Shining Star is a neoclassical

Neo-classical metal

Neo-classical metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that is heavily influenced by classical music. It refers to a very technical performanceExact quote from the french text: "L'arrivée du néoclassique remet au goût du jour la virtuosité et le travail de l'instrument", « Les secrets du metal-...

 progressive

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 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 founded by Brazil

Brazil

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ian guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 Fabio Rocha. Lyrically, the band often writes songs with underlying Christian

Christianity

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 themes.

History

Shining Star was formed in 1999 under the original name of Fabio Rocha's Shining Star. In the year 2000 they released their debut full length album Fatal Mistake on Megahard Records.

Following Fatal Mistake, Fabio removed his name from the band name and reformed his band, adding American vocalist Lance King

Lance King

Lance King is an American heavy metal vocalist. Lance has sung for many metal bands in his career, including Defyance, The Kings Machine, Empire, Gemini, Decibel, Balance of Power, Pyramaze, Shining Star and Avian. He is known for singing in a traditional metal style with falsetto vocals in the...

. In 2005 the band released their second album Enter Eternity on Nightmare Records.

Discography

• Fatal Mistake (2000 Megahard Records)
• Enter Eternity (2005 Nightmare Records)
• Reset (2008 Nightmare Records)

Current

• Fabio Rocha - Guitars
• Lance King
  Lance King
  Lance King is an American heavy metal vocalist. Lance has sung for many metal bands in his career, including Defyance, The Kings Machine, Empire, Gemini, Decibel, Balance of Power, Pyramaze, Shining Star and Avian. He is known for singing in a traditional metal style with falsetto vocals in the...
  
   - Vocals
• Kuky Sanzhez - Bass
• Dinho Zampier - Keyboards
• Juliano Collombo - Drums

External links

• Shining Star at Myspace
• Shining Star at Nolifetilmetal.com
• Nightmare Records website

See also

• Pyramaze
  Pyramaze
  Pyramaze is a Danish/American progressive power metal band.-Biography:Pyramaze was formed in 2001 by guitarist Michael Kammeyer. Next to join were fellow Danes drummer Morten Sørensen and bassist Niels Kvist. American keyboardist Jonah Weingarten, who originally met Kammeyer over the Internet,...
  
  
• Avian
  Avian (band)
  Avian is a melodic power metal band founded in 2002 by guitarist Yan Leviathan. The band features singer Lance King. In 2005 they released their debut album From the Depths of Time, a concept album dealing with the end of days and a warning to mankind. Musically, Avian is influenced by bands...
  
  
• Balance of Power
  Balance of Power (band)
  Balance of Power are a British melodic progressive metal group, formed in 1995.-History:Balance of Power was formed in 1995 by keyboardist Ivan Gunn, along with a group of musicians from the London rock scene. One of their first line-ups featured drummer Lionel Hicks, bassist Chris Dale, vocalist...
  
  
• Krucible