![]() ![]() On writing deeper tracks such as “Until the Very End” and “Under Ruins”, and addressing mental health, anxiety, and depression I had many girls from Latin America but in the final decision there were a lot of things I had to consider. But because we are in a poor region, many times they have to work, it’s not possible for them to leave everything behind for music to go on the other side of the world and be many miles away. Mainly in Latin America, female singers have grown compared to other regions, but everything is very hard here.įor example, when I was looking for members for the new Nervosa lineup, I was looking for Latin female musicians. The name of the band is female – in Portuguese, Nervosa means “angry girl.” There’s very few all-female bands so that’s why it’s necessary, and in the past five years it’s been easy to find other female musicians around the world. I decided to keep Nervosa a female band because since the beginning when I created the band the idea was to be a female band. On the importance of keeping the Nervosa lineup all female it means a lot in Brazil, so this makes it possible to make music and this has helped us a lot. On the other side, when we do tours in the U.S. The metal scene in Brazil is very strong even though the main media denies everything about rock and metal. Rock doesn’t appear on television or on radio - we have our own radio station and YouTube channels because of the internet. To be a musician in Brazil, mainly in the rock or metal scene, it’s very hard because our country is very Catholic, and the rock genre, not even just metal, is completely denied. All of this makes it feel that it’s necessary to talk about it in our music to show everyone that we have to do something to change the life here. For me, I had two situations some years ago with a gun in my face and the guy stole my motorcycle a gun in my back and they stole my wallet - it’s very common unfortunately. But we have one of the most violent countries in the world, we have a lot of drug trafficking. ![]() We have beautiful weather, beaches, and nature here in Brazil. We live with misery, which is very common here in Brazil, and we live with beauty. I live in a very rich and poor country at the same time. Everyone was like, “What the f**k is going on here?” On her life in Brazil and her connection with heavy genres of music ![]() When we met each other, we were so happy and screaming in the airport and we started singing “We are the Champions”. We didn’t believe it would happen for us. Meeting them was a dream come true for all of us. Once you’re in Europe, it’s cheap to travel within the European Union, so it’s not too difficult. I’m from Brazil but I live half of the time in Brazil and the other half in Europe the vocalist is from Spain the bassist is from Italy and the drummer is from Greece. On where the new members are from and meeting them in person for the first time It was crazy but we are very lucky that we did it. At the end of recording, all the borders started to close again and we had to do the COVID tests to come back to our countries. If it happened one week later it would have no longer been possible. We couldn’t meet each other because it was in the middle of the pandemic but when Europe and its borders were open I went immediately and we recorded in the exact perfect time. It was not new for me but it’s not something that’s impossible. But it was not something new for me because the previous Nervosa lineup was working with distance - Brazil is a huge country and all of us lived in different cities when we created the last album. Of course this was a huge challenge for all of us - we changed the whole lineup. On creating a new album with new members during a pandemic All of this inspired me to do this type of album and why it’s called Perpetual Chaos. We see many mistakes that were committed 50 years ago from dictators, and we are seeing the same kind of language. It has a lot to do with 2020, but with humans it doesn’t matter how many years we go through, we commit the same mistakes the behaviors from leaders from countries - they have shown their real face. On what the album title Perpetual Chaos means to her, especially during this time Read our interview with Prika Amaral of Nervosa for the latest installment of “Heavy Culture” below, and pick up Nervosa’s new album, Perpetual Chaos, here. The guitarist also discussed the importance of keeping the band all female, while also speaking candidly about the duality of violence and beauty living in Brazil, and the struggle of being a metal musician in a predominantly Catholic country. Her new bandmates reflect her cultural mix, as vocalist Diva Satanica is from Spain bassist Mia Wallace is from Italy and drummer Eleni Nota is from Greece. Amaral is from Brazil but her parents are from Italy, Spain and Portugal. ![]()
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