Brazilian Metal band ARMORED DAWN are proud to announce the North American release of their debut album ‘POWER OF WARRIOR’ across all digital platforms, and physically through their exclusive Pledge Music campaign.
The album, released July 29, 2016, was recorded in the band’s hometown of Sao Paulo, Brazil and was produced by Tommy Hansen [Helloween, Dragonforce]. It made its debut at Metal radio last week, with lead single “Viking Soul” being the third most-added song across metal programming. The band also makes their domestic print debut this week, being featured in the August/September issue of Revolver magazine, which poly-bagged every issue of the magazine with a four-song ARMORED DAWN sampler CD and hailed the band as the “epicness of Iron Maiden in Brazilian fashion.”
ARMORED DAWN is everything its name implies, a colossal force driven by heavy metal and born of frontman and principal songwriter Eduardo Parras’ unwavering love for the music that drives so many of us. “What fascinates me about heavy metal is that it allows you to combine several musical formats, expose all kinds of feelings, and tell all of sorts of stories. You have the musical freedom to bring together many different themes and heavier sounds, blend them together, and break the barrier of imagination. To me, heavy metal is great freedom.”
In an effort to give back a portion of what heavy metal has given him throughout his life, Parras – a successful doctor in Brazil – has set up a ‘Power Of Warrior’ Pledge Music campaign and is donating proceeds of the site’s sales to the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund. One hundred percent of the page’s “Contribute To The Cause” funds will be donated to the foundation, as will 25% of all other sales through the site. CLICK HERE for full details.
“Dio was, and always will be, an inspiration to those who appreciate life as art,” says Parras of his decision to donate album proceeds to Stand Up And Shout. “Contributing to the Dio foundation is simply giving back a little compared to what we have all received from him.” Dio’s spirit definitely shines throughout ARMORED DAWN’s debut.
Opening track “Viking Soul” is a juggernaut, its oars calmly slicing the water in the still of night as a searing line of guitars begins the assault on our senses before building into a celebration so epic, Iron Maiden would be proud and Eddie would be raising flasks of Trooper ale for all. It’s a brave new world for Dr. Eduardo Parras, and with his fearless band by his side, they triumphantly conquer “Too Blind To See,” scale the ragged, Dream Theater-inspired progressive cliffs and lesions of “Prison,” raise their fists and sway with a melancholic fervor on “My Heart” – quite possibly the greatest metal ballad to ever be exported from under a Brazilian flag – and sharpen their swords, raise them for battle, and charge forward with “Power Of Warrior” and the Iron Maiden-paced revelry of “Someone” as their battle cries.
ARMORED DAWN is vocalist EDUARDO PARRAS, guitarists TIMO KAARKOSKI and TIAGO DE MOURA, bassist FERNANDO GIOVANNETTI, keyboardist RAFAEL AGOSTINO and drummer RODRIGO OLIVEIRA.
In conjunction with the band’s United States debut, ARMORED DAWN have launched a new website and social media pages exclusively for their North American fans.
