Author: Alex de Borba
Alex de Borba
Bogotá, Colombia
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No Raza: ‘Tyrona’ Rite at Coliseo Manchester, Antioquia in January
Ancestral Tairona echoes meet the ferocity of Colombia’s Aburrá Valley as death metal titans No Raza return for a visceral…
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Moonspell: Opus Diabolicum in México and Lusitanian Howl in Bogotá in March
On March 17, 2026, in Bogotá, Moonspell will channel three decades of dark metal history, fusing Lusitanian saudade with high-altitude…
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Rivers of Nihil: Andean Debut at Boro Room, Bogotá in February
Reading’s industrial melancholia meets Bogotá’s high-altitude intensity as Rivers of Nihil arrive for a debut ritual that serves as a…
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Cynic: A Convergence of Astral and Brutalist Sound at Capital Live Music, Bogotá in January
Florida astral spirituality and New York urban dissonance meet in the Andes to transform a technical metal performance into a…
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In Flames: The Jester’s Foregone Renaissance at the Centro de Eventos Royal Center
Swedish progenitors of the “Gothenburg Sound” descend upon the high Andes in April 28, where the haunting introspection of their…
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Paradise Lost: Shattering the Illusion of Hope and Embracing the Fall in ‘Ascension’
Subverting its own title, the Halifax legends’ seventeenth album rejects spiritual transcendence for a crushing, guitar-driven confrontation with mortality. It…
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Paradise Lost: Surveying the Terrain of Melancholy in ‘Salvation’
Returning after a five-year silence, the progenitors of gothic doom unveil a cinematic meditation on hope and despair. Through the…
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Alkaloid: Weaponizing Baroque Against the Cosmic Emptiness with ‘Bach Out of Bounds’
Alkaloid dismantles the barrier between the sacred and the profane, fusing Bach’s divine order with the technical fury of death…
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Draconian: A Gnostic Ritual Returns to Bogotá’s Teatro Astor Plaza
Swedish doom masters Draconian return to the High Andes, where Gnostic theology and Bogotá’s deep-seated melancholia converge to transform a…
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Katatonia: Raising the Sanctuary of Sorrow at Capital Live Music in Bogotá
In the perpetual gray of the High Andes, the return of Katatonia to Bogotá marks a spiritual convergence where Nordic…
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Dark Tranquillity: Uniting Gothenburg Melancholy with Andean Passion at Teatro Astor Plaza
Thirty years of the Gothenburg Sound converge with the deep-seated resilience of the Colombian capital, transforming a commemorative concert at…
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Black Spikes: A Retrospective Descent into the Imperial Abyss with ‘NIL’
Months after its release, ‘NIL’ remains a dense, suffocating masterpiece that demands excavation rather than casual consumption. This retrospective dissects…
