Biography

1990
Faces of Death is a Brazilian thrash metal band formed in 1990 in a small town in the countryside of São Paulo. Formed by three teenagers who disagreed with the religion impositions. They main objective in the beginning was to play thrash metal as a way to stir up fury and anger on their music and lyrics

1994
Two demo-tapes have been released between the years of 1994 and 1996, being the second one called “Retrocession”, and it was reviewed on the Rock Brigade (#114), which was the most important magazine in the category at that time.

1996
However, still in 1996, as one of the members moved to another city, the band found it difficult to keep gathering for practices and the group came to an end. The situation ended up leaving an open wound on everyone. In fact, the members really wanted to use their music as a weapon against the mediocrity of religion impositions, the “sales of fear” culture, the lies and the “manipulation of people as cattle”, problems we experience in our society until the present days.

2016
20 years have passed since “Retrocession”, when Laurence Miranda (vocals and guitar) invited his brother Sylvio Miranda (bass), to resume the band activities and rescue the 90s essence. Sidney Ramos (drums) was also invited to participate. He got idea and decided to dive into the revival of Faces of Death.

2017
After the comeback, the band released “Consummatum Est” in 2017. The EP received a very positive feedback from the underground scene and was nominated highlight on the specialized media, Heavy N’ Roll.

2018
As Felipe Rodrigues (lead guitar) joined the band in 2018, the band finally recorded their first album, called “From Hell”. The album was among the main highlights of that year on Roadie Crew Magazine (#238 and #240).

2020
In the midst of COVID-19 pandemic, the band releases its second album, named “Usurper of Souls”, where Laurence Miranda (vocals and guitar), Felipe Rodrigues (lead guitar), Sylvio Miranda (bass) and Sidney Ramos (drums) mix Thrash and Death Metal bringing even more anger and fury into their music and compositions. The album “Usurper of Souls” was among the main highlights of that year on Roadie Crew Magazine (#258).

2021
We are still fighting the Covid 19 pandemic. However, “Faces of Death” released the video “A Drink With The Death – Rehearsal Live”. It’s available on the YouTube Channel, streaming media and CD. The Faces of Death invites the experienced “Luiz Amadeus” (Lead Guitar) to join the band and bring more brutality.

2022
In 2022, the band is looking forward to going on a tour in Europe, named “Hellropean Tour”, organized by Onfire Agency. The band hopes there will be a solution for the whole Coronavirus situation soon, so they can show their fury in Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland and Czech Republic.