Text written by WikiSister Cris Figueiredo
On the last Friday of April, the heavy metal band Viscerall invaded the homes of headbangers in Bahia, Brazil, and several other countries around the world through the Dopesmoke Festival: Metal com Dendê – one of the main heavy metal events in the Northeast and Brazil, held in Feira de Santana, Bahia, and broadcast between April 28th and May 2nd on the festival's official YouTube channel – performing in their setlist the main songs that will be on the album Standing Overground – soon to be released by the band.
It was already past 9 pm and the event's host, an emblematic figure in Bahia's rock/metal scene, Big Bross , announced the inclusion of the band Viscerall in the lineup – highlighting the historic relationship between two veterans of Bahia's metal scene, vocalist Alexandre Humildes and guitarist Gleuber Machado – mentioning their former band Harmless Hate , from the early 90s, of which they were members and were now back together with drummer Leandro Araujo and bassist Carlos Trino André Fiscina 's departure
The intro was already playing – along with the drum cymbals – on TV speakers, smartphones, computers, headphones, and monitors, attracting the attention of even the most skeptical and curious metalheads tuned in to the live stream, when LA China smashed into the band, launching into their best-known song, the single “Death Machine,” a riff-fueled blast, kicking down the doors of our homes and various venues broadcasting the show, with the most authentic and “visceral” heavy metal, honoring the tradition of the Bahian scene, adding spice to the metal with Dendê, at the Dopesmoke Festival.
Without ceremony, the fighting continues, keeping the flame alive in the chat and increasing the "Average Concurrent Users" , with the fast-paced, melodic, and classically-influenced "Keeping the Flame Alive," summoning us to resistance and overcoming – so timely in this moment we are going through in Brazil and the world – and Dopesmoke is an undeniable example of this.
Following this , a quick pause for some thanks, mainly to the event organizers, for the respect and professionalism shown to the bands, and then, ah, with a powerful voice, he announces the next song, the heavy and rhythmic "Between the Cross and the Sword," a hammer blow to our heads – by this point, there were no more pieces of furniture left standing in our houses, the screens became stages, the sofas the arena bleachers – from where the "stage diving" took place – and the coffee tables were moved aside for the metallic ritual to be celebrated – and, immediately afterwards, like a balm, a piano emerges, spelling out feelings and preluding the song, "Into the Darkness," a sublime hard/heavy track, elevating the show to another level, unpredictable, with a composition of deeply reflective lyrics – a plea about chemical dependency, one of the greatest ills that humanity has faced – exciting riffs and melodies capable of rewarding us with a progressive release of dopamine in our body.
Marching towards the end of the presentation, “Kruzaders” is announced – with an intro that evokes this atmosphere, revealing yet another battle – an instrumental song with strong galloping rhythms, hints of classical music, plenty of melody and creativity, clearly demonstrating the caliber of this quartet in action. Next, another short break, this time for the band's introduction, final thanks, and, when we least expected it, came the final coup de grâce, a banger – “Age of Steel” – with a piano introduction delivering the chorus melody, followed by a high, haunting note from AH, along with attacks from the LA and CT duo, the band's extremely heavy and competent rhythm section, dialoguing with GM's powerful guitar riffs, accompanied by overwhelming bass drums, announcing that the Metal Era is near and that the Princess and the Golden Gateway, as the poet nicknamed them, may be the key and the door to enter this new world we wish to build, and the Dopesmoke Festival consolidates itself as one of Bahia's greatest celebrations of this.
“Participating in this event was a great challenge for us, as we were, at this time of pandemic, without rehearsals, with the absence of two members; Davi Carvalho (keyboards) and Igor Tavares (guitar), in addition to the very recent change of bassist, but we couldn't miss being part of this historic and innovative moment for Metal in Bahia and, in short, we are satisfied with the result,” commented the band's frontman, Alexandre Humildes.
A magnificent performance by Viscerall, 42 minutes of the purest and most authentic heavy metal, which served to instill in everyone the desire to see the band in action live, eye to eye, face to face and, who knows, sing along to these pleasant melodies with which we were treated.
Long live metal music from Bahia, the Northeast of Brazil, and the entire country!
Check out Viscerall's performance at the Dopesmoke Festival, which is now available individually on the event's official YouTube channel.
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