Angra

小簡介
Angra，巴西神話傳說中的女火神，她的優(yōu)雅足以傾城，他的怒火也更可以摧毀一切。來自巴西的重量級金屬樂隊Angra，則繼承了她的血脈，激昂重金屬音樂的力量與交響樂所散發(fā)的美完美地集合在一其，完成了20世紀(jì)末一項偉大的音樂創(chuàng)舉，從此確立了Symphonic Power/Speed Metal風(fēng)格。
Angra這些精英們在1991年聚在一起，經(jīng)過兩年的準(zhǔn)備，他們于1993年創(chuàng)作出了他們的第一張驚世之作《Angels Cry》。良好的古典音樂基礎(chǔ)使得Angra果然不同凡響，專輯的序曲《Unfinished Allegro》取自舒伯特的第八交響曲《未完成》，拉開了一場金屬圣宴的序幕。果然在不到兩星期的時間內(nèi)，《Angels Cry》不但在銷量上創(chuàng)造了佳績，更是受到了評論界的一致好評。
Angra was formed in 1991, picking up where Viper had left off playing neo-classical progressive metal. Singer Andre Matos left Viper after the Theatre of Fate album due to creative differences. Andre soon hooked up with guitarist Kiko Loureiro to form Angra; they were joined by bassist Luis Mariutti, guitarist Rafael Bittencourt and drummer Marco Antunes. After a demo entitled Reaching Horizons, Antunes was replaced on drums by Ricardo Confessori. This completed the lineup for their first full-length album, Angels Cry, which met with critical and commercial success in Brazil and Europe. It was mostly a hard progressive metal set, slowing down only for a remake of Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights." Two years later, in 1995, Angra recorded their second album, entitled Holy Land. While maintaining the same core sound as Angels Cry, Angra showed subtle Brazilian influences much more on Holy Land in the rhythms and backing vocals. Two EPs, Holy Live and Freedom Call, appeared between 1996 and 1997. The next album, Fireworks, released in 1998, is a more straight forward hard rock album. The classical influences from Angels Cry and the Brazilian influences from Holy Land are both gone, being replaced by straight forward metal. In 2001 longtime vocalist Andre Matos left the group and was replaced by Edu Falaschi. The resulting album, the prog/neo-classical metal Rebirth, was a return to form for the group. They followed that record's success with Temple of Shadows in 2005.