Brazil Metal & Hard Rock Albums

The eighth album and the first with new singer Ângelo Parisotto — Seneca's On the Shortness of Life as its subject, released in the band's thirtieth year.

Cycles of Pain turns ANGRA’s Brazilian color, progressive construction and power-metal lift into one extended drama.

A seventh album that breaks five years of silence, rebuilt around new singer Victor Emeka — with three former members guesting on "Tribal Mark".

Rescue sees Shaman restating the heat and symphonic splendor of Brazilian power metal.

Ømni gathers Angra’s fast metal, Brazilian rhythmic identity, classical harmony and progressive construction inside a science-fiction narrative.

The sixth album and the last with Iuri Sanson — released weeks after the mass departure was announced, and so the closing chapter of the band's first era.

A self-titled fifth album that cuts its song titles down to single words and strips the arrangements to match.

Secret Garden joins Angra’s progressive construction, Brazilian rhythmic sense and classically shaped melody.

A fourth album with new guitarist Renato Osorio and a move to AFM Records — and once again the Japanese edition came out first.

A third album released in Japan ahead of the rest of the world — and the Tokyo show that May became the live record Blinded by Tokyo.

Aqua uses a water-themed concept to connect Angra’s Brazilian rhythmic feel, progressive turns and melodic power-metal lift.

Origins layers Shaman’s Brazilian-metal passion, symphonic color and emotional melody.

A second album that came out in Japan first, led to Loud Park the next year, and made Japan this band's principal market.

Immortal combines complex rhythm, bright keyboard color, and strong melody in a renewed lineup.

Aurora Consurgens uses Angra’s shifting rhythms, detailed guitar, and Edu Falaschi’s expressive voice to shape progressive power metal with both tension and lyricism.

Reason builds a dramatic sound around Andre Matos’s soaring voice, thick keys and classically colored guitar.

Temple of Shadows combines fast guitar, classical arrangement, Brazilian rhythmic color and soaring vocals to tell a story on a large scale.

A debut eight years in the making, home to "Steel Lord on Wheels" — the record that carried Brazilian power metal abroad.

Ritual uses dramatic keyboards, fast guitars and expressive high vocals to build Shaman’s expansive narrative.

Rebirth presents Angra’s renewed lineup through Brazilian rhythmic color and grand power metal.

Fireworks threads Brazilian rhythmic character, progressive movement and delicate melody through Angra’s power-metal drive.

Holy Land layers power-metal speed with classical grandeur, Brazilian rhythm, choral color and acoustic detail.

Angels Cry captures ANGRA at a point where the later image is not yet fully fixed.