El Sello De Los Tiempos
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El Sello De Los Tiempos is the second studio album by the Spanish
power metal
band WarCry
, released on December 1, 2002 (see 2002 in music
and 2002 in heavy metal music
) through Avispa Music
. This album is considered to be their first effort as a band
, because all the musicians appeared as full-time members, and contributed to the composition, arrangements, and recording of the album.
It had a great reception in Spain and the band won several metal music
awards. Víctor García
had stated they would release a second album before touring, in order to have a larger repertoire to perform, El Sello De Los Tiempos tour
was the tour supporting the album.
s release Alvaro Jardón
, previously of Darna
, was hired as the official bassist. In mid 2002 WarCry began recording a new album, with the idea to release it at the end of the year. As Víctor handled keyboard duties on the first album, the band decided to recruit a full-time member to cover that position. They held the auditions from June to August 2002, finally deciding on Galician keyboardist Manuel Ramil
. The album was produced by Víctor and Ardines, and recorded, mixed, and edited in Jaus Records
. On November 2002, started the album-mastering and manufacturing by David de la Torre, in the M20 Studios in Madrid
. Luis Royo, represented by Norma Editorial
, was the graphic artist who drew the album cover. Carlos Rodriguez took the promotional shot and the album's back cover. Ricardo Menéndez, represented by Rick-Art, worked on the graphic design
and DTP
.
El Sello De Los Tiempos Tour
started on December 13, 2002, extending for a whole year, where they played with many important bands in the Spanish
heavy metal
, such as Saratoga
, Barón Rojo
, Hamlet
, Sôber
, ending with a final concert in Avilés on December 13, 2003 where Alvaro Jardón
left WarCry stating that the reasons were all due to musical and personal issues, thanking his band-mates and fans for everything, and hoping to return to music in upcoming years. On the same communicate the rest of the members said they respected his decision, and his work on WarCry would always be a part of the band history.
. Mariano Munieza from Rock Hard
said "the sound is basically Europe
an heavy metal
, such as Stratovarius
, Rage
, Blind Guardian
, Helloween
, Iron Maiden
... that is WarCry's musical basis". Kerrang!
stated that "the band led by García and Ardines has demonstrated with this record that overcoming and improving is possible". Radio program
"Derrame Rock" chose the "Top Ten Metal Albums" of the year, El Sello De Los Tiempos appeared on the list among works such as HammerFall
's Crimson Thunder
, Avantasia
's Metal Opera Pt. II
, Dio
's Killing the Dragon
, and Shaman's Shamániac.
Rock music
magazine HeavyRock awarded WarCry "band of the year". Rock Circus
chose El Sello De Los Tiempos their "Album of the Month". On the third edition of the Radial Awards, celebrated in 2003, each of the members, the album, and the official website were nominated, making it a total of 15 categories, where they won 3 ("revelation band", "best keyboardist", and "best website").
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
power metal
Power metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...
band WarCry
WarCry (band)
WarCry is a Spanish power metal band led by founder, singer, and songwriter Víctor García. Formed in 2001 when García and drummer Alberto Ardines were ejected from Avalanch, the band has since released five studio albums and one live album, with a sixth studio album currently in progress. WarCry...
, released on December 1, 2002 (see 2002 in music
2002 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.-Events:*February 3 – U2 perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI...
and 2002 in heavy metal music
2002 in heavy metal music
-Newly formed bands:* DevilDriver* Eluveitie* Massacration* Probot* Sturmgeist* Symphony in Peril* Theocracy* Teräsbetoni* Viperine* Iron Mask-Albums:* 3 Inches of Blood - Battlecry Under a Winter Sun* The Acacia Strain - ...And Life Is Very Long...
) through Avispa Music
Avispa
Avispa is a record label from Spain specializing in heavy metal; it is the largest Spanish company specializing in this type of music...
. This album is considered to be their first effort as a band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
, because all the musicians appeared as full-time members, and contributed to the composition, arrangements, and recording of the album.
It had a great reception in Spain and the band won several metal music
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
awards. Víctor García
Víctor García (Spanish singer)
Víctor García is the lead vocalist and songwriter for the power metal band WarCry. He is the central figure and sole original member of WarCry and a former Avalanch lead vocalist, being considered one of the best Spanish metal singers...
had stated they would release a second album before touring, in order to have a larger repertoire to perform, El Sello De Los Tiempos tour
El Sello De Los Tiempos Tour
El Sello De Los Tiempos Tour was the first concert tour by Asturian power metal band WarCry, supporting their second studio album. The tour consisted of 33 shows performed throughout Spain....
was the tour supporting the album.
History
Just some weeks before WarCryWarCry (album)
WarCry is the first full-length album by Spanish power metal band WarCry, released on April 17, 2002 through Avispa Music.- Overview :While working in Avalanch, singer Víctor García and drummer Alberto Ardines decided to release an album with the songs they had composed in their spare time, as...
s release Alvaro Jardón
Alvaro Jardón
Alvaro Jardón is a Spanish bassist, who played in the Power metal bands WarCry and Darna.-Career:...
, previously of Darna
Darna (band)
Darna was a Spanish power metal band from Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. Formed in 1998, they released two successful albums before the drummer's departure in 2004 led the remaining band members to decide to disband the group and focus on separate projects....
, was hired as the official bassist. In mid 2002 WarCry began recording a new album, with the idea to release it at the end of the year. As Víctor handled keyboard duties on the first album, the band decided to recruit a full-time member to cover that position. They held the auditions from June to August 2002, finally deciding on Galician keyboardist Manuel Ramil
Manuel Ramil
Manuel Ramil was the keyboardist for the Power metal band WarCry. He is currently working on a new alternative/power metal band called Sauze formed by himself, along with Alberto Ardines, Fernando Mon, and Toni Amboaje. Also known as the ex-keyboardist for the band Torquemada...
. The album was produced by Víctor and Ardines, and recorded, mixed, and edited in Jaus Records
Jaus Records
Jaus Records is an independent record label and recording studio from Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, created on 2002 exclusively to record and support the works by Spanish power metal band WarCry...
. On November 2002, started the album-mastering and manufacturing by David de la Torre, in the M20 Studios in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
. Luis Royo, represented by Norma Editorial
Norma Editorial
Norma Editorial is a Spanish comics publisher, with its headquarters in Barcelona.Founded in 1977 by Rafael Martínez, it publishes both original Spanish comics , Spanish translations of Japanese manga as well as Spanish translations of American or European comics and...
, was the graphic artist who drew the album cover. Carlos Rodriguez took the promotional shot and the album's back cover. Ricardo Menéndez, represented by Rick-Art, worked on the graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
and DTP
Desktop publishing
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.
El Sello De Los Tiempos Tour
El Sello De Los Tiempos Tour
El Sello De Los Tiempos Tour was the first concert tour by Asturian power metal band WarCry, supporting their second studio album. The tour consisted of 33 shows performed throughout Spain....
started on December 13, 2002, extending for a whole year, where they played with many important bands in the Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
, such as Saratoga
Saratoga (band)
Saratoga is a Spanish Heavy Metal band, established in 1992 by Niko del Hierro and Jero Ramiro....
, Barón Rojo
Barón Rojo
Barón Rojo are a Spanish heavy metal band who reached international success in the 1980s. The band is led by siblings Carlos and Armando de Castro, previously from the band Coz, and it is considered one of the most important representatives of Spanish hard rock bands, along with Obús...
, Hamlet
Hamlet (band)
Hamlet is a five-piece heavy metal band from Madrid, Spain. They formed in 1987 and are still active. They are signed to Kaiowas Records and have released ten albums, their most recent being Amnesia was released in September 2011...
, Sôber
Sôber
Sôber is an alternative rock band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 1994. Founded when Carlos Escobedo posted an advertisement in a local guitar store and was then contacted by Antonio Bernardini to start Sober Stoned...
, ending with a final concert in Avilés on December 13, 2003 where Alvaro Jardón
Alvaro Jardón
Alvaro Jardón is a Spanish bassist, who played in the Power metal bands WarCry and Darna.-Career:...
left WarCry stating that the reasons were all due to musical and personal issues, thanking his band-mates and fans for everything, and hoping to return to music in upcoming years. On the same communicate the rest of the members said they respected his decision, and his work on WarCry would always be a part of the band history.
Reception
Probably due to that all of the members appeared as an entire part of the band, contributing with new ideas, this work received better critics than self-titled debut albumWarCry (album)
WarCry is the first full-length album by Spanish power metal band WarCry, released on April 17, 2002 through Avispa Music.- Overview :While working in Avalanch, singer Víctor García and drummer Alberto Ardines decided to release an album with the songs they had composed in their spare time, as...
. Mariano Munieza from Rock Hard
Rock Hard (magazine)
Rock Hard is a heavy metal magazine originally released in Germany. It was founded in 1983 by Holger Stratmann and is dedicated to all styles of rock and heavy metal. The magazine has independent offspring with the same name in France, Greece, Italy and Spain....
said "the sound is basically Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
, such as Stratovarius
Stratovarius
Stratovarius are a Finnish power metal band that formed in 1984. Since their formation they have released 13 studio albums and one live album. Along with Helloween, Blind Guardian, Rhapsody of Fire and Gamma Ray, Stratovarius are considered one of the leading groups of the power metal and symphonic...
, Rage
Rage (band)
Rage are a German heavy metal band, formed in 1984. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid 1980s, along with bands such as Helloween, Running Wild and Blind Guardian.-Background:...
, Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in the mid-1980s in Krefeld, West Germany. They are often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and speed metal subgenres...
, Helloween
Helloween
Helloween is a German power metal band founded in the mid 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. The band was a pioneering force in the European Power Metal movement and their second and third studio albums, Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt...
, Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
... that is WarCry's musical basis". Kerrang!
Kerrang!
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper...
stated that "the band led by García and Ardines has demonstrated with this record that overcoming and improving is possible". Radio program
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
"Derrame Rock" chose the "Top Ten Metal Albums" of the year, El Sello De Los Tiempos appeared on the list among works such as HammerFall
HammerFall
HammerFall is a power metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was formed in 1993 by ex-Ceremonial Oath guitarist Oscar Dronjak.- Early days :...
's Crimson Thunder
Crimson Thunder
-Personnel:* Joacim Cans - Lead & backing vocals* Oscar Dronjak - Lead & Rhythm guitars, Backing vocals* Stefan Elmgren - Lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars, Backing vocals...
, Avantasia
Avantasia
Avantasia is a heavy metal project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist and frontman of the band Edguy. The project's title is a portmanteau of the words "avalon" and "fantasia" and describes "a world beyond human imagination"...
's Metal Opera Pt. II
The Metal Opera Part II
The Metal Opera Pt. II is the second full-length album by Tobias Sammet's side project opera, Avantasia. It is a concept album and a rock opera, and further information on the story can be found here. The songs carry on the story begun in The Metal Opera, with the same characters...
, Dio
Dio (band)
Dio was an American heavy metal band from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Formed in 1982 and led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, after he left Black Sabbath with intentions to form a new band with fellow former Black Sabbath member, drummer Vinny Appice. Naming the band Dio made sense from a commercial...
's Killing the Dragon
Killing the Dragon
Killing the Dragon is Dio's ninth studio album. It was released May 21, 2002 through Spitfire Records and was produced by frontman Ronnie James Dio. A re-release in 2007 puts Killing the Dragon together with Magica....
, and Shaman's Shamániac.
Rock music
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
magazine HeavyRock awarded WarCry "band of the year". Rock Circus
Rock Circus
Madame Tussaud's Rock Circus was a walkthrough exhibition celebrating the history of British rock & pop music.The attraction was operated by Tussaud's Group and took up the top four floors of the newly refurbished London Pavilion building at Piccadilly Circus, London.The exhibition was opened in...
chose El Sello De Los Tiempos their "Album of the Month". On the third edition of the Radial Awards, celebrated in 2003, each of the members, the album, and the official website were nominated, making it a total of 15 categories, where they won 3 ("revelation band", "best keyboardist", and "best website").
Track listing
Credits
- Víctor GarcíaVíctor García (Spanish singer)Víctor García is the lead vocalist and songwriter for the power metal band WarCry. He is the central figure and sole original member of WarCry and a former Avalanch lead vocalist, being considered one of the best Spanish metal singers...
- vocals - Fernando MonFernando MonFernando is a member of the Asturian power metal band WarCry. He is working on a new alternative/power metal band called Sauze formed by himself, along with Manuel Ramil, Alberto Ardines, and Toni Amboaje.-Career:...
- guitarsElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... - Pablo GarcíaPablo García (musician)Pablo García Fernández is a guitarist, for the power metal band WarCry.-Career:Pablo's first contact with a guitar emerges at the age of 16, in the summer of 1993, on a self-taught, and decides to dedicate most of his time to that instrument. Leading him to form his first band with some friends...
- guitarsElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... - Alvaro JardónAlvaro JardónAlvaro Jardón is a Spanish bassist, who played in the Power metal bands WarCry and Darna.-Career:...
- bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Manuel RamilManuel RamilManuel Ramil was the keyboardist for the Power metal band WarCry. He is currently working on a new alternative/power metal band called Sauze formed by himself, along with Alberto Ardines, Fernando Mon, and Toni Amboaje. Also known as the ex-keyboardist for the band Torquemada...
- keyboardsElectronic keyboardAn electronic keyboard is an electronic or digital keyboard instrument.The major components of a typical modern electronic keyboard are:... - Alberto ArdinesAlberto ArdinesAlberto Ardines is a Spanish musician. He is currently working on a new alternative/power metal band called Sauze formed by himself, along with Manuel Ramil, Fernando Mon, and Toni Amboaje.- Career :...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Production
- David de la Torre — Mastering
- Ricardo Menéndez — Design
- Carlos Rodriguez — Photos