- 25th Anniversary Box Set + 2012 Light Years From Home -
Style: Progressive Rock Release Date (Brazil): April/2011
APOCALYPSE is, definitively, one of the all time biggest names in Brazilian progressive FORMAT: BOX SET rock scene. It’s a 25 year career! Uninterrupted! Its vast discography includes 10 albums released in Brazil, Europe, USA and Asia - including a double album recorded live in the United States during the first international tour of the band and the DVD Live In Rio from 2006, with an impeccable production.
And when everybody thought that the band had already done everything, they announced the release of 25th Anniversary Box Set, a commemorative box in celebration of the band’s 25th anniversary.
Unpublished work in the national progressive rock, the commemorative box-set includes book, DVD and two CDs, one being the band’s new studio album. "Apocalypse's 25th Anniversary Box Set is the most daring project of the band's career", says the keyboardist, Eloy Fritsch. "Since our double CD recorded live in USA in 1999, we had no other hard-working project than this. With this box-set we celebrate this beautiful career guided by the musical identity created by the band during 25 years. Moreover, the project also presents our new studio album.”
Titled 2012 Light Years From Home, the new APOCALYPSE album is for sure the highlight of this Box-Set. The album was recorded at Refugio Studios in Porto Alegre and produced by the band. This is the successor of the high acclaimed The Bridge Of Light from 2008 (Musea Records) and marks the premier of the new drummer, Fabio Schneider.
The second CD in the box is Magic Spells that brings old APOCALYPSE’s classics played by the band's previous line-up and sung in English. The recordings were extracted from live performances during the "Magic Tour" in 2005.
The DVD The 25th Anniversary Concert is other great feature of the box-set. It registers the CONTENT show APOCALYPSE played in September 2009 at Acts Lounge of the Rio Grande do Sul CD MAGIC SPELLS Federal University in Porto Alegre. On the occasion, the band presented the show of the "The Live From Magic Tour 2004 Bridge Of Light Tour" and also songs from Live In Rio DVD. They counted with the special 1- Refuge; 2- Crying From Help; 3- Mirage; 4- Magic; 5- participation of the Brazilian musician Hique Gomes from the duo ‘Tangos & Tragedias’. Cut; 6- South America; 7- Tears; 8- Blue Earth; 9- Time Lastly, the book that comes in the box was written in Portuguese and English by the Traveller; 10 – Freedom; 11 – Peace In The Loneliness journalist and producer Eliton Tomasi and tells the complete history of APOCALYPSE. The CD 2012 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME book recalls the great moments of the group and includes unpublished photos. The book also New Studio Album contains a chronology of APOCALYPSE written by the author of the Brazilian Progressive Rock 1- New Sunrise; 2- Set Me Free; 3- Take My Heart; 4- Encyclopedia, Leonardo Nahoum, beyond statements of musicians, staff and complete The Angels And Seven Trumpets; 5- On The Way To The discography. Stars; 6- Till Another Side; 7- Morning Light; 8- Find Me The content of 25th Anniversary Box Set comes accompanied by a very special package. An Now; 9- A Cry In Infinity; 10- To Kiss The Tears Your exclusive poster is also part of the bill. All the artwork of the CDs, DVD, book and package is Cry; 11- Blue Angel; 12- 2012 Light Years From Home signed by the vocalist Gustavo Demarchi. th DVD The 25 Anniversary Concert APOCALYPSE's 25th Anniversary Box-Set is a product funded by the project "Financiarte" Live from The Bridge Of Light Tour 2009 from the city of Caxias do Sul and its distributed by Musea Records in Europe and Kinesis in 1- Cut; 2- South America; 3- Follow The Bridge; 4- USA. The box-set is also available for sale worldwide through the band’s official website. Dreamer; 5- Blue Earth; 6- Not Like You; 7- Magic; 8-
ABOUT APOCALYPSE Refuge; 9- Last Paradise; 10- Ocean Soul; 11- Waterfall Of Golden Waters APOCALYPSE came up in 1983 in Caxias do Sul when the keyboardist Eloy Fritsch started a rock band with his schoolmates. Inspired by the bands Yes, Genesis, Rush and Led Zeppelin, LINE-UP: since the beginning the band’s proposal was to do their own music. Gustavo Demarchi (vocal and flute) Even before releasing its first album, APOCALYPSE gained notoriety and did concerts and Ruy Fritsch (guitar) performances at the major festivals of Rio Grande do Sul. Eloy Fritsch (keyboards) The first self-titled LP was released in 1990. Perto do Amanhecer, the second album, was out Fabio Schneider (drums) in 1995 in France and marked the first contract with Musea Records that would be DISCOGRAPHY: APOCALYPSE’s record label in Europe during years. Aurora dos Sonhos hit the stores in 1996 preceding Lendas Encantadas which featured re-workings of the band. Apocalypse (1991) Perto do Amanhecer (1995) In 1998, APOCALYPSE was invited by the record label Rock Symphony to play with the Aurora dos Sonhos (1996) renowned British band Pendragon at the “Rio Art Rock Festival”, in Rio de Janeiro. Lendas Encantadas (1997) Direct reflection of success abroad, in 1999 APOCALYPSE was one of the attractions of The Best Of APOCALYPSE (1998) “ProgDay 99”, one of the biggest progressive rock festivals from Unites States. Live in USA (2000) The ProgDay Festival performance had been recorded and originated Live In USA, Refúgio (2003) APOCALYPSE’s first live album. That was the first time that a Brazilian rock band recorded a Live in Rio - CD & DVD (2006) show in the USA and released a double CD format! The Bridge Of Light (2008)
Rock Symphony released in 2003 the fourth APOCALYPSE album titled Refugio. Two years Magic Spells (2010) th after, the band took part of the festival “Rock Symphony For The Record” at the Niteroi The 25 Anniversary Concert (2010) Municipal Theater. The band’s performance was filmed and originated the band’s first DVD, 2012 Light Years From Home (2011)
Live In Rio, also released in CD. OFFICIAL ADRESSES ON INTERNET: In 2006 APOCALYPSE played another very important show with Uriah Heep in Rio do Janeiro. www.apocalypseband.com
In 2008 APOCALYPSE released The Bridge Of Light, the most prized album of its career. The www.myspace.com/apocalypsebr album brought to the band several indications as ‘Best of the Year’: “Best Album”, “Best www.twitter.com/apocalypseband Cover”, “Best Show” and “Best Keyboardist” to Eloy Fritsch. In March of 2009, Eloy Fritsch www.youtube.com/apocalypseprog also won the “Premio Acorianos de Musica – Mencao Honrosa”, for his contribution to the southern music scenario. At the same time APOCALYPSE also got the “Vasco Prado Trophy” RECORD LABELS: in honor to the band’s 25 years of career www.musearecords.com (Musea - Europe) www.kinesiscd.com (Kinesis - USA) In 25 years, APOCALYPSE was story on the biggest magazines in the world, and appeared in several TV and radio programs, including national broadcast.
PRESS: Eliton Tomasi (Som do Darma): [email protected] / +55 (15) 9134-3443