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FLAMENCO meets METAL |
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| Location: | BERKELEY, California |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Apr 29, 2008 (577 days back) |
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Article from Oakland's East Bay Express:
It's not hard to believe that Benjamin Woods might have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for musical virtuosity. With dark, feral eyes and fingers blurring on the guitar, it's easy to imagine him at a crossroads cutting the deal. But who knew that the roads of flamenco and speed metal even crossed? Woods, noting that both forms can be hard and brutal, is bringing a powerful group of performers and his "guitar luthiered in Hell" to bear on a "tale not to be told to the timid or tender-hearted," this Saturday night at La Peña. The event is Flametal's The Elder, an original horror story told by a 350-year-old Elder, supported by flamenco dancers. Woods himself, who is well known around the area for both his virtuoso flamenco playing and teaching, leads a live band comprised of the equally demonic Uriah Duffy, Thomas Perry, and Brian T. Spalding. Woods swears that his intent is not to dilute either flamenco or speed metal, but to show how the two enhance each other's eldritch beauty while the dancers "slither and pound" their way through a performance unlike any ever before produced. While purists may blanch, the combination makes sense: Flamenco relies on duende, or a deep existential sadness, for much of its emotional impact, while metal is all angst. Why not bring these two tortured forms together and see what dark creature might be born?-Lisa Dristova, East Bay Express Flametal's long awaited debut album "The Elder" has just been released independantly. Containing the first and only true fusion of flamenco and metal, including ferocious musicianship, swirling flamenco rhythms and fleet-fingered dual guitar-shredding! Also including the dancer's percussive footwork and hand claps, original artwork, hidden tracks and more surprises. Destined to be a landmark album for flamenco, metal, and guitar enthusiasts alike. Now available for purchase at CDBABY.com! Pick it up, it's 'hella fresh'! Sample clips availbe online. |
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Music:Member Since: 11/3/2005Band Website: flametal.com Band Members: Ben Woods: Flamenco Guitar Thomas Perry: Drums Brian Spalding: Electric Guitar Angeline Saris: Bass Arleen Hurtado: Current flamenco dancer ALLUMNI: Uriah Duffy: Bass on "The Elder" album, Japan tours and shows from 2005-2007 Marty Friedman: Guest guitar solos on "Bruja Tortura" demo version Fanny Ara: Flamenco dancer from 2005-2007 Mellisa Cruz: Flamenco dancer from 2005-2007 Kerenza De Mars: Guest flamenco dancer Gina Giaccamo: Guest flamenco dancer Bob Kowalski: guest vocalist Natalie Amaya: Guest vocalist on "Anda Jaleo" Jason McGuire: bass, drum programming on demo version El Grillo: cante on demo version Influences: Cacophony (Jason Becker and Marty Friedman), Megadeth, Slayer, Death, King Diamond, Testament/ Dragonlord, Paco de Lucia and all flamenco, Uli Jon Roth, George Benson, Victor Wooten, Dave Weckl, and many more. Sounds Like: Our fans keep describing us as Slayer meets Paco de Lucia. We are flattered. Record Label: BUY THE ALBUM! WWW.CDBABY.COM/FLAMETAL Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Metal / Flamenco / Experimental) |
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My Blog |
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FLAMETAL in Spain’s ALMA 100 Magazine! This month (Mar ’08) |
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| This month's issue of ALMA 100 (Spain's 1 Flamenco magazine) contains an in-depth interview with Flametal's Benjamin Woods. Although only available in Spain (Andalucia), this marks one of the first t... Posted by FLAMETAL on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:38:00 PST |
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Streaming entire NEW ALBUM, and 1st ALBUM(re-mastered)---LISTEN NOW! |
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| ... Posted by FLAMETAL on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:58:00 PST |
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NEW FLAMETAL ALBUM "Master of the Aire" |
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| We have finished recording our new album "Master of the Aire". To be released in Japan early 2008 though Powerslave Records. A worldwide distribution and touring deal is in the works, but until then... Posted by FLAMETAL on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:21:00 PST |
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Recording underway for 2nd Flametal Album |
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| Flametal's 2nd full length album entitled "Master of the Aire", is scheduled for release in Japan, January 2008 (available in Nov. 2007 for download). Recording is going smoothly and as the band matu... Posted by FLAMETAL on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:41:00 PST |
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Benjamin Woods endorsed by Cordoba guitars |
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| http://www.cordobaguitars.com/artists.aspx?n=624170 Posted by FLAMETAL on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:32:00 PST |
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New video for Anda Jaleo is made for MTV japan |
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| See it here:http://www.flametaljp.com/ Posted by FLAMETAL on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:17:00 PST |
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Flametal Dancer, Arleen Hurtado in a Dodge TV commercial! |
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| Check it!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdXua_csX_A Posted by FLAMETAL on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:15:00 PST |
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We're in Japan! Check out our experience... |
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| For pics, check out:http://www.flametaljp.com/and for some blog details, see Uriah's blog at:http://uriahduffy.blogspot.com/Day 3 is a rest day thank god, then it's off to Tokyo via the bullet train..... Posted by FLAMETAL on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:13:00 PST |
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FLAMETAL goes to Japan this March! |
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| Flametal will be traveling to Japan this march to promote the Japanese release of "the Elder" album (under Powerslave rRecords). Doing in-stroes, radio shows, and Live-performances in Tokyo, Sapporo,... Posted by FLAMETAL on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:33:00 PST |
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New Audio tracks uploaded |
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| Now, on this site, we have new, re-mastered audio tracks, with new vocals and palmas! The remasters were created entirely by the band with Bob K. for the Japanese release of "The Elder" through Power... Posted by FLAMETAL on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:15:00 PST |
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