15:00-15:45 Sabathory
16:15-17:00 Hyperion
17:30-18:15 Abstract Essence
18:45-19:30 Ador Dorath
20:00-21:00 God Dethroned (nl)
21:30-22:15 Galadriel (sk)
22:45-23:30 Livores Mortis
24:00-00:45 Amortez

This act that hails from Athens belongs to the most recent reinforcements of the Greek black metal phalanxes, as it was established in 2013. That said, the musicians involved are certainly no newcomers, since the founders are George Emmanuel, then still a guitarist of the iconic Rotting Christ and formerly of Chaostar, and Stathis Ridis, bassist of the Greek extreme metal veterans Nightfall, who created the new outfit out of a need to create outside the set trajectories of their home bands.

There are no demos in the discography of LUCIFER'S CHILD, as the band went straight for their debut full-length, which was released two years after the founding, in 2015, entitled "The Wiccan", and offered a grandiose black metal feast filled with pulsing rhythms, melodic riffs and theatrical atmosphere that underscores the occult lyrics of the piece.

This connection between extreme music and dark spirituality with emphasis on the ritual aspect continues on the second full-length "The Order" that came out last November and for the band itself refers to a motif of an occult synagogue, which stands as a metaphor for their joint work. Music-wise it is once again a solid offering that delivers, in comparison to its predecessor, faster, rawer, and more black metal sounding compositions.

Let us ad in conclusion that, like VARATHRON, LUCIFER'S CHILD also had their Czech premiere in 2015, namely on the 7th installment of MetalGate Czech Death Fest, thus making it also their return after four years, which no fan of Hellenic black metal should miss!

Event reports links

• Sicmaggot - report from MetalGate OpenAir 2010

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This acoustic mayhem made manifest, playing true nihilist black doom metal, was established by the vocalist Von Päx, the guitarist Voice of Noise and the bassist Panzer in Barcelona in 2011. As the second of the aforementioned founding fathers mentioned in an interview for the Battle Helm e-zine, the goal from the very beginning was to play "nasty and non-technical metal" that would make its listener "travel to times when paganism wasn't subdued by Christianity". And since from all the metal styles, the founding trinity liked black and doom the most, they chose the mix of both as their sound.

BARBARIAN SWORDS unveiled their artistic vision on the 2012 demo "Crusaders of the Apocalypse", and have stayed true to it on their successive full-lengths "Hunting Rats" and "Worms", as well as on the "Tetrarchia Ex Bestia" split. In case of all these releases, expect no progressive approach or technical compositions, for the music of BARBARIAN SWORDS is not aiming in the slightest to be likeable. Quite the contrary, it strives to be as raw, filthy, amoral, agressive and blasphemous as possible.

No repreive is to be found on the upcoming new full-length "Totemic Anal Turbofucker" either, as the CVLT Nation e-zine described it as the most vile and harrowing (in the positive sense of course) album of the year so far. After all, the band did promise literal orgies of savagery and blasphemy, and the success is apparent.

Hear for yourself on October 18, when the album is released, and live then shortly thereafter on October 27 in Prague!

13:45-14:30 Bad Face
15:00-15:45 Dymytry
16:15-17:00 Dive
17:30-18:15 Euthanasia
18:45-19:30 Abstract Essence
20:00-20:45 Cruadalach
21:15-22:15 Belphegor (at)
22:45-23:30 Darzamat (pl)
24:00-00:45 F.O.B.

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