Edu Falaschi : elected best national vocalist by the readers of Roadie Crew Magazine

From MS Metal Press and Edu Falaschi Official Website :

Edu Falaschi is the best vocalist in Brazil in 2010, this is the opinion of the readers of one of the most important rock&metal media in the native country of the musician, Roadie Crew. The result of the voting is revealed in March issue of the magazine and it marks the absolute succes of the singer in 2010: besides the Best National Singer award, the latest CD with Edu Falaschi, “Aqua” of Angra is recognized as the Best National Album of the year, and Angra itself – as the Best National Band in 2010.

The last year became very important for the singer’s career. No wonder, in 2010 Edu Falaschi released worlwide the 7th album with Angra, Aqua after 5-years break and completed the first part of Aqua World Tour including shows in Brazil, Japan (Loud Park) and Taiwan. Also, Edu took part in various projects, such as Soulspell Metal Opera album/tour and in the recording of a song defending animals organized by ANDA (The News Agency of Animal Rights) together with a few big Brazilian popular music stars. The musician made a few other important guest apperances in the studio and live from acoustic club shows to big anime events, he produced a few CDs of Brazilian bands, participated in important national TV programs and finished Fragile Equality tour with his another band, Almah.

At the moment, Edu Falaschi together with his bandmates from Almah is preparing to enter the studio in May to start the recording of the long-awaited follow-up to Fragile Equality and is finishing the production of Still Alive and Artemis albums.

For more news : MS Metal Press / Edu Falaschi Official Website

Edu Falaschi : juror in Soulspell semi-finals and final

From MS Metal Press and Edu Falaschi Official Website :

The lead singer of the bands Angra and Almah, Edu Falaschi, will be one of the jurors in the second national (Brazil) contest for singers who want to join Soulspell Metal Opera.

The first event will take place on March 27, in one of the most traditional bars in the capitale, the Blackmore Rock Bar at 7h00pm.

According to Heleno Vale (Soulspell) : "There will be 20 performances of singers, chosen among 160 registered from all over the country, singing great classics of rock and metal, like Iron maiden, Metallica, Queen, Europe, Nightwish, After Forever and others. The 10 better will go the great final to be held in April. The jurors present will be great names of national scene as Edu Falaschi (Angra, Almah), Tito Falaschi (Illustria), Daisa Munhoz (voted best female vocalist of 2010 by Roadie Crew magazine and Whiplash), Leandro Caçoilo (ex-Eterna), Jefferson Albert (Soulspell), Heros Trench (Korzus / Mr.Som studios), Thiago Mauro (Roadiecrew), among others."

Edu was one of the singers who took part in the line up of Soulspell second album "The Labyrinth Of Truths".

In parallel, Edu Falaschi is composing the third studio album of Almah, still untitled, which is scheduled to be launched in the second half of this year.

Soulspell Vocal Contest 2011 :

Date : 27/03/11
Time : 7h00 pm
Venue : Blackmore Rock Bar, Alameda dos Maracatins, 1.317 Moema - São Paulo - SP (Brazil)

For more news : MS Metal Press / Edu Falaschi Official Website / Blackmore Rock Bar

Edu Falaschi / Children Of The Beast : show in São Paulo

Edu Falaschi takes part today as special guest in the show of Children Of The Beast at Manifesto Bar in São Paulo (Brazil), from 10h00 pm (Brazilian time) !

Check out our post regarding the event here !

For more news : Manifesto Bar

Edu Falaschi : message to Japan

From Edu Falaschi Official Website :

Today The Official Japanese Blog of Edu Falaschi revealed the messages of Angra and Almah musicians to Japan. Here you can read the words of Edu :

After 10 days I still have no words to express all this pain that I have in my heart!

But at the same time I feel that I must try in any way to help the people that I love and respect so much!

My daughter has Japanese blood and a part of my family is Japanese, and this make the sadness that I feel even stronger!

But I’m sure that Japan will rise again and will show to the world why this country is so evolutive!

I know that Japan lost many innocent lives, but if this kind of disaster had happened in some other country, we would have million of dead people! I’m proud of Japanese people! Their respect, culture and intelligence, saved million of lives!

With all my love and respect,

Edu Falaschi
22/03/2011

For more news : Edu Falaschi Japan

Edu Falaschi : special guest of the show of Children Of The Beast in São Paulo

From MS Metal Press and Edu Falaschi Official Website :

The lead singer of the bands Angra and Almah Edu Falaschi, will be among the special guests at the concert that the band Children Of The Beast will play in the capitale of the state, on next March 25th.

The event will also count with the participation of Tito Falaschi and Aquiles Priester, and will take place in one of the traditional rock venues of the country, the Manifesto Bar, at 10h00pm.

Children Of The Beast (official Iron Maiden tribute band from Brazil) will present a large set-list covering all Iron Maiden releases. Consequently, the set-list will include songs from the albums "Iron Maiden”, “Killers”, “The Number Of The Beast”, “Piece Of Mind”, “Powerslave”, “Somewhere In Time” and “Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son”, among others.

Edu Falaschi + Children Of The Beast :
Date: 25/03/11
Venue : Manifesto Bar, Rua Iguatemi, 36, Itaim Bibi, São Paulo, Brazil
Time : 10h00 pm

For more news : MS Metal Press /Edu Falaschi Official Website / Manifesto Bar

Artemis (produced by Edu Falaschi) : vocal sessions

Here is a video report regarding vocal sessions of the band Artemis, produced by Edu Falaschi, filmed at Norcal Studios (São Paulo, Brazil) a few month ago :




Edu Falaschi (producer) and Alírio Netto (vocals) comments, excerpts from the video :

Edu Falaschi : "Hi folks, what's up ?
We're back at Norcal Studios finishing Artemis debut album. We have here Alírio Netto ... He's a great friend and it's an honor having Alírio joining the band. As a matter of fact things have changed and Alírio was asked to put his voice on the Artemis album. I got very happy because I'm an Alírio's fan. It's great having a great singer in a band which I'm producing ... Now I'm pretty sure that the whole album will be perfect. At the moment, we are finishing a couple of songs. We still have a couple of days recording voices, and then we will record the chorus part. We're very happy and we'd like that you guys keep searching about of Artemis. And stay tuned about the news from Artemis recordings ... I'll let Netto introduce himself in order to you guys know more about him.

Alírio Netto : I make your words mine ... It's a great pleasure being here and being produced by Edu, because we know each other for some years and he's already know about my voice and he helped me reaching results that I never imagined. The other recordings I did, my voice used to go for a certain style like Dream Theater, Rush... And Edu understood how my voice works and he managed to get a better adavantage of it. And he said this experience has been awesome and I think we ended up getting closer. I think you guys will enjoy the album. It's worth for you guys to check it up.


Edu Falaschi : As he said we already have this friendship and I asked him : "Can I produce you so much until we lose our friendship ?", because in general producers have to be tough in order to have great results. Of course, working with Netto, things get easier because he already knows what to do, singing notes well tuned. We did this work together and we got great stuff here. We still have a couple of songs left but I'm pretty sure the whole album will be at least a work of art. I'm pretty sure you will enjoy a lot. We have this guys here, that I think you already know, who recorded guitars and drums. There are two guitar players, you will listen to their talent. They are very good musicians. After listening to the album I can say that they are great musicians, composers and we have here two of the best guitar players from Brazils. And we also have here the drummer, this kid is a phenomenon. He's still twelve ..."Happy Feet" (because of the double bass). He just turned to eighteen, he plays very well ... He's prodigious. I'm pretty sure this album will enchant you guys. In general kids are worried in playing fast notes, just showing technical stuff, and even though they show this side they are also worried showing great songs. And that's the reason I accepted doing this job.When I heard the songs for the first time I thought this is something that is worthy. Soon you guys will have Artemis. See ya soon !"

For more news : Artemis Official Youtube / Edu Falaschi official Twitter

Edu Falaschi / Angra : highlights of "The best Of The Year" on Roadie Crew Magazine

From MS Metal Press :

The band Angra is once again the absolute highlight of the "Best Of the Year", the annualy poll published by Roadie Crew magazine. "Another year of public recognition for our work ! It's with much hapiness in my heart that I come to thanks the fans of Roadie Crew magazine for their immense love, reflected in poll results of the annual "Best Of The Year". It was a lot of work, but Aqua was released worldwide, we just came back from a big tour in Europe and we have much more work ahead .Always thinking of the best to you all", said Edu Falaschi.

Angra and his musicians have achieved an important number of votes in the main categories proposed by the magazine in 2010, as evidenced the issue of March 2011. The band was awarded as best national band, best album, best cover album and best show of the country.

Here are the categories where Angra and his musicians were winners:

Best national band : Angra (13, 39%)
Best national show : Angra (16,40%)
Best national album : Aqua (16,64%)
Best national cover : Aqua (24,01%)
Best national vocalist : Edu Falaschi (15,40%)
Best national guitarist : Kiko Loureiro (16,69%)
Best national bassist : Felipe Andreoli (26,54%)

Best national guitarist, 2nd place : Rafael Bittencourt (7,43%)
Best national drummer, 2nd place : Ricardo Confessori (13,41%)

In parallel, Angra continues to schedule dates for his world tour in support of the album "Aqua".

For more news : MS Metal Press

Edu Falaschi : Almah is back with a new album in 2011

From MS Metal Press / Almah Official Website :

We are glad to announce that ALMAH enters the Norcal Studios in São Paulo on 2th of May to record the material for the long awaited 3rd album, the follow-up of successful Fragile Equality (2008).

The line-up remains the same :
- Edu Falaschi - vocals
- Felipe Andreoli - bass
- Marcelo Barbosa - guitars
- Paulo Schroeber - guitars
- Marcelo Moreira - drums.

The album, as-yet-untitled, is planed to be released in September 2011 worldwide.

"I’m very happy with Almah’s comeback in 2011, first of all, because this third CD should consolidade Almah as a band once and for all!!! This album will show you a mature band and it will define the individuality and language of our sound, which is the most important thing! I’m very exctited to launch it soon!"
Edu Falaschi

Almah was established by Angra’s singer Edu Falaschi in 2006. The previous CD, Fragile Equality saw the light of day in September/October 2008 through JVC (Asia)/Laser Company (Brazil)/AFM Records (Europe, North America) and became one of the most significant and best selling power metal albums at that time. In Brazil it was recognized as the best album of the year and Almah became the best band according to the rock and metal media. The Fragile Equality tour started in São Paulo in November 2008 and finished in June 2010 in Brasília. Then the musicians began to prepare the ideas for the next CD. More details about the new album will be revealed soon.

For more news : MS Metal Press / Almah Official Website

Edu Falaschi concluded the Angra Eurotour : pics and videos

From Edu Falaschi Official Website :

Edu Falaschi has recently concluded the European part of Aqua World Tour with ANGRA. The artist presented 14 shows between 11th and 27th of February in various cities of Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and France. This tour became very special for the vocalist, the musician returned to Europe with Angra after 4-years break and every show was accepted by the fans wery well and warm. The band played 14 shows during 2,5 weeks, almost all of them – in a row, with only 3 days-off. Before every show in Italy and France Angra’s musicians accepted the local fans at traditional meet&greet. The tour was supported by young metallers from Curitiba, Brazil, the band Kattah.

To remind these great moments we prepared a video collection with a few songs from the latest concert program, including a few new hits and good old classics of Angra. This material has been prepared by Edu Falaschi Official Japanese Blog and Angra’s Italian fan-club, Italian Horizons and it presents two shows: Paris (27/02) in the legendary Elysee Montmartre and Milan (13/02).

You can also check photo galleries from every show of European tour, collected by European Fan Club and Official French Blog and Website of Edu Falaschi. You can find the whole material here: Official French Website.

The next live show with Edu Falaschi will take place in São Paulo, Brazil on 9th of April, when the vocalist will took part in a show of Kamelot.


- Viderunt Te Aqua / Arising Thunder (Paris, Elysée Montmartre, 27/02/11) :




- Angels Cry (Paris, Elysée Montmartre, 27/02/11) :




- Lisbon (Milano, Live-Club, 13/02/11) :




- Rebirth (Milano, Live-Club, 13/02/11) :




- Heroes Of Sand (Milano, Live-Club, 13/02/11) :




- Lease Of Life (As, Belgium,GC Drieschaar, 11/02/11) :




For more news : Edu Falaschi Official Website

Edu Falaschi : new Myspace layout

Check out the new Edu Falaschi Official Myspace layout !

The layout has been designed by João Duarte (J.Duarte Design, MS Metal Press), a well-known name in the rock&metal field due to his work with such bands and companies as Angra, Almah, MS Metal Press, Kattah, Torture Squad among others: http://www.myspace.com/jduartedesign

The new Edu Falaschi Myspace 3.0 is based on the artwork of Aqua (SPV, Steamhammer, 2010), the last Angra's album, by Gustavo Sazes : http://www.abstrata.net/

You'll find on this new Myspace all the details about Edu's career : official biography and discography, links of his official sites and social network worldwide, and also all regarding his current activities as singer, composer and producer, concert dates etc ...

The address remains the same : http://www.myspace.com/edufalaschiofficial

Edu Falaschi : Almah's news from Twitter

Edu Falaschi posted yesterday some Almah's news on his Official Twitter !

Edu Falaschi : "I'm very proud to announce that ALMAH will release a new album in 2011 ! News coming soon !"

For more news : Edu Falaschi Official Twitter

Still Alive vocalist about the producer Edu Falaschi

From Edu Falaschi Official Website and MS Metal Press :

The singer of Rio de Janeiro based metallers Still Alive, Walter Campos, has recently revealed a few details about the work with Edu Falaschi who produces the debut album of the band, “Kyo” at Norcal Sutios in São Paulo/Brazil. According to the vocalist, Still Alive has recently recorded the keyboard parts with Rodolfo Iriarte and his work is really fantastic : the keyboard passages in every song will make the final result sensational. The drum and bass parts are rock, and the guitar riffs and solos will capture the attention of the fans.

“I couldn’t forget to mention the great effort of Edu Falaschi, – tells Walter. – Even if he is not considered to be the best metal producer in Brazil as yet, be absolutely sure, it will happen very soon! He is very professional, no wonder that he brings the sound of Still Alive to the borders of unbelievable!”

Still Alive and Edu Falaschi are going to begin the vocals recording in São Paulo soon. Then, they will start the mixing and mastering in order to release the album in the first half of 2011.

For more news : Edu Falaschi Official Website / MS Metal Press

Edu Falaschi, Aqua European Tour video report, Paris (France), 27/02/11

** Edu Falaschi, Aqua European Tour video report, Paris (France), 27/02/11, (via Twitvid), "France ! So Beautiful !!!!"



For more news : Edu Falaschi Official Twitter

Edu Falaschi France Blog : playlist of the month

Here's the new playlist of the month, compiled with songs sung and / or written and produced by Edu Falaschi during his career:

• Angra, Lease Of Life (Angra, Aqua, 2010)
• Neverland (with Edu Falaschi), Ashes To Fall (Neverland, Ophidia, 2010)
• Almah, Beyond Tomorrow (Almah, Fragile Equality, 2008)
• Almah, Take Back Your Spell (Almah, Almah, 2006)
• Angra, The Shadows Hunter (Angra, Temple Of Shadows, 2004)
• Symbols, Save Africa (Symbols, Call To The End, 2000)
  

Enjoy ;)

Almah presents his new Myspace and Twitter layout

From Edu Falaschi Official Website and MS Metal Press :

"Edu Falaschi’s band Almah announces the new official Myspace layout reflecting the changes of band page standards introduced at the end of 2010. The layout has been designed by João Duarte (J.Duarte Design, MS Metal Press), a well-known name in the rock&metal field due to his work with such bands and companies as Angra, MS Metal Press, Kattah, Torture Squad among others: http://www.myspace.com/jduartedesign

The new Almah Myspace 3.0 is based on the artwork of Fragile Equality (AFM Records, 2008), the 2nd and the latest album of the band, by Gustavo Sazes (Abstrata.net) : http://www.myspace.com/almahedufalaschi

Together with the new Myspace Almah reveals the redesigned Twitter background to provide the best viewing experience after the last version upgrade of Twitter: http://twitter.com/OfficialAlmah

Edu Falaschi: "We are very thankful to our great friend João for his incredible and urgent help and really great job! Fantastic! We always try to do our best for our followers and to stay in touch with our fans! Thanks, Joao and thanks to all who love and respect our work, I’ll never forget it!"

At the moment, Almah is arranging its plans for this year, including rehearsals of the material for the 3rd album, according to the schedule of the band’s musicians who are presently participating in other projects. Stay tuned!"

For more news : Edu Falaschi Official Website / MS Metal Press

Angels Holocaust about Edu Falaschi as producer

From Edu Falaschi Official Website :

"Brazilian metallers Angels Holocaust launched the new demo EP “Crystal Night” in the beginning of February. The material was recorded, mixed and mastered at Norcal Studios in São Paulo under direction of the renowned musician and producer Edu Falaschi. Angels Holocaust’s frontman, Rodrigo Cafundó, tells about the work with Edu in the interview for Heavy Banger blog. Check out the parts of the article dedicated to Edu Falaschi here! You can check out the songs of the band produced by Edu Falaschi at the following link: http://edufalaschifrenchblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/angels-holocaust-new-demo-ep-crystal.html


Heavy Banger : This time the band has got to significant conquests and among them there’s the production of the new EP “Crystal Night” by famous Edu Falaschi, the vocalist of Angra and Almah. What does it mean for you and the band?

Rodrigo Cafundó : This is a great achievement! Right now, with the complete material in our hands which we have intensively broadcast through our official sources, we’ve got the idea, how it is important! The work of Edu, the quality of Norcal Studios and, of course, everything we have learned during the process, all this has influenced us in various aspects. We are more concentrated, we are extremely focused on everything we do now. I’m totally sure that these 15 days that we spent in São Paulo producing our new EP made us grow up a lot as musicians and as persons. It was unique experience to work together with Edu, with this real master!


Heavy Banger : Many recognized bands prefer to make the final touches to their albums, to the mastering, in the studios abroad, for example, in Germany, Sweden and other countries. Can it happen in the same way with a future CD of Angels Holocaust?

Rodrigo Cafundó : It’s too early to confirm it as yet, but the professionals and the whole infrastructure today in Brazil have excellent level and our intention is to continue our partnership with Edu Falaschi and Norcal Studios. We are extremely satisfied with the final result of our new work.


Heavy Banger : Do you plan any special participations? Many people would like to hear even the duet of Edu Falaschi and André Matos, the actual singer of Symfonia. (smiles) Is there any chance of it?

Rodrigo Cafundó : Hahaha, well, it could be a real dream for us too! As I affirmed in other interviews, our partnership with Edu is to make the production of the band. And I confirm that I became surprised with his methods of working. He’s a very professional and talented man. We became really amazed! But, returning to the question, we got to know André playing together in our home city, Itapetininga and gave a collective interview. He’s an icon here, one of the best voices, so it could be an honour for us. But as to Edu Falaschi, I’m very partial… very interested person to tell something about him… I follow his career since Symbols and I believe that today he’s one of the principal representatives of Brazil. He is the vocalist of Angra and Almah, soon he’ll take part in Kamelot show here, besides being a great artist in general and, YES, I hope to sing as a duet together with him for the debut long-length album of Angels Holocaust!"


Read the complete interview in Portuguese here : http://hbanger.blogspot.com/2011/02/entrevista-com-banda-angels-holocaust.html

For more news : Edu Falaschi Official Website

Edu Falaschi producer : news from Twitter

Edu Falaschi via Twitter :

"At Norcal Studios, ending Still Alive CD ! I came back to work as producer ! ;) Already missing you !"

For more news : Edu Falaschi Official Twitter / MS Metal Press

Edu Falaschi / Angra, show Barcelona : set-list and pics

Here are set-list and pics of the Angra's show at Salamandra 1 in Barcelona (Spain) on past February 18th !

** Set-list :

- Viderunt Te Aqua
- Arising Thunder
- Angels Cry
- Nothing To Say
- Lease Of Life
- The Voice Commanding You
- The Course Of Nature
- Awake From The Darkness
- Lisbon
- Deus Le Volt !
- Spread Your Fire
- Heroes Of Sand
- The Rage Of The Waters
- Rebirth
- Unfinished Allegro
- Carry On
- Nova Era
- Dio Tribute

** Pics by Manel Amposta from SkullsnBones.com :

















To watch more pics of the Angra's show, check out SkullsnBones.com website !

Edu Falaschi / Angra, show Toulouse : set-list, pics and fan videos

Here are set-list, pics and fan videos of the Angra's show at Le Phare in Toulouse (France), on past February 22th !

** Set-list :

- Arising Thunder
- Angels Cry
- The Course Of Nature
- Guitar solo (Tapping Into My Dark Tranquility by Kiko)
- Heroes Of Sand
- Lisbon
- The Voice Commanding You
- Drum solo
- Awake From Darkness
- Lease Of Life
- Waiting Silence
- Rebirth
- Nothing To Say
- Carry On/Nova Era
- Heaven And Hell (Black Sabbath cover)


** Pics by Moocher on Moocher.fr for Hardforce :



















To watch more pics of the Angra's show, check out the gallery of Moocher on Moocher.fr !

You can also read a review of the show (in French) on Hardforce !


** Fan videos by Rock Meeting :

- Guitar solo (Tapping Into My Dark Tranquility) / Heroes Of Sand :




- Lisbon :




- Lease Of Life :



For more news : Hardforce / Moocher.fr

Official Edu Falaschi Fan-Club : news of the month

Dear Edu Falaschi's fans ;

Here the news of the month on Fan-Club website !

** News of the month, Edu Falaschi Aqua European Tour 2011 :Edu Falaschi has just finished with Angra the Aqua European Tour 2011 which was held from February 11 to 27 in Belgium, Switzerland, Iatly, Spain and France.

The Fan-Club offers you this month, in collaboration with Edu Falaschi French Official Blog, a retrospective of the first photo galleries of the tour published on the Blog :

* Angra, Victoire 2, Montpellier (France), 23/02/11, gallery 1

* Angra, Ritmo y Compas, Madrid (Spain), 20/02/11, gallery 1

* Angra, Ninkasi Kao, Lyon (France), 17/02/11, gallery 1

* Angra, L'Autre Canal, Nancy (France), 16/02/11, gallery 1

* Angra, Estragon, Bologna (Italy), 15/02/11, gallery 1

* Angra, Live Club, Milan (Italy), 13/02/11, gallery 2

* Angra, Live Club, Milan (Italy), 13/02/11, gallery 1

* Angra, Z7, Pratteln (Switzerland), 12/02/11, gallery 1

Stay tuned ! New photo galleries of the tour will be published soon on Edu Falaschi French Officiel Blog !

** Send us your pics of the Aqua European Tour 2011: You went at one or more concerts of the Aqua European Tour 2011 and want to share your pics by posting them on Edu Falaschi French Official Blog ? Nothing easier ! Simply send the link of your photo gallery or your pics to the following address : sylvie@edufalaschifrance.com, without forget to include your name and the link ofyour website if you ahve one ! When the pics will be published we will notify you by mail ;)

** New photo gallery : The Fan-Club offers you this month a new photo gallery with 77 new pics of Edu Falaschi taken during the Aqua European Tour 2011 !

** New video gallery : We offer you this month to view or review video reports from Edu Falaschi regarding the Aqua European Tour 2011 :

• "Edu Falaschi, Aqua European Tour 2011 video report" :

- Edu Falaschi, Aqua European Tour 2011 video report, Switzerland, 12/02/11
- Edu Falaschi, Aqua European Tour 2011 video report, Italy, 13/02/11
- Edu Falaschi, Aqua European Tour 2011 video report, Lyon (France), 17/02/11
- Edu Falaschi, Aqua European Tour 2011 video report, Barcelona (Spain), 18/02/11
- Edu Falaschi, Aqua European Tour 2011 video report, "To Barcelone from Bordeaux", 19/02/11
- Edu Falaschi, Aqua European Tour 2011 video report, Krakatoa, Bordeaux (France), 19/02/11
- Edu Falaschi, Aqua European Tour 2011 video report, Bordeaux (France), 19/02/11
- Edu Falaschi, Aqua European Tour 2011 video report, Spain, 20/02/11
- Edu Falaschi, Aqua European Tour 2011 video report, Tourcoing (Lille, France), 25/02/11
- Edu Falaschi, Aqua European Tour 2011 video report, Tourcoing (Lille, France), 2nd video, 25/02/11
- Edu Falaschi, Aqua European Tour 2011 video report, Paris (France), 26/02/11

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See ya soon ;)"

The webmaster of the Fan-Club.

For more news : Official Edu Falaschi Fan-Club