Category Archives: Concerts

LACUNA COIL @ Vagos Open Air, 2013/08/09

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Original Portuguese version at Sound(/)Zone. » Also LACUNA COIL were pretty excited about playing in Portugal again, after so many years. And Cristina Scabbia said at some point that they wouldn’t let another decade go by until they’d returned. With “Dark … Continue reading →

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SONATA ARCTICA @ Vagos Open Air, 2013/08/09

Original Portuguese version at Sound(/)Zone. Para a Andreia Moutinho  » SONATA ARCTICA were far from being a live novelty in Portugal, having played here first with STRATOVARIUS, then with GAMMA RAY and last time with Doro. But the latter had been in … Continue reading →

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EVERGREY @ Vagos Open Air, 2013/08/09

Original Portuguese version at Sound(/)Zone. » As the night started to fall, Swedish EVERGREY got on stage, with their somber and progressive melodies. And what a premiere! With a 18-year-old career and eight studio albums, it wasn’t hard to delight the … Continue reading →

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MOONSORROW @ Vagos Open Air, 2013/08/09

Original Portuguese version at Sound(/)Zone. » For the first time in Portugal, MOONSORROW delivered one of those shows that only pagan bands can: belligerent rhythms and ferocious screams, mottled with “blood” and their heads in spinning mode. Energy all the way. … Continue reading →

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BIZARRA LOCOMOTIVA @ Vagos Open Air, 2013/08/09

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Original Portuguese version at Sound(/)Zone. Especialmente para a bff Sandra Gradim  » Up next came the one and only BIZARRA LOCOMOTIVA. Singer Rui Sidónio spilled adrenaline through every pore from minute one, which isn’t a novelty anyway. And despite the lack … Continue reading →

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SECRET LIE @ Vagos Open Air, 2013/08/09

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Original Portuguese version at Sound(/)Zone. » Despite all “controversy” due SECRET LIE‘s participation, the general reaction of the public wasn’t that bad. And unlike previous years, where there’s not many people watching the first band in the first day, the … Continue reading →

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HEAD:STONED @ Hard Club, 2013/06/27

Originally posted in Valkyrian Music. » Head:Stoned, formerly known as Headstone, have also been out of my radar for a while. To the point that I didn’t know they had released a new EP early this year,  “Present Inexistence”, which they played … Continue reading →

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UNFOLDED VISION’s “Perspectives” presentation concert

Originally posted in Valkyrian Music. » Unfolded Vision is a rock/metal band formed in late 2006, but their members have been around a lot longer than that. They’ve changed singers a couple of years ago (César Teixeira stepped in for Henrique Loureiro) and I … Continue reading →

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MEAN ROCK MACHINE @ Hard Club, 2013/06/27

Originally posted in Valkyrian Music. » The first guys to go on stage were bluesy hard rockers Mean Rock Machine. It’d been a long while since I’d last seen them, and even though Manu’s voice sounded a bit more uncontrolled and broken, … Continue reading →

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DEF LEPPARD @ Palacio Vistalegre, 2013/06/26

DEF LEPPARD was one of the first rock bands I got into (the half dozen of vinyls I own include “Adrenalize”) but never had the chance to see live. And to be honest, when I “accidentally” saw MAN RAZE (Phil … Continue reading →

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