A corrosive snarl and tense mechanical whine open Process of Guilt’s side of their new split with Swiss bruisers Rorcal, and that inhuman noise proves to be a blood-curdling preview of what’s to come. The Portuguese mainstays joined forces with B

Ever since Geist Ist Teufel came out, more than a decade ago, Dutch duo Urfaust have been taking black metal a step further, employing it as a means to spiritual enlightenment. Every component in Urfaust’s music plays a part in the exorcism: IX’s

  Like their name, they leave things simple, their boots firmly planted in the roots of the hardcore punk genre, but nevertheless taking it to its (il)logical extreme point, adding powerviolence and blackened sludgy sonic hatred to form a par

YOB has never put out a bad record, but this new one is a marked step up from Atma, and very much on par with 2009’s triumphant The Great Cessation. Scheidt and YOB are masters of the form, and they’re sounding particularly inspired here. I hope

Today’s track of the day is not for the faint of heart. If you’re plugged in with headphones, prepare for the f-cking abrasive onslaught of industrial apocalypse that is Pharmakon’s “Body Betrays Itself”. The first 45 seconds sound like the

YOB’s latest record stands as one of their densest, so it’s good that the band’s greatest asset, their impeccable pacing, remains intact. “Unmask the Spectre” plays out as a masterclass in dramatic tension, its punishing core buffer

Muitos de nós já o vimos sem saber, já lhe estudamos os pormenores sem querer. Ele é designer, comunicador, artista e, dizemos nós, um precioso melómano, com uma predilecção por ambientes negros e universos obsessivamente intrincados. Nos seu

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Swans e Cult of Luna vão atuar no Amplifest 2014, que se realiza a 4 e 5 de Outubro, no Porto. O evento conta com 18 bandas, filmes, exposições e envolventes conversas. As atuações dividem-se entre o Hard Club e o espaço Gare, num evento para &

Promoter’s perspective: Please have in mind that the running order was chosen with the utmost attention. As you know, every band and every slot at Amplifest is important. Also, every band is playing the time they requested, we simply adapt ourselve