TARANTULA BAND PAGE
 TARANTULA
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CURRENT NAME
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Tarantula |
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FORMER NAMES
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ORIGIN
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Portugal |
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STATUS
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Active |
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FORMED IN
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LABEL
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AFM Records |
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GENRE
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Hard rock |
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STYLE
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LYRICAL THEME
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BAND ADDED
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2005-11-07, 00:00 |
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LAST UPDATE
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2005-11-07, 00:00 |
Tarantula was formed in October 1981. By that time the Barros brothers were just kids dreaming about a musical career. After successful gigs in Portugal and Germany and two demo tapes, the band signed their first record deal in 1987. The album - entitled like the band - was the first one released in Portugal by a domestic heavy metal band and sold out in just a couple of weeks.
In 1990 “Kingdom of Lusitania” was released putting the band’s name in the international metal scene. They received several record deal proposals, but their domestic label, the multinational Polygram, didn’t want to co-operate with them.
The regular shows and the Rock`n`School (rock music school founded by the musicians of the band) occupied a lot of time and only in 1993 (“Tarantula III”) and 1995 (“Freedom’s Call”) they released new albums. These works had excellent reviews in European, South American and Japanese press and led them to more tours in Portugal and Spain. In 1995, on Tarantula's 15th anniversary about 15,000 people saw a big show with several guests. In 1997 the band played in various concerts e.g. with Manowar, Hammerfall, Gamma Ray or Jag Panzer, just to mention a few…
"Light Beyond The Dark" was their first album on AFM Records in 1999. The release show was presented in front of 1.200 maniacs that sold out the Hard Club. The “Tour beyond the Dark” had more than twenty dates in countries such as Portugal, Spain and Germany. TARANTULA played with Stratovarius, Motorhead, Squealer or Deep Purple. The two shows with Deep Purple in the Portuguese Coliseums (Porto and Lisbon) were fantastic and had more than 4,000 spectators in each concert.
In 2000 they travelled to Germany to record their new album “Dream Maker”. With producer Tommy Newton (Helloween, Conception, Victory, Elegy) they gave birth to their most powerful and a real amazing work. Tracks as «Dream Maker», «Never Surrender» (dedicated to the people of East Timor), «You can always touch the sky» and «Our Destiny» were created for the new millennium.
After the release of «Dream Maker» the band did a Portuguese tour and played some festivals. Tarantula headlined Noites Ritual Rock, Seixal Rock and Hypermetal Fest. In Spain, they made a great show at the ROCK MACHINA FESTIVAL, with bands like Gamma Ray, Rhapsody, Blaze, Symphony X, Iron Savior, Kreator, In Flames and many others. The band is now working in a new album for 2004...
| Session musicians Add - Fetch |
| Unknown / none |
