Korzus
| Korzus | |
|---|---|
| Origin | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Genres | Thrash metal |
| Years active | 1983—present |
| Labels | AFM Records |
| Website | www.korzus.com.br |
| Members | Marcello Pompeu (vocal) Heros Trench (guitar, backing vocals) Antônio Araújo (guitar, backing vocals) Dick Siebert (bass guitar) Rodrigo Oliveira(drums) |
| Past members | Silvio Golfetti Beto Sileci Marcelo Nicastro Topperman Fernando Scheafer Soldado Zema |
Korzus is a Brazilian thrash metal band, formed in 1983 in São Paulo. They are one of the oldest and most important bands of the Brazilian thrash metal scene, along with bands like Sarcófago and Sepultura. Their first release was issued in the seminal metal compilation called SP Metal on Baratos Afins label back in 1985.
They changed the lineup a lot of times since the birth of the band, but three members, Marcello Pompeu (on vocals), Silvio Golfetti (on guitars) and Dick (on bass guitar) remained. The classic lineup of the band (1988–1992) was Marcello Pompeu (vocals), Silvio Golfetti (guitars), Marcelo Nicastro (guitars), Dick (bass) and Roberto Betão Sileci (drums, replacing Zema who committed suicide in 1988).
The odd thing about their career is that their debut album was a live album (instead of a studio release) from 1986 but soon in 1987 they released their first studio album called Sonho Maníaco with a distinctively rough metal sound, very much like Dark Angel's Darkness Descends and Slayer's Reign In Blood.
Around that time, Silvio Golfetti played guitars for the L.A. speed metal band Agent Steel for a short time in 1987, because he was a friend of John Cyriis, vocalist of Agent Steel and born in Brazil. He temporarily played guitars for Sepultura at the time when Andreas Kisser was unable to play due to an arm injury.
In 1989, they changed their sound a little, going more in a direction of Bay Area thrash, and released the EP Pay For Your Lies, which become a classic in South American metal, featuring a cover of Black Sabbath's "Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes". During that period Korzus became a major metal band in the Brazilian scenario; they even struck a friendship with their idol, Formula One racer Ayrton Senna.
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