Angels Cry

Angels Cry is the debut on which, fusing classical-music constructive beauty and racing metal, ANGRA showed its presence to the world. Listening backward from the polished image of later years, roughness is also visible, but that unrefined part is exactly what becomes the appeal. It is the starting point on which the band from Sao Paulo, Brazil, made its talent resound worldwide. On “Carry On,” “Angels Cry” and “Time,” there is momentum from before the riffs, singing and rhythm were fixed into one form. Andre Matos’s soaring high-toned vocals give the work a vivid individuality. A cover of Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” is also included. Songs like “Never Understand” and “Lasting Child” breathe an early, fresh appeal too. Here, the line continuing to later signature works and a rough shine found only in that period remain at once. It is an important record that announces the beginning of a worldwide career.