Vodu
| Vodu | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | São Paulo , Brazil |
| Genre (s) | Power metal , speed metal , thrash metal |
| founding | 1984, 1992 |
| resolution | 1991, 1992 |
| Current occupation | |
| André Cagni | |
| Sergio Facci | |
| Bruno Bontempi | |
| Claudio Vicky | |
| former members | |
Electric guitar |
Victor Birner |
Electric guitar |
Affonso |
singing |
Jefferson Forcinito |
singing |
Andrews Góis |
Electric guitar |
Jose Luis Gemignani |
Vodu was a Brazilian thrash , power and speed metal band from São Paulo that was formed in 1984 and disbanded in 1991. The band found together again in the following year, but broke up in the same year.
history
The band was formed in 1984 by singer Andrews Góis, guitarists Bruno Bontempi and Jose Gemignani, bassist André Cagni and drummer Sérgio Facci. After they had developed the first songs, the debut album The Final Conflict followed in 1986 . The release was followed by appearances in Brazil and Argentina . At the end of 1986 the band also played in the opening act for Venom and Exciter . In 1987 the guitarists Victor Birner and Paulo Lanfranchi and the singer Claudio Victorazza were added to the line-up. In 1988 the next album Seeds of Destruction followed on Rock Brigade Records . In 1991 the EP No Way followed , which contained live recordings, new songs and a cover version of The Clash . The band broke up in 1991. The line-up came together again in the following year, but dissolved again in the same year. In 1993 Dynamo Brazilie released the album Endless Trip , the recordings being from 1991.
style
According to thethrashmetalguide.com , the debut album is more oriented towards speed metal, with the guitar work reminiscent of Helloween and Viper . Songs like This Is Not Your World are also thrash-metal- heavy, so that it could easily have been released on Agent Steel's debut album . Seeds of Destruction was assigned to speed and thrash metal. Especially in the faster songs, the band reminds me of Agent Steel's Unstoppable Force or Toxik's World Circus . The next two releases, No Way and Endless Trip , were also assigned to speed and thrash metal. The singing is mostly medium clear and high, although one occasionally tries to use a higher pitch. The riffs in Waiting for Nothing are also strongly oriented towards Power Metal, while the song Journey to the Unknown is a mixture of Speed and Power Metal. Songs like Silent Madness and Endless Street would also combine all three styles. Matthias Herr assigned the first two albums to Power Metal, whereby the vocals and the playing of the instruments are technically demanding. Especially on the second album, the speed metal shares would have increased. According to Oliver Klemm from Metal Hammer , the band is less aggressive than their label colleagues Vulcano , as they have "dedicated themselves to perfectly normal uptempo Metal with NWOBHM influences". In the May issue of Metal Hammer , the music is described as a mixture of power and heavy metal . The texts would mostly deal with social and political issues.
Discography
- 1985: Demo 1 (demo, self-published)
- 1985: Demo 2 (demo, self-published)
- 1986: The Final Conflict (Album, Rock Brigade Records )
- 1988: Seeds of Destruction (Album, Rock Brigade Records)
- 1989: No Way (EP, Rock Brigade Records)
- 1993: Endless Trip (album, Dynamo Brazilie )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brazilian Attack . In: Metal Hammer . May 1987, p. 121 .
- ^ A b Matthias Herr: Matthias Herr's Heavy Metal Lexicon Vol. 3 . Verlag Matthias Herr, 1991, p. 174 f .
- ↑ Vodu No Way. musik-sammler.de, accessed on October 5, 2013 .
- ↑ Garry Sharpe-Young : AZ of Thrash Metal . Cherry Red Books, London 2002, ISBN 1-901447-09-X , pp. 427 .
- ↑ Vodu Endless Trip. musik-sammler.de, accessed on October 5, 2013 .
- ↑ VODU (BRAZIL). thethrashmetalguide.com, accessed October 5, 2013 .
- ↑ Oliver Klemm: US imports . In: Metal Hammer . July 1987, p. 52 .
- ↑ Brazilian Attack . Biographies. In: Metal Hammer . May 1987, p. 121 .