- "THE EARLY DAYS" -
When in 1997, guitarist Hugo Mendonça, bassist Rui Chaves and drummer Jose Rocha (ex-Donnergot) decided to form a band, ANGRIFF was born. The band from Mangualde (Viseu) then recruited vocalist Hugo Vaz to complete the army.
Influenced by Bay Area..s thrash metal, among bands like Exodus, Slayer, Testament, Anthrax and german thrashers Kreator, Sodom and Destruction, the guys began creating songs and giving concerts in the underground scene.- "FREE YOUR RAGE" -
In 1998, the band travelled to the city of Oporto to record the demo tape RAGE, produced by the band and Luis Barros (Tarantula), in Rec n roll studios. Around that same time, ANGRIFF was already a well known band in metal..s underground and as the years passed, the band was getting invited for several concerts. ANGRIFF added a new guitarist, Helio, to give even more agression and depravity to their sound.- "WAR OF LIFE" -
In 2001, it was time once again to record new material, this time in Coimbra with producer Gonçalo Pereira, to give birth to the album WAR OF LIFE. More thrash metal oriented than RAGE, this record was the end of the line for the guitarist Hugo Mendonca, who left shortly after the recording process. To fill that gap, ANGRIFF invited Catarino.
The band was now sharing the stage with big acts, like legendary bands Cancer and Rotting Christ.
2003 and 2004 were years of changes. Both guitarists left, and soon former bassist Hugo Chaves and vocalist Hugo Vaz followed them. Around that same time, Spitout..s guitarist Marco Tito joined the band.
Ex- guitarist Hugo Mendonça returned and made a few concerts as a vocalist, but soon jumped to the 6 six strings (again). Marco Tito left the guitar and was now applying his skills in the bass and all that was missing was a new vocalist.- "THRASHING UNDER THE DECADENCE" -
ANGRIFF invited vocalist Jaime Laranjo, (who had been in a underground project) and the thrash metal embassy was again complete.
New people, new ideas and above all, new songs. ANGRIFF was now playing harder and faster. You can feel the band..s thrash agressive sound in UNDER THE DECADENCE, the new album, recorded in May 2005 in Floyd Studios in Corroios, with producer Nuno Loureiro (Painstruck). Recorded in just four days, this new manifest mixes pieces of old school thrash metal (In Paranoias Dominion) with punk tunes (Killing for Living). Lyrically, UNDER THE DECADENCE points crucial themes like terrorism, questions the point of being alive, criticizes the american parasite, as well as the fanatism and the lies of religion. The guys have created new songs (highly influenced by the literature of Marquis de Sade), sharing the stage with bands like Moonspell, Decapitated, Vital Remains, Tankard, Anorexia Nervosa, Vader and many other.- "STRONGER THAN EVER" -
In January 2006, the band played with swedish death metal legends Dismember and this was the last concert that bassist Marco Tito made as an ANGRIFF member. Vocalist Jaime Laranjo was now playing the bass and everything worked just fine! Living proof was the positive reaction of the fans when the band shared the stage with the legendary band Testament. In April the band played in 12ºHardMetalFest in Mangualde, with Extreme Noise Terror, Kampfar, Vile, Deeds of Flesh, Monstrosity, among others, and in June the band decided to add another guitarist, Ivan Santos (ex- Overload).
In the beggining of 2007, long time guitarist Hugo Mendonça decided to leave the band (making his last concert in December 2006 in Thrash Mania 06 with Destruction), due to personal reasons. Antonio Baptista is the new guitarist on the band, making his first gig with Sepultura in March 2007.
In April long-time vocalist and bassist Jaime Laranjo decided to leave the band. The band is now looking for a vocalist and bassist.
2008 summer began with some surprises in the band: drummer José Rocha left his drum kit and is now playing the bass guitar. Samuel is the new drummer, and Cliff the new voice inside Angriff.IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT THE BAND (FOR CONCERTS OR WHATEVER), DON..T DO IT THROUGH HERE!!! CALL +351 964290717 (JOSÉ ROCHA) or send an e-mail to
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