Tag Archives: black metal

UBUREN @ Vagos Metal Fest, 2022/07/28

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Pieni

Original Portuguese version written for Glam Magazine. The headliners of the first day weren’t the only ones playing black metal – also from Norway, and listing DIMMU BORGIR as one of the bands that most inspired them to follow the same … Continue reading →

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SONNEILLON @ Laurus Nobilis Music Fest, 2022/07/22

Posted on June 1, 2024 by Pieni

This gallery contains 42 photos.

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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Revisited: WATAIN @ SWR, 2007/04/29

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Pieni

Never been a fan of black metal, but watching WATAIN at Steel Warriors Rebellion, back in 2007, made me realize that not all bands of the genre sound the same. Even if they caused some trouble – several troubles, actually … Continue reading →

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WORMWOOD @ Vagos Metal Fest, 2019/08/10

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Pieni

Originally shot for Glam Magazine. The night ended with a more melodic side of black metal, singing about Nordic myths and the cosmos: WORMWOOD brought to Vagos their latest “Nattarvet” and a few tracks out of “Ghostlands: Wounds From A Bleeding … Continue reading →

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SATYRICON @ Vagos Metal Fest, 2019/08/10

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Pieni

This gallery contains 42 photos.

Originally shot for Glam Magazine. If there was any doubt about branding SATYRICON as “black metal legends”, this show certainly squashed it. The last leg of their festival tour kicked off that night in Portugal and even the highest expectations were … Continue reading →

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WATAIN @ Vagos Metal Fest, 2019/08/09

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Pieni

Originally shot for Glam Magazine. WATAIN: black metal in its purest and most magnificent form. Yes, the flames and blood definitely catch your eye, but so does Erik Danielsson‘s charisma, meaning it’s not just the apparel that makes their live performances … Continue reading →

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NECROPHOBIC @ Vagos Metal Fest, 2019/08/09

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Pieni

This gallery contains 51 photos.

Originally shot for Glam Magazine. Even if they didn’t mention it, NECROPHOBIC were celebrating 30 years of “a darker kind of death metal”, which eventually turned simply “black metal”. “Celebration Of The Goat”, “Blinded By Light, Enlightened By Darkness” and “Revelation … Continue reading →

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HUMANART @ Laurus Nobilis Music Famalicão, 2019/07/25

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Pieni

Original Portuguese version on World Of Metal. Originally shot for Valkyrian Music. So we thought every band would play for an hour, but nope. HUMANART‘s black metal echoed roughly for about 45 minutes. They’d celebrated their 20th anniversary the previous year and … Continue reading →

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SCHAMMASCH @ Vagos Metal Fest, 2018/08/12

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Pieni

Originally shot for Glam Magazine. Swiss avant-garde black metal act SCHAMMASCH returned to the Portuguese Summer festivals two years later, introducing a new release (the EP “The Maldoror Chants: Hermaphrodite”) and a third guitarist, J.B.. The drummer was also new, but it … Continue reading →

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CRADLE OF FILTH @ Vagos Metal Fest, 2018/08/10

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Pieni

This gallery contains 54 photos.

Originally shot for Glam Magazine. When the power went down in the middle of “Heartbreak And Seance” (or “Bathory Area” – can’t remember for sure. I do know it hadn’t been long since I’d left the photopit, so it must have been … Continue reading →

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