Year : 2022 (Japan Edition)
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal , Melodic Power Metal
Country : Brazil
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 125 mb
Bio:
HIBRIA is a Brazilian Metal band created in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul / Brazil, in 1996. The band has been growing in Brazil and in the world due to their successful releases recognized both by the specialized media and the audience. Nowadays, HIBRIA is spreading their third full-length studio album called Blind Ride, released in 2011 in Japan (King Records), South Korea (Dope Music), Brazil (Voice Music) and in The United States (Cleopatra).The band shot their first official Live DVD, called Blinded by Tokyo – Live in Japan, at Shinagawa Prince Stellar Ball – Tokyo, Japan – May 15th, 2011.
Key Facts:
• Nowadays, the band is spreading their third album – Blind Ride – and working on their next full-length studio album to be released in 2013. In May of 2011, the band toured Asia for the third time in support of the album playing in South Korea, China and in Japan, where the band shot a Live DVD in Tokyo.
• In October of 2012, the band will play for the second time at LOUD PARK in Japan.
• In the first semester of 2012, the new guitarist from HIBRIA, Renato Osorio, signed an endorsement contract with Ibanez.
• In the first semester of 2011, the guitarists Abel Camargo and Diego Kasper (Former Member), and the bassist Benhur Lima, signed an endorsement contract with Ibanez. Right after, the drummer Eduardo Baldo signed with TAMA.
• In April of 2011, HIBRIA played as the support act to OZZY OSBOURNE in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, in Brazil.
• In January of 2010, HIBRIA was chosen to open METALLICA’s concert, in Porto Alegre/BR, on the World Magnetic Tour’ 10, playing to 25.000 people.
• In October of 2009, after their successful Collecting Skulls WTour, the band was invited to play in Japan again at LOUD PARK, playing to 15.000 headbangers, sharing the stage with some of the most important Metal bands of the world such as Judas Priest, Slayer, Megadeth, Arch Enemy, Napalm Death, Antrax, Childrem of Bodom, Papa Roach, among others. Besides playing at Loud Park, the band opened Megadeth’s concert , in Nagoya.
• In May of 2009, the band started their international tour – Collecting Skulls WTour - to promote their new album – The Skull Collectors - playing in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Canada. After the international tour, the band went back to Brazil to release the album in their hometown, Porto Alegre.• The band’s previous album was Defying the Rules, and it brought the melodic lines from the 80′s, the speed from the 90′s and the 2000′s musicians skills. DTR was released in Brazil, USA, Canada, Western Europe, Russia and Baltic States, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong.• In Japan, DTR has been a best seller in the Heavy Metal category during 6 consecutive weeks in the retailing stores HMV in Japan, being for the whole period in the first position, and it’s been voted among the best of the year, both by the editors and the readers from the magazine BURRN.
Album:
Hibria is back and with everything! The new work of the band, the seventh studio album, "Me7amorphosis", has arrived! The wait was long, but it was worth every second!I confess that when the band had that dismantled a few years ago, I was very worried, staying only the guitarist Abel Camargo, and in my mind the question came: Is it the end of Hibria? In my opinion, one of the greatest bands in the history of Brazilian heavy metal. The end couldn't be like that, the "Gods of Rock" wouldn't let this beautiful story end like that.After that, the great news came, the band would continue with new members. Now another question came to me: would the new members manage to keep Hibria at the level it was?Then the warrior and tireless Abel Camargo rolled up his sleeves and went to fight. I was already a fan of this guy, but everything he went through, the work he did to keep the band going, the work of choosing the new members, made me a much bigger fan of Abel. I can only say to him, "Thank you Abel!!!"With the new members being announced, I saw that Abel was not kidding, I confess that some chosen were musicians unknown to me, but after hearing and seeing the auditions, there I was sure that Hibria would come back and with great strength, as they say, with blood in the eyes.The debut show of the new line-up came, in Porto Alegre/RS, at the end of 2019. There everything I was thinking was confirmed, HIBRIA IS BACK AND STRONGER THAN EVER! I watched live, the rebirth of one of the biggest metal bands in Brazil. Now the new album is missing, for Hibria to show all its strength and power.And for our joy, the wait is over, the new work of the band has arrived, the wait was long, but I'm sure it was worth every second of this wait. I'm sorry for those who read this review, I'll try to separate the fan from the critic, I confess it won't be easy, but I hope everybody understands me.Hibria's new work is called Me7amorphosis, seventh studio album, and will be released on February 25th in Brazil and February 23rd in Japan.The new work starts with "War Cry", and right away it will thrill the fans of the band. A triumphant entrance and showing that Hibria is back to its rightful place, on the level of the biggest metal bands of Brazil. A heavy beginning, the essence of the group seems perpetual. And extremely incredible the musical competence of this new formation."Shine" is fast and heavy, with an incredible work of the guitars of Abel and Bruno, showing a perfect interplay and an unusual weight, of the kitchen formed by Thiago Baumgarten (bass) and "monster" Otavio Quiroga (drums)."Meaning of Life" is calm and beautiful, one that chills, with a lyric that will make us think a lot, before we give up something in our aim, we should think that life doesn't need to be perfect, we should live as it really is. Absolute prominence for the interpretation and voice of Victor Emeka, who shows here that today is the best vocalist in Brazil, in my opinion, ahead of many big names we have around. It?s beautiful to hear Emeka singing!In the sequence we have an "old" known, "Fearless Will", which had already been presented in 2019, which at the time left us with that "water in the mouth"."I Am So Lonely", do you want weight? Here you will have weight! The band is too perfect in this song. Powerful guitars, destroying kitchen and Emeka's vocals perfect as always. I really want to see this song live."Raging Machine", could very well be called the band's current moment: "Furious Machine". Better definition impossible for Hibria. Here, Quiroga simply destroys his drums, impressive his work, on this band's album. And the warrior Abel? I don't need to say that he simply gives a class in this song. One of the great Brazilian guitar players and the most "guilty" for the current moment the band is living, as I said before: Thanks Abel!!!The next one is one more known by us, the band released it recently on their social networks, I'm talking about "Skyline of the Soul", here we have Hibria with their old essence and power. Incredible is the word to define it."The Racer", starts at high speed and here the band runs, runs, to their deepest dreams, as the lyrics say. Lyrics that many people will see themselves, because we live moments like this in our lives. Here the guitars are once again the highlight, the duo Abel and Godinho, has everything to become one of the biggest duos in Brazil.We could not miss the special guests, we can say very special, and in "Tribal Mark", we have "only" Iuri Sanson, Diego Kasper and Renato Osorio, important names in the history of the band. It is beautiful to see the participation of each one in this song. Once in Hibria, always in Hibria. It was fantastic!Does a work like this have to finish? Unfortunately it does! And the best way to close the album and with a golden key is called "A Storm to Heal". A perfect end, with a perfect band, finishing a very high level work, with powerful riffs, remarkable songs and of course, a PERFECT work!I finish this review with a big smile stamped on my face and with a lot of emotion, because I had the privilege of seeing and hearing the resurgence of one of the biggest bands of the Brazilian Metal history and today, a band with blood in our eyes, with lust, with the old Hibria style back, for our joy. Now we have to wait to see all this live.And the band?Victor Emeka fit perfectly in the band, I can't imagine the band, today, with another vocalist. He has an unusual talent, charisma to spare and besides that, he was responsible for the production of the lyric video and the cover of Me7amorphosis' first single, Skyline of the Soul, besides other visual pieces of HIBRIA. He is also a publicist and at Me7a he worked as a Creative and Art Director.Abel Camargo, simply the greatest responsible for this return of Hibria. Phenomenal guitar player, and co-founder of HIBRIA, he is one of the composers, lyricists and also executive producer of Me7a, together with the band's manager Ramsés Vidor, from Voiza Records.After some other bassists passed through this Hibria's comeback, in my opinion, the band got right in choosing Thiago Baumgarten, listen to the album and you'll know what I'm talking about, he is a revelation in the Brazilian metal. Also shares the composition of the lyrics of Skyline of the Soul the vocalist Victor Emeka.The other guitar of the band is in the hands of Bruno Godinho. He makes the guitar duo with Abel Camargo and many already know him for his excellent work as a scholar of the six strings, as an artist and teacher. On this album Godinho, in addition to settling in as a guitarist, has incorporated the roles of composer and music producer. As the band said, "Godinho was like the coach of our team inside the studio, organising and guiding the work with the songs so that things came out perfectly."And what about the "Monster" Otávio Quiroga? Besides taking over HIBRIA's drums in Me7amorphosis, he was responsible for the percussions and also contributed with backing vocals in the new album, bringing a mix of influences. In my opinion, he is nowadays one of the best drummers of the new generation in Brazil, he did a fantastic job in this new album of the band. He has a lot of ground ahead of him, I am sure that soon he will be in the list of the best drummers in Brazil, beating a lot of great ones. Keep this name.Me7amorphosis is another strong candidate to the best album of 2022, an album that showed the return and rebirth of Hibria. For those who are fans like me, it's a reason for joy and excitement. ETERNAL LIFE TO HIBRIA!
Line-Up:
Victor Emeka - Vocals (2018-present) - See also: Soulspell (live)
Abel Camargo - Guitars (1996-present)
Bruno Godinho - Guitars (2019-present)
Thiago Baumgarten - Bass (2021-present) - See also: Shemariah
Otávio Quiroga - Drums (2019-present)
Tracklist:
01. War Cry
02. Shine
03. Meaning Of Life
04. Fearless Will
05. I Am So Lonely
06. Raging Machine
07. Skyline Of The Soul
08. The Racer
09. Tribal Mark
10. A Storm To Heal
11. Meaning Of Life (Acoustic Version) (Japan Bonus Track)
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