OqueStrada

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OqueStrada is born from the vision of Marta Miranda and Pablo – both coming from the world of entertainment, she as a theatre actress with experience on the hidden fado houses and Cape Verdean taverns, where she began to sing, he coming from France with a suitcase full of experience in urban intervention and show design – to create a portable musical project with the shape of a small neighbourhood orchestra ready to travel, where the personality and uniqueness of each one is the key point.

They invited João Lima along with his Portuguese guitar, to join the voice and the “contrabacia”. The trio always assure that the orchestra always kept the door open to other road lovers, accordionists, trumpetists and classical guitars.

OqueStrada set its base in the city on the other side of river Tagus, a lookout for Lisbon. In this suburban reality, they tackled the destiny and hit the road, building, year after year, their own circuit. “They left in search of a country and went on building a cult. From village to village, from town to town, they took by storm the capital city where they sold out venues while singing about a hidden and migrant Lisbon, about the suburbs as charmed places. Copies of home demos were circulating the country, making them a well-kept secret for many. “Their simple music grew on this adventure between small village fairs, “tascas”, festivals and city venues. In OqueStrada an adventurous and independent song was created out of few resources, assuming the acoustic sampling, the DIY and a well orchestrated musical vagrancy. Some of the instruments, like the “contrabacia”, the percussion chair and the tiny Yamaha keyboards came in and were saved from a sad end in the junkyard. They are now key parts to the compositions. To do the world with what one finds in the way is something the OqueStrada appreciates.

In 2009, seven years after the first concert, “TascaBeat – O Sonho Português”(“TascaBeat – The Portuguese Dream”) was released in Portugal, to wide acclaim, both from critics and public. It stayed for four months in the Portuguese charts (Top 30) for four months and in 2010 it will be given international release.

Band Members :

Marta Miranda

Pablo

João Lima

Zeto Feijão

Donatello Brida

Marina Henriques

Discography :

TascaBeat – O Sonho Português

Check It Out On :

Website - http://www.oquestrada.com

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OqueStrada

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Imploding Stars

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Born in Taipas, Guimarães, in 2011, Imploding Stars is a band inserted in the Portuguese Post-Rock panorama. The group, which suffered some changes in its elements until getting to its current form, is inspired by bands like The Allstar Project, Explosions in the Sky, Mono, Kasper Rosa and This Will Destroy You. Young Route, their first EP, released in April 2012, consists of three songs and was mixed and mastered my David Viegas. Imploding Stars was always an instrumental band and since the beginning they have been playing on great stages such as Hardclub, Santiago Alquimista and Armazem do Chá in Porto, N101 and Barco Rock Fest in Taipas and some other smaller festivals. The band has also made a tour throughout Ireland and Iberian Peninsula, where they played with a couple of awesome bands such as Immanu El, Kasper Rosa, Syberia, Eatenbybears, The Continuous Battle, Pigs as People and others.

Band Members :

Tiago Silva

Filipe Oliveira

Jorge Cruz

Diogo Teixeira

Francisco Carvalho

Discography :

Young Route EP

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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ImplodingStars

Bandcamp - http://implodingstars.bandcamp.com

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Hills Have Eyes

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 Hills Have Eyes were born in warm and sunny Portugal, in a town called Setúbal placed just by the river. It's all about playing rock music and having fun with your friends. Love us or hate us - we are still here.

Band Members :

Fábio Batista

Nuno Silva

Miguel Borrego

Luís Silva

João Cruz

Discography :

All Doves Have Been Killed

Black Book

Strangers

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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/hillshaveeyes

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Pernas de Alicate

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Pernas De Alicate is not simply a project, it is the co-creation of images and sounds to make something new, crafted by two people who are together in everything: Carlos BB and Sara Feio. He sets the drum beat and she illustrates.

Each new piece of work starts from the baseline and grows from the ground up; while BB works with musicians to build new sounds, Sara works with artists to build new visuals.

BB and Sara both start from the same footing, and while they take on their own creative path with each new piece of work, the sounds and illustrations both end up in the same place, coming together completely. Just like bow legs.

Both BB and Sara invite musicians and illustrators to collaborate with them. The project itself is designed to be welcoming and open to new artists, using a different set of guests featured on each track. These organic collaborations are born out of a mutual desire to work with each other, without any planning from BB or Sara.

The work takes place at the Black Sheep Studios in Sintra, a prestigious part of Portugal's music history. The recording space has already housed the lieks of PAUS, Linda Martini, You Can't Win Charlie Brown, Anarchicks, Brass Wires Orchestra, and Juba.

Now the studio is home to Pernas de Alicate, too.

Band Members :

Carlos BB

Sara Feio

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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PernasDeAlicate

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Peixe:Aviao

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Founded in the Summer of 2007 in the city of Braga, Peixe:Aviao were rapidly noticed by the national press through a self-released debut EP. Since then their career has developed steadily through their debut album 40.02 (Rastilho Records, 2008) and Madrugada (PAD, 2010).

Playing on the best national stages and venues, a fervent cult following and critical acclaim make PEIXE : AVIAO one of the most promising artists that are part of the new generation of Portuguese musical talent.

Band Members :

André Covas

José Figueiredo

Luís Fernandes

Pedro Oliveira

Ronaldo Fonseca

Discography :

Finjo A Fazer de Conta Feito

40.02

Madrugada

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Website - http://www.peixeaviao.com

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/peixe.aviao

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Kumpania Algazarra

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Kumpania Algazarra were born in 2004 in Sintra, like some sort of anti-routine brigade, inspired by the muses of festivity, in a exciting dialogue between music and animation, creating a framework for dancing and blissfullness. 

Their seeds planted in the streets, stage of their first concerts, flourished, starting to give joy in the most diverse ocasions and situations like streets, gardens, squares, stages, alternative spaces, animations, weaddings, benefit causes, parties and festivals. 

In 2008 they release their first album, that aspects all this journey. 

Their music is nomad, multilingual and universal. 

They\'re influened by a kaleidoscopic sonority: Balkan furor, Arabic drifting, Latin warmth, Afro-beat refinement and explosions of Klezmer and Ska.

The result of this variety of influences, brought together by a unique and original fusion process, is an energetic and contagious moment. 

Their lyris invite to a reflection about the inhuman state of the world and stimulate individual liberation. 

This musical project brings freshness and enriches the world music made in portugal, extinguishing geographical and age limits. 

Band Members :

Francisco Amorim (Kiko)

Gil Gonçalves

Helder Silva

Hugo Fontaínhas

Luís Barrocas (Trinta)

Luís Bastolini

Paul Hagenaar

Pedro Pereira

Ricardo Pinto

Discography :

Kumpania Algazarra

Kumpania Algazarra Remixed

A Festa Continua

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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kalgazarra

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Aspen

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Aspen formed around the beggining of 2009, by Cristiano Veloso (drums) and Tiago Pereira (guitar) (formely members of the Stoner Doom band Cosmic Vishnu) in Barcelos, Portugal. Exploring an ambiental, doom and heavy rock sound the band later that year felt the need of a third member, having Vitor Oliveira (bass) joining the band. 

Band Members :

Tiago Pereira

Cristiano Veloso

Vítor Oliveira

Discography :

Winds of Revenge

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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/lesaspen

Bandcamp - http://aspenband.bandcamp.com/

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Gwydion

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Gwydion's journey started in 1995, a project founded by a group of friends that shared the same passion for metal and interest in Celtic culture. During these first stages of the band, three demos were presented to the Portuguese metal scene and dozens of gigs were performed throughout Portugal. 

In 2007, Gwydion prepared to record their first full-length album "Ynys Mön". Their originality and effort triggered the interest of the German label TROLLZORN, which offered a contract to release the album. With Ynys Mön, Gwydion finally started to draw some international attention and ultimately received an invitation to make an European tour in October 2008 with top bands TYR, HOLLENTHON, ALESTORM, and SVARTSOT: the RAGNAROK AASKEREIA'S TOUR.

During 2009, Gwydion played in nearly all major metal Portuguese metal festivals, delivering a distinct sound and attitude, and received continuously great feedback. At the end of the year, Gwydion finished the recordings and production of their second album "Horn Triskelion". "Horn Triskelion" truly represented fifteen years of accumulated experience and ideas. The readers of Portugal's biggest metal magazine LOUD magazine have chosen GWYDION to be the 2nd best band over 2010 + their album "Horn Triskelion" was considered the 3rd best album of 2010! 

Now, in 2013, Gwydion presents "VETERAN". Fans will experience a slightly different musical-style, as the music is much more epic and "metal" than folk compared to the previous release. Since the beginning of the band, they had a very influential epic component in their songs, so naturally when they created "VETERAN", they decided to have a strong mixture of heavy metal riffs and epic/folk songs. "VETERAN" is a story of a warrior since his birth through his training, conquests and defeats with relevance to the History of Portugal.

Band Members :

Ruben Almeida

Daniel César

Miguel Kaveirinha

João Paulo

Bruno Henriques

Luis Abreu

Discography :

Ynys Mön

Horn Triskelion

Veteran

Check It Out On :

Website - http://www.gwydion.org

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GwydionPT

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For The Glory

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Formed in 2003, For The Glory is a five piece hardcore band hailing from Lisboa. For The Glory is a band that conveys what they love to play, with a passionate way to perform hardcore, with rawness and an agressive sound, based upon true lyrics. For The Glory definitely has set their seeds to archive once more what European Hardcore is all about!

Band Members :

Ricardo

Sergio

Pedro

Rui

  

João 

Discography :

Survival Of The Fittest

Some Kids Have No Face

Lisbon Blues

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Website - http://www.fortheglory.rastilho.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/forthegloryhc

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Remaining Chaos

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Remaining Chaos is a Symphonic Death Metal band focused on producing high quality compositions, making use of the orchestral melodies combined with the agressive power of Melodic death metal.

Band Members :

Pedro Pimentel

Stefan Sjöberg

Pedro Vitorino

Discography :

A New Silence EP

Check It Out On :

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/remainingchaos.band

Bandcamp - http://remainingchaos.bandcamp.com/

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Old Jerusalem

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Old Jerusalem is a project led by the Portuguese musician Francisco Silva. The release of the split-demo CD “Old & Alla”, in December 2001, marks both the beginning of public activity for Old Jerusalem as a band and for Francisco Silva as a songwriter.

After a few concerts and appearances on several compilations, Old Jerusalem released in January 2003 its debut album, “April”, through the small Portuguese independent label Bor Land.

Since then Old Jerusalem has maintained a steady level of activity, between concerts, new releases – “Twice the humbling sun” (2005), the split-EP “Splitted” (2006) with Puny and Bruno Duarte, “The temple bell” (2007) and, more recently, “Two birds blessing” (2009) – and collaborations with other artists, not only as a musician (The Unplayable Sofa Guitar, Green Machine, The Neon Road, among others), but also as a writer, having worked on this level with artists as diverse as Carlos Bica, Bernardo Sassetti, Alla Polacca, Mandrágora and Kubik.

Band Members :

Francisco Silva

Discography :

Old & Alla Split

April

Twice the humbling sun 

Splitted Split-EP

The temple bell

Two birds blessing

Old Jerusalem

Check It Out On :

Website - http://www.oldjerusalem.net/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/oldjerusalempt

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Necromanther

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Necromanther is a portuguese solo project formed in 2005 by Valter Abreu (The Redesign, Ex-Shell From Oceanic, Ex-Remaining Chaos, Ex-Sonneillon). It all started with the need of creating an unique sound in which he could experiment as much as possible.

On the 29th February, 2012 the debut album “Between Mankind And Extinction” was finally released.

On 2013 the project entered an hiatus and Valter stated that it will continue in the future under a new name.

Band Members :

Valter Abreu

Discography :

Soft & Deadly (2008​-​2011 Demos)

World Of Sungrave

Between Mankind And Extinction

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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Necromanther

Bandcamp - http://necromanther.bandcamp.com/

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