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Original Portuguese version on World Of Metal. On the very day their sophomore album is released, MOONSHADE get on stage at Laurus. It wouldn’t make sense for this to be the official release party of “As We Set The Skies Ablaze” … Continue reading
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Original Portuguese version on World Of Metal. For those who don’t know GRINDEAD I can confirm that they live up to their name. I could tell you about their members’ history in the national underground but this band, that I believe … Continue reading
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Original Portuguese version on World Of Metal. Watching a black metal band play at five in the afternoon is always weird – although it’s morbidly funny seeing the corpse paint melt under the heat – but the fans reaction (there … Continue reading
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Originally posted on Valkyrian Music. A lot of people stayed in front of the main stage, saving their spot for MANOWAR, but VËLLA had a considerably large crowd watching them – enough to build the first real mosh circle of the festival … Continue reading
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Originally posted on Valkyrian Music. RHAPSODY OF FIRE, on the other hand, was a great choice. I confess I had no idea there were so many fans of theirs in Portugal, but then again, a lot of Spanish were present, and … Continue reading
Originally posted on Valkyrian Music. What seemed like a joke was the band that came next (no offense). JARDIM LETAL (that’s Portuguese for “lethal garden”…) fit more in some town festivities than a metal festival, sounding more like a pop band than the … Continue reading
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Originally posted on Valkyrian Music. When DARKTRIBE got on stage next, I noticed the drummer kept looking at the computer by his side and I joked to myself “the drummer needs a cheat sheet”. Then I saw his face and I … Continue reading
Originally posted on Valkyrian Music. Despite the two stages, the slightly bigger one was destined just for the two “main” bands (MANOWAR and RHAPSODY OF FIRE) of this first day, meaning the action kept taking place on the smaller one. So … Continue reading
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Originally posted on Valkyrian Music. Portugal has a rich rock and metal underground, so promoters try not to repeat names as much as they can. But VIA SACRA is a local band and has been working on some new material … Continue reading
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