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Portuguese enigma Gaerea have swiftly risen swiftly to the upper echelons of black metal over the past few years with their modern interpretation of the dark art. Their position was reinforced with the release of the critically acclaimed ‘Mirage’ back… Continue Reading →
As the band’s name suggests, dark soundscapes have been their trademark, a view which I confirmed when listening to previous works “Semente” (2016) and “Sangue Cássia” (2018). I found the former offered more than the latter, which for me overdid… Continue Reading →
This is an Epic Heavy Metal band from Lisbon, founded in 2021, with two former members of Ravensire. This is their debut album, their demo tape sold out a long time ago. Epic heavy metal is a term thrown about… Continue Reading →
This is the second album from this Portuguese trio, whose style falls into the category of post-doom-death-sludge. The band has been in existence for 12 years. Sound alert … that’s what the beginning suggests. A persistently dark beat and insistent… Continue Reading →
Those of you that follow the underground death metal scenes of various countries probably know that this Portuguese act was originally called Summon and whilst there aren’t that many acts with this moniker Blasphemous Fire is certainly more memorable even… Continue Reading →
The band name wasn’t familiar to me but I could see that Besta have been pumping out death-grindcore for more than 10 years and that this is their fourth album release. I can also see that three of the members… Continue Reading →
With a dense sound of a typical Running Wild release, Rage and Fire are similar in style to the likes of Manowar, the aforementioned (mid-Period), Ironsword and an easy lazy one, Manilla Road. So you have a flavour straight away…. Continue Reading →
Surprisingly this Portuguese band has been around for over a decade but during that time have only released a couple of EPs in 2012 and 2014 before a lengthy spell of inactivity, only to resurface with this latest effort designated… Continue Reading →
Portuguese duo Pedro Soares and Guilherme Henriques (past and present members of Gaerea) have returned with OAK, their Atmospheric Funeral/Death Doom Metal project whose sophomoric full length release has been picked up for release on CD and LP by Season… Continue Reading →
I don’t know if it is the effect of cough mixture 3 years past it’s sell by date, the plague like cough that necessitates it or the surrealist nature of yuletide in 2022 but “Blood Red Lullabies” is hitting me In the right fever sweat spots…. Continue Reading →
Portuguese Black Metal band Mallus Spiritus trace their lineage back to the 90’s and a few quietly released demos. Now, thirty years on and with a lifetime of experience under their collective bullet belts, they have returned with a debut… Continue Reading →
The Ishtar Gate, mighty entrance to the inner circles of the near mythical city of Babylon, its construction ordered by King Nebuchadnezzar the Great two and half millennia ago was one of the wonders of the ancient world, and remains… Continue Reading →