portugal

The mysterious Portuguese hermit casts off his trademark impenetrable darkness.

Casting spells from within the catacombs.

Stream side B of the festival cassette

First annual Portuguese literature, art & music fest

The mind, it frankly boggles

A heartbreaking work of staggering prettiness

A taste of "Luciferian Frequencies"

Now that retro true metal is upon us - see Earache's Heavy Metal Killers compilation (reviewed here) and Metal Blade's recent signing of Ravage - perhaps the "true" true stuff will get its due. Portugal's Ironsword is the real deal, having been blessed by Manilla Ro…

by Cosmo Lee
If in 2008, you asked me to hear an instrumental NeurIsis band with a drum machine, I would sooner have asked to be shot in the face. Luckily, I gave Memoirs (Poison Tree, 2008) a chance. It's gorgeous and suspends my cynicism about the NeurIsis sound
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Up at Decibel, I have reviews of Blotted Science (new project of Ron Jarzombek), Devian (new project of Legion, ex-Marduk), and Rigor Sardonicous (slower-than-slow dooooom), as well as a feature on Portuguese black metallers Corpus Christii, whose recent record Rising is sick-sick-sick
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