Este é o meu espaço... Aqui vou postar os concertos dos géneros musicais que mais gosto, as músicas que mais ouço, as minhas recordações musicais e as minhas pseudo-reviews... Não esperem a qualidade nem a continuidade de uma webzine... Isto é apenas o meu mundo de sons pelas minhas palavras...
I have so many things to do... I should be off for any plan that does not include work during the present year... However, there are so many amazing festivals in Portugal that I would love to go... Maybe I should attend Santa Maria Summer Fest... I bet that no one in my laboratory will miss me during two sunny days of June. :P It will be amazing to see Process of Guilt and Gwydion live again!! \m/ And maybe I will make peace with Holocausto Canibal (or maybe not... who cares... usually every crowd loves them live, except me).
I've seen Forgotten Tomb and Inverno Eterno live and I am looking forward to see them again (and also Isole and Ereb Altor are amazing bands that I would love to see for the first time...).
I met this band long ago with their demo "The Aurora Veil" (released in 2007), so it cannot be considered a discovery. However, it was definitely a rediscovery!! After hearing their 2012 album "Portal of I" today, I realized why I used to like progressive metal so much. :) Lately, this kind of music has not been catching my attention as it used to in the past. I'm glad I have stumbled upon this fantastic album (I wish it had happened sooner, but... better later than never). I definitely recommend it. Besides good quality progressive death metal with good growls and clean voices, this band also uses a violin that perfectly fits their sound.
Às vezes é melhor deixar que o "decorrer das coisas" nos leve ao que tiver de ser... Valerá a pena lutar contra o que não depende de nós? Houve tempos em que acreditei que sim... Neste momento, acho que podemos fazer planos, traçar metas, lutar para que as coisas aconteçam, mas no último momento concluímos que afinal tivemos sorte se o "decorrer das coisas" nos levar ao que queremos atingir. Portas que pareciam sempre abertas a fechar com cadeado e janelas a abrir para escapar como tiver de ser...
"Flutuo, consigo deslindar o meu gosto sem esforço
Balanço é o que a maré me dá e não contesto
O meu destino está fora de mim e eu aceito
Sou eu despida de medos e culpas, confesso
(...)
Só para não te ouvir dizer que as coisas vão mudar amanhã"
There's nothing better to relax and to find relief from anger after an exhausting and frustrating day than a good song like "These Wet Feathers..." from Downfall of Gaia. I like the way it starts... Soft, calm and with those music elements that we usually relate to post-something music genres. It then evolves into something more violent. I like the growls a lot (they remind me of Process of Guilt a lot, but a little more uptempo... if you can understand what I mean :X).
It might "sound" strange to you that I've decided to write in English today (instead of my usual native Portuguese), but I have noticed that most of this blog visits come from outside my own country. Of course, they can be fluent in Portuguese or fully understand it using any website translator tools, but I think that to reach directly the writer's thoughts is a completely different experience. Therefore, in honor of those who do not live and/or do not speak Portuguese, I've decided to write in English, which might not be your mother tongue as well, but at least is the most "universally way" I can find to express myself (besides music videos, of course :P). And I know perfectly well that I might end unintelligible for everyone... At least I did my best to reach most of my readers.
I know I have not been writing much lately... And I am back with another lame excuse (what else could it be? :/). I've been struggling with many things at the same time and it makes me feel sad and disappointed. It's been hard to deal with them and then come here and write something funny that it is just not me. On the other hand, it is also strange to write my blue feelings on a daily basis. Unfortunately, I can not change how I feel, what I am and why I have created this blog. So, prepare yourself for what is about to come...
As you know, this kind of posts come with a music video (usually related to what I'm writing and /or something that I like). I've chosen "Laura" from a very talented girl known as Bat For Lashes. Yeah, I'm bringing some sort of pop/indie music instead of some music genre with the word depressive (as usual). I'm not really sure what is this music about, but it is certainly about someone "who got left behind for some reason and deserved better". I like it a lot. You can find it on Bat for Lashes third album (and her latest one released during this year) "The Haunted Man". Enjoy this wonderful voice in such an embracing song...
