Biography - text by Flavio Garrido
There have been many outstanding and unique singers, true rock n' roll legends. Janis Joplin, Robert Plant, Rob Halford, Bruce Dickinson and many others have written their names in the music hall of fame in a time when talent really mattered. For many years, the Rock and Metal scene suffered with the lack of identity and personality and very few bands and musicians have standed out and surprised the world.
A truly unique and powerful voice, technical and incomparable: there are no better words to describe her. With a very passionate and energetic style together with her charisma and attitude, she wrote, and performed live and in the studio, songs that got thousands of people speechless.
In times where true art doesn't matter, she is here to change it all and bring back the magic to the Heavy Metal music. No matter where you are and where you come from, she's gonna rock your world.
Dani Nolden is here to stay.
Dani Nolden started her musical career at the age of 15, as the singer and keyboardist for the brazilian melodic heavy metal band Crystal Mirror. After a short while playing local clubs, she got the attention of some well known musicians in the scene.
In the year 2000, Dani went for a new experience and started singing for a dark metal band, developing her voice even more, as the style required a singer able to perform well on soft songs as well as on extremely heavy ones. After building a very good fan base, she decided to start a new project, the now brand new Heavy Metal revelation, Shadowside.
With an EP recorded, Dani and Shadowside pleased the crowd and the press with their melodic power metal, highly influenced by hard rock music. On that band, she became very respected as a singer, being pointed as one of the best vocalists in Brazil and one of the best female singers worldwide, complimented by international musicians, such as André Matos (Shaaman) and Andi Deris (Helloween).
This year, Shadowside released the album Theatre of Shadows, which shows her maturity as a singer and songwriter. With the album being highly acclaimed by music critics and fans, Dani is now ready for an audience eager to see her unforgettable stage performance.
She has also become the voice of the Scottish metal band Corode. Direct and hard hitting, with huge heavy guitars, Corode feature Dani's vocals more powerful than ever. Check it out first hand a preview of their debut single, to be released in a few months. She´s currently on tour with Shadowside and at the same time preparing with the band new material for the next album, to be recorded later this year. Dani and Shadowside promise to deliver huge and heavy guitars, catchy melodies, blinding energy and her voice at its best.In 2006, Dani was considered best singer by Rafael Carnovale at Whiplash.net (over 1 million visitors per month), best female singer and one of the top 10 overall singers by readers of Roadie Crew Magazine and top 20 by readers of Rock Brigade Magazine (the biggest and most important rock magazines in Brazil, both read by over 100.000 people worldwide).Stay tuned, more to come soon!
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