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| Background information | |
| Born | June 16, 1972 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Genres | Power metal Progressive metal Jazz |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1988 - Present |
| Associated acts | Angra Legalyze A Chave Tarja Turunen |
| Website | http://www.kikoloureiro.com.br |
| Notable instruments | |
| Tagima K1 | |
Kiko Loureiro (Pedro Henrique Loureiro, born on June 16, 1972 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian guitarist who has worked with bands such as Angra, Silent Moon, and Blezqi Zatzas.
Loureiro began studying music and playing acoustic guitar at age 11. Inspired by various artists mainly Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, and Randy Rhoads, he moved to the electric guitar at 13 and by 16 had already joined two bands, Legalyze and A Chave, and was playing in nightclubs in São Paulo. At 19, he helped co-found Brazilian power metal band Angra, with whom he still plays. [1]
Due to the increase in popularity of power metal, Loureiro has become quite successful, both playing in Angra and as a solo artist. He is known for his skill on the guitar, as well as writing columns for and appearing on the cover of magazines Cover Guitarra, Guitar & Bass, and Young Guitar.
In addition to his rock/metal achievements, Loureiro has also played guitars on several eurobeat songs in collaboration with Dave Rodgers, including "Fevernova", "Ring of Fire" and "The Road is on Fire"
He speaks Japanese, French and English in addition to his native Portuguese.
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Discography
Solo
- No Gravity (Replica, 2005)
- Universo Inverso (Victor Entertainment/Seoul, 2006)
- Fullblast (JVC/Victor Entertainment, 2009)
Angra
- Reaching Horizons (originally released in 1992, reissued in 1997)
- Angels Cry (JVC Japan, 1993)
- Evil Warning EP (1994)
- Holy Land (Gravadora Eldorado, 1996)
- Make Believe Part 1 single (1996)
- Make Believe Part 2 single (1997)
- Make Believe Part 3 single (1997)
- Make Believe Part 4 single (1997)
- Freedom Call EP (1996)
- Holy Live live EP (1997)
- Fireworks (SPV GmbH/Century Media Records, 1998)
- Lisbon single (1998)
- Rainy Nights single (1998)
- Rebirth (SPV GmbH/Steamhammer, 2001)
- Acid Rain single (2001)
- Hunters and Prey EP (SPV GmbH/Steamhammer, 2002)
- Rebirth World Tour: Live in São Paulo live album and video (BMG/Victor Entertainment, recorded in 2001 and released in 2003)
- Temple of Shadows (SPV GmbH/Steamhammer, 2004)
- Wishing Well single (2004)
- Aurora Consurgens (SPV GmbH/Steamhammer, 2006)
- The Course of the Nature single (2006)
Tarja
- My Winter Storm (2007)
- The Seer EP (2008)
He already played with famous musicians like: Joe Satriani, Doug Wimbish (Living Colour, Madonna), Victor Wooten, Jonh De Servio (Black Label Society), Steve Harris ( Iron Maiden), Tarja Turunen (Nightwish), Mike Terrana (Malmsteen), Andre Matos and many others.
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