Chaos Synopsis, Aneurose, Nuclear Warfare, Infraktor
Origens Caffé, Ponte de Vagos (PT)
29th April 2017
Promoted by Paulo Perdiz & Blindagem Metal Show
Blindagem is Paulo Perdiz’s baby, a radio show that’s been promoting metal since 1990. At some point the spreading of news wasn’t enough and concerts were added to the bill, giving birth to these Blindagem Metal Fests. Last weekend, Origens Caffé witnessed another one of these events with a quite packed house.
First band getting on stage was Infraktor, “ferocious thrash” straight out of Escapães. It was the only national band on the bill and made it right by their country – I used the quote marks in “ferocious” because that’s the band’s own tag line, but they lived up to it and there’s no better word to describe the show.
Their debut “Exhaust” has no release date yet but the recordings are done. In a perfect world, that should mean the album would soon be blasting off your listening devices, but I’ve been engaged in this biz for way too long to know that there are no accurate predictions until all processes are complete. What I can assure you is that I will let you know as soon as it’s announced.
They were asked to play 45 minutes instead of the usual 30, so “Unleash The Pigs” was back on the set (it had previously been replaced by “Son Of A Butcher”) and “Confront” got its riff sequence altered in order to extend it a little bit. Infraktor topped my expectations-for-2017 list (see here) and they’ve been meeting said expectations so far.
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There’s a reason for German thrash to be so popular and Nuclear Warfare reminded us why, inflaming mosh circles practically from the first minute. Singer/bassist Fritz knew a few words in Portuguese – after all, the band has a Brazilian drummer, Xandão – but we were happy to teach him some more. Cursing words, obviously, in good ol’ cheerfulness.
The hymn “Just Fucking Thrash” and The Ramones’ cover of “Rockaway Bitch” were probably the catchiest moments of a fierce and beer-drenched gig.
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Brazilian thrashers Aneurose released their sophomore album, “Juggernaut”, last July and Blindagem was one of the Portuguese dates in its promotional tour. I don’t know if they already had fans here, as the reaction of the crowd was so fulsome; but then again, it was my first time watching them and the adrenaline rush I’ve felt was simply overwhelming. Straight-forward, in-your-face metal music, headbanging and mosher friendly, lots of rebellious gang backing vocals to sing along… And speaking of “along”, singer Wallace joined the circle pit at some point. Songs such as “Butcher” or “Drunk As Skunk” got such a crazy feedback that all of a sudden it seemed that we were in a sold-out show, people pushing everywhere to stand up front. To the point that when Wallace called Infraktor-Popas on stage to help him sing Sepultura’s “Roots Bloody Roots” I couldn’t even see them – just listening to them. And what a duet that was.
Last but not least, also hailing from Brazil and also playing thrash metal – although with a bit more death to it -, Chaos Synopsis. “Gods Of Chaos” is their most recent work, released a little over a month ago, but three others have come before it and therefore they had a rich set for us. “Burn Like Hell”, “Storm Of Chaos” or “Gods Upon Mankind” are just some of the songs that you should look into if you’re in this genre. The crowd that night surrendered to them.
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Text & photos by Renata “Pieni” Lino
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