Portugese stoner/groove metal outfit The Red Crow to reissue their live album »It’s Alive« on December 4th through SODEH Records!

Portugese stoner/groove metal outfit The Red Crow will reissue their live album »It’s Alive« on December 4th, 2026 via SODEH Records. »It’s Alive« was originally released on November 20th, 2025 in digital format.

Listen to »It’s Alive« on all major streaming platforms!

Tracklist:
01. The River
02. Haunted Eyes
03. Show Me The Way You Bleed
04. Sunday Zombie
05. Hunger For Blood

Courtesy of C Squared Music:

The Red Crow return with »It’s Alive«, a five-song live EP of raw stoner, doom and groove metal set for release on December 4, 2026 through SODEH Records. Recorded at Buzz Room and produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Basilio, the record captures the Brazilian-born, Portugal-based band exactly as they are meant to be heard: loud, abrasive, riff-driven and almost completely unconcerned with polishing away the danger of a live performance.

There is nothing delicate about »It’s Alive«. Across 18 minutes and 17 seconds, The Red Crow lean into the physical side of heavy music, building songs around enormous grooves, dirty fuzz, punishing drums and Christiano Vieira’s gravel-throated vocals. The result sits somewhere between the swagger of Red Fang, the oppressive weight of Crowbar and the darker melodic instincts of Alice In Chains, while Vieira’s vocal delivery carries the scarred, road-worn character associated with Motörhead.

Formed in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2013, The Red Crow have spent more than a decade developing their own interpretation of heavy music. The band’s roots are South American, but its story eventually crossed the Atlantic when Vieira relocated to Portugal in 2021. Now based in Lisbon, The Red Crow bring together the rhythmic aggression of the Brazilian heavy underground with the darker atmosphere of the European stoner and doom scenes.

That collision is central to »It’s Alive«. The record does not rely on complexity for its impact. Instead, The Red Crow focus on riffs that feel immediate, memorable and physical, allowing repetition, volume and groove to do much of the work. There is a sense throughout the record that these songs were written to be experienced in front of an amplifier rather than dissected through headphones.

Opening track »The River« establishes that approach immediately. Built around one of the most infectious grooves on the record, the song combines stoner and doom weight with an almost ritualistic atmosphere. Its lyrics were inspired by Vieira’s first intense spiritual experience with ayahuasca, with the image of a river becoming a metaphor for ego dissolution, surrender and the descent into the subconscious. The music reflects that sensation through a riff that seems to pull the listener forward while simultaneously dragging them deeper beneath the surface.

The atmosphere becomes considerably darker with »Haunted Eyes«. Here, The Red Crow move into a more claustrophobic combination of doom and groove metal, constructing the song around the feeling of being hunted by something that refuses to disappear. The lyrics play with obsession, psychological torment and the idea of an inescapable presence, whether interpreted as another person, a toxic force or the darker side of one’s own mind. Slow, threatening riffs and Vieira’s rough vocal delivery give the track the atmosphere of a nightmare steadily closing in.

That tension erupts into open confrontation on »Show Me The Way You Bleed«. More aggressive and direct, the song channels groove metal through a furious rejection of greed, corruption, manipulation and false promises. Where the earlier songs create unease through atmosphere, »Show Me The Way You Bleed« attacks head-on. Its hostility is reflected in the performance itself, with guitar, drums and vocals pushing against one another in a way that feels deliberately uncontrolled.

»Sunday Zombie« brings a different kind of chaos to the record. Fast, dirty and fueled by dark humor, the song begins with the miserable familiarity of another ruined Sunday morning before collapsing into a full-scale fight for survival. Zombies, monsters and desperation turn the track into something resembling a lost piece of VHS-era horror, connecting naturally with The Red Crow’s wider fascination with 1980s and 1990s comic books and the violent, exaggerated cinematic universe associated with Quentin Tarantino. Beneath the humor, however, the song remains relentlessly heavy, driven by frantic momentum and a riff that never gives the listener much room to recover.

The record closes with »Hunger For Blood«, a primitive and menacing groove-metal track built around vengeance and pursuit. The song carries the feeling of something inevitable approaching, with its violent imagery and unforgiving rhythm transforming the final minutes of »It’s Alive« into a bloodthirsty march. Rather than offering a comfortable resolution, The Red Crow finish the record with the same sense of danger with which they began it.

That refusal to soften the edges is one of the defining characteristics of »It’s Alive«. The Red Crow approached the recording with the intention of preserving the natural force of the band rather than reconstructing it through layers of studio manipulation. The objective was straightforward: capture the amplifiers, the drums, the voice and the interaction between musicians with as little interference as possible. The philosophy behind the record could effectively be reduced to one sentence: no overdubs, no studio bullshit.

The recording lineup features Christiano Vieira on guitar and vocals alongside Gustavo Ferreira on drums. For live performances, The Red Crow expand to a trio with Thiago on bass. The artwork for »It’s Alive« was created by Zulfajir, while Basilio handled production, engineering, mixing and mastering at Buzz Room.

The record follows The Red Crow’s earlier release »Spellbound«, issued through SODEH Records in 2025, and arrives after a period of growing activity for the band in Europe. Following an extensive Brazilian tour earlier in their career and the move to Portugal, The Red Crow completed a full Spanish tour in 2025 and are preparing for further European touring in June 2027.

»It’s Alive« also serves as a bridge toward the band’s next major chapter. The Red Crow are currently preparing the forthcoming full-length Dissociation, produced by Tony Reed of Mos Generator, whose production and recording work also connects him with Pentagram. The album will push the band further into the heavy, riff-centered identity established across their current material while giving them room to expand beyond the deliberately stripped-down character of »It’s Alive«.

For listeners drawn to Sleep, High On Fire, Orange Goblin, Red Fang, Crowbar and Pantera, »It’s Alive« offers a compact introduction to what The Red Crow do best. It is dirty without sounding careless, heavy without becoming static and aggressive without sacrificing groove. Most importantly, it sounds like musicians playing together rather than individual performances assembled into a finished product.

»It’s Alive« is a record that moves from altered consciousness and psychological horror into corruption, apocalyptic chaos and revenge without losing the central thread connecting everything The Red Crow create: the riff.

About The Red Crow:

The Red Crow are a Brazilian-born, Lisbon-based heavy trio blending stoner metal, doom and groove metal into a sound built on massive riffs, dirty fuzz and relentless rhythmic weight. Formed in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2013, the band developed its identity in the South American underground before relocating to Portugal in 2021, bringing together the rhythmic aggression of Brazilian heavy music with the darker atmosphere of the European stoner and doom scenes.

Led by guitarist and vocalist Christiano Vieira alongside drummer Gustavo Ferreira and bassist Thiago, The Red Crow favor a raw, physical approach to songwriting. Their music is driven by thick grooves, crushing low-end and Vieira’s gravel-throated vocal delivery, drawing influence from bands including Red Fang, Crowbar and Alice In Chains while carrying the rough-edged attitude of Motörhead. Outside of music, the band’s creative world is heavily informed by Tarantino films and the dark, exaggerated visual language of 1980s and 1990s comics.

After extensive touring in Brazil, The Red Crow expanded their reach in Europe, including a full Spanish tour in 2025. Their music reflects that transcontinental history: aggressive, atmospheric and intentionally unpolished, with the energy of a live band always placed ahead of studio perfection.

Following »Spellbound«, The Red Crow continue that philosophy with »It’s Alive«, a five-track release recorded at Buzz Room and built around the band’s no-frills approach to heaviness. With further European touring planned for 2027 and new material ahead, The Red Crow continue pushing deeper into a sound defined by groove, distortion and riffs designed to hit at maximum volume.

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well