The last day of Lisbon Tattoo Rock Fest 2024 was undoubtedly the most eclectic, there was music for all tastes, of course just good taste.
The audience was treated to a luxury line-up that delivered everything and more, bringing absolute satisfaction to those who attended LAV.
Mortuary Chapel
Direct from Braga, the band Mortuary Chapel who I'm sure those who follow MetalJunkbox have heard of, opened the day with all their usual unparalleled brutality, with a frontman who is dedicated to delivering the role, vocalist João Carlos.
The band from Braga soon showed the audience that they were there to deliver the full capacity of one of the great bands of the current Portuguese extreme metal scene.
Performing songs such as "Imploro o Caos", "Ego" and "Ódio" there wasn't a single person facing the band who didn't get carried away by the power coming from the stage.
There was still time, despite the short time the band had available, for a cover of the band's classic "Troops Of Doom". Sepultura. An impeccable show by a band that is well worth following closely.
Michale Graves
The charismatic and controversial Michale Graves appeared on stage just before 7:30 p.m., when dozens of Misfits t-shirts could be seen all over the venue. Mr. Graves was a member of the band from 1997 to 2000, where he recorded albums that are still loved today, such as American Psycho (1997), Evilive II (1998) and Famous Monsters (1999), which turns 25 this year.
Accompanied by the House Of Dawn band, Mr. Graves went headlong into the entire Misfits discography from the very first song, "Abominable Dr. Phibes" + "American Psycho", the audience reacted immediately saying that this was the way he wanted to go and from then on the delight increased with each classic such as "Walk Among Us", "From Hell They Came" and the anthem "Dig Up Her Bones" where the whole LAV came crashing down. He also played classics from the era
Glenn Danzing's "Last Caress", "Halloween" and others. It's important to say that Graves performed very well, both physically and in terms of his voice, which is still very strong.
Graves made a light-hearted comment about taking a break from concerts, joking that it wasn't about legal problems, in reference to his recent controversies in which he linked himself to the extreme right-wing group Proud Boysand agreed to testify in favor of the group that invaded the capitol.
That said, the finale was the "ballad" Helena, which was requested several times by screams from the audience. This was how one of the most eagerly awaited shows of the night came to a close, a show that came 90 minutes into the second part of the line-up and which brought overwhelming satisfaction to all fans of the emblematic horror punk band Misfits.
Me and That Man
Few artists today have the charisma and musical flexibility of Adam "Nergal" Darski, leader of the black metal band Behemoth and of Me and That Man, which blends blues and dark folk exquisitely.
The band, which has already released three albums, has returned to brighten up Lisbon Tattoo Rock Fest 2024 even more, and I must congratulate producer Hell Xis Agency for making the right choice, as it's a band that can please all audiences and tastes.
Shortly after 9pm, the quartet took to the LAV stage and immediately captivated the entire audience with their dense, gloomy atmosphere, almost taking us back to the saloon days of the old west, with songs like "Run With the Devil" and "My Church Is Black", which were sung at the top of their lungs by fans and onlookers alike.
They also played "Burning Churches", "Coming Home", "Losing My Blues" and the grand finale "Blues & cocaine" originally recorded by Michale Graves on the band's second album "New Songs, Same Shit, Vol. 1" released in 2020, who joined the band to sing on the spot for the Portuguese audience, something unprecedented and sensational that left everyone in total euphoria.
Onslaught
Not many bands these days can deliver a show with the brutality, intensity and skill of the English band Onslaught who brought Lisbon Tattoo Rock Fest 2024 to a spectacular close.
At around 10.30pm, the veteran quartet took to the field with the game already won, the crowd warmed up and completely crazy to see the full power of Onslaught and it didn't take long for the first chords of "Let There Be Death" for chaos to break out in the LAV.
With a powerful set list that managed to traverse all the band's territory over the last forty years, between a huge break of course, the quartet now led by the gigantic Dave Garnett left nothing but stones upon stones, dynamites like "Strike Fast Strike Hard", "Born for War", "66'Fucking'6" and "Thermonuclear Devastation" really devastated everyone in attendance.
There couldn't be any other way to close an event of this size, which every year becomes more firmly established in the calendar of everyone who appreciates art, culture and good music!
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