Get here: https://aftersabbath.blogspot.com/2010/12/day-after-sabbath-33-heftig-melodien.html ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdGBDD4nTlQ

Read more and get at: https://aftersabbath.blogspot.com/2015/01/Acid-Nightmare-Portugal.html We move on to the next crazy-heavy tracks, this comp's namesake, from Lisbon's Xarhanga. 'Acid Nightmare' is a screaming slab of Deep Purple worship. Carlos Cavalheiro trys to hit the high notes like Ian Gillan, and sometimes he even manages it! There's really nothing else from Portugal to compare with at the time. Their singles were recorded in the PolySom studio in Lisbon. The band was Júlio Pereira, (keyboards, piano, guitar, ex-Petrus Castrus), Carlos Cavalheiro, (vocals, to Alarm ) and Carlos Patrício (bass). Rui Venâncio drummed on the first single (included here) and Zé da Cadela (ex-Objectivo) drummed on the second single "Great Goat / Smashing Life (In a City)". There is very little additional information on Xarhanga, but Júlio Pereira and Carlos Cavalheiro made an album in 1975 called "Bota Fora" which was a different kind of affair, not hard rock but latin-flavoured progressive rock with prominent piano and keyboards. This album was re-issued in 2008, with all the Xarhanga singles as a bonus, by the 'Portuguese Progressive Pearls' label. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJCrm-NgZ-w

Album: Light My Fire Read more & get here: http://aftersabbath.blogspot.com/2010/04/day-after-sabbath-15-16.html ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwzrM3pC30c

Album: Cauldron Read more and get here: http://aftersabbath.blogspot.com/2010/04/tdats-17-evil-woman.html ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSggEUoDy7Q