In the previous editions of Amplifest we have always encouraged the musicians to leave the comfort of the backstage in their spare time and go blend themselves with the public, have a drink with their fans and enjoy the shows; it adds to the sense of

Roadburn is as important for music lovers as Meca is to muslims, Rome to Christians and the Pyramids to the ancient alien coconut crazy people. And there’s a reason why it works like this: the festival is the avant-garde of riff oriented music,

Grind is usually about exceeding, both in pace, noise and decadence. It is punk hardcore in its most extreme form, tearing our guts with frequencies so violent you actually feel them with your skin. Utopium add to the most aggressive of sounds their

We’ve been working with François Cambuzat for years now, and that’s not something likely to change in the meantime. And here’s why: the French guitarist excels in expression, more than technique. The guitar and François’s ability to manipul

Much more than just a promising band, KATABATIC have long established themselves as one of the most relevant Portuguese post-rock outfits. Following the release of ‘Vago’ EP and a long string of shows that that included an Iberian tour with Caspi

HHY is the moniker used by experimental dub wizard Jonathan Saldanha, who’s had his previous work on John Zorn’s own label Tzadik regarded by Zorn himself as a “21st century cult classic”. Also a part of many other unique projects such as Fuj

It’s not easy to picture a set of bolero- inspired ballads built over a drum machine stuffed with beatbox samples that puts out rhythms that range all the way from subtle beats to full blown Swans-like industrial marches, but that’s a way of putt

A perfect and unearthly balance between the sacred and the secular and an ability to use the profane as heavenly. This is David V. D’Andrea in a nutshell, a renown artist whose portfolio speaks for itself, not only through its hauntingly beautiful

Black Mass Rising is more than a movie. Really, it is: it’s a label and a platform to promoting new music artists and to establish the ones we already know to be great. That’s why, for 22 scenes, eleven in colour and another eleven in black and w

Black Bombaim and la la la resonance stand, each in their own way and within their own genres, for the best instrumental music being written in Europe right now. The first ones build some of the most humongous and groovie riffs, colouring them in psy