{"id":65428,"date":"2019-01-01T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=65428"},"modified":"2019-01-26T10:14:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T15:14:56","slug":"live-angra-concert-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2019\/live-angra-concert-review\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE! | Angra"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Franco Cerchiari<\/span>
\n\u2014 Columnist \u2014<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"The venue (a bar), showcased one of the smallest stages that this life long Rock and Metal fan has ever seen … the light show, minimal at best … the acoustics, okay … the number of concert attendees, sadly no more than 100 in total, with perhaps 50 of us standing on a hard wooden floor directly in front of the stage … and the beer, almost $10 a mug. <\/p>\n

Despite all that the incredible music of Angra filled the air, and the band\u2019s meager surroundings, in that bar on the southeast side of Salt Lake County, Fabio Lione\u2019s powerful, operatic voice soared. While the guitar talents of band founder Rafael Bittencourt was spot on. Everything else aside, this concert will forever rank as one of my personal favorites. After losing myself in the music and watching the band (particularly Fabio Lione) soon everything else around became a blur. <\/p>\n

The setlist took the attendee on an almost 90 journey, hearing songs from Angra\u2019s earliest albums up to songs from their latest studio release, the fantastic, Omni<\/em>. If one request could have been granted, it would have been to hear live one of their best songs, \u201cThe Rage of the Waters\u201d from their Aqua<\/em> release. But be that as it may, a true concert highlight and a true laugh-fest came when the remaining band members left the stage, leaving Fabio alone with nothing more than his handheld microphone, allowing his unique sense of humor to shine through as he spoke to us, laughed with us, and challenged us to mimic his acapella and fluctuating vocals. <\/p>\n

He would first sing and then pointed the microphone to the audience allowing us our turn. Needless to say, our vocals paled in comparison to his, but it was so much fun nonetheless. Fabio Lione\u2019s stage presence is irrefutable. Watching him use his voice, hand gestures, and body to accentuate certain musical passages added to each and every song. Like a finely trained opera singer, he truly knows how to use his God-given talents to their fullest which made the music of Angra seem larger than life. <\/p>\n

\"\"About halfway through the concert, Fabio introduced us to 27-year-old drummer Bruno Valverde, allowing him to rip through a great drum solo that was met with roars of approval. Bass guitar God Felipe Andreoli, who was recently recognized, and rightfully so as one of the Metal world\u2019s best bassists, used his 6 string bass to its fullest. Watching his fingers fly faster than one could actually keep up with was mesmerizing. Guitarists Rafael Bittencourt and Marcelo Barbosa were both allowed ample time to offer one guitar solo after another. <\/p>\n

When it was all said and done, the hell with the size of the stage, the overpriced beer, and the ho-hum acoustics. What mattered was, “did the band unite with us, and with each other?” Did it make us attendees forget about the deadlines and the bullshit that the real world is all to often filled with, if even for a short time? Did they draw us into the world that is Angra? And lastly, and most importantly, how was the music? <\/p>\n

To keep it short, answering with a single word to every one of those questions, yes, all of our expectations were met \u2013 and then some. On an every level, it was a concert that if even if we saw Angra in one of this world\u2019s biggest venues, with acoustics that enabled the music to reach to the heavens and a light show that rang with lasers, strobes, fire, smoke, and spotlights, it wouldn\u2019t really matter a damn bit. For this was just us, all of maybe 50 of us on that hard wooden floor, collectively singing, clapping, banging our heads, throwing up the \u201cdevil horns,\u201d and shouting out our approval. So, to that end, a better concert couldn\u2019t have been hoped for. <\/p>\n

Perhaps this concert was perfect all the way around \u2013 just the way it was.<\/p>\n

Setlist:
\nNewborn Me
\nTravelers of time
\nAngels & Demons
\nNothing to Say
\nInsania
\nEgo Painted Grey
\nUpper Levels
\nDrum Solo
\nBlack Widow\u2019s Web
\nSpread Your Fire
\nOmni \u2013 Silence Inside
\nThe Bottom of My Soul (Rafael Bittencourt on lead vocals)
\nLisbon Mirror<\/p>\n

Encores:
\nRebirth
\nNova Era <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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