Anybody out there listen to Angra?

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thezauc

Prowler
There an amazing band from Brazil, so there obviously influenced my maiden. I find myself listening to them after a good 5 listens to TFF.
Some notable songs are...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENtROo2GEPM    rebirth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28ESt3Fn ... ated    the shadow hunter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo9yoHXV ... ated    the temple of hate.....talk about mad chops!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCAQ5kS0dOQ  arising thunder....brand new off their album aqua....dont let the intro throw you off!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXdeazI_ ... ated  the rage of the waters.........they start alof of songs with THE too(listen to that bass!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtoMkb8c ... ated  weakness of a man

There are many more great songs from them. Just thought id share them with you guys since its so hard to find good bands!
ENJOY and let me know what you think,
thezauc
 
Well,  i have a couple of albums, the quite surprising "Holy Land" and "Holy Live" (and at some point i have heard Angels Cry). But that's it. I don't know much about them in this decade (or anything after Holy Land, really, i don't know why i lost interest).

By the way, this topic should be on "Metalfans Forums".
 
I heard Holy Land, and thought it was pretty good. The keyboard riff from the title song just stays in your head forever.
 
LOVE Angra!!! Been listening to them and promoting them (here and elsewhere) for a while now. I like all their material, but quite frankly I prefer the revamped line-up after Matos left and Edu joined the band. Rebirth and Temple of Shadows are AMAZING albums, some of the best metal in recent years.
 
Great stuff! I just checked out a few songs from the Rebirth album. They are somewhat reminiscent of Helloween to me.
 
I'm now listening to their new album.Arising Thunder,Rage of Waters, Monster in Her Eyes and Weakness Of a Man clicked on the first listen.It sounds like there's not a bad moment in the album.
 
Deano said:
Great stuff! I just checked out a few songs from the Rebirth album. They are somewhat reminiscent of Helloween to me.
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Somewhat? They wouldn't be around without 'em . :)
 
Angra's musicianship is beyond Helloween's, the neo-classical element is blatantly obvious, specially in their earlier work.
 
I admit that I don't know many Angry songs, but it would take a lot to convince me. The bass playing in Helloween is very high skilled, and the Germans have always had mighty guitar solists in their ranks with Hansen/Grapow/Gerstner. Give Better Than Raw a swing again and you'll hear some excellent drumming and riffing as well. And Kiske is skilled too.

But this is a different discussion.

I still think that Angra was inspired and influenced by Helloween, even if they have taken a more progressive direction.
 
Oh, I'm not saying Helloween's musicianship sucks. I agree that it's always been really good, specially on Better than Raw. But Angra's is better. Well, I guess that's subjective, but IMO it is.
 
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