Category Archives: Concerts

Original Portuguese version here: http://www.backstageforum.com/t4615-reportagem-hammerfall-vicious-rumours-amaranthe-hard-club-2011-12-09 » It wasn’t 20:00 yet and already two dozens of people were at the doors of Hard Club. I’m glad they were, as the gig started earlier than it was supposed to: the ticket said … Continue reading →

Original Portuguese version here: http://www.backstageforum.com/t4604-reportagem-turisas-gwydion-hard-club-2011-11-27 » But the real festivities started with the Finns, who visited us for the first time. “Marching” right away with “The March Of The Varangian Guard”, band and crowd showed a great complicity and the … Continue reading →

Original Portuguese version here: http://www.backstageforum.com/t4604-reportagem-turisas-gwydion-hard-club-2011-11-27 » I wasn’t previously warned about the TURISAS gig being moved to Hard Club’s Room #2. I was counting on the photopit and so I didn’t go to the venue early enough. Therefor the scarce number of … Continue reading →

Original Portuguese version here: http://www.backstageforum.com/t4602-reportagem-amorphis-leprous-nahemah-hard-club-2011-11-20 » It was almost 23:00 when the intro for AMORPHIS finally was heard and, one by one, the headliners took their places on stage – Tomi Joutsen being last, of course. Promoting “The Beginning Of Times” … Continue reading →

Original Portuguese version here: http://backstageforum.hot-me.com/t4602-reportagem-amorphis-leprous-nahemah-hard-club-2011-11-20 » When the members of LEPROUS played with Ihsahn in this year’s edition of Vagos Open Air, I liked what I saw pretty much. The talent of these Norwegian youngsters was tangible. But when I saw … Continue reading →

Original Portuguese version here: http://backstageforum.hot-me.com/t4602-reportagem-amorphis-leprous-nahemah-hard-club-2011-11-20 » As usual at Hard Club, the number of people there when the doors opened wasn’t even 1/10 of what would be registered later. But the expression “few but good” applied and the Spanish were … Continue reading →

Melodic death metal from Leoben, also in Austria. And I mean melodic death metal in the original sense – when I hear that bands like AMARANTHE or THE UNGUIDED are melodic death metal, the concept has obviously changed… Anyway, VINEGAR … Continue reading →

Even though each of the 5 bands on the bill that night played a different musical style, I still felt that JAM EXPERIENCE was a little out of place with their experimental/avant-gard rock. At the same time, it was the … Continue reading →

These boys from Eferding (AT) are a bit too much metalcore for my personal taste, but if you’re into all those loud screams typical of the genre, then you must check them out – they sure attack the stage as … Continue reading →