One of the good news this year was that the organization did everything in their power to keep the same ticket prices as the previous year:50€(quite cheap right?) and at the same time they continued to improve the conditions of the festival; the beer had a reasonable price (1, 5 €), there were more portable…
The Marés Vivas TMN fest was celebrating this year its 10º edition so the organization decided to have 4 days of “party” instead of the usual 3. For those of you who don’t know this Portuguese festival and are too lazy to see my other poor reviews here’s what you need to know: this summer…
Day 01 So this was the first edition I attended to this festival which is also organised by SWR inc. the same organization that arranges and manages the Steel Warriors Rebellion Fest every April. The Festival took place in an old cinema inside a Mall in the center of the city Braga (North of Portugal);…
As you may know from the previous editions, the fest takes place in a soccer field and this third edition was no different, the organization brought some improvements such as a new roof above the seats in the right side of the field. since that in the previous editions dust was a real problem, they…
Since the last and first edition was a great success, the Fade in organization and the City Council of Leiria decided to continue the fest this year in the same spot: The Castle of Leiria; let me tell you a little bit about this magnificent piece of architecture: this medieval Castle was built by the…
And here we are again in the fourteenth edition of SWR Barroselas Metal Fest, each time bigger and always with better improvements to several levels. The stage layout remained the same as last year (one main stage, second one and a third smaller one outside the tent), but the background theme was different, if the…
The most awaited night for the last weeks (or may I say years?) arrived. Mayhem finally played in our homeland. The stakes were very high since they’re famous for their past, they would have to exceed the high expectations of the Portuguese fans. The only opening band in the city of Porto was supposed to…
Before the Rain + Katatonia (27-11-10) The concert took place again at Hard Club (Porto), and as I mentioned in my last review (see Anathema 03-11-10) the heat inside the venue was horrible, so I think everybody was praying that the air conditioning system would be working this time; but that was only wishful thinking…
This was the first edition of Vagos Open Air I had the pleasure to attend; after chatting with some friends that attended the past edition it was noticeable an evident increase in the number of audience this year, perhaps the cancellation of two other summer metalfests may have contributed in some way. Vagos Open Air…
This was the 8th edition and every year this festival grows more and more, this year the organization was expecting aproximately 25.000 people (which is the limited capacity), all the tickets sold out and the camping sites as well. The Marés vivas Festival took place in the city of Gaia in a site called “Cabedelo”…