Point of No Return was a

vegan Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal product—particularly in diet—and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. An individual who follows the diet or philosophy is known as a vegan. ...

, straight edge metalcore band from

São Paulo, Brazil SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S. ...

History

Point Of No Return assembled in 1996, initially as a side project of the band Self-Conviction. Point Of No Return's lyrics primarily focused on "

Third World The term "Third World" arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Warsaw Pact. The United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Western European nations and their allies represented the " First ...

struggles" and animal liberation issues. Their sound was described as a mix of

Earth Crisis Earth Crisis is an American hardcore punk band from Syracuse, New York, active from 1989 until 2001, reuniting in 2007. Since 1993 the band's longest serving members are vocalist Karl Buechner, lead guitarist Scott Crouse, bassist Ian Edward ...

metal mosh with death metal elements. The band had three singers, like their North American counterpart, Path of Resistance. Point Of No Return's first full-length album, ''Centelha'' (“Sparks”), was released on CD by Liberation Records in Brazil and Catalyst Records in the United States. The band toured internationally, first to Europe in 2000 and then to Argentina in 2001. After a seven month hiatus and an alleged "last show" in Argentina, the band came back with a second album in 2002, ''Liberdade Imposta, Liberdade Conquistada'' (“Imposed Freedom, Conquered Freedom”) and returned to tour Europe a second time. The songs on this second album—this time with lyrics completely in Portuguese—dealt with sociopolitical issues and were more deeply melancholic, but also carried a strong influence from bands like

Cro-Mags Cro-Mags are an American hardcore punk band from New York City. The band, which has a strong cult following, has released six studio albums, with the first two considered the most influential. With a Hare Krishna background, they were among t ...

, Judge, and Napalm Death. Point of No Return played their final show in 2006.

Members

* Alexandre Fanuchi, aka Kalota – vocals * Frederico Freitas – vocals * Marcos Suarez – vocals * Tarcísio Leite – guitar * Paulo Júnior, aka Juninho – guitar * Jefferson Queiroz, aka Tigrilo – bass * Luciano Juliato, aka Lobinho – drums * Gilberto Gomes, aka China – bass

Albums

*''Voices'' (1997, Liberation Records (Brazil)) *''What Was Done'' (1999, Catalyst Records) *''Centelha'' (2000, Liberation Records (Brazil)) *''Sparks'' (2001, Catalyst Records – Centelha US release) *''Liberdade Imposta, Liberdade Conquistada'' (2002, Liberation Records (Brazil)) *''Imposed Freedom, Conquered Freedom'' (2002, Scorched Earth Police – Liberdade... European release)

References

External links

*
Point of no Return
at

Spotify Spotify (; ) is a proprietary Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. It is one of the largest music streaming service providers, with over 456 million monthly active us ...

Metalcore musical groups Straight edge groups Brazilian hardcore punk groups Musical groups established in 1996 Musical groups disestablished in 2006 1996 establishments in Brazil 2006 disestablishments in Brazil {{Brazil-band-stub