Mindflow was a
progressive metal
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band from Brazil. The band was founded in 2003, and they released their first album, ''Just the Two of Us... Me and Them'', the following year. This album turned out to become a success; the record company's bestseller for more than two years. Their second album, ''Mind Over Body'', was released in 2006. The band's third album ''Destructive Device'', was released in 2008. They released their fourth and final album ''365'' in January 2011.
Biography
In 2006, a new project, "Mind Over Body" was released and conceived as a "Flow of Consciousness".
Since 2004, MindFlow have completed two European tours, one in
Asia
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, and another in
North America
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. They have made appearances at many festivals such as the 2nd Duryu Rock and Sports Festival in
South Korea
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. In
Spain
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, the group appeared at the Prog Metal Fest, a multi-venue festival that visited four cities:
Madrid
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,
Palencia
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,
Barcelona
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and
Girona
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. Still on the European scene, MindFlow played at the Metal Heart Festival in
Norway
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, at the Cambridge Rock Festival in
England
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and performed at a show in
Belgium
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, Spirit of 66. In the
United States
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alone, they have performed in 10 more shows, including the Monsters of Rock; the Texas Mad Festival; and the Blastzone Festival. In Brazil, the group has appeared all over the country, at such events as the Live'N'Louder Rock Fest 2006, at the Skol Area, Anhembi, São Paulo - Latin America's biggest rock festival - and have already played in the stages of some Brazilian venues such as the Directv Music Hall (now the Citibank Music Hall), the Via Funchal and the Victoria Hall.
Their third album ''Destructive Device'' was produced by
Ben Grosse
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(Marilyn Mason, Slipknot, Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Sevendust) and was recorded and mixed both in Brazil and
Los Angeles
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. Grosse recorded parts of the album (specifically the bass, drums and keyboards) at "Mosh Studios" in São Paulo, and moved the project to "The Mix Room" in Los Angeles where the vocals, guitar and mixing were completed.
Mindflow has recently announced a new album, titled ''365''.
GAME Follow Your Instinct
"Follow Your Instinct" is an
Alternate Reality Game
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The form is defined by inten ...
created by the band MindFlow. The game situates the participants as detectives in pursuit of a dangerous
serial killer
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ARG is a type of game that combines fictional situations with reality, making use of media channels from the real world. "Follow Your Instinct" takes place in websites, e-mails, phone calls, and among other media sources.
More than 3,000 people participated in the first edition of "Follow Your Instinct" that lasted 1 year and 3 months. The clues were all over the place from musical passages, emails, websites, mysterious recordings, photos and especially in a comic booklet that came with the disc of the band.
In its album ''Destructive Device'' MindFlow's saga continues with: FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCT 2.0 – J.A.C.K. The new website of the band has become an Intelligence Agency and the disc is now the portfolio of evidence of new crimes of the serial killer including a poster for the start of the investigation.
Band members
* Danilo Herbert – lead vocals
* Rafael Pensado – drums, backing vocals
* Ricardo Winandy – bass
* Rodrigo Hidalgo – guitars, backing vocals
Discography
Albums
* ''Just the Two of Us... Me and Them'' (2004)
* ''Mind Over Body'' (2006)
* ''Destructive Device'' (2008)
* ''365'' (2009)
* ''With Bare Hands''
Brazilian prog metal band Mindflow deliver 14 “sort of” new tracks of powerfully melodic tunes.
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References
External links
Game Follow Your Instinct
Progarchives.com page
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Brazilian progressive metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 2003
Musical quintets
2003 establishments in Brazil