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Choirs, flutes and lots of native South American instruments
made Angra one of the most interesting and unique metal bands in the world
until their break up in the year 2000. Coming from Brazil their style is
definitely not close to their countrymen Sepultura. It is really hard to
describe what Angra sounds like. Try imagining heavy metal rhythm and riffing
with some very nice vocals and then add a progressive touch, choirs, piano,
flutes and a jungle feeling to it. There you might get some kind of idea of
what these five Brazilians sound like. One thing is for sure though and that
is that there was and is no other band sounding the way they once did. "Holy
Land" is perhaps the most prominent of their albums and it starts off with an
intro written in the 16th century. After that we are off on a trip through the
Portuguese conquering of Brazil, praising Mother Nature and pagan beliefs.
"Holy Land" and Angra is a powerful proof of the fact that metal is not dead
at all but keeps flourishing and developing all the time and all over the
world. I think it is important to keep an open mind in your approach to music.
You just can´t go around believing that there is nothing else worth listening
to but Norwegian black metal, heavy metal from the 80's or the new power
metal wave. An open mind is the single most important attribute that makes
someone human and that goes not only for music. Angra is definitely a band who
deserves a place in the never-ending history of metal. The album was recorded
at several German studios, produced by Charlie Bauerfeind and Sascha
Paeth.
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orchestral arrangements Kiko Loureiro - guitars Rafael | ||||||||||||||||
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Bittencourt - guitars Luis Mariutti - bass Ricardo Confessori - | ||||||||||||||||
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drums Sascha Paeth - computer, keyboard programming, orchestral | ||||||||||||||||
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arrangements Tuto Ferraz - congas, djembe, timbales, brush | ||||||||||||||||
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snares, clave, triangles, repinique, toms Castora - percussive | ||||||||||||||||
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effects, voices FX, whistles, tamborin Pixu Flores - berimbau | ||||||||||||||||
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Ricardo Kubala - viola Paulo Bento - flutes Ben Bischoff - | ||||||||||||||||
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special didgeridoo solo Holger Stonjek - acoustic contrabass | ||||||||||||||||
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Naomi Munakata - choir conducting Celeste Gattai - choir soprano | ||||||||||||||||
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Mónica Thiele - choir alto Reginaldo Gomes - choir bass | ||||||||||||||||
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