Angra introduced final week that their new album, Cycles Of Ache, out November 3 by way of Atomic Data, is now accessible for preorder.

Guitarist Rafael Bittencourt says:

“This can be a very particular document for us for a number of causes: First, a lot has occurred since our final launch in 2018. Over the last 5 years, we skilled a variety of ache—personally and collectively—alongside challenges, frustrations, glories, and successes, on a rollercoaster of feelings that grew to become a large cauldron of topics and inspirations. Within the 12 months 2019, my father handed away, and some months later, additionally, Andre Matos died; that had a big effect on my life. I do know the struggles of my bandmates too.

“This can be a dense album of experiences and accrued ache. Though we’re in an excellent second, the album attracts inspiration from all pains skilled to convey reflections on them from totally different angles: what hurts us, the way it arrives, the treatment, the trauma, the scars. We keep away from and we’re confronted with ache continuously from delivery, in an countless cycle; we wish it to be distant, however it’s what molds and matures us throughout life. And within the midst of such a profound matter, we wish to convey hope and power to people who find themselves struggling proper now. I imagine this album will make a distinction within the lives of many individuals and can set a brand new commonplace inside our type.”

Bassist Felipe Andreoli provides:

“Cycles Of Ache brings totally different views on human ache and the cycles that contain it. It reminds us that whereas ache is inevitable, it is usually an integral a 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. The album leads us to ponder our personal journey of ache and to embrace the hope that regardless of the seemingly countless cycles, there’s all the time a light-weight on the finish of the tunnel. It’s an invite to replicate on the complexities of human ache, addressing subjects reminiscent of loss, disillusionment, loneliness, and despair, but additionally bringing a message of resilience and hope.

“The mix of components—an angel of demise with brilliant, worn wings adorned with non secular and pagan symbols, a darkish forest with fireplace and rain, the prevalence of Brazilian components—conveys a deeper narrative relating to the album’s theme and musical interpretation. It conveys the concept that ache is a recurring and transformative expertise, encompassing religious and earthly facets 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.”

The album additionally options visitor appearances by: Amanda Somerville (“Tears Of Blood”), Brazilian artists Lenine (“Vida Seca”) and Vanessa Moreno (“Tide Of Adjustments – Half II” and “Right here In The Now”), and Juliana D’Agostini on piano (“Tears Of Blood”).

Preorder the album right here.

Angra Stay:

8/12/2023 Ópera De Arame – Curitiba, BR
10/28/2023 Pageant Hora do Rock @ Area Vale Fest – São José dos Campos, BR *New*
11/03/2023 Tokio Marine Corridor (Album Launch Present) – São Paulo, BR
11/18/2023 Armageddon Metallic Fest – Joinville, BR
12/15/2023 Circo Voador – Rio de Janeiro, BR *New*
1/29-2/02/2024 70,000 Tons Of Metallic – Miami, FL