Category Archives: Concerts

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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Revisited: DAEMOGORGON @ Velha Guarda IV, 2010/09/04

DAEMOGORGON will be the special guests on this year’s X-Massacre, so I went fishing in the vault for pics of these black/death metallers from Guimarães. These were taken in the 4th (and last) edition of Velha Guarda (Old School) Fest, … Continue reading

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EQUALEFT @ Metalpoint, 2012/12/08

Metal, good spirits, mosh circles, headbanging, crowdsurfing, soft-plushie mooses, lightsabers, cookies… this is insurrecore . http://www.facebook.com/equaleft Before the show: The show:

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SKINNING @ Metalpoint, 2012/12/08

2/3 DAEMOGORGON + 1/3 POSMORTIIS = SKINNING, a death metal trio from Guimarães. Not my cup of tea, but I guess they’re good in what they do. https://www.facebook.com/pages/SKINNING/307359749303706 Out with the smoke, in with the dim lights… Ah well. 

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DEBUNKER @ Metalpoint, 2012/12/08

After the laughter in the EQUALEFT HQ, it was time to go down two floors and get inside Metalpoint, for the warm-up gig of the oldest national metal fest. Hardmetal Fest will be holding its 19th edition early 2013 (January … Continue reading

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Revisited: MOONSPELL @ Caos Emergente, 2009/09/11

I think it was the first time I’ve seen a MOONSPELL gig which didn’t end with “Fullmoon Madness”. Instead, the encore was made of a few songs from the early beginning, songs from the “Under The Moonspell”-EP and before, the … Continue reading

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SKUNK ANANSIE + THE JEZABELS @ Coliseu do Porto, 2012/11/07

Originally written for HINTF After hitting the Lisbon and Porto Coliseus last year, during the “Wonderlustre” tour, SKUNK ANANSIE repeated the treat with their new album “Black Traffic”. They brought with them Australian THE JEZABELS, who got on stage at … Continue reading

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FEAR FACTORY @ Hard Club, 2012/11/18

It had been 6 years since FEAR FACTORY had last played in the north of Portugal, at the original Hard Club, and boy were we happy to have them back! The security guys had their hands full with the crowdsurfers … Continue reading

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THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT @ Hard Club, 2012/11/18

While the roadies set the stage for Devin Townsend and his buddies, a videowall in the background exhibited the usual funny puppet footage that Mr. Townsend is so famous for. The music wasn’t very loud, so I can’t tell if … Continue reading

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