Angra

At the time, Andre Matos was the one who brought the contacts with the businessman Antônio Pirani, then owner of the magazine Rock Brigade and the label Rock Brigade Records, around 1991 at the height of the power metal style. Rafael, who was returning from the United States, decided to put together a super band with musicians known at the Santa Marcelina College, such as vocalist Andre Matos. The musicians André Linhares (guitar), Luis Mariutti (bass), and Marco Antunes (drums) completed the band, but after some time André Linhares left the band and André Hernandes replaced him. Shortly after, Kiko Loureiro took over from André Hernandes. The idea was to take advantage of the wave of Power metal (or melodic metal as the genre became known in Brazil) that was quite popular in Europe, Japan, and Brazil thanks to names like Helloween and Gamma Ray.

The quintet rehearsed for almost a year before releasing their first demo tape, entitled Reaching Horizons, in 1992. Still unknown to the general public, Angra signed with JVC and traveled to Germany to record their first studio album. Before recording began, Marco Antunes left the group, leaving Alex Holzwarth (ex Rhapsody of fire) to play the drums on the album. The band's first show was on April 17, 1993 at Black Jack in São Paulo. The keyboardist was Fábio Ribeiro, who played a few shows and then left to work at Korg. Leck Filho then joined.

At the end of 1993, their debut album, Angels Cry, was released, featuring Kai Hansen, Dirk Schlachter, Thomas Nack (Gamma Ray) and Sascha Paeth (Heavens Gate, Avantasia). The album presented a mix of Heavy metal and Classical music, a sound that marked the band's style. After the release, the band gained fame in Japan, where Angels Cry reached third place on the international charts, having sold 106,000 copies, earning their first Gold Record.

Readers of Japanese and South American magazines voted Angra "Best New Band" of 1993, and in Rock Brigade, the group (and Angels Cry) won several categories in the readers' vote: "Best Album", "Best Vocalist", "Best Cover", "Best Keyboardist" and "Best Song" ("Carry On"). The music video for "Time" was shown many times on TV stations in Brazil and Japan, while the one for "Carry On" was nominated for the MTV Video Music Awards.

The success continued in the summer of 1994, when Angels Cry was released in Europe, by Dream Circle/Polydor (Europe) and by CNR Music/Arcade (France). In the same year, André Matos participated in the remixing of three songs – "Evil Warning", "Carry On" and "Angels Cry" – for inclusion in an EP called "Evil Warning", released only in Japan, with a limited edition of 13 thousand copies that came with a T-shirt. In the meantime, the band went on an extensive tour, already featuring the new drummer Ricardo Confessori, replacing Marco Antunes.

Also in 1994, the band was invited to the opening of the Brazilian version of the Monsters of Rock festival, sharing the stage with Kiss, Black Sabbath and Slayer, playing for more than 50 thousand people in attendance, in addition to live television coverage. The video for the song "Carry On" was made using images from this show.

After the festival, the band embarked on a tour in Brazil: the Angels Cry Tour, which included a show sponsored by 97FM, which brought 10 thousand people to the Maracanã Stadium, and two sold-out shows at Aeroanta in March. The tour ended on May 13, 1995, when the band went to Europe for a series of shows, which included 11 dates in five countries, including two open-air festivals. The keyboardist for the entire tour was Leck Filho.

In the period between the end of the shows and the beginning of the recordings of the second album, guitarist Kiko Loureiro and bassist Luís Mariutti were called to create video lessons for the Guitar Rock and Rock Bass series, respectively.

Angra began recording their new album in 1995. Holy Land, released in March 1996, was followed by shows in several European countries, such as Italy, France and Greece. According to an interview that André gave to the German magazine "Heavy, Oder Was", it took them 8 months to record the new album because he had a serious problem with his vocal cords after the European tour. He had to stop recording in the summer of 1995 (in Europe) and return to Brazil for medical treatment. Then, he returned to Germany and recorded his part again. Among other rumors about this album, one of them was that André went to mix Holy Land abroad without the rest of the band and that they were not very happy with the final result because it had too much keyboard and not enough guitar. André himself answers:

"That's not true, because the rest of the band was there at the end of the mixing and they were able to give their opinions on some things. Besides, the final result left them speechless! I also think I could have included more guitar. Of course, not counting the solo parts. I also think the guitar sound could have been better, heavier."

Holy Land was conceived on drummer Ricardo Confessori's farm in the city of Tapiraí, in the interior of São Paulo, where the group isolated themselves for four months to compose and arrange the ten songs on the CD. Rehearsals were done during breaks in a tour the band was taking in Germany in June 1995. Recording and mixing began at the end of June and were completed in three months, also in Germany. Kiko defined Holy Land as a concept album, in which all the songs have a link between them:

"We used the era of great navigations as a theme, so much so that the album cover is an old map, from the times of discovery. We talk about the mixing of races in Brazil, we put typical elements of the country in the lyrics. We also draw a parallel between that era, when a new world was being explored, and the current times, of great changes, of a global village".

Just like the first album, Holy Land received a Gold Record in Japan for over 100 thousand copies sold in the country. At the beginning of the following year, the band would go on its first tour in Japan. In 1996, Angra opened a show for AC/DC in Brazil.

In December 1996, the EP "Freedom Call" was released, which contains, in addition to the title track, the songs "Reaching Horizons", "Queen of the Night", "Painkiller" (Judas Priest), and a few more songs with alternative versions. The production was by Charlie Bauerfeind and Sascha Paeth.

As a result of so many successful shows, the EP "Holy Live" was released in 1997, with four live tracks recorded in Paris. The band had the music video for the song "Make Believe" nominated for the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, ending up as one of the most voted. The keyboardist for the tour was also Leck Filho.

The year 1998 marked the beginning of another production by Angra. With Chris Tsangarides (who, among others, produced Judas Priest's Painkiller) in charge of production, the band anticipated their next album with the three-song single "Lisbon", released in July of that year. The album, entitled Fireworks, was released in September of the same year, showing the band less focused on Brazilian rhythms and more dedicated to Heavy metal. During the tour for the album, the relationship problems with manager Antônio Pirani worsened, resulting in internal conflicts.

The tour began in the second half of 1998 in France, Stratovarius toured with Angra. A highlight was the participation of vocalist Bruce Dickinson in one of the shows in France. In 1999, the keyboardist for the tour was Fabrizio Di Sarno, who played all the shows on the European tour, such as Dynamo Open Air and Gods of Metal. At these festivals, Angra shared the stage with bands such as Metallica, Motörhead, Manowar, Stratovarius, Gamma Ray, among others. Later, Fábio Ribeiro returned to the band after five years and performed the rest of the shows.

The last show with Andre Matos, Ricardo Confessori and Luis Mariutti was on October 23, 1999 at Credicard Hall, in São Paulo.

After several disagreements with Antônio Pirani, Andre Matos, Ricardo Confessori and Luis Mariutti left the band in August 2000 and in March 2001, a new line-up was announced with Aquiles Priester (drums), Edu Falaschi (vocals) and Felipe Andreoli (bass). Edu Falaschi was the leader of the band Symbols; Felipe Andreoli, in turn, was the bass player for the group Karma, and is still part of this line-up; Aquiles Priester, founder of the group Hangar, suggested to Kiko Loureiro and Rafael Bittencourt that they invite keyboardist Fábio Laguna (Hangar) to play at the shows.

Thus, Angra returned to activities in 2001 with the worldwide release of the album Rebirth in October. The name of the album, which means renascimento in Portuguese, refers to the new phase experienced by the band from the first half of that year onwards and was recorded in Brazil and Germany by producer Dennis Ward.

The quintet began a process of promoting the album, performing in several Brazilian capitals and in South America, culminating in a show at the Via Funchal venue in the city of São Paulo on December 15. In less than two months, Rebirth had already sold 100,000 copies worldwide. The band's first show with the new lineup took place on November 2, 2001 at Canadura in Maringá, Paraná.

In January, the band returned to the studio, once again under the command of Dennis Ward, to record the EP "Hunters and Prey" and the song "Kashmir" as a tribute to Led Zeppelin. The album featured some new tracks, as well as acoustic versions of the songs "Rebirth" and "Heroes of Sand". Soon after the recordings, the band also participated in an open-air show in celebration of the anniversary of the city of São Paulo, on January 25, held at Center Norte, with an audience of around 12,000 people.

After appearing on numerous radio and TV shows (including an appearance on Rede Globo's Altas Horas and TV Cultura's Musikaos), Angra finished editing the first music video for the album Rebirth. The song chosen was the title track, and was based on footage recorded at the aforementioned concert in São Paulo.

In March of the same year, the band embarked on another European tour. There were 18 shows in seven countries: Italy, Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland, always with Silent Force as the opening act.

Back in Brazil, in early April, the South American tour was resumed, with three shows in the interior of São Paulo that attracted a total audience of around 25,000 people. At the same time, new products with the Angra brand hit the market. One of them was the Rebirth songbook, with sheet music and guitar tabs for all the songs on the album. The 116-page book also included a glossary explaining the main figures used in the tablatures, making it easier for musicians who were not yet familiar with this symbolism. A limited edition VHS tape produced by Angra's fan club was also released, lasting approximately 80 minutes, showing the band's concert in Rio de Janeiro and scenes taken from the personal archives of the band's musicians.

In May, the EP "Hunters and Prey" was released, which, like Rebirth, has cover art by Portuguese artist Isabel de Amorim. The album has eight songs and an interactive track, with the music video for the song "Rebirth". The songs include new compositions, acoustic versions, a cover of the song "Mama" by Genesis, and a version of the song "Hunters and Prey" with lyrics in Portuguese, which was given the title "Caça e Caçador".

Before embarking on another international venture, the band recorded a Heavy metal version and a music video for the song "Pra Frente Brasil". The video was shown on the sports channel SporTV during the 2002 World Cup and continued to be shown on the Multishow channel. In June, the band was once again in Japan, where they performed five times in the cities of Nagoya, Tokyo, Osaka and Hiroshima, between the 19th and 24th.

On the 14th, Angra was the first South American heavy metal band to perform in Taiwan, in a show in the city of Taipei. Several radio stations, such as 89 FM and Brasil 2000 (São Paulo), FM 98 (Belo Horizonte), Cidade (Rio de Janeiro) and Cidade and Transamérica (Recife), included the quintet's songs in their programming.

The group also had wide exposure on TV, such as on the programs Zapping Zone (Disney Channel, where they participated twice), Pirata Urbano (AllTV, where the program broke the audience record and was re-aired the following week), Programa do Jô (Rede Globo) and a new appearance on Altas Horas (Rede Globo).

In the second half of the year, Angra participated prominently in two of the main European summer festivals. The band played on July 27 at Rock Machine in Spain and on August 2 at the traditional Wacken Open Air in Germany. Upon their return, the band continued their marathon of shows, performing in several Brazilian cities and visiting other South American countries such as Ecuador and Colombia. In November, they performed for the first time in the United States and Canada.

With a show for around 7,000 people at Credicard Hall in December 2002, the band promoted the release of the CD and DVD "Rebirth World Tour: Live in São Paulo", ending the world tour, which totaled more than 100 shows performed in Brazil, Latin America, North America, Europe and Asia.

The world tour concluded with three European summer festivals, Viña Rock (Spain, on May 3), Sweden Rock (Sweden, on June 7) and Gods of Metal (Italy, on June 8), where the band had the opportunity to showcase their performance to tens of thousands of fans. In Spain, they performed at a festival open to a variety of musical styles, thus attracting the attention of an eclectic audience. The Italian festival, as the name suggests, always presents the biggest names in world heavy metal. Finishing the tour, Angra headlined the Pop Rock Festival, considered the biggest event of its kind in Brazil, held on August 9 in Belo Horizonte.

In 2004, Temple of Shadows was released, a concept album that tells the story of a knight from the Crusades known as "The Shadow Hunter", set in the late 11th century. The booklet features artwork by Isabel de Amorim, and is formatted like a book, telling the story behind the lyrics.

Before each song's lyrics, there is at least one paragraph explaining the situation or events that take place in each song. Dennis Ward was once again called upon to record, to produce and mix the album. Once again, there were elements of Brazilian music in the band's sound. There is even a track with parts sung in Portuguese, sung by singer Milton Nascimento.

In addition to him, other special guests who participated in the project include vocalists Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray and Helloween), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Sabine Edelsbacher (Edenbridge); percussionist Douglas Las Casas, pianist Sílvia Goes, a string quartet for the orchestral parts and cellist Yaniel Matos. To promote the album, the band released the music video for the song “Wishing Well”.

Shortly after the album was released, the band began a tour called Temple of Shadows World Tour, which visited four continents: South America, Central America, North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania.

The album sold over 200,000 copies and the band won over 50 awards.

In 2005, dozens of shows were performed around the world (in addition to those from the previous year, which made the Temple of Shadows Tour have over 100 concerts), including opening for Nightwish in Japan. The keyboardist for the tour was Fábio Laguna.

Highlighting the show celebrating the band's 14th anniversary, held at Via Funchal in São Paulo on November 5, 2005, the show lasted 3 hours, more than 20 songs were played and the album Temple of Shadows was performed in its entirety.

In November 2006, after months of waiting, the album Aurora Consurgens was released, celebrating the band's 15th anniversary and featuring elements from all of their previously released albums. Based on the book of the same name, the album once again features a cover designed by Portuguese artist Isabel de Amorim and focuses on mental and psychological disorders. Fabrizio Di Sarno played the keyboards. In addition to Aurora Consurgens' low publicity, internal fights and arguments with manager Antônio Pirani once again brought Angra to the headlines of the main metal press outlets.

To make matters worse, Pirani also got involved in several problems (including legal ones), which culminated in the complete reformulation of the Rock Brigade magazine, with a drastic reduction in circulation and the replacement of several "old" collaborators, who also directly participated in activities involving Angra. With serious financial problems and internal fights, Angra was facing the same crisis experienced during the time of Andre Matos, Luis Mariutti and Ricardo Confessori.

At the time, there was speculation that the band's management would change, ending a 15-year partnership between Angra and Antônio Pirani, who owned the rights to the band's name. However, what was confirmed was the departure of drummer Aquiles Priester, after very controversial statements throughout 2007 and 2008. Aquiles Priester's last show was on August 18, 2007 at E.C. Progresso in Francisco Morato (SP). It was also the last performance of guest keyboardist Fábio Laguna, who had been playing with the band since 2001. Both left, played a few shows at Almah in 2007 (Edu Falaschi's band) and then stayed exclusively with Hangar.

In interviews, Rafael Bittencourt and Kiko Loureiro stated that Angra would be back between April and May 2009, with a tour to mark the band's resumption of activities. Kiko even announced the recording of a new album, which would be released in 2010, now with Monika Cavalera as the manager. In 2009, the band's website, which was under construction, featured the phrase "Bring the sunrise again" as its title, a verse from the song "Nova Era", which indicated a possible return. On March 12, 2009, Angra's website returned online, with the phrases Look Who's Back and Back to Life ("back to life", also a verse from "Nova Era"). The formation of the band brought back drummer Ricardo Confessori, who was part of Angra between 1993 and 2000, when he created Shaman. Confessori would take over the position that was occupied by Aquiles Priester.

On March 12, 2009, the band's website began to inform that Angra would be on a joint tour with the band Sepultura, the Angra & Sepultura Tour. The tour would pass through Brazil in May, through the cities of Maceió, Recife, Porto Alegre, Curitiba, São Paulo, Ourinhos, Rio de Janeiro, Vitória and Governador Valadares.

In 2010, the band recorded at Norcal Studios, in São Paulo, the album entitled Aqua, which was based on the play "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare. The album was released on August 11, 2010 in Japan via JVC/Victor, and on August 22 in Brazil independently. Fabrizio Di Sarno recorded some keyboards.

Shortly after the release, the band went on a world tour called Aqua World Tour, which passed through 4 continents (South America, North America, Europe, Asia), and ended on July 16, 2011 in São Paulo.

In October 2010, they released the music video for the song "Lease Of Life", which was  features on Aqua, directed by Ricardo Guidara.

On April 19, 2011, members Kiko Loureiro and Felipe Andreoli accused the group Parangolé of plagiarism in a riff from the song "Nova Era". The band members argued on Twitter with the band's vocalist, Léo Santana. In retaliation, microblog users added the tag #Parangolixo to the Brazilian Trending Topics. The press office of the band Parangolé informed a website that the publishers that handle the songs of the groups involved are talking to resolve the impasse. The press office of the band that accused the plagiarism, however, informed that it will meet with the members to see what measures they will take on the matter. Weeks later, the guitarist of the band from Bahia admitted to having used the riff written by Kiko, claiming to have taken it from a video lesson by Kiko Loureiro, and apologized for not mentioning it as incidental music, and the matter was closed.

On September 25, 2011, Angra participated in Rock in Rio IV (Metal Day), alongside Finnish singer Tarja Turunen (ex-Nightwish), celebrating the band's 20th anniversary. The band prepared a special setlist for the event, playing "The Phantom of The Opera" (a Nightwish cover, originally by Andrew Lloyd Webber) and after 15 years "Wuthering Heights" (a Kate Bush cover), a song featured on the debut album Angels Cry and played only during the phase with Andre Matos on vocals. It was Edu's last show with Angra.

On May 24, 2012, vocalist Edu Falaschi published a note announcing his departure from Angra. In September/October 2012, the band released their first compilation album, entitled Best Reached Horizons, which contains hits from both eras of the band. The compilation was released only in Europe and Japan. The band was confirmed as an attraction on the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise, which took place in January 2013. Vocalist Fabio Lione (Rhapsody of Fire, Vision Divine) was Angra's lead singer at the event.

In the same year, Angra began a tour of Brazil and Latin America celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of the album Angels Cry, the band's first album. Fabio remained with the band throughout the tour, still as a guest vocalist. This tour resulted in the release of a DVD, recorded at HSBC Brasil, in São Paulo, on August 25, 2013, and released on November 1 of the same year.

The DVD, titled "Angels Cry 20th Anniversary Tour", is the second released by the band in its career, and featured several special guests, such as Tarja Turunen, Uli Jon Roth (ex-Scorpions), Família Lima, among others.

On November 4, 2013, Angra confirmed through its page on a social network that vocalist Fabio Lione would record the band's eighth studio album.

On May 5, 2014, the band's press office announced the departure of drummer Ricardo Confessori, claiming to be venturing into other projects. He remained with the band until the end of the Angels Cry: 20th Anniversary Tour. In his place, the young Bruno Valverde, who had previously played with Kiko Loureiro and Felipe Andreoli in the guitarist's solo project, joined the band.

In June 2014, guitarist Kiko Loureiro commented on the new album, saying: "Musical changes always happen because we change as people too. So not only lineup changes, so you can expect some changes, of course, with Fabio, a different voice. We try to find new ways to make music, so for sure you will hear something new and different, but the core and essence of Angra will always be there anyway."

In November 2014, the band posted an image on Facebook revealing the name of their eighth album, Secret Garden. The album was produced and recorded in Sweden by Jens Bogren (who has worked with bands such as Kreator, Arch Enemy, Opeth and DragonForce), with pre-production by Roy Z (Judas Priest, Bruce Dickinson, Halford) and was released on December 17 in Japan and on January 16 in Brazil and Europe. The album featured several special guests, including Dutch singer Simone Simons (Epica)

and German singer Doro Pesch, as well as some vocals by Rafael Bittencourt. The cover art was created by artist Rodrigo Bastos Didier. In an interview, Bittencourt stated that Secret Garden is the band's best album since the successful Temple of Shadows.

Also in November, the band posted their first new single on their official YouTube channel, entitled "Newborn Me". Along with the song, the band revealed that their eighth studio album will be another conceptual work, whose story raises the question: "Can something that does not exist to the eyes, or that is not perceived by the senses, be considered non-existent?".

In December 2014, the band released their first music video for the new album Secret Garden, produced for the track "Storm of Emotions". In March 2015, the second music video, for the song "Final Light", was officially released.

During the 2015 Rock in Rio festival, the band announced that Marcelo Barbosa (Almah) would replace Kiko Loureiro during the next tours, when the latter could not play with Angra, due to Kiko's departure to Megadeth. The show also featured the participation of German singer Doro Pesch, and also the vocalist of the band Twisted Sister, Dee Snider.

In 2016, they went on a tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Holy Land, with the album performed in its entirety.

In March 2017, it was announced that the band had begun the process of composing a new album, which was scheduled for release in early 2018. In August, they revealed the title of the album (Ømni) and that it would tell a story that connects all the stories told on all of Angra's previous albums.

Singer Sandy Leah Lima made a guest appearance on the track "Black Widow's Web" and also appeared in the music video for the song, which also features Alissa White-Gluz, lead singer of the band Arch Enemy From this album, the songs “Magic Mirror”, “War Horns”, “Insania” and “Light of Transcendence” also had a music video.

On July 21, 2018, a DVD recording show was held in São Paulo, with the participation of singer Sandy, on the songs "Black Widow's Web" and "Heroes of Sand" and Família Lima on “Magic Mirror, “Always More” and “Nova Era”.

In May 2022, they became the first metal band in Latin America to launch an NFT platform.

In April 2023, they released the EP Angra ilumina Sonastério, in partnership with the audiovisual project Sonastério ilumina.

"Cycles of Pain" is the title of the band's tenth studio album, released on November 1, 2023 in Japan by JVC and on November 3, 2023 by Atomic Fire Records in the rest of the world. Produced by Dennis Ward, it featured the participation of singer Lenine, in Portuguese verses of the song "Vida Seca". The first single, "Ride Into The Storm", was released on August 4, 2023. The second single was "Tide of Changes", released on September 11, 2023.

On December 8, 2023, the band ended the year with a last show in João Pessoa. During the performance, the band played Calcinha Preta's version of "Bleeding Heart".

In March 2024, they released the music video for the track "Here In The Now", which features guest appearances by singer Vanessa Moreno, who can also be heard on the album version of the track, and Chico Brown, son of Carlinhos Brown, starring as the main protagonist of the narrative. In the same month, they went on a tour of Spain.

In April 2024, they performed shows with the participation of Jeff Scott Soto. In the same month, the band performed at the Summer Breeze Brasil festival in São Paulo.

Guitarist Kiko Loureiro and Angra's manager, Paulo Baron, revealed that André Matos was planning a possible reunion with the band, after 20 years. However, this version was denied in a video by Daniel Matos, Andre's brother, who stated that he never showed a desire to reunite with Angra. Andre died on June 8, 2019.

"He never said anything about a possible Angra reunion, which was announced by guitarist Kiko Loureiro and the band's manager, Paulo Baron. When he was going to get back together with Shaman, he mentioned it to us, but he never said anything about Angra", said Daniel.

Angra's style is essentially associated with Power metal, but some of their albums have a slightly different style, such as Fireworks and Aurora Consurgens, the latter considered Angra's heaviest album.

The band is also heavily influenced by neoclassical music from Brazilian indigenous culture (including using many indigenous devices and instruments in their songs) and also by symphonic music in general.

At the same time, the band members also dedicate themselves to clinics, workshops and classes, an activity that has always marked the performance of Angra musicians. The five are constantly invited to share their knowledge, both in Brazil and abroad. These events are held in an informal and educational manner, and it is common for their musicians to be invited to visit music schools during their tours.

As musicians, the members of Angra are also sharing their knowledge through video lessons. Kiko Loureiro has released five videos, Styles, Scales and Licks, Technique and Versatility, The Best Solos and Riffs of Angra, Guitar for Beginners, Brazilian Rock Fusion, (channel) and has recorded seven albums: No Gravity (2005), Universo Inverso (2006), Fullblast (2009), "Sounds of Innocence (2012), “The White Balance”  (DVD, 2013), “Open Source” (2020), and “Theory of Mind” (2024) and has toured with Tarja Turunen.

While Felipe Andreoli (channel) released the video Angra Bass in the same format, he also returned to his old band, Karma, recording the album Leave Now!!!, and also participated in the VOX project with the members of Karma, he also participated in Fábio Laguna's Freakeys project.

In 2008, Rafael Bittencourt launched his solo project, entitled Bittencourt Project (channel), with the participation of drummers Marcell Cardoso (Karma) and Ricardo Confessori (Angra and Shaman); bassists Fernando Nunes and Felipe Andreoli (Angra, Karma and Freakeys) and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Kiko Loureiro (Angra, Megadeth). The project's first album, Brainworms I, was released in 2008. Its title, translated from English as "brain worms", is a term created by neuroscientists to designate certain types of melodies that remain in people's memories and cannot be forgotten for some time.

Kiko Loureiro was also featured on the cover of a special edition of the Japanese magazine Young Guitar, with the title in Portuguese, “Mate-se de Praticar” (Kill Yourself from Practicing), in addition to participating in the CD of the band Blezqi Zatsaz, by keyboardist Fábio Ribeiro, playing on five tracks. In April 2015, Kiko Loureiro was announced as the guitarist for the next album by the American thrash metal band Megadeth, where he will remain until 2023.

Edu Falaschi, in turn, recorded the songs "Pegasus Fantasy" and "Blue Forever" for the anime Knights of the Zodiac and Never for the film Prologue of Heaven from the same anime. The songs are also part of the Brazilian version of the soundtrack of the same anime. In 2006, he started the Almah project, which lasted until 2019 and released five albums Almah, Fragile Equality, Motion, Unfold and E.V.O.

Reaching Horizons (1992) demo

Angels Cry (1993)

Evil Warning (1994) ep

Live Acoustic at FNAC (1995) ep

Eyes of Christ (1996) demo

Holy Land (1996)

Freedom Call (1996) ep

Holy Live (1997) live

Fireworks (1998)

Acoustic... And more (1998) ep

Rebirth (2001)

Hunters and Prey (2002) ep

Rebirth World Tour 2001 – Live in São Paulo (2002) cd/dvd live

5th Album Demos (2004) demo

Temple of Shadows (2004)

Aurora Consurgens (2006)

Aqua (2010)

Angels Cry 20th Anniversary Tour (2013) cd/dvd live

Secret Garden (2015)

AudioArena Originals: Angra-EP (2017)

Ømni (2018)  

Ømni Live 2018 (2021) CD & DVD

Cycles of Pain (2023)

Angra Sonastério Ilumina (2023) live

Acoustic – Live at Opera de Arame (2024)

Rafael Bittencourt – guitars, keyboards, piano, backing vocals (1991–present), co-lead vocals (2012–2023), occasional lead vocals (2023–present)

Felipe Andreoli – bass, keyboards, piano, backing vocals (2001–present)

Fabio Lione – lead vocals (2013–present)

Bruno Valverde – drums (2014–present)

Marcelo Barbosa – guitars (2015–present)