Point of No Return (band)

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Point of No Return (PONR)

Origin	São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Years active	1996–2006
Genres	hardcore punk, metalcore
Labels	Liberation Records, Catalyst Records, Scorched Earth Police
Members	Alexandre Fanuchi Frederico Freitas Marcos Suarez Tarcísio Leite Paulo Sangiorgio Jr. Jefferson Queiróz Luciano Juliatto
Past members	Gilberto Gomes
Website(s)	xponrx Myspace page

Point of No Return (1996-2006) was a vegan straight-edge political band, that played hardcore punk and metalcore. The band started in 1996 as a side project of Self-Conviction members, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The band's lyrics were focused on the so called "Third World struggles" and on the animal liberation issues. Point Of No Return first CD, "Centelha" (Sparks), was released by Liberation Records in Brazil and Catalyst Records in US. Their sound was describe as a mix of Earth Crisis metal mosh with death metal elements. The band had three singers, like their north american counterpart, Path of Resistence. The band toured Europe twice, in 2000 and 2002, and toured Argentina in 2001. After a seven months break and a supposed "last show" in Argentina, the band came back with a new album in 2002, "Liberdade Imposta, Liberdade Conquistada" (Imposed Freedom, Conquered Freedom). The songs were more deep and melancholic, but also with a strong influence from bands like Cro-Mags, Judge and Napalm Death. The lyrics, this time completely in Portuguese, dealt about political and social issues. Point of No Return played its last show in 2006.

1 Members
2 Former members
3 Albums
4 External links

[edit] Members

Alexandre Fanuchi, aka Kalota - vocals
Frederico Freitas - vocals
Marcos Suarez - Vocals
Tarcísio Leite - guitar
Paulo Júnior, aka Juninho - guitar
Jefferson Queiróz, aka Tigrilo - bass
Luciano Juliato - drums

[edit] Former members

Gilberto Gomes, aka China - Bass

[edit] Albums

Voices (1997, Liberation Records)
What was done (1999, Catalyst Records)
Centelha (2000, Liberation Records)
Sparks (2001, Catalyst Records - Centelha US release)
Liberdade Imposta, Liberdade Conquistada (2002, Liberation Records)
Imposed Freedom, Conquered Freedom (2002, Scorched Earth Police - Liberdade... European release)