Jorge Patacas, founder of RISE!, has been interviewed by musician and vocal coach Guido Lisioli for his new channel Rebeldes con Causa Metalera. Some of the topics in the interview were Rise!, life in Scandinavia, the Uruguayan and Norwegian metal scenes and more! Note: Unfortunately, it is only available in Spanish for now.
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BEYOND THE GATES 2022 (Bergen, Norway) August 2-6, 2022 by Jorge Patacas Every August, both locals and people from all over the world gather in the city of Bergen in Western Norway to attend Beyond the Gates, one of the best metal festivals in the Scandinavian country. At this point the fans know there’s going to be a good lineup every year, but this time the organizers went a step further when they announced that Grieghallen was going to be one of the venues, besides the usual former sardine…
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by Jorge Patacas One of the key persons of the early Melodic Death Metal scene from Gothenburg, Sweden was the producer Fredrik Nordström. He has worked with bands like In Flames, Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates, responsible for what is known today as the “Gothenburg Sound”, and has also produced albums for Arch Enemy, Dimmu Borgir, Hammerfall, Soilwork, The Haunted and many others at his Studio Fredman which he runs since 1990. Besides being a legendary producer, he’s also a musician himself and has been playing guitar for the…
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by Jorge Patacas September 27, 1986 was a tragic day in the history of metal. As part of their “Damage Inc.” tour, in support of the “Master of Puppets” album, Metallica was travelling from Stockholm, Sweden to Copenhagen, Denmark when suddenly the tour bus skidded off the road in Dörarp, a small locality in Ljungby municipality in Sweden. The bass player Cliff Burton was thrown violently through the window of the bus, which then fell on top of him and he died instantly. On October 3, 2006, a memorial stone…
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AGNOSTIC FRONT at SALT (Oslo, Norway) Opening acts: CLAIMSTAKER – THE WHALERS Wednesday, June 29, 2022 by Jorge Patacas As part of their European tour 2022, the Godfathers of New York Hardcore, Agnostic Front, returned to Norway after three years thanks to Radar Booking. This time the show was at SALT, a cultural arena located next to the Oslo fjord that has six stages, six saunas and several serving areas. When entering the indoors area where the show was going to happen, it was a surprise to see that…
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