álvaro (PITCH BLACK) was putting up a death metal project with Zé Pedro (HOLOCAUSTO CANIBAL) but I forgot about it… until I got an e-mail from Álvaro, about one year later, asking … Continue reading

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Revisited: PITCH BLACK @ Gaia Em Peso, 2009/10/31

As PITCH BLACK got the third place in my top-3 of national live performances last year (https://frontrowforever.net/2013/01/01/2012-gold-silver-and-bronze-medals/) but I didn’t have very nice pics in the matching report… http://www.myspace.com/pitchblackattack  

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Revisited: SONIC SYNDICATE-Robin @ Stagedive Day Out, 2009/08/22

Back in 2009 I travelled to Sweden (my first time there) to see Roland Johansson‘s last shows with SONIC SYNDICATE in their homecountry – Sticky Fingers in Göteborg and Stagedive Day Out fest in Nykvärn. I posted about both on … Continue reading

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2012: gold, silver and bronze medals

In 2012 I’ve been to 30 shows and seen 84 different bands (some more than once). So I’ll start with the live top-3: 1st W.A.S.P., Campo Pequeno, Lisboa (PT)  https://frontrowforever.net/2012/11/13/w-a-s-p-campo-pequeno-20121110/  2nd BLOWSIGHT, Debaser Slussen, Stockholm (SE) https://frontrowforever.net/2012/04/21/blowsight-debaser-slussen-20120408/ 3rd PARADISE LOST, … Continue reading

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HEAVENWOOD’s 20th anniversary @ Hard Club, 2012/12/28

Originally posted in Valkyrian Music Feels like it was just the other day that I convinced my mom to take me to the airport and wait for Heavenwood, who were returning home from the recording sessions of their debut “Diva”, in Germany. … Continue reading

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INVICTA X-MASSACRE IV @ Metalpoint, 2012/12/22

I’m not exactly the most frequent client Metalpoint has, but in these 5 years I’ve attended a fair share of events. And only two of them have been sold out – the first edition of Invicta X-Massacre in 2009 and … Continue reading

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