![]() ![]() ![]() I almost feel wrong not to talk about bands from the pool stage but there is so much stuff I want to write about that I have to cut short… Anyway, the day was highlighted by The Wizards, Talea Jacta, Greengo, Ruff Majik and Purple Hill Witch with their fuzzy Sabbath doomesque sound with occult lyrics and head bouncing grooves carried the last of the survivors of the pool domain. Man I’ve missed this festival, this almost family environment that goes on, the bands hanging out with the fans, the electric energy in the air is palpable! DAY TWO Out of nowhere the German duo came out of the blue and hammered the final nail on the coffin, very aggressive sound on the likes of Nails, a punkish attitude and probably the sentence of the entire festival and I quote (clears throat): “I know this is a hippie festival but tonight is Friday night and it’s the night to start drinking and start fighting!” Well, mister, the process of drinking beverages will continue but we will not participate in violent duties over here, because we are hippies…Įnd of DAY ONE the party will go on at Ruivo’s Bar with a DJ-set, I prefer to go back to the tent and jam with the family. DAY 1īig heavyweights on the line up this year, and I was stoked, I can scratch that from my bucket list! Causa Sui live, YES! Their sound is hard to describe but their intelligent compositions and atmospheric passages proved that they are at the top of their game, and if you ask 100 people which gig was the favourite one was probably 70 ou 60 of them will say Causa Sui, that’s how good it was!Īnother candidate to heavyweight champion was the German trio, that delivered a very heavy repertoire, on the contrary of the latest release “ One With the World” that had more of that “ Shavasana” incorporated, one of the best performance of the festival for sure! To wrap up the warm-up night the final band was also from Spain, Acid Mess another project by the bass player and guitarist of Sombra that played on previous editions took us on a trip through colours and planets with a soundtrack of a warm psychedelic rock. Some hours forward and from the darkness of the night appears Pledge a Portuguese band heavily rooted on hardcore, too bad the guys had so many technical difficulties and had to wait to play for 1 hour, but the crowd responded well and got to be one of the craziest and wild audiences of the festival, with people constantly participating in pedagogical activities like crowd surfing inside the bar, stage diving from the speakers and climbing to the plastic ceiling. The Warm-up parties started mid-afternoon at Paredão 476 with the Portuguese Stoner Doom group Heavy Cross of Flowers, and I have to say, they caught my attention super hard, a stomping groove pounding away any leftover of salt on my face, a rumbling bass that exorcized the smoke that I had on my lungs and a powerful guitar duo topped with some harsh and strong vocals, be aware they have an EP almost out at bandcamp!Īfter a neck workout, Sombra enters the stage, the fellow Iberian band from Oviedo provided a psychedelic rock with major progressive and stoner vibes, a perfect set up to behold the falling of the sun from the sky.
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