Frontiers Records will release AURAS' debut album, New Generation, on March 19th in Europe and April 6th in North America.

According to the label:

Hailing from Brazil, Auras is one of the most exciting new acts to hit the AOR-rock scene in the past few years and with the release of their debut album New Generation they are ready to prove the world that acts such as JOURNEY, THE STORM, TOTO and SURVIVOR have found a credible heir from South America.

Auras was formed in the beginning of 2007 by singer Gui Oliver and guitarist Ferpa Lacerda. Tired of playing in cover bands and feeling they were musically mature enough, both musicians decided to write some new music.

The first song coming out of this collaboration Hungry Hearts was sent out to several producers and musicians around the world, gathering some very warm response. Gui and Ferpa therefore kept on writing more material until their songs landed on Frontiers Records desk who some immediately some concrete interest, making Auras the first band from South America to sign with the label.

"New Generation is the result of years of hard work and faith in our music", explains Gui Oliver. "It sounds corny, but it’s really a dream that came true especially for a Brazilian band where this kind of music is not very popular. We really have to thank Frontiers for their trust and support."

Being a real band, not just a studio project, Auras had their live debut supporting their idols JEFF SCOTT SOTO and JIMI JAMISON in Curitiba, Auras hometown. Hearing the band play, Jamison mentioned that Auras songs took him back to the eighties and reminded him of the great bands of that period.

"Artists like Toto, Journey and Survivor", tells Gui, "are known worldwide and in Brazil it’s not different: their classic hits are still on the radio. Their music touched me in different ways. It was not only the beautiful and amazing melodies, but their songs also had great lyrics. Ferpa also grew up in a very musical family and this kind of music was always part of his life. Definitely melodic rock and AOR in Brazil is not for the masses but we have a faithful and loyal audience. We received lots of emails of people saying how proud they were of us about the album."

During the recording process the great jazz drummer Edu Sallum, who had already played with Rafael Moreira (P!NK, CHRISTINA AGUILERA, ROCKSTAR INXS, PAUL STANLEY), joined the band, and the local studio musicians Matheus Brandon and Hemerson Vieira helped to complete New Generation. The album was finally mixed and mastered to sonic perfection by Dennis Ward (PINK CREAM 69, SUNSTORM, PLACE VENCOME, KHYMERA, etc.).

Love, dreams, faith and hope are what Auras music is all about.

New Generation includes the following tracks:

'Beauty Of Dreams'

'Forgive And Forget'

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'Never Give Up'

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'In My Arms'

'Reach Out'

'New Generation'

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'Forever In Your Eyes'

'Hungry Hearts'

'That’s The Way Love Goes'

'Keep On Loving You'

'Out Of Love'

'Love To Survive'

'Beauty Of Dreams' (video)

Check out the 'Beauty Of Dreams' video below. More on the band at this location.