André Matos

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André Matos

Background information
Born September 14, 1971 (1971-09-14) (age 36)
Origin Sao Paulo, Brazil
Genre(s) Heavy Metal
Power Metal
Progressive Metal
Neoclassical metal
Speed Metal
Occupation(s) Musician
Author
Instrument(s) Vocals
Keyboards
Piano
Associated acts Viper
Angra
Shaaman
Website http://www.andrematos.net

André Coelho Matos (born September 14, 1971 in São Paulo, Brazil) is the former vocalist, pianist and composer for the heavy metal bands Viper, Angra and Shaaman. Since October 2006 Andre Matos is dedicated to his solo band.

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Matos grew up in his hometown of São Paulo, Brazil. Matos began his musical education at the age of ten, when he received his first piano from his parents. As a teen, he would gather with his friends to listen to their favorite bands. Soon they began learning to play the music too, and Matos joined his first band, Viper. The band first performed on 8 April 1985, when he was just thirteen years old. That same year, they recorded their first demo tape, "The Killera Sword".

Within a short while, Viper had become a phenomenon in the Brazilian heavy metal scene. Though Matos continued on vocals, he had no pretention of remaining a vocalist, a role he assumed only because he had the "least poor vocals of all of them", and because he physically resembled Iron Maiden's vocalist, Bruce Dickinson. His instruments of choice were always the piano and keyboards. Matos left Viper when the band began to change its musical style. He had become interested in classical music, and felt that his musical vision had begun to diverge from that of the other band members, who wanted to focus on heavier, more "crude" music.

After leaving Viper, Andre went back to school and finished his education in music, specializing in orchestral conducting and composition.

In 1991 Angra was formed, and with the first album, "Angels Cry", released in 1993, the band became famous in Japan and Europe. Later "Holy Land" and "Fireworks" were released. Angra's style evolved from a Helloween-inspired melodic speed metal to a unique blend of heavy-metal, classical music and traditional Brazilian influences which brought them worldwide critical appraise.

Andre took part in a worldwide contest for replacing Bruce Dickinson in Iron Maiden and was in the Top 3 finalists alongside James LaBrie and eventual winner, Blaze Bayley.

In 2001, he left the band Angra alongside the rhythm section composed of Luis Mariutti (bass) and Ricardo Confessori (drums) because of a disagreement with guitar players Rafael Bittencourt and Kiko Loureiro concerning the band's management. The two guitar players then recruited Edu Falaschi (vocals), Aquiles Priester (drums) and Felipe Andreoli (bass), and kept the name "Angra". Andre stayed with Angra's former rhythm section and recruited Luis' brother Hugo Mariutti on the guitar : together they formed the band Shaman, who had to change names to Shaaman before the release of their second album for legal reasons.

After leaving Shaaman along with the Mariutti brothers, he released his first solo record Time To Be Free under the name "Andre Matos", in August 2007.

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[edit] Viper

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[edit] Angra

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[edit] Shaaman

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[edit] Solo career

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Time To Be Free - 2007

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v • d • e
Angra
Edu Falaschi | Kiko Loureiro | Rafael Bittencourt | Felipe Andreoli | Aquiles Priester | Fábio Laguna
Former members
Andre Matos | Luís Mariutti | Ricardo Confessori | Marco Antunes | Leonardo Guerra | Alex Holzwarth | Fábio Ribeiro
Studio Albums
Extended Plays
Reaching Horizons | Evil Warning | Freedom Call | Acoustic ... and more | Hunters and Prey
Live Albums
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