''Soldiers of Sunrise'' is the first album by
Brazil
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ian
heavy metal band
Viper
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released by Rock Brigade Records in 1987. It was re-released by Massacre Records in 1992 and re-released again in 1997 by Paradoxx Music in a 2-in-1 edition with the ''
Theatre of Fate
''Theatre of Fate'' is the second album by Brazilian heavy metal band Viper. It was re-released in 1997 by Paradoxx Music in a 2-in-1 edition with the '' Soldiers of Sunrise'' album.
In a 2013 interview, when commenting on the production and re ...
'' album. In 2013 through WikiMetal a new edition was released, including the six songs of "The Killera Sword" Demo Tape as bonus tracks.
In a 2013 interview, when commenting on the recording of the album, vocalist Andre Matos said:
Track listing
# "Knights of Destruction" — 3:12
# "Nightmares" — 3:36
# "The Whipper" — 3:10
# "Wings of the Evil" — 3:55
# "H.R." — 3:15
# "Soldiers of Sunrise" — 6:52
# "Signs of the Night" — 3:30
# "Killera (Princess of Hell)" — 2:38
# "Law of the Sword" — 4:29
Bonus tracks (WikiMetal Edition):
10. "Law of the Sword" Demo
11. "Signs of the Night" Demo
12. "Nightmares" Demo
13. "H.R." Demo
14. "The Whipper" Demo
15. "Killera (Princess Of Hell)" Demo
Credits
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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 201 ...
— vocals
*
Pit Passarell
Pedro "Pit" Passarell (born 11 April 1968) is an Argentinian-born Brazilian musician who is the bassist, main composer and occasional lead vocalist of heavy metal band Viper. He also writes for the rock band Capital Inicial, that his brother Yv ...
— bass guitar
* Yves Passarell — lead guitar
* Felipe Machado — lead guitar
* Cassio Audi — drums
OBS: Val Santos was the drummer during most of the tour for this album.
Felipe Machado played at the first show of the tour at Teatro Rio Branco and traveled the next day to finish high school in the US, returning a year later at the end of the tour, before the band starts working on the next album ''Theatre of Fate''.
During his absence was replaced by War Kings guitarist Rodrigo for some of the shows.
References
External links
Viper official site
1987 albums
Viper (band) albums
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