1990, a turning point for the portuguese underground scene.
In the middle of the 80´s a couple of bands brought some fresh and new ideas to the desert panorama of creative music in Portugal. Pop Del Arte, Mler If Dada, Mão Morta and a few others where the first to explore new paths in pop / rock; however, no matter how strange these bands could seem to most common listeners by the time, they all ended up making some "easier" songs that could be digested by the mainstream, so it was just a matter of days untill they all got contracts by major labels. In the end of the 80´s, radical underground music was still confined to small handmade fanzines, pirate radio shows and was maintained by people who had the chance to import records from europe or the states. One big exception, probably responsible by all the change that was to follow, was Antonio Sergio´s radio program, "Lança Chamas", that influenced hundreds of youngsters to listen and appreciate radical rock music.
In 1989, Bimotor, a record store that imported underground metal records opened up in Porto, the (most loved, by the way) hometown of Genocide. You could find there the most extreme underground music at the time: Death, Napalm Death, Extreme Noise Terror, Slayer and so many others. Paulo Castro (an independent actor now, with a fascinating career) was responsible by an underground radio show and started making some "heavy metal sessions" at this record store; soon a whole underground movement started to come up, trading lp´s and cassetes (no internet by that time, sorry) and trying to find ways to get some money to buy the cheapest instruments one could find in the greedy record stores.
So, the band started like this. In 1991, we released our first demo tape called "Silent Songs", recorded in Luis Barros´s (from Tarantula, pioneers of heavy portuguese music) studio. The deep, deep vocals, fast drum parts and creative guitar riffs convinced a lot of people, and soon the band, with only a few years of existence, gathered the honourable reputation of "cult band". One of the tracks was included in the first portuguese underground metal compilation ever, called "The birth of a tragedy", edited by MTM records. After some line up changes and the frequent (by the time) problems with the military service, the band was, in 93, probably at the most creative point. After some good shows and a growing reputation as the faster and more precise band in portugal, we got a record deal with Música Alternativa, and our first record titled "genocide" was out in 1994.
The record had an enorm impact in the then much bigger underground scene. We opened up for amazing bands like Napalm Death, Benediction, Hypocrisy, Gorefest, Cradle of Filth, Extreme Noise Terror, Forbidden, Grave and we played with hundreds of portuguese bands, it was really a previlege to meet all these people...
However, by 1996, the scene was completly saturated and overloaded. Black metal and techno became the thing for the new generations that didn´t want to follow up the MTV brainwash (there were other things, of course), and death grind became a bit senseless, since a creative hiatus in the genre had emerged. We also faced this situation, and by this time our musical tastes were far more opened than thrash / death / hc / grind. We decided to play toghether the same musical style that kept us alive during all those years, and we had the chance to play all kinds of other music with other projects and names. Our second record, "breaking point" was out in 1999, continuing our policy of playing the same kind of music that brought us toghether. It was faster, more technical, but some naivity had been lost, and we could never make such a pure record as our first one. Times had changed, and the only thing that kept us playing as fast, difficult, loud and extreme as we could was only the fact of enjoying what we did with the people in it. It still is, when we ocasionally meet for a friendly concert.
Sorry for ommitions, peace and freedom to all. I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
Boas como vai isso? Vamos tocar na amadora, na SCFIA dia 5 de Julho e a entrada é gratuita. É o nosso último concerto antes de entrarmos em gravações do EP ! Apareces?
EXCURSÃO RESURRECTION FEST - 31 de Julho & 1 de Agosto de 2009
Toy Dolls, Mad Caddies, Napalm Death, Madball, Ratos de Porão, H2O, Ignite, Walls of Jericho entre outros...
Saída no dia 31 de Julho pelas 2h30 da madrugada partindo da Avenida dos Aliados no Porto (em frente ao Mc Donalds). Regresso no dia 2 de Agosto pelas 12h.
Data limite para compra de bilhete: 22 de Julho.
O número de lugares é limitado! Espera-se uma grande afluência, pelo que devem reservar o vosso lugar o mais rápido possível!
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Dia 30 de Abril vamos estar no Transmission Bar, no Cais do Sodré, pelas 21 h ! Vamos tocar com Brute Force e A Peaceful Chaos. A entrada são apenas 5€
Depois de partilhar palcos com bandas como
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<br />os TheyWereGunshots finalmente chegam ao Porto.
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<br />4 de Abril na Fábrica de Som(23h)
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Hey como vai isso?
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<br />Vimos convidar-te para o nosso concerto dia 27 no Transmission Bar, no Cais do Sodré!
<br />A entrada são apenas 5 €!
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Boas!<br /><br />Após vencer a meia final realizada no Porto (no MetalPoint), os Equaleft vão estar na final!<br /><br />Aparece na final, que se vai realizar no MetalPoint (C.C. Stop - Porto) já neste sábado.<br /><br />A presença é melhor apoio, pois o público vota!!!!!!!<br /><br />Caso sejamos vencedores iremos ao Moita Metal Fest e ao Caos Emergente (Recarei / Paredes), ou seja, dois grandes festivais! E ainda temos a hipótese de gravar 2 temas em estúdio.<br /><br />Bandas presentes na final:<br />Echoes of the Fallen Messiah (Leiria)<br />Brute Force (Lisboa)<br />Drop D (Valongo)<br />Equaleft (V.N. Gaia)<br />Urban War (Porto)<br /><br />Aproveito para comunicar a mais recente novidade: os Equaleft, após a WarmUp Session em Guimarães, vão estar presentes no SWR Barroselas Metalfest no dia 2 de Maio (cabeça de cartaz: The Haunted), ou seja, no grande festival de metal apoiado pela grande revista internacional: Terrorizer.<br /><br />APARECE, VOTA e NÓS AGRADECEMOS O APOIO!!!!
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<br />Será que podias ajudar Exoss a tocar no SBSR?
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<br />Contamos com o teu voto ;)
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<br />Muito obrigado!
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MARÇO 12 - Coimbra - Ar d'Rato 13 - Lisboa - Music Box 14 - Forjães (Esposende) - Kastru's Bar 27 - Moita - In Live Caffé
ABRIL 03 - Santa Iria da Azóia - Excalibar 09 - Porto - Teatro Sá da Bandeira 10 - Guimarães - CAE São Mamede 24 - Benavente - Side B 25 - Leiria - Alfa Bar
More INFO: www.myspace.com/rampmetal www.rampmetal.com
Concertos para 2009: PAUL DI´ANNO (Ex. IRON MAIDEN) Convidado especial de ATTICK DEMONS na mesma noite tocam como bandas convidadas os Portugueses DRAKKAR e ARTWORX dia 14 Fevereiro, CINE TEATRO CORROIOS G.C.C. Ordem das bandas: 1º DRAKKAR, http://www.myspace.com/drakkarspace 2º ARTWORX, http://www.myspace.com/artworxonline 3º ATTICK DEMONS C/ convidado especial PAUL DI'ANNO, http://www.myspace.com/diannothebeast , http://www.myspace.com/attickdemonsofficial Local de venda de bilhetes: Lojas CARBONO (LISBOA e AMADORA), loja VIRIATVS (baixa de Lisboa), loja XARANGA (C.C. C. Picoas), loja CAVE DISCOS (Lisboa), estúdios FLOYD RECORDS (Almada), Reservas: floyd.eventos@gmail.com Mais concertos para 2009 em www.myspace.com/floydrecords
Não só influenciados pela generosidade natalícia mas também em forma de celebração da renovação do myspace dos ULTRASOUNDSTUDIOS, arranca dia 1 de Novembro uma campanha promocional que não vais querer perder! Os ULTRASOUNDSTUDIOS em conjunto com a RANDALL, DDRUM, ZILDJIAN, DW, EDEN, SPECTOR, LOUD!, ROCKMUSIC e AVANTEGARDE MANAGEMENT vão dar a oportunidade a 5 bandas de em 5 dias gravarem 4 temas supervisionados por Daniel Cardoso por apenas 500 euros, com ALOJAMENTO INCLUÍDO!*
Consulta já o nosso myspace para mais informações!
* Campanha válida para o período de 2 a 30 de Janeiro de 2009
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