''Reason'' is the second studio album by the Brazilian
heavy metal band
Shaaman
Shaman is a Brazilian progressive and power metal band assembled in 2000 by three musicians who left the band Angra – Andre Matos, Luis Mariutti and Ricardo Confessori. The band was completed with guitar player Hugo Mariutti (Luis' young ...
, first released in 2005. "Innocence" was released as the band's first single.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by
André Matos
Andre Coelho Matos (14 September 1971 – 8 June 2019) was a Brazilian singer and musician. He was involved in the heavy metal bands Viper, Angra, Shaman and Symfonia. Since 2006, Matos had been dedicating his time to his solo career. In 2 ...
, except "More" (lyrics by
Andrew Eldritch
Andrew Eldritch (born Andrew William Harvey Taylor, 15 May 1959) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is the frontman and only remaining original member of the Sisters of Mercy, a band that emerged from the British post-punk scene ...
).
Personnel
Shaaman
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André Matos
Andre Coelho Matos (14 September 1971 – 8 June 2019) was a Brazilian singer and musician. He was involved in the heavy metal bands Viper, Angra, Shaman and Symfonia. Since 2006, Matos had been dedicating his time to his solo career. In 2 ...
– vocals, piano, keyboards
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Hugo Mariutti
Hugo Mariutti (born 18 December 1975) is a Brazilian musician, best known as the guitarist of Henceforth, Viper and Andre Matos' solo band and also as the guitarist of Shaman, in which he plays with his brother Luis Mariutti, who is also the f ...
– guitars
* LuÃs Mariutti – bass
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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 ...
– 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,
tabla
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Amanda Somerville
Amanda Somerville (born March 7, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who resides in Wolfsburg, Germany. She is known primarily for her work with many European symphonic metal bands.
Biography
Personal life
Somerville was ...
– 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 – cellos
Production
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Sascha Paeth
Sascha Paeth (born 9 September 1970 in Wolfsburg, West Germany) is a German guitarist, bassist, musical producer, and mixer known for working with heavy metal bands such as Avantasia, Edguy, Angra, Shaaman, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, After ...
– producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
*Philip Colodetti – co-producer, engineer, mastering
*Glenn Zolotar, Ricardo Nagata, Luizinho Mazzei, Eduardo Avellar, Evandro Lopez – engineers
References
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2005 albums
Shaman (Brazilian band) albums
AFM Records albums