HISTORY
When a band is formed, things usually go with the flow naturally, as the time goes by. However, having an objective, a previous planning is something that can help effectively. This is the case of Vougan, band which had its base formed in July, 2005 by former members of Dark Avenger, Acácio Carvalho, G Zus e Hugo Santiago. The line-up was fulfilled in September the same year and set up with Acácio Carvalho (drums), G Zus (bass), Hugo Santiago (guitars), Rafael Galvão (keyboards, ex-Dark Avenger) and Carlos Zema (vocals, Heaven's Guardian).
About the music, the musicians set as a main goal to work towards the highest versatility, without setting limits in the creative process. Thus, the search for a unique sound was determining. In search of a free style away from the labels Metal owns, the band attempted to add Heavy Metal, Melodic Metal, Brazilian Music, Classical Music, Power Metal, Progressive Rock and even Thrash Metal elements to their music. Though, the most important thing in this process was the freedom of writing spontaneously, without any worry about trends.
After the rehearsal time, the band has recorded the song "Silent Souls" for the release of their official web site. During this time, Rafael Galvão ended up being replaced by the keyboardist Felipe K.. Then, Vougan have decided to record the other songs and the result was the single "Silent Souls", released in 2006 and produced by Gustavo Vazquez.
Even containing only 5 tracks, this EP got the best reviews from the especialized press worldwide, becoming the highlight of several magazines and webzines in 2006 and 2007.
When they started touring, Vougan has settled down and played gigs which provided them more consistency, being the opening act for the Dutch band After Forever, on October 11th 2006, in BrasÃlia (BR) the highlight of the tour.
At the end of 2007 the band released their first album, called "Mind Exceeding". This album has written a new page on brazilian heavy metal history, getting excellent reviews and reaching horizons that less heavy metal bands had gotten till then. The album was also released in Japan by the record label "Soundholic" in july 23rd 2008.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.vougan.com
Contact: [email protected]
MAIN REVIEWS
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"I can say that the band are very talented and have a high quality musical aproach. Now we can wait for the debut album, better don..t come late." Note: 9,5. Metal Vox Webzine
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"Unspeakable is simply perfect! One of that songs that put the band in a higher position and make it different from the others, showing experience and proffissionalism. It means that Brazil have a great representant in metal." Metal Attack Webzine
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"Silent Souls is a track that makes jealous any big metal band in the country or around the world...This is, with no mistakes, one of the biggest incoming bands on actual times." Universo do Rock Webzine
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"First line heavy metal, with excelent mixes of harmonies and sonorities that makes us "travel" through the progressive, hard and thrash. It makes this EP different from the boring formula used by other bands." NOTE 9. Strike Metal Webzine
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"A work that deserves to be checked out closely, not only by heavy/prog lovers, but by music lovers with no restrictions. Because of that, is good to be smart with this brazilian metal icon: Vougan. Pretty good!" Novo Metal Webzine
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"The VOUGAN band comes out with great jobs...The intermeshing between the musicians are the main highlight... The concept art of the cover is pretty good made. The result is a band that will give a lot to talk on a near future... Nota: 9,00 And Heavy Metal for All Webzine
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"The Silent Souls album, from the Brazilian band Vougan, are pretty well recorded and shows versatility and ability from the musicians. On this EP they show that grew up a lot with his job and are still walking the right way to become the best national band." Jornal da manhã
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"This band from Brazil plays like BLIND GUARDIAN, GAMMARAY and ANGRA. Fast, hard and furious, but romantic too. In each moment VOUGAN sounds different. This EP are a pretty good job and we can..t wait for the first album." Payo Ug Webzine
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