Portugal Hard 'n' Heavy (Portugal 80s Metal)

CESÁRIO ESMIFROAÇO & CAOS APARENTE

A band from the Lisbon area, formed in late 1988 and active until 1992. They recorded a six-track demo at Musicorde Studios sometime in 1989. The recording was done practically live in the studio, as there was no money for mixing. They arrived, played and recorded everything in an hour. The band consisted of Rui Maia vocals, Manel Zé drums, Paulo S. bass, João Loren keyboards and Luis Loren guitar. Later they would become a quartet. On July 31st 1989, they played at the Shangri-Lá bar in Lisbon, While active, Cesário Esmifroaço, played several times at the Johnny Guitar bar and also at the Oceano bar, both in Lisbon, as well at the Hasta Publica bar in Lamego (city where the lead singer was from). The guitarist was part of Fancy One, a rock band that participated in the 1st Rock Rendez Vous Modern Music Competition in 1984.

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MEMORABILIA

advert July 31st 1989, Lisbon

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WYCKED FLAMES

The band Wycked Flames entered Rec`n`Roll studios (located in Vila Nova de Gaia) between 29 and 30 April 1996. Produced by Tarântula's drummer Luís Barros and the group, they recorded the "Wings Of Destiny" promo tape: "Lion Heart", "Eternal Faith", "Thounsand Miles Away" and "Wycked Flames". The line-up at the time of recording was Toni M. vocals, Rui Santos guitar, Toni bass and Romão drums. Wycked Flames were from Senhora da Hora (Matosinhos).

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ARMA DOS IMORTAIS FANZINE/ ARMA DOS IMORTAIS FAN-CLUB

The Arma dos Imortais (Weapon of the Immortals) fan-club was made up of four friends from Setúbal: Baltazar Cortes, Miguel Pinto, Luis Garcia and Miguel Simões. They started the fan-club in early 1987, publishing the first issue of the fanzine, with the same name as the club, in March. This was followed by issue #2 in April, #3 in May, #4 in July and a final issue, #5, in August. Due to a lack of time and their professional lives, it was not possible to continue with the publications. Another reason was that Baltazar, the only one who had a typewriter, was called up for military service.

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GOD`S VICE

God's Vice were a quartet from Lisbon. They made their debut with a self-titled demo featuring five tracks: "Have To Fight", "Outside The Window", "Rock & Up", "Blue Blond" e "My Only Girl"’ Recorded in late 1993, the band consisted of Carlos Real vocals/rhythm guitar, Nuno Duarte bass, Pedro Monteiro drums, and Tiago Inuit vocals/lead guitar. They had a guest musician on the recording of the songs, for the demo tape, Fred keyboards.

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NAPALM FANZINE

Joaquim Campos e Emanuel Ferreira were the founding members of the fanzine Napalm. It came out monthly. the first issue published in November 1987.

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PROFETAS DO METAL FANZINE/ PROFETAS DO METAL FAN-CLUB

The Profetas do Metal fan club was born in the south of Portugal, more specifically on the island of Armona in Algarve, in the mid-80s. The club published a monthly fanzine with the same name. They had around 500 paying members. José Lopes was part of the club staff.

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HEAVY METAL HERALD FANZINE/ BATALHÃO DE CHOQUE FAN-CLUB

João Gonçalves was part of the staff of the Batalhão de Choque Fan-Club (Shock Batallion), based in the city of Tomar. The club´s official fanzine was called Heavy Metal Herald and appeared in the late 80s.

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HOLOCAUSTO FANZINE/ DEATH ANGEL´S FAN-CLUB

Holocausto was the official fanzine of the Death Angel's Fan-Club. It appeared in 1987/1988, in the city of Abrantes.

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TEIA

Teia were a band from Pinhal Novo, who recorded a demo in mid-1987, with the songs “Tu”, “Grades de Ferro”, “Cães de Guerra”, “Fora de Mim” and “Ópera”. The line up consisted of Quim guitar, Zeca keyboards, Miguel bass and Mário drums. Teia played live with the Wads. In 1988, they would participate in the 1st Luso Galaico Rock Festival, at the Luis Amastrondo pub in Porto, along with Explosão and other bands. Out of 48 groups that signed up, they came in 32th.

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CLOCKWISE

Clockwise emerged in Vila Nova de Gaia as a duo made up of José Machado and Rui Moura, who since the late 1980s had been travelling the so-called live music bar circuit, performing covers of other bands. They composed some originals and thought it was time to move on to a new stage in their career. They looked for company and founded Clockwise. From then on, the group played all over the country, while composing material that, after being recorded in successive demos, would serve as the basis for their debut album, "Time Is Waiting", which was recorded in 1997

with the following line-up: José Machado vocals/ bass, Rui Moura guitar, Carlos Lopes keyboards, Helder Silva drums. The ten songs CD was recorded at the Porto da Musica and Rec`n`Roll studios by the well-known Barros ‘Brothers’ of Tarantula (Luis and Paulo). Right after the album comes out, Clockwise changed their line-up, Paulo Andrade joined the band on bass, and Helder was replaced by João Moura. The album comes out in February 1998. On 7 May, it was presented at the Hard Club venue, followed by various TV promotions.

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"Time Is Waiting" live TV show "Miguel Angelo ao vivo" 1998

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