André Coelho Matos (born September 14, 1971) is a Brazilian vocalist, pianist and composer. He was involved in the heavy metal bands Viper, Angra and Shaaman. Since October 2006 André Matos has been dedicating his time to his solo band.
Biography
Viper, Angra and Shaaman
Matos grew up in his hometown of São Paulo, Brazil. Matos began his musical education at the age of ten, when he received his first piano from his parents. As a teen, he would gather with his friends to listen to their favorite bands. Soon they began learning to play music too, and Matos joined his first band, Viper. The band first performed on April 8, 1985, when he was just thirteen years old. That same year, they recorded their first demo tape, "The Killera Sword".
Matos continued on vocals, but he had no pretention of remaining a vocalist, a role he assumed only because his singing was the "least poor vocals of all of them", and because he physically resembled Iron Maiden's vocalist, Bruce Dickinson. His instruments of choice were always the piano and keyboard instruments. Matos left Viper when the band began to change its musical style. He had become interested in classical music, and felt that his musical vision had begun to diverge from that of the other band members, who wanted to focus on heavier, "crude" music.
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ALBUMS
- The Turn of the Lights released: 2012
- Mentalize released: 2010
- Time to Be Free released: 2008
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The Turn of the Lights
by: Andre MatosAs the universe expands
And high flames are burning
As the light breaks through the haze
And sunrays melt away the snow
The streams get out of control
For we don't own life
It's a fact: we're born to stray
On this deadly journey
We don' know where it begins
And nobody tells where it goes
The wheels just roll down the road
Is there still a chance?
We're alive - that's all we can say
We must stay alert through the night
Side by side, let's keep hand in hand
And wait for the turn of the lights...
The turn of the lights!