photos — was planned. The band finally signed with the Rock Symphony label, which made the best offer. The tracks were taken from their previous CDs released by Musea Records, but there are also the new tracks "América do Sul," "ProgJazz," and "Toccata." There is also a memorable track called "Clássicos," which features rock versions of songs by Grieg ("In the Hall of the Mountain King"), Beethoven ("Symphony No. 9"), Bach ("Minuet From the Notebook of Ana Magdalena Bach"), Mozart ("Rondo Alla Turca, From Sonata in A"), and Tchaikovsky.
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(César Lanzarini)
the band´s new approach, with the special addition of Gustavo´s flute in songs like “Refuge” and “Tears”. In September 2005, Apocalypse is invited to another festival in Rio, this time the Rock Symphony For The Record festival at the Teatro Municipal de Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. The band´s concert, on September 8th, was taped for posterity and is presented here in this DVD and CD, released by the Rock Symphony label together with their old friends from Musea.
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DVD LIVE IN RIO
Singer Gustavo Demarchi and bass player Magoo Wise are invited to join the band. Apocalypse takes on a new project: to record some of their old hits in English and also to start writing in the new language. There´s a very positive feedback from both public and media to
REFÚGIO
Refugio" (2003) includes nine tracks (Plus two bonus tracks) and a fantastic booklet with photos, lyrics and information about the band. More than the usual quality Progressive rock with symphonic influences, it delivers us those forgotten feelings like peace, love and compassion.
LIVE IN USA
When Apocalypse accepted an invitation to play in the U.S.A., a live CD was thought of for the first time. And after the tapes with the live recordings of their gig at ProgDay 99 in North Carolina were received, a double-live CD — including a multimedia track with the band's history, discography, video clips, and
with the kind permission of Musea Records, took the best of their three works released by the French label and the CD was released on the Brazilian market. Actually, the best of Apocalypse is present in this CD. If you do not know anything about this neo-progressive Brazilian band, this CD is certainly a good start. (Cesar Lanzarini)
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PROG DAY
"Encore" is a limited edition 7-CD retrospective box set of the ProgDay Music Festival held every year in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Over eight hours of music makes this the single largest collection of progressive rock ever assembled! This release marks the first official live recordings available for
1992-1993 were also added. Again, the music is basically in the neo-progressive style, but now with more of a vocal presence from Chico Casara and harmonies from the other bandmembers. A highlight is the constant duel of keyboards and drums. You can note some similarities to IQ and Pendragon, and also a Pink Floyd influence on the track "Levando a Vida," but the album is original enough. It is also important to mention the artwork of the booklet, which carries listeners on a journey to a land of elves and fairy tales. Again, all the lyrics are in Portuguese.
(César Lanzarini)
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CIRCUITO DE ROCK
The Compilation Circuito de Rock was released in 1989 in the south of Brazil and contain the first official track recorded by Apocalypse: "Só Você".
