Witchhammer (Brazilian band)
| Witchhammer | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Belo Horizonte , Brazil |
| Genre (s) | Thrash metal |
| founding | 1986, approx. 2006 |
| resolution | circa 1992 |
| Website | www.myspace.com/ |
| Current occupation | |
| Rogerinho | |
Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
|
Paulo Caetano |
Vocals, electric bass , harmonica
|
Casito |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Arnaldo |
Drums |
Teddy |
Drums |
Alfredo Malagoli |
Electric guitar, acoustic guitar |
Vermelho |
Electric guitar, acoustic guitar |
Leandro Miranda |
Witchhammer is a Brazilian thrash metal band from Belo Horizonte that was founded in 1986, disbanded around 1992 and reunited around 2006. Along with Vulcano , Overdose and Sepultura, they are one of the first Brazilian thrash metal bands.
history
The band was formed in 1986. In November 1987 the group recorded the Demo Weekend in Auschwitz . The band was also included on the 1988 compilation Warfare Noise II . The debut album The First and the Last was released in the same year via Cogumelo Records . The second album Mirror, My Mirror followed in 1990, which was followed by the album Blood on the Rocks in 1992 , before the group broke up again. Around 2006 the band got back together and released the album Ode to Death .
style
The band initially played typical Brazilian Thrash Metal, which Neil of The Metal Observer describes as "raw, dirty music"; the debut album The First and the Last begins with the blues / jazz composition Medicine Blues , but the actual songs correspond to typical Thrash Metal with only a few references to their later experimental ideas. Mirror, My Mirror begins “like a Brazilian version of Nightwish ” with female opera singing; The Thrash Metal pieces here are more original and varied than on the debut and less hardcore , but the album contains two blues-rock- heavy tracks. Blood on the Rocks largely follows the style of its predecessor.
On Ode to Death the sound became clearer and partly more modern, whereby "the songwriting is still rooted in Thrash Metal of yesteryear". The vocals of Casito are particularly varied at Metaphysics with "combining bits of thrashy screams, growls and even some screeches - almost an unholy mix of Mark Osegueda , David Vincent and Mille Petrozza ", while Darthirium , Machine of War and Remains the Same (Darthirium III) “all are mostly uniformly gentle”, “but luckily for the listener the last few songs are more than just making up for the lack of quality. 'Witchery' is a pure Thrash number that includes some great solo commitments by Rogerinho and Paulo Caetano, while the anthemic but brutal 'Headbangers Unite' is as sparkling as you would expect it to be. "
Discography
- Weekend in Auschwitz (demo, 1987, self-published)
- Mutilated Army (Demo, 1987, self-published)
- The First and the Last (album, 1988, Cogumelo Records )
- Mirror, My Mirror (album, 1990, Cogumelo Records)
- Blood on the Rocks (Album, 1992, Cogumelo Records)
- Ode to Death (Album, 2006, Cogumelo Records)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Neil: Witchhammer - Ode To Death (8/10) - Brazil - 2006 , accessed December 28, 2012.
- ↑ Various Artists / Sampler Warfare Noise II , accessed December 28, 2012.
- ↑ Garry Sharpe-Young : AZ of Thrash Metal . Cherry Red Books, London 2002, ISBN 1-901447-09-X , pp. 437 .
- ↑ Witchhammer Ode To Death , accessed December 28, 2012.
- ↑ a b c Reviews - W , accessed March 31, 2013.