| Angelus Apatrida | |
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The band in the tour with Arch Enemy, 2009 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Albacete, La Mancha, Spain |
| Genres | Thrash metal Groove metal |
| Years active | 2000 - present |
| Labels | Century Media |
| Website | angelusapatrida.com |
| Members | |
| Guillermo Izquierdo - Lead Guitars, Lead Vocals David G. Alvarez - Lead guitars, Back vocals Jose Izquierdo - Bass, Back vocals Victor Valera - Drums, Back vocals |
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| Past members | |
| Alberto Izquierdo - Drums Alberto Gayoso - Lead vocals |
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Angelus Apatrida is a thrash metal band formed in 2000 in Albacete, Spain.
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Angelus Apatrida is one of the most influential bands in the Spanish metal scene together with Legen Beltza, Killem and Rancor. Its music is similar to other bands like Megadeth, Kreator, Annihilator, and Pantera with fast songs, powerful riffs and aggressive lyrics.
Angelus Apatrida was formed with a music style much different than what is played today. At the beginning it was a classic heavy metal music / power metal band. Two demos were recorded in this period: Lost in the Realms of Orchinodaemon (2001) and Unknown Human Being (2003). The last one was a change for the band and was recorded with a new style that led Angelus Apatrida to a post-thrash metal style.
With those demos the band started to play live shows supporting other bands like Saratoga and its popularity soon increased. It won a competition of bands and signed its first contract with the label Red Dragon and recorded the song "Danza de la Muerte" for a tribute album for the Spanish classic heavy metal band called Panzer.
The contract with Red Dragon Records was for three albums. The band recorded the first one, called Evil Unleashed in the Korsakov studios in Madrid during the summer of 2004 produced by Kosta Vázquez but it was never released due to problems with the label. Eventually, the band decided to break the contract with Red Dragon and to re-record the album one year later.
The Evil Unleashed album was re-recorded in the Studio54 studio in Valencia, produced by Enrique Soriano and mastered by Dave Horrocks in Canada at the Infinite Waves studio. The album was edited by Angelus Apatrida in March, 2006 with Producciones Malditas. It was distributed through K-Industria all over the country.
The album received good reviews and Angelus Apatrida was considered as one of the most sensational new bands of the country. It sold many albums in Spain and other countries.
Angelus Apatrida started its first important tour with the Evil Unleashed Tour through many locations in Spain as well as recognized fests like Thrash Attack fest or Viñarock playing together with international bands like Sepultura or Horcas and supporting others like Warcry or Destruction. The last show of the Evil Unleashed tour was in the Leyendas del Rock fest in 2007.
After the first album and the Evil Unleashed tour, the band started recording a new album one year later. It recorded the Give 'em War album at the New Life studios in Madrid produced by José A. Garrido and Daniel Melian, mastered by Kosta Vázquez at the Oasis studios and distributed by Mastertrax.
The album was faster, darker and more aggressive than the previous one. The band received many good reviews of the album and the band became one of the most representative bands of the The New Wave of Spanish Thrash Metal. It sold many copies all over the world in many different countries and started a long tour on September 2007.
The tour included shows all over the country and others in Europe, in many different fests or supporting other important bands.
The band signed a worldwide deal with major label Century Media Records. Angelus Apatrida already finished the recording sessions of its third album entitled Clockwork, the first for Century Media, which was recorded in January 2010 at the Portuguese studios Ultrasound with famous producer Daniel Cardoso. In December 2009 the band toured with Swedish metal act Arch Enemy in Spain and Portugal to celebrate their new career in Century Media Records.