Founding member/guitarist Rafael Bittencourt mentioned: “I am very proud to announce that our latest album will come out on the third of November, and it may be launched and distributed by Atomic Hearth Data. We’re very proud to be a part of the Atomic Hearth Data household now. It is a particular second for us within the band.
“For me, who began the band over 30 years in the past, but in addition for everybody within the band, we’re now within the third era which implies within the period of our third singer as we have now Fabio Lione on vocals. So this would be the third report of the third era. It is our tenth studio album, so it is like retaining the legacy but in addition specializing in the longer term.
“It’s totally humorous to have this partnership with Atomic Hearth Data as a result of the phrase ‘Angra’ additionally stands for a spot in Brazil the place an atomic reactor was constructed within the 70s. This nuclear energy plant is principally created to originate a type of clear power, but it surely’s a really highly effective one which might save the world in a means, but in addition destroy it. It will be a really enormous explosion, and metaphorically we are able to say that it may be a really sturdy album and I hope to burn the world with music which may heal the soul of unhappy and lonely individuals.”
Relating to the brand new album, the band added: “Cycles Of Ache brings totally different views on human ache and the cycles that contain it. Whereas ache is inevitable, it is usually part of rising and studying. By recognizing and going through these cycles, we are able to uncover our interior power and discover a path to therapeutic and transformation. It’s an invite to replicate on the complexities of human ache, addressing subjects reminiscent of loss, disillusionment, loneliness and despair, but in addition bringing a message of resilience and hope.
“The mixture of parts on the duvet – an angel of demise with brilliant, worn wings adorned with spiritual and pagan symbols, a darkish forest with fireplace and rain, the prevalence of Brazilian parts – conveys a illustration of the concept ache is a recurring and transformative expertise, encompassing non secular and earthly elements and inspiring us to delve into the depths of our personal ache, discover its many dimensions and discover power and therapeutic within the journey of those cycles.”