HOLY LAND

Angra

Progressive Metal

4.11 | 252 ratings

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GKR

My early years listening to music was completely different from today.

First, there were a lot of Beatles. Seriously, a lot. Then, after a quickly venture into punk (Yes! From The Clash to Ramones), I went straight ahead into Heavy Metal. Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Pentagram, Iron Maiden, Saxon, Budgie and others...

Only Jethro Tull, Osanna and Nu could bring me to progressive rock. BUT, in mean times... there were ANGRA.

I listen Holy Land from front to back. Me and my brother just loved the way they could put the strong and rapid rythm of progressive and symphonic metal into all the brazilian sounds. "Carolina IV" is Axe (a northeastern music, not related with rock whatsoever), is Chorinho, is everything. Is epic, thanks to the keyboards and vocals. "Holy Land", "Nothing to say" and "The Shaman", are all true great tributes to brazilian music and Brazil itself.

Holy Land is a musical masterpiece, being a concept album about the early land of Brazil, before the "discovery" of the europeans, with a lavish art cover. Probably the only Heavy Metal album that I dont mind to hear with my brother.

Five stars, and let us praise a bit more of the experimentalism with brazilian folk.

GKR | 5/5 | 2013-2-27

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