Originally written for Valkyrian Music. Every HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD record is a box of surprises. If you thought “CHAOS” meant “Hotel Kalifornia” would follow the heaviness of “New Empire – Vol. 1”, then “Wild In These Streets” came and delivered that hip hop vibe they’ve started with in “Swan Songs”. In … Continue reading
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Original Portuguese version on World Of Metal. One of the promoters of this event told me he considered César Alves “the best guitarist he’s ever met”; that plus the fact that THE INSANE SLAVE are working on the follow-up to their … Continue reading
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Original Portuguese version on World Of Metal. The Dourado brothers and The Skull Room Studio “daughter” band followed suit. Changing from SUGIRU‘s gear to THREE OF ME‘s took a little longer than expected, but which underground event doesn’t run late? We … Continue reading
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Original Portuguese version on World Of Metal. I often say that “alternative rock” (and metal) is the broadest term when it comes to musical genres. The Skull Room Rockfest proved so by featuring five bands of that same genre and … Continue reading
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Original Portuguese version on World Of Metal. In September, BLAME ZEUS had introduced their new bass player Bruno Branco on social media and in early November they introduced him live, at Metalpoint – although, of course, the long awaited return to … Continue reading
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Original Portuguese version on World Of Metal. BLAME ZEUS‘ guests were a pleasant surprise. I had never heard of MR. GIANT & THE BROKEN STONE but their alternative rock, bordering melodic metal, took me over completely. Their debut album, “Metamorphosis”, … Continue reading
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Concerts are slowly starting to happen across Europe, but I haven’t been graced by any yet. Not that I’d have missed this even if I had attended a gig every night for the past week – just wanted to let … Continue reading
Originally written for Valkyrian Music. “New Empire” is HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD’s gold coin – volume 1 showing their heaviest side, and now volume 2 showing the exact opposite. Which one is better? Well, that’s the same as asking if a burger is better … Continue reading
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Dedicated to everyone suffering from live music withdrawal, especially Sandrinha and Pipo. Live streams are far – waaaaaay far – from “the same thing” as live on-site’s, but it helps filling the void left by the lack of the latter. … Continue reading
First time I’ve heard of HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD was late 2009, when SONIC SYNDICATE announced a German tour with them. SoSy–Robin was so stoked about it that I had to check them out. But I was unimpressed at the time. Not … Continue reading
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