Portugal: Men Eater (Metal)

Location: Lisboa, Portugal (2004 - present);

Genres: Sludge/Thrash Metal with Stoner/Doom Influences;

Current line-up: Mike Ghost (guitar, vocals), Paulo S. (guitar, vocals), Carlos BB (drums) and Pedro C. (bass, vocals) and Fábio J. (guitar, keys);

Lisboa from Hellstone (2007)

“Men Eater came together as a band in a pretty casual way, in the back seat of a van, while heading back home from a festival in Spain. Mike, Carlos, Sérgio and BB all had different projects. By bouncing ideas, all of a sudden, it struck them as a bolt of lightning why the fuck don't we start a project together? It took shape in a day and became a reality on the next.

After five weeks of rehearsals and with bass player João already on board, they decided to record a self-titled EP. A vicious bomb of sludge/crust riffs mixed with stoner and ambient influence.

First Season from Vendaval (2009)

Gigging pretty regularly, the quintet played all over the country sharing stages with names so diverse as The Ocean or Madball and by the time they started writing new songs, the buzz around them was already overwhelming.

Unfortunately, around that same time, the band decided to split with Sérgio but that didn't stop them. Fuelled by the excellent reactions they were getting, the four musicians (with the guitar player Mike now also handling vocals) faced the composition of new material with a newborn confidence. «HELLSTONE», the debut full-length record, is a perfect reflection of that. The album contains ten powerful songs, which were built on the foundation already set on the EP while also bringing a whole lot of different influences to the table.”

Hellstone is followed by Vendaval, in 2009, and Gold, their new album, released in 2011.

Sustain the Living from Gold (2011)

Discography:

2006 – Men Eater (EP)

2007 – Hellstone (Full-length)

2009 – Vendaval (Full-length)

2011 – Gold (Full-length)


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