ANGRA/SHAMAN Drummer Richard Confessori Checks In
March 16, 2009, 15 years ago
As reported last week, Brazilian metallers ANGRA have "reunited" with former drummer Richard Confessori (SHAMAN), replacing Aquiles Priester. The remainder of the band is still comprised of Edu Falaschi (vocals), Kiko Loureiro (guitar), Rafael Bittencourt (guitar) and Felipe Andreoli (bass). The aforementioned tour of South/Latin America with countrymen SEPULTURA will "consist of more than 20 cities, including major Brazilian concert houses, like Via Funchal in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Canecão, during the months of May, August and September."
Confessori checks in with the following update:
"Along all my journey as a musician I had the opportunity to play in several bands. I recorded my first album with a band from south of the country, called GARCIA & GARCIA, in the late 80’s (we started in 1989 to be exact) and since then I’ve been in 3 famous Brazilian bands: KORZUS, ANGRA and Shaman. Last year I was invited to return to one of those bands, Angra, the band that made me Internationally famous as a professional and that gave me experience that I still use in my every day work. It’s not necessary to say that Angra had a huge importance in my life - being something constant in my life - when talking about the songs I still play in Shaman, or the Angra CD’s that are asked to be autographed, almost everything.Shaman came back in 2007, after a total remodel of its line-up, and with mine and my band mates every efforts we made until here, with an outstanding CD, a DVD to be released soon and a tour with an orchestra in Europe in the summer of the current year. This achievement won’t be thrown away, that’s why I say that Shaman will stay with me and I will strive in double, as far as possible, to keep the magic going.
See you on the road!"
