2002 Beyond The Great Vast Forest CD

Hinter dem grossen weiten Wald .....lebt eine talentierte junge Metal Band! Sie kommen tatsächlich aus Manaus, mitten im Amazonas Gebiet! Manaus ist zwar ziemlich gross, aber halt sehr abgelegen, und ausser ihnen und GLORY OPERA hat anscheinend noch keine Band ein Album veröfentlichen können. Sie fanden sich im Jahre 2000 zusammen. Sänger Sandro Barros war vorher in den Bands ETERNAL SHADOW und NOSTRADAMMUS (die später GLORY OPERA wurden). Basser Eurico Santores war vorher bei REST IN PIECE, und ging dann nach Rio, wo er mit LETIFER spielte, und später nach Manaus zurückkehrte. Gitarrist Rodrigo Sampaio kam von der Band SOUL COLLECTOR. Ihre neue gemeinsame Band hatte erst noch keinen Namen, und sie fingen an Covers zu spielen. So ohne Namen durften sie an einem Schulfestival mit 5000 Leuten teilnehmen. Dannach hatten sie sich aber endlich auf den Namen IMMORTAL CHOIR geeinigt. Dann hatten sie etwas Glück, als die Regierungsorganistion "Fundacao Villa Lobos" Geld für ein Kulturprojekt locker machte, und ihnen die Herstellung von 2000 CDs finazierte! Sie hatten trotzdem Probleme das Studio zu bezahlen, und so zogen sich 2002 die Aufnahmen hin. Nun haben sie aber ein fertiges Produkt, welches sehr abwechslungsreichen Metal bietet! Die meisten Songs sind melodisch, episch, mit Keyboard, aber andere gehen auch voll ab, richtiger straighter Power und Speed Metal! Der Name, Titel und das dunkle Cover liessen mich erst Black oder Gothic erwarten, aber damit täuscht man sich völlig! Die Jungs haben mehr internationale Bekanntheit verdient!
Homepage: http://www.immortalchoir.cjb.net

Beyond the great vast forest .....lives a great new talented Metal band! They come really from Manaus, in the middle of the Amazone area! Manaus is quite big, but is really remote, and beside GLORY OPERA there seems to be no other Metal band there, which released an album! They came together in the year 2000. Singer Sandro Barros was before in the bands ETERNAL SHADOW and NOSTRADAMMUS (the later GLORY OPERA) Bass player Eurico Santores was before in REST IN PIECE, and moved later to Rio, where he played with LETIFER, and after this went back to Manaus. Guitarist Rodrigo Sampaio came from the band SOUL COLLECTOR. Their band had first no name and they started to play covers. Without a name they participated at a big high school festival with 5000 people! After this they all agreed on the name IMMORTAL CHOIR. Then they had some luck, when the government organization "Fundacao Villa Lobos" spend money for a cultural project, and financed the production of 2000 CDs! But they still had problems, to get the money together for the studio, and that is why they needed a long time for recording. But now they can present a high quality product, which contains very diverse Metal! Most of the songs are melodic, epic, with keyboard, but others have also full power and speed! Name, titel and the dark cover let me expect a Black or Gothic band, but I was completely wrong! The guys deserve much more international recognition!!
Homepage: http://www.immortalchoir.cjb.net

Além da vasta floresta vive uma nova talentosa banda de Metal. Eles são realmente de Manaus, no meio da área amazônica. Manaus é bem grande, mas bem distante e o GLORY OPERA parece ser a única banda de lá que já lançou um álbum. Eles se reuniram em 2000. O vocalista, Sandro Barros, já cantou nas bandas ETERNAL SHADOW e NOSTRADAMUS (mais tarde GLORY OPERA). O baixista, Eurico Santores já tocou no REST IN PEACE e mudou-se para o Rio onde tocou no LETIFER, voltando depois para Manaus. O guitarrista Rodrigo Sampaio veio da banda SOUL COLLECTOR. A banda não tinha nome e começou tocando covers. Mesmo sem nome, participaram de um grande festival colegial com 5000 pessoas. Depois disto, todos concordaram com o nome IMMORTAL CHOIR e a banda foi batizada. Tiveram alguma sorte quando a organização governamental "Fundação Villa Lobos" apoiou um projeto cultural e financiou a produção de 2000 cds. Ainda tiveram problemas para conseguir dinheiro para o estúdio e por isso as gravações demoraram mais do que o esperado. Agora eles apresentam um produto de alta qualidade, o qual contém um Metal bem diversificado. A maioria das músicas são melódicas, épicas, com teclados, mas bastante rápidas e pesadas. O nome, o título e a capa escura fizeram-me acreditar que se tratava de uma banda de Black ou Gothic, mas eu estava completamente errado. Estes rapazes merecem um reconhecimento internacional.