Back in the 2nd half of the 70's and beginning of the 80's, Heavy Metal wasn't a common expression amongst the portuguese. Portugal had just discovered that there was a real world behind the invisible wall built by the dictatorship that had fallen a few years earlier.

"Beatnicks", "Aqui De'l Rock", or "TNT" were some of the bands who had been releasing some singles and EP's of Hard-Rock at the very beginning of the 80's. They paved the rising of other bands that would work that sound, and release the first studio albums of Hard-Rock and Heavy Metal.

It was a critical decade for heavy rock in Portugal. This chronologic list of studio albums features the ones, that I believe, are the most important portuguese Hard-Rock and metal albums until today: the best and the pioneering ones. I excluded Punk-Rock but added Hardcore and Alternative Hard-Rock albums as well.

Either you're interested in portuguese music, or if you're just curious about it, or even if you are just passing by, this list will work out for you all. This list will grow bigger as the years go by of course, so if you have any suggestions, just let me know. Enjoy!

Created by:

Tiago Rocha | 04.03.2010

	1.	Roxigénio - Roxigénio 1980 Blues Hard-Rock
	2.	Ferro & Fogo - Vidas 1982 Hard-Rock
	3.	NZZN - Forte E Feio 1982 Hard-Rock
	4.	Vasco Da Gama - Vasco Da Gama 1983 Hard-Rock
	5.	Xeque Mate - Em Nome Do Pai Do Filho ... E Do Rock'n'Roll 1985 Hard-Rock
	6.	Tarantula - Tarantula 1987 Heavy Metal ★1st Heavy & Power Metal LP
	7.	Ibéria - Ibéria 1988 Heavy/Glam Metal
	8.	Mão Morta - Mão Morta 1988 Alternative ★1st Alternative Metal LP
	9.	Casablanca - Tanto 1989 Hard-Rock
	10.	Santa Maria, Gasolina Em Teu Ventre! - Free-Terminator/Falcão Solitário Sem Ser Distorção 1989 Noise/Intrumental Hard-Rock
	11.	Ibéria - Heroes Of The Wasteland 1990 Heavy/Glam Metal
	12.	Mão Morta - Corações Felpudos 1990 Alternative
	13.	Tarantula - Kingdom Of Lusitania 1990 Heavy/Power Metal
	14.	V12 - V12 1990 Hard-Rock/Heavy Metal
	15.	Joker - Ecstasy 1992 Heavy Metal
	16.	Mão Morta - Mutantes s.21 1992 Alternative
	17.	W.C. Noise - Loud & Mad 1992 Thrash Metal ★1st Thrash Metal LP
	18.	Decayed - The Conjuration Of The Southern Circle 1993 Black Metal ★1st Black Metal LP
	19.	Sacred Sin - Darkside 1993 Death Metal ★1st Death Metal LP
	20.	Bizarra Locomotiva - Bizarra Locomotiva 1994 Industrial Metal ★1st Industrial Metal LP
	21.	Corrosão Caótica - Corrosão Caótica 1994 Thrash Metal
	22.	Evisceration - Hymn To The Monstrous 1994 Grindcore ★1st Grindcore LP
	23.	Exiled (POR) - Ascencion Of Grace 1994 Death Thrash
	24.	Gangrena - Infected Ideologies 1994 Death Metal
	25.	Genocide (POR) - Genocide 1994 Death Metal
	26.	Shrine - Perspective 1994 Thrash Metal
	27.	Thormenthor - Abstract Divinity 1994 Progressive Death Metal ★1st Progressive Metal LP
	28.	Afterdeath - Backwords 1995 Death Metal
	29.	Blind Zero - Trigger 1995 Alternative/Grunge ★1st Grunge LP
	30.	Candle Serenade - Nosferatu's Passion 1995 Gothic Metal
	31.	Disaffected - Vast 1995 Progressive Death Metal
	32.	Extreme Unction - In Limine Mortis 1995 Melodeath ★1st Melodic Death Metal LP
	33.	Sacred Sin - Eye M God 1995 Death Metal
	34.	Moonspell - Wolfheart 1995 Gothic Metal ★1st Gothic Metal LP
	35.	Ramp - Intersection 1995 Groove Metal
	36.	Desire - Infinity... A Timeless Journey Through An Emotional Dream 1996 Gothic Doom Metal ★1st Doom Metal LP
	37.	Grog - Macabre Requiems 1996 Death Metal
	38.	Heavenwood - Diva 1996 Gothic Metal
	39.	Inhuman (POR) - Strange Desire 1996 Gothic Metal
	40.	Malevolence (POR) - Dominium 1996 Melodeath
	41.	Moonspell - Irreligious 1996 Gothic Metal
	42.	Nameless - The Overcome Of The Portuguese Bastards 1996 Thrash Metal
	43.	Ciborium - Colossal Crags 1997 Prog Melodeath
	44.	In Darkness - Too Cold Inside 1997 Extreme Gothic
	45.	Morbid Death - Echoes Of Solitude 1997 Melodeath
	46.	Bizarra Locomotiva - Bestiário 1998 Industrial Metal
	47.	Celtic Dance - Ancient Battlecry 1998 Black Metal
	48.	Dæmonarch - Hermeticum 1998 Black Metal
	49.	Firstborn Evil - Rebirth Of Evil 1998 Black Metal
	50.	Gonçalo Pereira - Tricot No Pais Das Maravilhas 1998 Instrumental Hard Rock
	51.	Heavenwood - Swallow 1998 Gothic Metal
	52.	In Tha Umbra - Descend Supreme Sunset 1998 Black Metal
	53.	Inhuman (POR) - Foreshadow 1998 Gothic Metal
	54.	Buried Alive - Spoils Of War 1999 Thrash Metal
	55.	Malevolence (POR) - Martyrialized 1999 Melodeath Metal
	56.	Sacred Sin - Anguish... I Harvest 1999 Death Metal
	57.	Alastor - Crushing Christendom 2000 Blackened Thrash Metal
	58.	In Tha Umbra - Midnight In The Garden Of Hell 2000 Blackened Death Metal
	59.	More República Masónica - Chemical Love Songs 2000 Alternative
	60.	Oratory - Illusion Dimensions 2000 Power Metal
	61.	Sirius - Aeons Of Magick 2000 Symphonic Black Metal
	62.	The Firstborn - From The Past Yet To Come 2000 Avant-garde Black Metal
	63.	Eternal Mourning - Delusion & Dementia 2001 Death Doom/Gothic Doom
	64.	Sirius - Spectral Transition - Dimension Sirius 2001 Symphonic Black Metal
	65.	ThanatoSchizo - Schizo Level 2001 Progressive Death Metal
	66.	Desire - Locus Horrendus - The Night Cries Of A Sullen Soul... 2002 Gothic Doom Metal
	67.	Holocausto Canibal - Sublime Massacre Corpóreo 2002 Gore/Grindcore
	68.	ThanatoSchizo - InsomniousNightLift 2002 Progressive/Death Doom Metal
	69.	Azagatel - Nautilus 2003 Melodic Black/Symphonic Black
	70.	Aenima - Sentient 2003 Atmospheric Gothic Metal
	71.	Alkateya - Replay 2003 Heavy Metal
	72.	Moonspell - The Antidote 2003 Gothic Metal
	73.	Shadowsphere - Darklands 2004 Melodeath
	74.	Icon & The Black Roses - Icon & The Black Roses 2004 Suomi Metal
	75.	Filii Nigrantium Infernalium - Fellatrix Discordia Pantokrator 2005 Blackened Heavy Metal
	76.	Hyubris - Hyubris 2005 Heavy/Folk Metal
	77.	If Lucy Fell - You Make Me Nervous 2005 Stoner/Math Metal ★1st Math Metal LP
	78.	In Tha Umbra - Nigrium Nigrius Nigro 2005 Black Metal
	79.	My Enchantment - SINpHONIC 2005 Symphonic Black Metal
	80.	The Firstborn - The Unclenching Of Fists 2005 Progressive Metalcore
	81.	Theriomorphic - Enter The Mighty Theriomorphic 2005 Death Metal
	82.	Linda Martini - Olhos De Mongol 2006 Post/Alternative Hard-Rock
	83.	Insaniae - Outros Temem Os Que Esperam Pelo Medo Da Eternidade 2006 Gothic Doom
	84.	Process Of Guilt - Renounce 2006 Death Doom Metal
	85.	Twentyinchburial - Radiovenom 2006 Melodic Hardcore/Metalcore
	86.	Before The Rain - ...One Day Less 2007 Doom Metal
	87.	Corpus Christii - Rising 2007 Black Metal
	88.	Men Eater - Hellstone 2007 Stoner Metal
	89.	Gwydion - Ynys Mön 2008 Folk Metal
	90.	Moonspell - Night Eternal 2008 Gothic
	91.	Riding Pânico - Lady Cobra 2008 Post/Hard-Rock
	92.	The Firstborn - The Noble Search 2008 Progressive Metalcore
	93.	Bosque - Passage 2009 Extreme Doom/Drone
	94.	Process Of Guilt - Erosion 2009 Death Doom Metal
	95.	Switchtense - Confrontation Of Souls 2009 Hardcore Thrash/Metalcore
	96.	Black Bombaim - Saturdays And Space Travels 2010 Instrumental Sludge/Stoner Metal
	97.	Linda Martini - Casa Ocupada 2010 Post/Alternative Hard-Rock
	98.	More Than A Thousand - Vol.4 Make Friends And Enemies 2010 Melodic Hardcore/Metalcore
	99.	Morte Incandescente - ...Relembrando Um Túmulo Esquecido 2010 Black Metal
	100.	Mourning Lenore - Loosely Bounded Infinities 2010 Death Doom Metal
	101.	Painted Black - Cold Comfort 2010 Gothic/Doom Metal
	102.	Storm Legion - Desolation Angels 2010 Black Metal
	103.	Why Angels Fall - The Unveiling 2010 Doom Metal
	104.	Before The Rain - Frail 2011 Doom Metal
	105.	Corpus Christii - Luciferian Frequencies 2011 Black Metal
	106.	Grog - Scooping The Cranial Insides 2011 Death Metal
	107.	Medo - Matéria Negra 2011 Black Metal
	108.	Midnight Priest - Midnight Priest 2011 Heavy Metal
	109.	Switchtense - Switchtense 2011 Hardcore Thrash
	110.	We Are The Damned - Holy Beast 2011 Crust/Thrash
	111.	Besta - Ajoelha-Te Perante A Besta 2012 Grindcore
	112.	Black Bombaim - Titans 2012 Instrumental Sludge/Stoner Metal
	113.	Process Of Guilt - Fæmin 2012 Death Sludge/Doom Metal
	114.	Sinistro - Sinistro 2012 Post/Sludge Metal
	115.	The Quartet Of Woah! - Ultrabomb 2012 Psychedelic Hard-Rock
	116.	Filii Nigrantium Infernalium - Pornokrates: Deo Gratias 2013 Blackened Heavy/Thrash Metal
	117.	Utopium - Vicious Consolation / Virtuous Totality 2013 Grindcore
	118.	Black Bombaim - Far Out 2014 Instrumental Sludge/Stoner Metal
	119.	Killimanjaro - Hook 2014 Stoner Metal
	120.	Perpetratör - Thermonuclear Epiphany 2014 Thrash Metal
	121.	We Are The Damned - Doomvirate 2014 Crust/Thrash
	122.	The Black Wizards - Lake Of Fire 2015 Stoner Metal
	123.	Vaee Solis - Adversarial Light 2015 Black/Doom Metal
	124.	Morte Incandescente - ...O Mundo Morreu! 2016 Black Metal
	125.	Névoa - Re Un 2016 Sludge/Black Metal
	126.	Irae - Crimes Against Humanity 2017 Black Metal
	127.	Rasgo - Ecos Da Selva Urbana 2017 Thrash Metal
	128.	The Ominous Circle - Appalling Ascension 2017 Black/Death
	129.	Black Howling - Return Of Primordial Stillness 2018 Black Metal
	130.	Gaerea - Unsettling Whispers 2018 Black Metal
	131.	Greengo - Dabstep 2018 Stoner
	132.	Perpetratör - Altered Beast 2018 Thrash Metal
	133.	Sinistro - Sangue Cássia 2018 Sludge/Doom/Post-Metal
	134.	Summon - Parazv Il Zilittv 2018 Black/Death Metal
	135.	Besta - Eterno Rancor 2019 Grindcore
	136.	Manferior - Birth As Punishment 2019 Grindcore
	137.	Midnight Priest - Aggressive Hauntings 2019 Heavy Metal
	138.	Toxik Attack - Assassinos Em Série 2019 Thrash Metal
	139.	Toxikull - Cursed And Punished 2020 Speed Heavy/Thrash Metal
	140.	Bas Rotten - Surge 2020 Grindcore
	141.	Gaerea - Limbo 2020 Black Metal
	142.	Omitir - Ode 2020 Black Metal
	143.	ThrashWall - ThrashWall 2020 Thrash Metal
	144.	Animalesco, O Método - Animalesco, O Método 2021 Crust/Metalpunk/Death'n'Roll
	145.	Existence:Void - Anatman 2021 Black Metal
	146.	Nagasaki Sunrise - Distalgia 2021 Thrash Metal
	147.	Prayers Of Sanity - Doctrine Of Misanthropy 2021 Thrash Metal
	148.	Redemptus - Blackhearted 2021 Sludge
	149.	Sepulcros - Vazio 2021 Depressive Black/Funeral Doom