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Metalegion 5

Highlights on this issue range from features with some of the top acts of the metal scene, like Possessed, Nocturnus AD, Kampfar, Usurper, Protector, Vulture or the cult Hungarian act Tormentor but also covering underground gems like Vigilance, Necromutilator, Disowning, Asphodelus, Bloodlust or the Portuguese Hellhammer worshipers Martelo Negro to state just a few.

It also features a live report from the Portuguese extremist festival SWR Barroselas Metalfest #22 plus all sort of regular sections and a 76 minutes sampler CD featuring songs from bands that will satiate your headbanging needs.

Plus all sort of regular sections and a 76 minutes sampler CD featuring songs from bands that will satiate your headbanging needs.

POSSESSED
this is unquestionably one of the most anticipated moments… The return of Americans Possessed with the release of the long-waited third album entitled “Revelations of Oblivion”. There is no doubt that a special affection exists for Jeff Becerra, who – after being victim of an armed robbery that left him paralyzed from the chest down decades ago – returns, affirming himself as the metal reference that in reality never ceased to be

NOCTURNUS AD
pushing the death metal limits with a new paradox

KAMPFAR
Dolk’s vision of a real hostile reptilian manifest

AD PATRES
introduction to a new level of deadly experiences

VIGILANCE
expanding their heavy realms with dark ambience

ABNORMALITY
approaching brutal technical death with individuality

USURPER
the anticipated return of the lords of the permafrost

DISOWNING
erecting a dense wall of technical death metal

DORMANTH
the chemistry has never been so high

CATASTROFY
underlying problems to a fun Slovak thrashing tone

GUTLESS
remembering why Australia remains a deathly country

MARTELO NEGRO
evoking hellhammerish models with Portuguese warmth

SEPULCRATION
taking solid steps in old school death metal traditions

IMMORTAL SUFFERING
reincarnation of the spirit of the violent ‘90s

VULTURE
the German answer to good old speed thrash metal

NECROMUTILATOR
a bestial Italian stroke into the heart of Christianity

ASPHODELUS
mixing primal influences in a doom death cauldron

FOUL
cryptic worms served on a golden plate of heaviness

CBF
at the end of the night a can of trashy tuna is enough

BLOODLUST
using speed as their way to court the black masses

DEATHFUCKER
worshiping violence, chaos, and devilish fierceness

MURG
ice-cold Nordic black metal charged with grim melodies

STONECAST
conquering space with French heavy metal violence

TORMENTOR
looking back at a difficult past that still prevails

PARALLEL MINDS
an emotional heavy journey through human decadence

SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST REPORT
leading the extreme festival scene in Portugal

PROTECTOR
Martin Missy still summon the hordes with black blood