Band,
Rock
Afterdeath was a Portuguese death/trash metal band, formed in May 1990 by Sérgio Paulo, vocals, Nuno Maciel and Rui on guitars, Sérgio Filipe, bass and Fernando on drums, both Rui and Fernando left and Ricardo Rolases, a drummer joined the group in October that year, with this formation they recorded their promo track "Death Is Calling" and play a couple of shows, in 1991 Ricardo "Dick" Jorge replaces Sérgio on bass and the group goes on a national mini-tour which ends with them playing at the "Festival Diz Sim Á Vida" for around 3.000 people. The band goes to studio in August 1991 to record their demo "Behind Life" which was only released in March 1992 and the band goes on another mini-tour with Miguel Mourão as their drummer, the group has a tumultuous time with most of it's members leaving the group with Sérgio Paulo remaining the sole member for while until he is then joined by Virgilio Neto on guitar, Roberto Monteiro, bass and Filipe Martins on drums, the line-up that recorded "Unreal Sight" tape, released in 1994. The following year sees the band reforming once again, with Nuno Maciel returning to guitar duties and they are joined by José Santos and Mário Rui, bass and drums respectively, with this formation they record and release their first album "Backwords" issued in compact disc in 1995 by Sérgio Paulo's own Guardians Of Metal, but Maciel leaves the group shortly after, being replaced by Vitor Silva on the album tour, '96 seems the band once again dissolving and Sérgio Paulo reforming the group with it's final line-up, as the members of the Nameless, Ricardo Ferreira, guitar, Jorge Lisboa, bass and Bruno Filipe, drums, join Sérgio Paulo to record the group final track "World Deformed By Man" included in the 1997 compilation "Guardians Of Metal Vol. IV".
Virgilio Neto g | |
Ricardo Rosales dr | |
Sérgio Paulo voc | |
Ricardo Dikk g | |
Mário Rui dr | |
José Ramos b | |
Nuno Maciel g | |
Sérgio Filipe b | |
Filipe Martins dr | |
Roberto Monteiro b |
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Unreal Life (Demos & Rare Tracks 1990-1997) | Afterdeath | 2012 | Compil. |
Backwords | Afterdeath | 1995 | Album |