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New Reviews and interviews Online (Por & Eng)!
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First 2009 Tourdates schedulled for Portugal and Spain
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Airplay @ Ant3na's "Alta Tensão" + Album Of The Month @ Metalmorfose Radio Show
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"The Bitterest Flavours" Album Of The Year + Interview @ Via Nocturna
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... Not only sun and splendour reside in Europe’s westernmost city. Since a time that can't be recalled, there has been a deeply entrenched feeling of longing and gloom existing on old Lisbon's narrow and shadowed streets. This naturally reflects in the character, blood and soul of the Portuguese people. Just listen to the ultimate evidence – Fado - the genuine Portuguese national song whose name derives from the Latin fatum, which means fate and destiny.
This emotional heritage intersperses with the warm and bright tones of a Portuguese tear-shaped Fado guitar, as it does with Divine Lust’s Melancholic Metal, both born from an ever-present doomy and desolate mood.
Divine Lust came to life in 1998 with their first live appearance. Since then, about half hundred shows have been performed, some of those on the same bill as references to the band and this musical genre itself, namely Anathema in 2001, My Dying Bride in 2002 and a short Iberian tour with To/Die/For and Beseech in 2006.
Regarding studio affairs, the band’s curriculum includes a demo CD entitled "Terceiro Pecado" released in 1999 and the debut album "Divine Lust" which was launched in 2002. The latter provided the group with a reasonable amount of exposure. A video-clip from the song "Morrigan" was air-played on several TV channels and the band appeared on national TV stations Sic Radical and NTV. The general feedback on the album in the press was equally encouraging.
"The Bitterest Flavours" is Divine Lust’s long-awaited second full-length. It was recorded at Medusa Lab Studios and comprises 11 new songs. Besides band members Filipe Gonçalves (vocals and guitars), João Costa (drums), António Capote (keyboards) and Ricardo Pinhal (guitars), this recording was enhanced by the talent of Paula Teixeira (female vocals), Tiago Flores (violinist of the strings combo, Corvos), Ricardo Marques (Portuguese guitar) and Dikk (bass).
Released in Autumn 2008 by french label Deadsun Records, "The Bitterest Flavours" is, music and lyrics wise, the result of years of artistic maturation and emotional catharsis.
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