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What´s the name off bands? Frade Negro
Who started the band? Who started the band was bassist M.E. Strelow and guitarist Daniel Rateke, joining with vocalist Rodrigo Santos and drummer João Ortiz. In 2008, Daniel left the band and guitarist Murilo Soares took the post.
Where are you from? Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil
What is your name?/Who plays what?/How old are you?

Rodrigo Santos -39 – Vocal

Murilo Soares – 28 – Guitar

M.E. Strelow – 29 – Bass

João Ortiz – 29 - Drum
Explain to those who have not heard you, how does your music? We are a heavy metal band. Many reviews related to our debut album describe us as a band with a very distinctive sonic identity. Our influences are the NWOBHM bands and German heavy metal and thrash metal bands of the 80’s.

Each was led first gig ? / Where were off last gig? Was in Joinville in 2004, and we have scheduled a concert on March 8, 2014 in the city of Timbo.
Who writes the songs?/Who does the music? Everyone participates in some way the creation of songs. Sometimes we start with a guitar riff and we including lyrics, or taken through a drum ... we all try to do the lyrics and let the music embedding.
What are your songs about? We like to explore social and psychological conflicts, wars in which Brazil participated, horror stories.
Have you released any album or single? Yes, we have 1 EP and 1 full album released and we are recording our second album.
What are they called so, and what years they were released? We have released 1 EP called "The Bells of Chaos" released in 2008 and our first full album called "Black Souls in the Abyss" released in late 2012.
What do you sell for merchendise gadgets? We have the T-shirts of the band and our own beer called "Stout Frade Negro".
Have you done any music videos? We released the lyric video for the song "Souls in the abyss" that is a music work of our first album and are preparing to record our first video clip.
What record do you work with? We work in partnership with two labels that distribute our material throughout the world. The label Kill Again Records and MS Metal Records.
Describe your show , visual and musically. Our show is strong. We enjoy being on stage and make the audience headbanging! We see each show as the last of our lives!
What's places you can play on the "Brazil"? We have several houses of shows that have opening for Heavy Metal in Brazil, in addition to several large festivals possess style, providing great opportunities for great shows!
What do you do besides the band and the music? We all work in different sectors. The singer, Rodrigo Santos is personal trainer, M.E. Strelow, bass player, is an Industrial Designer and Murilo Soares and João Ortiz, guitarist and drummer, are Engineers Production.

Do you always the same songs live or vary it? Depends on the release of the album. Today we vairiar the repertoire a little, but follow a certain line.
Where do you plan to play the rest of the year? We are currently working on our second album, playing gigs at the moment is not the priority. So now we will launch the album with planning for the dissemination of the same!
What are your web pages? www.fradenegro.com
Is it easier to draw inspiration from older bands than the bands that are active today? Yes, even the style we play. But our proposal is to make a song based on our influences, which are old bands, but sounding current manner with current timbres.
What are your plans for the future? Release our second album, which is already in the process of recording and promotion!
Do you have anything to add? We thank for the opportunity to grant this interview, thank the Heavy Metal fans for all the support you are giving us during these 10 years. Enjoy the shows in town, buy stuff from bands and support your local scene! A great Hail from Brazil!