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Ricardo Confessori
Ricardo Confessori (born January 25, 1969) is a Brazilian drummer and a former member of the Brazilian power metal band Angra. After leaving the Brazilian thrash metal band Korzus, Confessori was invited for assume the post of drummer of Angra, after the recording of the album '' Angels Cry''. In 2000, Confessori left Angra with singer Andre Matos and bassist Luis Mariutti to form the band Shaman together with guitarist Hugo Mariutti. Shaman released three albums with this line-up: ''Ritual'' (2002); '' RituAlive'' (live album, released in CD and DVD in 2003); and ''Reason'', in 2005. After the second album, Confessori and Matos had some creative differences. Confessori owned the Shaman name resulting in the other members leaving the band. In 2009, Confessori returned to Angra, replacing the drummer Aquiles Priester. In 2014 it was announced that he had once again left the band. In 2016, he was announced as the new drummer for folk metal band Tierramystica. He also served as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortaleza
Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the twelfth richest city in the country in GDP. It also has the third richest metropolitan area in the North and Northeast regions. It is an important industrial and commercial center of Brazil, the nation's eighth largest municipality in purchasing power. According to the Ministry of Tourism, the city reached the mark of second most desired destination of Brazil and fourth among Brazilian cities in tourists received. The BR-116, the most important highway of the country, starts in Fortaleza. The municipality is part of the Common Market of Mercosur Cities, and also the Brazilian state capital which is closest to Europe, from Lisbon, Portugal. To the north of the city lies the Atlantic Ocean; to the south are the municipalities of Pacatuba, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Metal
Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for example, Dutch Heidevolk, Danish Sylvatica and Spanish Stone of Erech). It also sometimes features soft instrumentation influenced by folk rock. The earliest folk metal bands were Skyclad from England and Cruachan from Ireland. Skyclad's debut album '' The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth'' was released in 1991 and would be considered a thrash metal album with some folk influences, unlike Cruachan’s early work which embraced the folk element as a defining part of their sound. It was not until 1994 and 1995 that other early contributors in the genre began to emerge from different regions of Europe and beyond. Among these early groups, the German band Subway to Sally spearheaded a different regional variation that over time became known as medie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Births
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is First inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – Attempted assassination of Leonid Brezhnev, An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Leonid Brezhnev, Brezhnev es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Metal Espancation
''Live Metal Espancation'' is a live album by fictional heavy metal band Massacration. Their first release under the Massacration name since the 2009 studio album ''Good Blood Headbanguers'', it was recorded during a gig at entertainment space Tropical Butantã in São Paulo on August 26, 2017 and released through Top Link Music on December 15 in CD format and for streaming, and in DVD through Shinigami Records a week later, on December 22. Produced by Alexandre Russo, who previously worked with Angra, the show counted with guest appearances by former pornographic actors and , and Hermes & Renato characters Boça and Joselito Sem-Noção (played by Felipe Torres and Adriano Silva respectively). Under the pseudonym "El Perro Loco", Ricardo Confessori of Angra and Shaman Shamanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with what they believe to be a spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reason (Shaman Album)
''Reason'' is the second studio album by the Brazilian heavy metal band Shaaman, first released in 2005. "Innocence" was released as the band's first single. Track listing All lyrics are written by André Matos, except "More" (lyrics by Andrew Eldritch). Personnel Shaaman * André Matos – vocals, piano, keyboards * Hugo Mariutti – guitars * Luís Mariutti – bass * Ricardo Confessori – drums Additional personnel * Miro – keyboard arrangements and programming, sound effects * Junior Rossetti – keyboards, sound effects * Fabio Ribeiro – organ * Marcus Viana – violin, cello, Indian dioruba, rabbab * Helder Araujo – sitar, tablas * Amanda Somerville – backing vocals, narration, vocal coaching * The São Paulo State Symphony Ensamble: ** Svetlana Terechkova, Andrea Campos Misiuk, Soraya Landim, Matthew Thomas Thorpe, Camila Tamae Yasuca, Cesar Augusto Miranda – violins ** Svetlana Bogatyreva, Tania Campos Kier – violas ** Douglas Kier, Wilson Sampaio – cel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ritual (Shaman Album)
''Ritual'' is the debut album by the Brazilian heavy metal band Shaman. It was first released in 2002, and it is a concept album about many cultures, mainly indigenous cultures and shamanism. The album has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide since its release and appears on the list Top 100 Power Metal Albums of All Time by metalstorm.com. Track listing # "Ancient Winds" (André Matos) – 3:16 # "Here I Am" (Matos) – 5:56 # "Distant Thunder" (Hugo Mariutti) – 6:22 # "For Tomorrow" (Ricardo Confessori) – 6:47 # "Time Will Come" (H. Mariutti) – 5:32 # "Over Your Head" (Luis Mariutti) – 6:37 # "Fairy Tale" (Matos) – 6:56 # "Blind Spell" (Confessori) – 4:34 # "Ritual" (Matos) – 6:37 # "Pride" (Matos) – 4:11 Personnel Shaman * André Matos – vocals, piano * Hugo Mariutti – guitar * Luís Mariutti – bass * Ricardo Confessori – drums Additional personnel * Tobias Sammet (Edguy) – vocals on "Pride" * Sascha Paeth – guitars on "Pride" * Marcus Viana – violi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aqua (Angra Album)
''Aqua'' is the seventh full-length studio album by Brazilian progressive/power metal band Angra. It was released on August 11, 2010 and August 17, 2010 in Japan and Brazil, respectively. It is their last recording to feature Edu Falaschi on lead vocals, and their only studio album on which drummer Ricardo Confessori returns. Overview The album features returning drummer Ricardo Confessori, who had left the band with Andre Matos and Luís Mariutti in 2000 and had been since then replaced by Aquiles Priester. According to guitarist Rafael Bittencourt, the album was based on William Shakespeare's '' The Tempest''. Bittencourt also states that: ''Aqua'' was released through major labels internationally, but in Brazil the band decided to self-release it, so that they can keep control of everything related to the album, says vocalist Edu Falaschi. Reception Track listing Japanese bonus track Double digipack limited edition Disc 1 Disc 2 (bonus disc: Edu Falasch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fireworks (Angra Album)
''Fireworks'' is the third studio album by the heavy metal band Angra. It was released in 1998 on Lucretia Records. It was their last album to feature Andre Matos on vocals and Luís Mariutti on bass, and the last to feature drummer Ricardo Confessori until ''Aqua'' in 2010. Background According to guitarist Kiko Loureiro, vocalist Andre Matos had decided to leave Angra right after the ''Holy Live'' tour to work on his solo project ''Virgo'' (a collaboration with Sascha Paeth), and the band had started to rehearse with Edu Falaschi as his probable replacement. However, a French executive from the record company talked to them over dinner to help patch their differences. Even so, Kiko recalls feeling that Andre was distant, mostly working on his own compositions alone instead of collaborating with the other members. Track listing Personnel * Andre Matos - vocals, keyboards * Kiko Loureiro - lead guitar * Rafael Bittencourt - rhythm guitar * Luis Mariutti - bass * Ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Land (album)
''Holy Land'' is the second album by Brazilian metal band Angra. It is a concept album whose theme is centered on the Brazilian land by the time it was discovered in the 16th century (from a European perspective), as depicted in the art surrounding the album release. Once fully opened, the cover illustration turns out to be an old 15th-century map. Title track "Holy Land" contains many indigenous and folkloric influences taken from Brazilian music, but also includes classical arrangements symbolizing Europe at the time. The opening track "Crossing" features a rendition of O Crux Ave by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. The following songs deal with life in the "holy land" prior to its colonization by the Portuguese and subsequent changes Brazil underwent upon their arrival. According to drummer Ricardo Confessori, the track "Nothing to Say" was developed around a drum riff he created around 1994 at a small rural property owned by guitarist Rafael Bittencourt. His band mates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Firth
Everett Joseph "Vic" Firth (June 2, 1930 – July 26, 2015) was an American musician and the founder of Vic Firth Company (formerly Vic Firth, Inc.), a company that makes percussion mallet, percussion sticks and mallets. Biography Vic Firth was born June 2, 1930, in Winchester, Massachusetts. He was raised in Sanford, Maine by parents Everett E. and Rosemary Firth, where he graduated from Sanford High School. Son of a successful trumpet player, he started learning the cornet at age four, turning later to percussion, trombone, clarinet, piano, and music arrangement. When he reached high school, he was a full-time percussionist, and created an 18-piece band at age 16. He played a variety of percussion instruments such as vibraphone, timpani, and the drum set. He held a Bachelor's degree, as well as an Honorary Doctorate in Music from New England Conservatory in Boston. Firth was the principal timpanist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1956 to 2002. He was the orchestra's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avedis Zildjian Company
:''Zildjian leads here. For people with the surname, see Zildjian (other)'' The Avedis Zildjian Company, simply known as Zildjian (), is a musical instrument manufacturer specializing in cymbals and other percussion instruments. Founded by the ethnic Armenian Zildjian family in the 17th-century Ottoman Empire, the company relocated to the United States in the 20th century. Today, it is the largest cymbal and drumstick maker in the world. The company was founded in Constantinople in 1623 by Avedis Zildjian, an Armenian. Zildjian is now based in Norwell, Massachusetts. Zildjian is the oldest manufacturer of musical instruments in the world as well as one of the oldest continuously operating companies in the World. Zildjian sells cymbals, drumsticks, percussion mallets and other drum accessories under the Zildjian, Vic Firth and Balter Mallet brands. History Beginnings The first Zildjian cymbals were created in 1618 by Avedis Zildjian, an Armenian metalsmith and alchemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massacration
Massacration is a fictional American heavy metal band created by Brazilian humorists and musicians Bruno Sutter (as vocalist Detonator), Fausto Fanti (as lead guitarist Blondie Hammett), Marco Antônio Alves (as bassist Metal Avenger), Adriano Silva (as rhythm guitarist Headmaster) and Felipe Torres (as drummer Jimmy the Hammer), all of them part of the comedy troupe Hermes & Renato. It was one of several parodic music groups idealized by the troupe throughout their career; others include, but are not limited to, Coração Melão (which parodies ''Axé (music), axé'' music), ArtesaNation (reggae) and Também Sou Hype (Indie rock#Indie electronic, indietronica bands such as CSS (band), CSS, which was very popular in Brazil during the mid- to late 2000s). However, Massacration would be the only project to spawn off, releasing actual full-length albums and receiving a detailed fictional backstory. Self-described by the Portuguese-language epithet "a banda da galera" (roughly tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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