{"id":77236,"date":"2019-03-18T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=77236"},"modified":"2019-03-17T17:04:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T17:04:18","slug":"fives-5-need-to-know-portuguese-bands-by-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/fives-5-need-to-know-portuguese-bands-by-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Fives: 5 Need-to-Know Portuguese Bands by Push!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For many, Portugal is a country steeped rich in history, culture, and tradition. These days, its a popular holiday destination and is known for football, peri-peri chicken and past\u00e9is de nata’s. As for its music, Portuguese folk and classical music have long been popular, more recently its embraced various other genres and styles with hardcore being one of them.<\/p>\n

Lisbon quintet\u00a0Push!<\/strong> are amongst Portugal’s hardcore scene. Last month, they delivered ‘Dark Dive’,<\/em> a record that combined new school hardcore elements with old school metal influences. The end result is a frenzied set of metallic hardcore with plenty of crossover potential.<\/p>\n

Having spiked our interest with ‘Dark Dive’<\/em>, we were interested to see what else Portugal’s hardcore scene had to offer. Thankfully, Push!<\/strong> were on hand to tip us off on five need-to-know bands from their homeland.<\/p>\n

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Reality Slap<\/h2>\n

If you don’t know already, our homies Reality Slap<\/strong> give you groove, heaviness and fast hardcore at the same time. They’re one of the best hardcore bands in Portugal right now that keep touring and making albums.<\/p>\n