Felipe Andreoli : "Play with Your Idol", IG TV video

The series "Play with Your idol" produced by IG studios is dedicated to novice musicians.

This week, Felipe Andreoli from the band Angra gives some advices to those who want to start playing bass.

Felipe Andreoli is the bass player of heavy-metal band Angra. He also plays in the bands Karma and Almah. Felipe is famous partly because of the spread of three fingers pizzicato technique.



For more news : IG TV

Edu Falaschi / Felipe Andreoli : elected best of Brazil by the readers of Roadie Crew Magazine

From MS Metal Press and Almah Official Website :

Edu Falaschi and Felipe Andreoli are the best vocalist and the best bassist in 2010, respectively - this is the opinion of the readers of one of the most important rock&metal media in the native country of the musicians, Roadie Crew. The result of the voting is revealed in March issue of the magazine and it marks the absolute succes of the musicians in 2010: besides the Best National Singer and Best National Bassist awards, the latest CD with Edu and Felipe, “Aqua” recorded with another band, Angra is recognized as the best national album of the year, and Angra - as the best national band-2010 in Brazil.

The last year became very important for the career of the both musicians. Besides of the total success with Angra, Edu and Felipe took part in various projects, making guest appearances and workshops, both produced CDs of Brazilian bands and, of course, concluded Fragile Equality tour with Almah.

As previously reported, Almah is back on track with the plans to release a new album before the end of this year and at the moment, Edu Falaschi and Felipe Andreoli together with their bandmates are preparing to enter the studio in May to start the recording of the long-awaited follow-up to Fragile Equality.

for more news : MS Metal Press / Almah Official Website

Edu Falaschi : juror in Soulspell semi-finals and final

From MS Metal Press and Edu Falaschi Official Website :

The lead singer of the bands Angra and Almah, Edu Falaschi, will be one of the jurors in the second national (Brazil) contest for singers who want to join Soulspell Metal Opera.

The first event will take place on March 27, in one of the most traditional bars in the capitale, the Blackmore Rock Bar at 7h00pm.

According to Heleno Vale (Soulspell) : "There will be 20 performances of singers, chosen among 160 registered from all over the country, singing great classics of rock and metal, like Iron maiden, Metallica, Queen, Europe, Nightwish, After Forever and others. The 10 better will go the great final to be held in April. The jurors present will be great names of national scene as Edu Falaschi (Angra, Almah), Tito Falaschi (Illustria), Daisa Munhoz (voted best female vocalist of 2010 by Roadie Crew magazine and Whiplash), Leandro Caçoilo (ex-Eterna), Jefferson Albert (Soulspell), Heros Trench (Korzus / Mr.Som studios), Thiago Mauro (Roadiecrew), among others."

Edu was one of the singers who took part in the line up of Soulspell second album "The Labyrinth Of Truths".

In parallel, Edu Falaschi is composing the third studio album of Almah, still untitled, which is scheduled to be launched in the second half of this year.

Soulspell Vocal Contest 2011 :

Date : 27/03/11
Time : 7h00 pm
Venue : Blackmore Rock Bar, Alameda dos Maracatins, 1.317 Moema - São Paulo - SP (Brazil)

For more news : MS Metal Press / Edu Falaschi Official Website / Blackmore Rock Bar

Edu Falaschi / Felipe Andreoli : message to Japan

From Almah Official Website :

Today the Official Japanese Blog of Almah revealed the messages of Almah musicians, Edu Falaschi and Felipe Andreoli, to Japan :

** Edu Falaschi :

After 10 days I still have no words to express all this pain that I have in my heart!

But at the same time I feel that I must try in any way to help the people that I love and respect so much!

My daughter has Japanese blood and a part of my family is Japanese, and this make the sadness that I feel even stronger!

But I’m sure that Japan will rise again and will show to the world why this country is so evolutive!

I know that Japan lost many innocent lives, but if this kind of disaster had happened in some other country, we would have million of dead people! I’m proud of Japanese people! Their respect, culture and intelligence, saved million of lives!

With all my love and respect,

Edu Falaschi
22/03/2011


** Felipe Andreoli :

To all our dear fans and friends in Japan,
I know that you are a brave and hard working people, and I know that you will overcome this bad situation in the best way possible.

From Brazil we send you our thoughts, hoping for the best for each and every one of you, your families and loved ones.

This great country has showed the world in the past an incredible capability for overcoming great tragedies, and this time shouldn't be any different.

Best wishes,

Felipe Andreoli

For more news : Almah Japan

Edu Falaschi : special guest of the show of Children Of The Beast in São Paulo

From MS Metal Press and Edu Falaschi Official Website :

The lead singer of the bands Angra and Almah Edu Falaschi, will be among the special guests at the concert that the band Children Of The Beast will play in the capitale of the state, on next March 25th.

The event will also count with the participation of Tito Falaschi and Aquiles Priester, and will take place in one of the traditional rock venues of the country, the Manifesto Bar, at 10h00pm.

Children Of The Beast (official Iron Maiden tribute band from Brazil) will present a large set-list covering all Iron Maiden releases. Consequently, the set-list will include songs from the albums "Iron Maiden”, “Killers”, “The Number Of The Beast”, “Piece Of Mind”, “Powerslave”, “Somewhere In Time” and “Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son”, among others.

Edu Falaschi + Children Of The Beast :
Date: 25/03/11
Venue : Manifesto Bar, Rua Iguatemi, 36, Itaim Bibi, São Paulo, Brazil
Time : 10h00 pm

For more news : MS Metal Press /Edu Falaschi Official Website / Manifesto Bar

Almah is back with a new album in 2011

From MS Metal Press / Almah Official Website :

We are glad to announce that ALMAH enters the Norcal Studios in São Paulo on 2th of May to record the material for the long awaited 3rd album, the follow-up of successful Fragile Equality (2008).

The line-up remains the same :
- Edu Falaschi - vocals
- Felipe Andreoli - bass
- Marcelo Barbosa - guitars
- Paulo Schroeber - guitars
- Marcelo Moreira - drums.

The album, as-yet-untitled, is planed to be released in September 2011 worldwide.

"I’m very happy with Almah’s comeback in 2011, first of all, because this third CD should consolidade Almah as a band once and for all!!! This album will show you a mature band and it will define the individuality and language of our sound, which is the most important thing! I’m very exctited to launch it soon!"
Edu Falaschi

Almah was established by Angra’s singer Edu Falaschi in 2006. The previous CD, Fragile Equality saw the light of day in September/October 2008 through JVC (Asia)/Laser Company (Brazil)/AFM Records (Europe, North America) and became one of the most significant and best selling power metal albums at that time. In Brazil it was recognized as the best album of the year and Almah became the best band according to the rock and metal media. The Fragile Equality tour started in São Paulo in November 2008 and finished in June 2010 in Brasília. Then the musicians began to prepare the ideas for the next CD. More details about the new album will be revealed soon.

For more news : MS Metal Press / Almah Official Website

Edu Falaschi : new Myspace layout

Check out the new Edu Falaschi Official Myspace layout !

The layout has been designed by João Duarte (J.Duarte Design, MS Metal Press), a well-known name in the rock&metal field due to his work with such bands and companies as Angra, Almah, MS Metal Press, Kattah, Torture Squad among others: http://www.myspace.com/jduartedesign

The new Edu Falaschi Myspace 3.0 is based on the artwork of Aqua (SPV, Steamhammer, 2010), the last Angra's album, by Gustavo Sazes : http://www.abstrata.net/

You'll find on this new Myspace all the details about Edu's career : official biography and discography, links of his official sites and social network worldwide, and also all regarding his current activities as singer, composer and producer, concert dates etc ...

The address remains the same : http://www.myspace.com/edufalaschiofficial

Edu Falaschi : Almah's news from Twitter

Edu Falaschi posted yesterday some Almah's news on his Official Twitter !

Edu Falaschi : "I'm very proud to announce that ALMAH will release a new album in 2011 ! News coming soon !"

For more news : Edu Falaschi Official Twitter

Marcelo Barbosa : workshop in Rio de Janeio (video)

From Marcelo Barbosa, Official Blog :

Here is the first video of the best moments of Marcelo Barbosa workshop in Niteró (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), on last December 09th :



For more news : Marcelo Barbosa Official Blog

Almah France Blog : playlist of the month

Here is the new playlist of the month :

• All I Am (Almah, All I Am single, 2008)
• Torn (Almah, Fragile Equality, 2008)
• Children Of Lies (Almah, Almah, 2006)
• Golden Empire (Almah, Almah, 2006)

Enjoy ;)

Almah presents his new Myspace and Twitter layout

From Almah Official Website and MS Metal Press :

"Almah announces the new official Myspace layout reflecting the changes of band page standards introduced at the end of 2010. The layout has been designed by João Duarte (J.Duarte Design, MS Metal Press), a well-known name in the rock&metal field due to his work with such bands and companies as Angra, MS Metal Press, Kattah, Torture Squad among others: http://www.myspace.com/jduartedesign

The new Almah Myspace 3.0 is based on the artwork of Fragile Equality (AFM Records, 2008), the 2nd and the latest album of the band, by Gustavo Sazes (Abstrata.net) : http://www.myspace.com/almahedufalaschi

Together with the new Myspace Almah reveals the redesigned Twitter background to provide the best viewing experience after the last version upgrade of Twitter: http://twitter.com/OfficialAlmah

Edu Falaschi: "We are very thankful to our great friend João for his incredible and urgent help and really great job! Fantastic! We always try to do our best for our followers and to stay in touch with our fans! Thanks, Joao and thanks to all who love and respect our work, I’ll never forget it!"

At the moment, Almah is arranging its plans for this year, including rehearsals of the material for the 3rd album, according to the schedule of the band’s musicians who are presently participating in other projects. Stay tuned!"

For more news : Almah Official Webiste / MS Metal Press

Almah European Fan-Club : news of the month

Hi everybody ;)

Here are the news of the month on Amah European Fan-club :

** News of the month, Paulo Schroeber, 2nd Teaser of his DVD Vide Lesson "Birds Of Prey"Paulo Schroeber releases this month his first video lesson in DVD in which he makes a demonstration of his riffs and solos from Fragile Equality (Almah, 2008)! In addition to video, tabs will be available on the website of Condor Music : http://www.condormusic.com.br/

In this video, Paulo also announces his new brands endorses : Condor (guitars) and Orange (amps).

Fan-Club offers you to download the 2nd trailer of Paulo Schroeber's video, with the song "Birds Of Prey" (Fragile Equality, 2008) in Mpeg 4 format !

** Guitar Lesson of the month :Fan-Club offers you this month to work a sweeping by using basic triads ! Files in downloading contains tabs in Guitar-Pro and PDF formats and also the video of the excercise ! Check out Scary Zone Blog and feel free to ask your questions to Steph, the teacher of the Fan-Club !

** Videos of the month :

Here are the new videos available in our video gallery :

• Video lesson :

- Paulo Schroeber, 2nd teaser DVD video lesson, Almah "Birds Of Prey"

And remember : registration to the Fan-Club is FREE !!!

See ya soon;)

The webmaster.

For more news : Almah European Fan-Club