WHO’S YOUR FAVORITE BAND TO SEE LIVE?

Hey Metalheads! I hope you’re having a great week so far. This month it’s all about your FAVORITE BAND LIVE and I want to hear from you. Each week I’ll choose two bands and please let me know in the comments below which one is your favorite.

Thanks to everyone who voted on their favorite Female musician. Last week it was Lizzy Hale – Halestorm vs. Simone Simmons – Epica. My choice:

SIMONE SIMMONS – EPICA

Here are this week’s choices:

JUDAS PRIEST

VS.

IRON MAIDEN

I look forward to your responses. Let me know in the comments below who your favorite is. Also, don’t forget to visit us The Metal Wire on Facebook and on Instagram (the_metal_wire). Have a METAL week! Horns up!

WHO’S YOUR FAVORITE FEMALE MUSICIAN?

Hey Metalheads! I hope you’re having a great week so far. This month it’s all about the LADIES WHO ROCK and I want to hear from you guys on your favorite. Each week I’ll choose two ladies and please let me know in the comments below which one is your favorite.

Thanks to everyone who voted on their favorite Female musician. Last week it was Kim McAuliffe – Girlschool vs. Betsy Bitch – Bitch. My choice:

BETSY BITCH – BITCH

Here are this week’s choices:

LIZZY HALE – HALESTORM

VS.

SIMONE SIMMONS – EPICA

 

I look forward to your responses. Let me know in the comments below who your favorite is and which lineup you like best. Also, don’t forget to visit us The Metal Wire on Facebook and on Instagram (the_metal_wire). Have a METAL week! Horns up!

ANGRA – SECRET GARDEN

L to R: Kiko Loureiro, Fabio Lione, Bruno Valverde, Felipe Andreoli and Rafael Bittencourt

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Featured image courtesy of jerrygonzalezart.com

Happy Wednesday Metalheads! Today we continue our Power Metal Mania series with the eighth studio album by Brazillian metallers, Angra called “Secret Garden”.

This is the first album with their new singer, Rhapsody of Fire’s Fabio Lione and new drummer Bruno Valverde. Guitarist Rafael Bittencourt handles some of the vocal duties on this album and the album also includes guest appearances by Simone Simmons from Epica and Doro Pesch.

This is one of my favorite albums by Angra and while the whole album stands out to me, some of my favorite tracks include: Newborn Me, Black Hearted Soul, Final Light and Storm of Emotions. They also do a cover of The Police’s Synchronicity II song which Fabio and Rafael trade vocals on the song.

While Angra did an extensive tour of this album, founding member and guitarist Kiko Loureiro left the band after the tour to join Megadeth and was replaced with Brazilian guitarist Marcelo Barbosa.

Check out the videos below for “Final Light”, “Black Hearted Soul” and “Synchronicity II”:

FINAL LIGHT

BLACK HEARTED SOUL

SYNCHRONICITY II