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====''Directo A La Luz'' (2005-2006)====
====''Directo A La Luz'' (2005-2006)====
Taking advantage of the great moment that the band was going through and with a public wishing a live presentation they recorded at the end of the year, a great [[DVD]] from a live-concert in the room "Divino Aqualung" in [[Madrid]] in front of over 2,000 people, which was named "[[Directo A La Luz]]". On [[February 25]], just 2 days before its release, ''Directo A La Luz'' was awarded as best national concert of the year, on th ''Amas Awards'' first edition. This was a great ascended step in their search for ''the top''; the critic, the public and the sales have praised this work which tries to transmit every single thing who describes WarCry on the scene. This work helped to be better known all around [[Spain]], being WarCry invited twice to the [[Television channel|TV channel]] [[Televisión Española]] in less than 2 months, the first show was given on [[April 4]] (with the song ''[[Nuevo Mundo]]'') on the program ''Música Uno''; and the other one on [[May 12]].<ref>[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=warcry+en+television+española WarCry in TVE] www.tu.tv Retrieved [[May 15]] [[2006]]</ref> ''Directo A La Luz'' was also the number 1 on DVD's sales in [[Spain]] and stood in high positions for many weeks. During all that time, they started the recording of their fifth studio album.
Taking advantage of the great moment that the band was going through and with a public wishing a live presentation they recorded at the end of the year, a great [[DVD]] from a live-concert in the room "Divino Aqualung" in [[Madrid]] in front of over 2,000 people, which was named "[[Directo A La Luz]]". On [[February 25]], just 2 days before its release, ''Directo A La Luz'' was awarded as best national concert of the year, on th ''Amas Awards'' first edition. This was a great ascended step in their search for ''the top''; the critic, the public and the sales have praised this work which tries to transmit every single thing who describes WarCry on the scene. This work helped to be better known all around [[Spain]], being WarCry invited twice to the [[Television channel|TV channel]] [[Televisión Española]] in less than 2 months, the first show was given on [[April 4]] (with the song ''[[Nuevo Mundo]]'') on the program ''Música Uno''; and the other one on [[May 12]], [[2006]].<ref>[http://www.tu.tv/videos/warcry-nuevo-mundo WarCry in TVE] www.tu.tv Retrieved [[May 15]], [[2006]]</ref> ''Directo A La Luz'' was also the number 1 on DVD's sales in [[Spain]] and stood in high positions for many weeks. During all that time, they started the recording of their fifth studio album.


====''La Quinta Esencia'' (2006-2007)====
====''La Quinta Esencia'' (2006-2007)====

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For the self-titled album, see WarCry (album). For other uses, see War cry.
WarCry

WarCry is a Spanish power metal band led by founder, frontman, lead singer, and songwriter Víctor García. WarCry was officially formed in 2001, following García's departure from Avalanch, the band has since released five studio albums, one live album, and one demo in 1997 (not considered an official work).

WarCry was formed in 1992, but disbanded two years later when Víctor became Avalanch's guitarist. In 1996 the project was reformed, recording the demo in '97. Unfortunatelly, a year later disappeared once again when Víctor accepted Avalanch's invitation to re-join them as the lead vocals; until 2001 after Víctor García, along with former drummer Alberto Ardines decided to reform the band.

Despite being relatively new, WarCry has become one of the most successful and famous Spanish metal bands, combining heavy and power metal into their music; style that has led them to win numerous awards in Spain, as well as outside of the country.

History

Early days and WarCry (2001-2002)

In 2001 arose the idea of recording an album with the songs that Víctor García and Alberto Ardines were composing in their spare time, knowing that those wouldn't have the opportunity to be a part of any Avalanch albums, the band where they were working at that moment as singer and drummer respectively. The recording was done by themselves, although they had the collaboration in the guitar solos of Fernando Mon and Pablo García, two prestigious guitarists in the region, Alvaro Jardón (Darna) worked on the bass In March 2002 Avalanch let Alberto and Víctor know that the band "doesn't count with them", and this is what made them take the decision of making an own band. In April 17, 2002 they released their self-titled debut album WarCry.

El Sello De Los Tiempos (2002-2003)

Pablo and Alvaro left their respective projects to be an entire part of the band, and finally, in August 2002, Manuel Ramil joined them to be the keyboardist.
Víctor and Alberto kept working in the composition and arrangements of a new album, with the collaboration of the rest of the members as soon as they are joining the band. The second studio-album El Sello De Los Tiempos was released on December 1, 2002. Some days later they made their first live appearance, in a Presentation Party in Avilés, (Asturias) and days later as a guest artist in the "Metal Christmas Festival" (Madrid). WarCry announced they were going to release an album in English,[1] but after the good critics in Central Europe about El Sello De Los Tiempos sung in Spanish, made them realize that it could be a good option to get into the music market in that language, so they postponed the album for an undefined time and opted for Alea Jacta Est to be their third studio-album.

Alea Jacta Est (2003-2004)

During the first months of 2003, the band was getting the machinery ready for the next tour, which officially began on March 7, and finished December 12 in their natal land, Asturias. During this year, WarCry played and rocked the whole Spanish territory, obtaining new fans in every single concert, and having a great acceptance by the audience. In the middle of the year, the band was ready to begin the conception of what was going to be their third album, "Alea Jacta Est", with the musical contributions and the participation at the composition level of the whole band, and with the idea of releasing it on 2004. At the end of the year, after the band's last tour concert, Alvaro Jardón left the band stating that was all due to musical and personal issues and to thank his band-mates and fans hoping to return to music in upcoming years. On the same communicate the rest of the members said that respecting that decision his work on WarCry would also be a part of the band's story, having the friendship of all of his partners.[2] The album was released in January 1, 2004 striking all the music-stores, the band was ready to present it through the whole Spanish country again in their new tour.

¿Dónde Está La Luz? (2004-2005)

When WarCry started their tour it also made the official presentation of Roberto García (from Avalanch) as the replacement for Jardón.[3] During 7 months they toured Spain, and prepared themselves for their forth album. At the end of the year they finished the recording of "¿Dónde Está La Luz?", which was released on February 1, 2005. The answer of the public was spectacular, a disc without double big drum, a more social-thematic in their songs, like El Amor De Una Madre, El Regreso. This work also had a great repercution on their career helping them to be known around Spain and part of Europe.

Directo A La Luz (2005-2006)

Taking advantage of the great moment that the band was going through and with a public wishing a live presentation they recorded at the end of the year, a great DVD from a live-concert in the room "Divino Aqualung" in Madrid in front of over 2,000 people, which was named "Directo A La Luz". On February 25, just 2 days before its release, Directo A La Luz was awarded as best national concert of the year, on th Amas Awards first edition. This was a great ascended step in their search for the top; the critic, the public and the sales have praised this work which tries to transmit every single thing who describes WarCry on the scene. This work helped to be better known all around Spain, being WarCry invited twice to the TV channel Televisión Española in less than 2 months, the first show was given on April 4 (with the song Nuevo Mundo) on the program Música Uno; and the other one on May 12, 2006.[4] Directo A La Luz was also the number 1 on DVD's sales in Spain and stood in high positions for many weeks. During all that time, they started the recording of their fifth studio album.

La Quinta Esencia (2006-2007)

On September 18 2006, "La Quinta Esencia" saw the light, signing hundreds of discs in Madrid (More than 1500 people), and the delivery of the gold DVD in a celebration with the press and fans. In "La Quinta Esencia" they turned backward trying to combine the elements who have taken WarCry to the top, from the musical and lyrical point of view. Entering directly to the position 19th, in the national chart-list of sales.

As said by Blabbermouth.net, in September 23, 2006 WarCry performed on the main stage, between some of the biggest names in heavy metal music from all over the world, such as Edguy, Deicide; in the Monterrey Metal Fest at the Coca Cola Auditorium in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, billed as "Hell and Heaven United", headlined by Slayer and co-headlined by Stryper.[5]

After taking a little break started their tour on November 2006 in Spain, which extended for a very long time, ending with a final concert on the third edition of the Jamón Rock festival on December 28, 2007 in Guijuelo, Salamanca, Spain[6]

New Era (2007-present)

On the band's website Víctor García communicated that Alberto Ardines and Fernando Mon had left the band. The reasons remained within the members as accorded from both parties. All these occurred in a professional and friendly way.[7] Alberto left after forming the record label Triple-A-Metal and his own recording-studio to help new bands who had just entered in the world of music and record their works.[8] Some days later Víctor announced again on the website that the new drummer was going to be Rafael Yugueros,[9] a well-known musician within the Asturian heavy metal who had worked for the band on the demo Demon97 in 1997 while been just a project for fun from their official bands. Rafael had also worked with bands such as Darna and DarkSun where he gained some prestige around Spain.
He also took the time to find a new guitarist, and in that same announcement showed an e-mail address so that any guitarist interested could send a demo of their skills. Many musicians sent their works, but finally decided to get José Rubio[10] who had worked in many projects, better known as the former guitarist of the band Trilogy.
On February 18, 2008 Víctor once again announced on the website that Manuel Ramil, who so far had been a member of the band was leaving them due to the distance from his home in Galicia to the rest of the band's members in Asturias, it was also said that Manuel could only attend to the new album's recording in the studio just a 10% compared to the rest of the members.[11]

Events

In an interview with Miguel Egun from MetalZone, on November 25, 2007 Víctor commented on WarCry's next studio album:
"Basically, the current problem is time. We are preparing the concert knowing that we have to put the machine to work in three months the same way it has done in five years of knowledge and experience. We already started to work on the next album. By the amount of tracks, Pablo and I have more than enough for this new album, but we must qualify them. We also want, 'for the first time in WarCry not to record the album ourselves but to work with other people who could give us a different point of view; but there still remains the matter of time. Well, perhaps will be the theme the most important thing. I am working on the lyrics and trying to seek new themes and approaches, it's too early to say it, but I think this album will express much duality in human beings, good and evil. The idea is to release it before the summer (May/June), Although the sooner, the better, but it no longer depends on us, as I commented earlier."[12]

WarCry's two guitarists Pablo García and José Rubio signed an "endorsement" contract with the prestigious and well known guitar brand Ibanez, who pointed on their individual works, and thinking on the band's great impact in the Spanish heavy metal. Both musicians highlighted their professionalism as well as the quality and versatility of the Ibanez's guitars within the music scene.

Style and Influences

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"Señor"
"Señor" (WarCry), a demostration of Víctor García's deep and rough voice.
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Template:Sample box end Since their inception, WarCry has always maintained a twin-guitar sound, combined with Víctor García's gravelly voice, and the drum's fast tempos, creating a heavy-power-speed metal style, also tending to progressive metal, often cited as a combination of Manowar and Iron Maiden

Early WarCry lyrics tended to deal with medieval and epic issues such as romantic or mythological themes, along with agony and fantasy; but more recently with social issues such as punishment, abuse, crime, sin, and discrimination.

The band has often cited: Manowar, Iron Maiden, Dream Theater, Stryper, Virgin Steele, Yngwie Malmsteen, Dio, Judas Priest, Symphony X, Megadeth, Metallica, Angra, Kamelot, Racer X, Children of Bodom, Testament, U2, Soilwork... As their principal and most important influences.

Band members

Further information: List of WarCry band members

Current members

Past members

Discography

Main article: WarCry discography

Albums

Live

Demos

Tours

Awards

Main article: List of WarCry awards

Multiple-Awards(02/19/2004):

  1. Best Singer - Víctor García
  2. Best Keyboardist - Manuel Ramil
  3. Best Website - WarCry.as

Multiple-Awards(04/06/2005):

  1. Best Album Of The Year - Alea Jacta Est
  2. Best Live-Presentation - WarCry
  3. Best Singer - Víctor García
  4. Best Keyboardist - Manuel Ramil
  5. Best Website - WarCry.as

Best Live-Presentation (02/25/2006): WarCry received the prize for the best live-concert, "Directo A La Luz" in the Premios Amas' first edition.

Number 1 On Sales (03/09/2006): WarCry was at the top of the sellig-chart, and remained there for a week.

Gold Certification (DVD) (09/01/2006): "Directo A La Luz" was prized as gold DVD.

Multiple-Awards (01/26/2007):

  1. Best Album Of The Year - La Quinta Esencia
  2. Best Disc's Coverbox - La Quinta Esencia
  3. Second And Third Song Of The Year: 'Ulises' & 'Tu Recuerdo Me Bastará'
  4. Best National Singer - Víctor García
  5. Best Drums - Alberto Ardines
  6. Best Keyboardist - Manuel Ramil
  7. Best Concert - Directo A La Luz
  8. 10 First Places: Roberto García (Bassist), Pablo García & Fernando Mon (Guitarists)

Multiple-Awards (01/29/2007):

  1. Best National Band - WarCry
  2. Best Guitarist - Pablo Garcia
  3. Best Keyboardist - Manuel Ramil

Best Singer (02/17/2007): Víctor García, obtained by voting, the prize as "best singer". In the second presentation of the Asturias' Yearbook of music.

Best Band (08/15/2007): Heavy Metal Radio (From Argentina) named WarCry 'best inernational band' of the month .

Best Keyboardist (02/04/2008): Ramil was elected once again as "Best National Keyboardist" by MetalZone.biz readers.

Multiple-Awards (03/02/2008):

  1. Best Guitarist - Pablo García
  2. Best Drummer - Rafael Yugueros

Notes

All sites in Spanish:
  1. ^ Freezed album In English manerasdevivir.com Retrieved August 13 2003
  2. ^ Jardón leaves WarCry maxmetal.net Retrieved December 19 2003
  3. ^ Roberto García as new bassist manerasdevivir.com Retrieved February 4, 2004
  4. ^ WarCry in TVE www.tu.tv Retrieved May 15, 2006
  5. ^ WarCry at Monterrey Metal Fest metalunderground.com Retrieved August 14 2006
  6. ^ Concert on the Jamón Rock festival metalzone.biz Retrieved December 28 2007
  7. ^ Ardines & Mon leave WarCry metallerium.com Retrieved August 29, 2007
  8. ^ Ardines & Triple-A-Metal rafabasa.com/ Retrieved April 16, 2007
  9. ^ Yugueros as the new drummer rafabasa.com/ Retrieved August 30, 2007
  10. ^ José Rubio becomes WarCry's new guitarist metalzone.biz Retrieved September 21, 2007
  11. ^ Manuel Ramil leaves WarCry metalmas.com Retrieved February 18, 2008
  12. ^ Interview to Víctor García by MetalZone metalzone.biz Retrieved November 25 2007
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