Brazilian thrash and death metal The Wikimetal Happy Hour this week, Fernanda Lira , from Crypta , talked about the motivation behind the power of the sound produced in the country.
“Whenever I’m asked in interviews abroad, ‘Why is Brazilian metal so special, thrash, why does it have an aggression that no one else can match?’, I say: ‘it’s anger’,” the bassist and vocalist explained. “We live it every day (…) it’s a 7-1 defeat, a disgrace, man. You can’t have peace in this country, especially lately.”
According to the former Nervosa member, these feelings directly influence the sound of bands in these genres in Brazil. "It's a good thing there's music to help us let loose, otherwise everyone would die of nervousness," she continued. "I truly think we become so ingrained in our daily lives, and the tool we have is our art, so it's our best way to express ourselves. I think this brutality in the sound, this rawness, this aggressiveness, has everything to do with nonconformity, perhaps even subconscious nonconformity."
During the conversation with Nando Machado , Fernanda also spoke openly about leaving Nervosa and how Crypta was formed two years ago, before the decision to take different paths and leave her former band.
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