Angelus Apatrida
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Angelus Apatrida is a thrash metal
band formed in 2000 in Albacete
, Spain
.
, Kreator
, Annihilator
, and Pantera
with fast songs, powerful riffs and aggressive lyrics.
/ power metal
band. Two demos were recorded in this period: Lost in the Realms of Orchinodaemon (2001) and Unknown Human Being (2003). The last one was a change for the band and was recorded with a new style that led Angelus Apatrida to a post-thrash metal style.
With those demos the band started to play live shows supporting other bands like Saratoga and its popularity soon increased. It won a competition of bands and signed its first contract with the label Red Dragon and recorded the song "Danza de la Muerte" for a tribute album for the Spanish classic heavy metal band called Panzer.
The album received good reviews and Angelus Apatrida was considered as one of the most sensational new bands of the country. It sold many albums in Spain and other countries.
Angelus Apatrida started its first important tour with the Evil Unleashed Tour through many locations in Spain as well as recognized fests like Thrash Attack fest or Viñarock playing together with international bands like Sepultura
or Horcas
and supporting others like Warcry
or Destruction
. The last show of the Evil Unleashed tour was in the Leyendas del Rock fest in 2007.
The album was faster, darker and more aggressive than the previous one. The band received many good reviews of the album and the band became one of the most representative bands of the The New Wave of Spanish Thrash Metal. It sold many copies all over the world in many different countries and started a long tour on September 2007.
The tour included shows all over the country and others in Europe, in many different fests or supporting other important bands.
Thrash metal
Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
band formed in 2000 in Albacete
Albacete
Albacete is a city and municipality in southeastern Spain, 258 km southeast of Madrid, the capital of the province of Albacete in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. The municipality had a population of c. 169,700 in 2009....
, Spain
Spain
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.
Biography
Angelus Apatrida is one of the most influential bands in the Spanish metal scene together with Legen Beltza, Killem and Rancor. Its music is similar to other bands like MegadethMegadeth
Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California which was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, following Mustaine's expulsion from Metallica. The band has since released 13 studio albums, three live albums, two...
, Kreator
Kreator
Kreator is a thrash metal band from Essen, Germany, formed in 1978, but formalized in 1982 under the name Tormentor. They originally performed a speed metal style with Venom influences. Their style of music is similar to their compatriots Destruction and Sodom, the other two big German thrash metal...
, Annihilator
Annihilator (band)
Annihilator is a Canadian heavy metal band hailing from Ottawa, Ontario, also from Vancouver, British Columbia between 1987-2002 by founding member, vocalist, guitarist and bassist Jeff Waters. The band has been around since 1984 and is the biggest selling heavy metal artist from Canada in history,...
, and Pantera
Pantera
Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas. Formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell in 1981, bassist Rex Brown would join in late 1981 with vocalist Terry Glaze. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera had Terry replaced in 1987 with Phil Anselmo as...
with fast songs, powerful riffs and aggressive lyrics.
Early years
Angelus Apatrida was formed with a music style much different than what is played today. At the beginning it was a classic heavy metal musicHeavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
/ power metal
Power metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...
band. Two demos were recorded in this period: Lost in the Realms of Orchinodaemon (2001) and Unknown Human Being (2003). The last one was a change for the band and was recorded with a new style that led Angelus Apatrida to a post-thrash metal style.
With those demos the band started to play live shows supporting other bands like Saratoga and its popularity soon increased. It won a competition of bands and signed its first contract with the label Red Dragon and recorded the song "Danza de la Muerte" for a tribute album for the Spanish classic heavy metal band called Panzer.
Red Dragon Records
The contract with Red Dragon Records was for three albums. The band recorded the first one, called Evil Unleashed in the Korsakov studios in Madrid during the summer of 2004 produced by Kosta Vázquez but it was never released due to problems with the label. Eventually, the band decided to break the contract with Red Dragon and to re-record the album one year later.Evil Unleashed
The Evil Unleashed album was re-recorded in the Studio54 studio in Valencia, produced by Enrique Soriano and mastered by Dave Horrocks in Canada at the Infinite Waves studio. The album was edited by Angelus Apatrida in March, 2006 with Producciones Malditas. It was distributed through K-Industria all over the country.The album received good reviews and Angelus Apatrida was considered as one of the most sensational new bands of the country. It sold many albums in Spain and other countries.
Angelus Apatrida started its first important tour with the Evil Unleashed Tour through many locations in Spain as well as recognized fests like Thrash Attack fest or Viñarock playing together with international bands like Sepultura
Sepultura
Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...
or Horcas
Horcas
Horcas is a heavy metal band from Argentina created in 1988 by Osvaldo Civile, former guitarist for V8, Argentina’s landmark heavy metal outfit in the 1980s. After quitting V8 in 1985, and impressed by the new generation of thrash metal bands from the Bay Area led by Metallica, Civile set out to...
and supporting others like Warcry
WarCry (band)
WarCry is a Spanish power metal band led by founder, singer, and songwriter Víctor García. Formed in 2001 when García and drummer Alberto Ardines were ejected from Avalanch, the band has since released five studio albums and one live album, with a sixth studio album currently in progress. WarCry...
or Destruction
Destruction (band)
Destruction is a German thrash metal band. They are considered one of the "three kings" of the Teutonic thrash metal scene, the others being Kreator and Sodom...
. The last show of the Evil Unleashed tour was in the Leyendas del Rock fest in 2007.
Give 'em War
After the first album and the Evil Unleashed tour, the band started recording a new album one year later. It recorded the Give 'em War album at the New Life studios in Madrid produced by José A. Garrido and Daniel Melian, mastered by Kosta Vázquez at the Oasis studios and distributed by Mastertrax.The album was faster, darker and more aggressive than the previous one. The band received many good reviews of the album and the band became one of the most representative bands of the The New Wave of Spanish Thrash Metal. It sold many copies all over the world in many different countries and started a long tour on September 2007.
The tour included shows all over the country and others in Europe, in many different fests or supporting other important bands.
Century Media Records and new album Clockwork
The band signed a worldwide deal with major label Century Media Records. Angelus Apatrida already finished the recording sessions of its third album entitled Clockwork, the first for Century Media, which was recorded in January 2010 at the Portuguese studios Ultrasound with famous producer Daniel Cardoso. In December 2009 the band toured with Swedish metal act Arch Enemy in Spain and Portugal to celebrate their new career in Century Media Records.Current members
- Guillermo Izquierdo - Lead guitars, Lead vocals
- David G. Alvarez - Lead guitars, Back vocals
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- Bass, Back vocals - Victor Valera - Drums, Back vocals
Studio albums
- Evil Unleashed (2006, Maldito Records / K-Industria)
- Give 'em War (2007, Molusco Discos / Mastertrax)
- ClockworkClockwork (Angelus Apatrida album)Clockwork is the third studio album release by the spanish Thrash metal band Angelus Apatrida.-Track listing:# The Manhattan Project 01:10# Blast Off 04:23# Of Men And Tyrants 04:51# Clockwork 03:57# Devil Take The Hindmost 04:10...
(2010, Century Media Records)