 |
10 MILES AWAY
3RD ROOM
A CRIME CALLED...
A MEMORABLE DAY
AARON'S AGONY
ACRYLATE
ALBACADUCA
ALCOHOLIC ATTITUDE
ALLISON FLOWER
ALTEREGO
ALTRE DI B
AN HANDFUL OF DUST
ANIMAL FARM PROJECT
ANOMALA VITIS
ARES
ARHYTHMIA
ARSEA
ARTIFICIAL WISH
ASTARTE SYRIACA
ATHENA
ATHWART
BAD STUFF
BIOSCRAPE
BreakThru
BROKEN MELODY
CARNIVAL ENDS
CARPET BEAT'RS
CARTON
CENTURY OF LUXOR
CHAOS CORE
CHEAP VOODOO
CHOUKRA
CIEMENTIFICIO
CINDERELLA'S REVENGE
CIRCLE
COLLISION COURSE
CRAMM
CROWDING OUT EFFECT
CRYSALYS
DEAFLOCK
DEATHRIDERS
DEEP SAMADHI
DELIRIA
DER GEIST
DEVIAZIONE
DEVICE:ORGANIC
DISCLOSE
DISTURBATI DALLA CUIETE
DIVINE LUST
DRIVHELL
DYVE
EAT ME CLOWN
ECLETTICA
ECLIPSE
ENEMA
EPHEMERIS
ES
ESCAPEINOUT
ETHEREAL BLUE
ETHEREAL FAUN
EVERGLADE
EVERSIN
EXUMED
EXXON VALDEZ
EYERING
FACE THE DAGGER
FARCRY
FEVER
FLOG
FOOLISH WIVES
FUN NEVER ENDS
GRENOUER
GUILTYS LAW
HEMOGLOBINA
HIJACKERS ON THE HIP
HOLYLAND
HOPE LEAVES
HUMAN TANGA
HUMANOALIENO
HYBAN DRACO
HYBRIDA
HYPNOTIC WALTZ
IBRIDO_xN
ILID
IN5OMNIA
INBRED
INDIGO AGE
INNER LOGIC
INSANITY ARISE
INSOONER
INVAIN
JOLENE
KALEVALA
KEET'EM MURT
KEROSENE
KLL
KNIFE
KOMATOURA
Kuroi
KUTFACES
KYU
LA CASA NEL SILENZIO
LAND OF MORDOR
LAST GLANCE
LAST MISTAKE
LAST ONE DAMAGE
LEVANIA
LIFEND
LIGHTLESS MOOR
LITTLE PAPERS
LOST BREATH
LUCIFER AGAINST HIS DEMONS
Malkävian
MALLEFICARUM
MARPLOTS
MARY BRAIN
MESCALINA
MIDNIGHTSTORM
MIND THE GAP
MISCELLANEA
MONDAYISH
MOTORCYCLEIRENE
MOUSE ON MY SHOULDER
Moyà vinà
MUSTYWIG
MY BURNING WINGS
MY DISTANCE
MY HIDDEN PHOBIA
NACOM
NAMELESS CRIME
NECROMID
NEFESH
NEURAL NOISE
NEUROTICC.O.L
NEVER ALONE
NEVER2LATE
NINIVE
NO MORE FEAR
NO REASON
NOSER
NOVADEAF
NTH
OCTOPUS COCKTAIL
ODIO SU TELA
OLD LEGEND
OLLIE
ONELEGMAN
OPEN FIRE
OPHIURA
OPPOSITE SELF
OSAKA FIRE DRAGSTER
PART OF ME
PERRO MALO
PHILOSOPHY OF WATERMELON
POINT BREAK
PRAY AFTER DEATH
PRIMALINEA
PROPHEXY
RADIAZIONE
RAISE THE HUMAN
RANDOM
RANDY WATSON
REAL ILLUSION
REFLECTIONS
REMEMBRANCES
REPSEL
RESANDO
RESINGA
REVOLUTION OF DARKNESS
RIVELARDES
ROCK N' ROLL PUSHERS
ROLLING GANGSTERS
RUINTHRONE
SAID
SANGREAL
SCHIZOPHONIC
SERCATI
SEVEN STORY AIRLINES
SEVENTY REASONS
SINISTRI INCONTRI
SLIVER
SOUL
SOUND STORM
SOUNDCHECK
SOVVERSIVO
SPREADIN FEAR
STAR CROSSED
STILLBORN
STONED MACHINE
STORM OF DAMNATION
Story Of Jade
SWEET VENDETTA
SWORDFISH PROJECT
TalismanStone
TEMPESTA
TERMINAL SICK
TERZO LIVELLO
THE ANTHEM
THE BLACKLIES
THE BOH!!!
THE CAMP HOURS
THE CONFLITTO
THE LOTUS
THE REST SIDE
THE SKELTER
THE VIOLET SHEEP
THE.MAIN.ATTRACTION
THOUSAND ONE CORE
THY SIN
TIJUANA CAB COMPANY
TO A SKYLARK
UMA
UNDERWELL
UNITED MIND CLUB
USHAS
VALIUM
VANDERLEI
VAUDEVILLE & BAD OMENS
VEINS OF SORROW
VETRORETINA
VOLCANO HEAT
VZ69
WALLCRUSH
WEEPING SILENCE
WOOD OF LIGHT
WORST EVIL
ZERO LAB STATION
ZIRKUS DER ZEIT
|
 |
Not only sun and splendour reside in Europe’s westernmost city. Since a time that can't be recalled, there has been a deeply entrenched feeling of longing and gloom existing on old Lisbon's narrow and shadowed streets. This naturally reflects in the character, blood and soul of the Portuguese people. Just listen to the ultimate evidence – Fado - the genuine Portuguese national song whose name derives from the Latin fatum, which means fate and destiny.
This emotional heritage intersperses with the warm and bright tones of a Portuguese tear-shaped Fado guitar, as it does with Divine Lust’s Melancholic Metal, both born from an ever-present doomy and desolate mood. Divine Lust came to life in 1998 with their first live appearance. Since then, about half hundred shows have been performed, some of those on the same bill as references to the band and this musical genre itself, namely Anathema in 2001, My Dying Bride in 2002 and a short Iberian tour with To/Die/For and Beseech in 2006. Regarding studio affairs, the band’s curriculum includes a demo CD entitled Terceiro Pecado released in 1999 and the debut album Divine Lust which was launched in 2002. The latter provided the group with a reasonable amount of exposure. A video-clip from the song Morrigan was air-played on several TV channels and the band appeared on national TV stations Sic Radical and NTV. The general feedback on the album in the press was equally encouraging. “Symphonic, classical, string and violin arrangements and a load of gothic mournful doom metal. (…) Divine Lust's debut is a disc that keeps getting better every time you listen to it, definitely the best act to come out of the Portuguese scene so far.” GL-Productions Doom Metal webzine (Sweden) “Divine Lust supported bands such as Anathema and My Dying Bride in Lisbon and the least I can say is that I think they deserve more than that, since they have obviously enough musicianship to support these bands on a entire tour” [7.5/10] Metal Storm Webzine (Estonia) “Divine Lust will be, in the short term, the next big thing of national metal, the worthy successors to Moonspell!” Massacre! Magazine (Portugal)
The Bitterest Flavours is Divine Lust’s long-awaited second full-length. It was recorded at Medusa Lab Studios and comprises 11 new songs. Besides band members Filipe Gonçalves (vocals and guitars), João Costa (drums), António Capote (keyboards) and Ricardo Pinhal (guitars), this recording was enhanced by the talent of Paula Teixeira (female vocals), Tiago Flores (violinist of the strings combo, Corvos), Ricardo Marques (Portuguese guitar) and Dikk (bass).
“Punctuated with violin or Portuguese guitar passages, underlined with keyboards and illuminated by rare interventions of female or grunt vocals, "The Bitterest Flavours" dares variety with success. Sombre, melodic and slightly sweetened, Divine Lust's music is first revealed with prudence, then tasted with wisdom, like an all portuguese sweet glass of wine.” Metallian Magazine (France)
Released in Autumn 2008 by french label Deadsun Records, "The Bitterest Flavours" is, music and lyrics wise, the result of years of artistic maturation and emotional catharsis.
|
|
