Marcelo "Cello" Dias is a Brazilian musician. He is the bassist of

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and former bassist of

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Biography

The Mist

Dias began his career in 1988 playing bass for the Brazilian

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band The Mist, who had just changed their name from Mayhem following a number of lineup changes. On their first album ''Phantasmagoria'' released in 1989, they most notably featured Chakal singer Vladimir Korg on vocals and boasted a twin guitar lineup displaying a progressive mix of aggressive thrash and gothic atmosphere. For their second album, 1991's ''The Hangman Tree'', former

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guitarist Jairo Guedz took over full guitar duties for the band, reducing the band to a four-piece whilst further expanding the unique sound of the debut. Vocalist Korg left after the second album, further reducing the lineup to a trio for which Marcelo took over vocal duties for their third album, ''Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust'', released in 1993 which showed the band adopting a more contemporary

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sound. Following this release, Marcelo left the band and was replaced by Cassiano Gobbet on both bass and vocals for their final album, 1995's ''Gottverlassen'' before splitting in 1997.

Soulfly

Following this, Dias (a.k.a. Marcello D. Rapp) found international fame as the former bass player for the metal veteran band

. His collaborations in the band's first three albums (''

'', '' Primitive'' and '' 3'') were essential and indeed established his professional level earned him certified

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gold records in the US as well in oversea countries, selling more than two million copies worldwide. With Soulfly, they incorporated many styles of metal with Brazilian tribal and world music. Cello had his first three studio albums debut on the US ''Billboard'' 200, with a peak position at number 32 for their second album, ''Primitive''. Their debut album, ''Soulfly'', was certified gold by the RIAA.

Abloom

Along with bandmates Mikey Doling, Roy Mayorga and One Side Zero's Jasan Radford and Levon Sultanian, they formed Abloom. Performing shows from California to New York, they achieved quickly national status for an unsigned band. With

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bassist's

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as their executive producer, they recorded a full-length album on their own, with an open agenda to negotiate any future deals. Currently, Abloom is on hiatus but are looking to start up again in the near future.

Against All Will

As Cello's current band, Against All Will consists of

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's main songwriter Jimmy Allen on guitars,

Jeff Current Against All Will is an American rock quartet from Los Angeles, whose debut album lineup was formed in Spring 2009 by Jimmy Allen (formerly of Puddle of Mudd), Jeff Current (formerly of Seven Story Drop), Steve "Boomstick" Wilson (formerly of ...

(Seven Story Drop) on vocals and

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(Instinct of Aggression) on drums. The band finished their independent album ''

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'' in December 2009 and performed shows throughout the country in Spring 2010. In 2005, he appeared as one of the bass players on the

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compilation CD, ''

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,'' along with

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guitarist

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), and many others.

Equipment

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– MD 500 Signature Bass *

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Gravity 5 Deluxe *

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SVT 4 Pro Bass Amplifier and SVT 810E cabinet * Morley Pedals * Tech21 Sans Amp PSA1 * DR Strings * Monster Cables

Discography

Full-length releases *1989: The Mist – ''Phantasmagoria'' (Cogumelo Records) *1991: The Mist – ''The Hangman Tree'' (Cogumelo Records) *1993: The Mist – ''Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust'' (Cogumelo Records) *1998: Soulfly –

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) *2000: Soulfly – '' Primitive'' (Roadrunner Records) *2002: Soulfly – '' 3'' (Roadrunner Records) *2004: Abloom – ''Abloom'' (independent) *2009: Agony – ''Devil's Breath'' (independent) Singles *1998: " Umbabarauma" (

Jorge Ben Jorge Duílio Lima Menezes (born March 22, 1939) is a Brazilian popular musician, performing under the stage name Jorge Ben Jor since the 1980s, though commonly known by his former stage name Jorge Ben (). His characteristic style fuses samba, ...

cover) *1998: " Bleed" (feat.

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) *2000: "

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" Videos *1998: ''Bleed'' *2000: ''Back to the Primitive'' *2002: ''

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References

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