ANGRA Frontman's ALMAH Project To Be Issued In March Through AFM Records
December 7, 2006, 17 years ago
As previously reported, ANGRA frontman Edu Falaschi has issued a solo album in Japan and Brazil under the moniker ALMAH. AFM Records have confirmed they will release the album in Europe on March 2nd.
The album features guest performances from NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, STRATOVARIUS bassist Lauri Porra and KAMELOT drummer Casey Grillo. The limited edition digi-pack will include two bonus tracks
BW&BK; recently caught up with Falaschi and discussed the project:
“I started composing my solo album during the tour for Temple Of Shadows in 2005," begins Falaschi. "I was composing just to have fun, and by November 2005 I realized that I had many songs that were completely different from Angra. It would have been impossible to use them in Angra, so I thought it would be nice to just call up some friends to record the songs, make and album and see what happens. I talked to some people about my ideas, I invited people like Emppu (Vuorinen/guitars) from Nighwish, Casey Grillo (drums) from Kamelot and Lauri Porra (bass) from Stratovarius to come in and play. I also had other people come in to do solos and backing vocals. I recorded the drums in December 2005 and the rest of it in January and February, so it took about four months including mixing."“It’s a metal album, but it’s more simple than what Angra does," he continues. "I wrote all the guitar, bass and drum parts, I composed the orchestra and piano arrangement and I produced the album. But, I can’t do what Kiko (Loureiro/Angra guitarist) does on guitar for example because that’s impossible for me (laughs), so it sounds a lot different from Angra. The instrumental parts a very simple, but at the same time the songs are very energetic. Emppu, Lauri and Casey are amazing players, so they really helped a lot in making the album as strong as it is.”
“The CD has only been released in Brazil and Japan so far, and it’s been doing really well in both countries. On the first day of release it sold over 5,000 copies there which is amazing. We might release the album in Europe in February but nothing is confirmed yet.”
