Panzer 001

Panzer-001Panzer – 001The band was formed in 2003 by four young teenagers, Nelson Pereira (vocals), Miguel Machado (electric guitar), Luís Santos (drums) and Crispim Abreu (bass). The music style played by panzer is connected to metal music, but does not follow any influence in the music construction, trying to be as most original as it possible. After one year playing together, this band from Riba de Ave, near from the city Vila Nova de Famalicão, plays live for the first time in the Semana Cultural da Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viana do Castelo. Then the band played also in other cities like Guimaraes, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Monção, Figueira da Foz, Marinha Grande and at last in the Festival Gaia em Peso in 2006. At the end of 2004 a new member joined to the band, José Alves Keyboards, and the band recorded the first E.P. titled Karmageddon. After the last concert in 2006, Panzer-001 start to work in new songs, and a sixth element joined the band, Pedro Rompant, second keyboard and samples manipulator, most known as Manik Uuk from the Editora Hushrecordz, but for professional motives leaves the band, he will only work in the new songs final production. Crispim Abreu left the band in the end of 2007 and to replace him came a new bass player, Luís Sá that brought with him a second Guitar player, Luís Mafalda. Meanwhile the band is formed by six elements, working now in the new E.P. production.