Corpus Christii and Irae

CORPUS CHRISTII and IRAE take the stage at República da Música in Lisbon to celebrate five essential titles of Portuguese black metal.

On December 19, República da Música in Lisbon hosts a night dedicated to two unmissable names of the national extreme underground.
In an unprecedented ritual of devotion, CORPUS CHRISTII and IRAE present special setlists centered on some of the releases that indelibly marked their respective careers, on an occasion designed to revisit some of the darkest pages of Portuguese black metal.
Formed in 1998, the unmissable CORPUS CHRISTII have earned recognition in Portugal and abroad with a fierce and uncompromising approach to black metal, played in the rawest and most orthodox tradition.
Led by the inimitable Nocturnus Horrendus, the group has built a cult discography, with the so-called THE TORMENT TRILOGY holding a particularly important place in its already long history.
At República da Música, the band will revisit precisely the three chapters of that era: “Tormented Belief” (2003), “The Torment Continues” (2005), and “Rising” (2007).
IRAE, for their part, were born in 2002 as the personal project of Vulturius, establishing themselves through a raw, dark, and visceral vision of the genre.
The December show will place special emphasis on the demo “Avé Sathanas (I Was Born To Murder The World)” (2004) and the debut full-length “Terror 666”, released in 2006 and celebrating two decades of existence this year.
Two important records in defining the extreme identity of the group from Brandoa.
So, on December 19, devotees will have a unique opportunity to witness live two very distinct paths, united by the same devotion to the darkest forms of metal, in two performances focused on different phases in the careers of these two institutions of the national underground.