Angra - Evil Warning (2000 - EP)

Artista: Angra

Álbum: Evil Warning (EP)
Año: 2000
Duración: 24:31
Género: Power metal progresivo
Nacionalidad: Brasil

Lista de Temas:
01. Evil Warning ('94 Version)
02. Angels Cry ('94 Version)
03. Carry On ('94 Version)
04. Wuthering Heights (Edit Version)

Alineación:
- Andre Matos / Voces, piano, teclados, órgano
- Kiko Loureiro / Guitarra
- Rafael Bittencourt / Guitarra
- Luís Mariutti / Bajo
- Ricardo Confessori / Batería

Otro trabajo de los brasileros, en una semana donde publiqué mucho metal progresivo (une stilo que tenía relegado) y sobretodo de grupos brasileros, así que cerramos la semana con este "Evil Warning", con un Angra en la que todavía estaba Andre Matos al frente del aspecto vocal, que es un singlelanzado en el año 1994 cuyo contenido consta en su mayoría de remixes de temas de "Angels Cry" y que originalmente fue lanzado solamente en Japón y que luego fue relanzado para el resto del mundo en el 2000, incluyendo el bonus track "Time" (Versión demo). Pero ya saben, mucho sobre esto no voy a escribir porque mí en lo personal el estilo me aburre, pero eso no quita que deje el disco y algunos comentarios de terceros.

I am a big ANGRA fan, so you might ask, why not more ANGRA reviews online yet? Well, time is the problem… Anyways, with "Evil Warning" I only recently almost completed my collection of the Brazilians and the issue I have of it, with five tracks, is the re-issue via Italian Lucretia Records label out of the year 2000, originally released after their debut "Angels Cry".
So we get five tracks off just that album, three in a slightly different version, even though I personally honestly am still searching for the big difference, one edited version and the demo version of another, which is the bonus track on this one.
Those, who do not know yet (or have not read any of my reviews of the Brazilians), they play excellent Power Metal with a definite own touch in their compositions and also thanks to vocalist extraordinaire André Matos (now with SHAMAN), who had been a real asset to the band while he was there (not wanting to say that his successor Edu Falaschi is not!). And the tracks to be found here are legacy to this, some said back in the days that ANGRA were pretty close to HELLOWEEN, but they had taken that sound and put it onto a different level, a level distinctly their own, with their choice of melodies and vocal lines.
"Wuthering Heights" is a cover version of Kate Bush's classic of the same name and it is almost eerie to hear how close André comes to the incredibly high falsetto of the original. Interesting and unusual version for sure! And the demo version of "Time" clearly shows that it had been recorded with a lower budget and all, with the sound being rather dull, but still it already shows the potential of this band that now has grown into a stalwart in this genre.
Now the question, of course, remains, if you have "Angels Cry" already, do you really need "Evil Warning" unless you are a completist/collector of this band, like me. The answer is, not really, but still, it's a cool EP for sure. The rating is that low because of the fact that the songs all already had been on "Angels Cry"...

Alex

Bueno, ya les dije que necesito hacer lugar en el disco duro, si lo quieren acá está, auqnue no creo que sea material que vaya más allá de los fanáticos de la banda.