Almah is a Brazilian metal band. It was initially established in 2006 as a side project of former Angra's singer Edu Falaschi. Since 2006 Almah has released five albums and has turned from a solo-project into a band with regular activities. The band released its second album "Fragile Equality" in 2008 and the third album, Motion, in October 2011. Motion. In 2013 Almah released their fourth album, Unfold, Almah released a compilation, Within the Last Eleven Lines, in 2015. In 2017 the band released the 5° album called E.V.O. Almah plays around the globe since 2008! They played in several important festivals like ROCK IN RIO, PROGPOWER US, etc.
Biography
The first self-titled Almah was released in the second half of 2006 / in March 2007. Besides singing, Edu Falaschi also produced the record, composed all the songs and wrote all the lyrics. He recorded acoustic guitars and keyboards and created all the arrangements for every instrument, including orchestrations. The album was recorded in Finland and Brazil with the following musicians: Emppu Vuorinen, Lauri Porra and Casey Grillo and special guest appearances: Mike Stone, Edu Ardanuy and Sizão Machado among others. Edu Falaschi stated that he was looking for a name that was easy to remember and pronounce in all languages. In Portuguese and SpanishAlma means is soul. He discovered that in Hebrew, Almah, with an "h", means virgin and purity. He also states that many religious people say what it means is the opposite. "I decided to talk about human feelings in a whole album - and human feelings can be good and bad – like liberty like love ore we can feel like freedom we can feel envy and greed – bad feelings. That's how I decided to write about human feelings. The debut album got good reviews in many rock magazines and websites worldwide. Edu Falaschi was called one of the best singers by Burrn! magazine readers. The second album Fragile Equality was released on September 24 in Asia/Brazil by JVC and Laser Company Records and on October 17 in Europe/U.S./Canada by AFM Records. Since in June 2007Angra took a break for two years, Edu concentrated on Almah. The solo project month by month was turning into a real band with stable line-up. Edu Falaschi: Angra really stopped in 2007 in July. And then when I released the first album, it was the solo album, I knew that maybe in the future Almah could be a band. And when Angra really stopped, we didn’t know about Angra future and we didn’t know when we would come back with Angra. I decided in December 2007 to create a new Almah album, but as a real band, as a full time band. Besides Edu, who is handling the vocals, his Angra's mate Felipe Andreoli on bass has participated in the band. Guitar playerMarcelo Barbosa from Khallice joined the band before its first tour in August 2007. During pre-production stage of Fragile Equality, drummer Marcelo Moreira and second guitarist Paulo Schroeber joined Almah. All members have contributed actively to the songwriting process of Fragile Equality, with Edu Falaschi and Felipe Andreoli being responsible for the production as well. The album was at Norcal Studios in 2008. The 2nd Almah album Fragile Equality lyrical concept is about "the balance between all the elements of the universe" based on a book that Edu is the co-writer for. The book "Fragile Equality - Equinox-Book 1" is to be released sometime later, with a karaoke CD of the Fragile Equality album. In Brazil the first press of the album was sold out during the first day of official sales. According to the magazine Roadie Crew the album became of the best-selling albums in Brazil. By the readers of Brazilian Metal Magazine, Roadie Crew and by the contributors of the Brazilian metal website Whiplash, and the Brazilian metal website Rock Underground Almah and Fragile Equality were recognized as the Best Brazilian Band 2008, the Best Album 2008, The Best Artwork 2008 among other nominations awarded to Almah musicians. The album was also well reviewed internationally. A tour started in São Paulo in November 2008 and finished in April 2009 in Rio de Janeiro.Within The Last Eleven Lines'' in 2015.
