Fireworks

Fireworks is a work on which ANGRA wove Brazilian rhythmic feel, progressive development and delicate melody into power-metal drive. The playing is precise, but the songs are built not only to show technique but to make a vivid flow of the singing. It is the record that became the last work on which Andre Matos was a member. On “Wings of Reality,” “Metal Icarus” and “Rainy Nights,” bright elation and complex arrangement coexist, and each song has rich color. Songs like “Petrified Eyes,” “Paradise” and “Speed” breathe the band’s full playing too. Compared with the previous two albums, a more straightforward, powerful sound is also felt. With this work as the last, three members including Matos would depart. It is an early-period culmination record on which ANGRA’s wide musicality can be savored.