Manuel Ramil
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Manuel Ramil is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) was the keyboardist for the 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. He is currently working on a new alternative
Alternative metal
Alternative metal is a genre of alternative rock and heavy metal that gained popularity in the early 1990s. Most notably, alternative metal bands are characterized by heavy guitar riffs and experimental approaches to heavy music.-Origins:...
/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 called Sauze
Sauze
Sauze is an alternative/power metal band from Asturias, Spain. The band was formed in 2008 after the departure of the ex-WarCry members Alberto Ardines, Fernando Mon, and Manuel Ramil, along with ex-Hard Spirit Toni Amboaje.-History:...
formed by himself, along with Alberto Ardines
Alberto Ardines
Alberto 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 :...
, Fernando Mon
Fernando Mon
Fernando 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:...
, and Toni Amboaje
Toni Amboaje
Toni Amboaje is a Spanish singer who currently works for metal band Sauze, which formed on early 2008.-History:Amboaje discovered his passion for the music when he was only 4 years old, on the mid 80s while listening to his parents favorite singer Bruce Springsteen and band Dire Straits, this...
. Also known as the ex-keyboardist for the band Torquemada. His influences are Dream Theater
Dream Theater
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...
, Yngwie Malmsteen, Angra
Angra (band)
Angra is a Brazilian metal band from São Paulo, Brazil known for its symphonic interludes, highly technical instrumental playing and Brazilian regional elements.- Biography :...
, Symphony X
Symphony X
Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey.Founded in 1994 by guitarist Michael Romeo, their albums The Divine Wings of Tragedy and V: The New Mythology Suite have given the band considerable attention within the progressive metal community...
, Kamelot
Kamelot
Kamelot is an American symphonic power metal band from Tampa, Florida. The band was formed by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991. Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album Siége Perilous, and shared song-writing duties with Youngblood until his departure in April 2011.As of 2010,...
, Ark, and many more.
Career
After going through several bands of unstable formation, in 1996 he formed the Heavy metalHeavy 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...
band Torquemada. A year later he recorded his first EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, Santa Inquisición.
He remained in the band for almost 6 years, but in September, 2001 he left the band. Also collaborated with some bands like Thánatos, recording diverse Intros for their concerts, and participated with the band Trashnos in the recording of their debut album Tiempo
Tiempo
Tiempo is the second studio album of Argentine pop rock band Erreway. It was released through Sony Music and Cris Morena Group on 15 April 2003 . The album was produced by a number of eminent Argentine musicians, including Cris Morena, Carlos Nilson and Andrés Calamaro...
.
In all this time he extended his musical vision, and began to feel specially attracted by bands like Dream Theater
Dream Theater
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...
, Angra
Angra (band)
Angra is a Brazilian metal band from São Paulo, Brazil known for its symphonic interludes, highly technical instrumental playing and Brazilian regional elements.- Biography :...
, Symphony X
Symphony X
Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey.Founded in 1994 by guitarist Michael Romeo, their albums The Divine Wings of Tragedy and V: The New Mythology Suite have given the band considerable attention within the progressive metal community...
. Two months later, in December 2001 he decided to embark in a Progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
project called Fake Intermisión in which he still works on.
In July, 2002 he went to Lugones to take a test as 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...
's keyboard-player, the band where he worked until early 2008.
WarCry
- El Sello De Los TiemposEl Sello De Los TiemposEl Sello De Los Tiempos is the second studio album by the Spanish power metal band WarCry, released on December 1, 2002 through Avispa Music...
(2002) - Alea Jacta EstAlea Jacta EstAlea Jacta Est is the third studio album by the Asturian power metal band WarCry, released on January 1, 2004 , and distributed through Avispa.- Overview :...
(2004) - ¿Dónde Está La Luz?¿Dónde Está La Luz?¿Dónde Está La Luz? is the fourth studio album by power metal band WarCry, released on February 1, 2005 , and distributed through Avispa Music....
(2005) - Directo A La LuzDirecto A La LuzDirecto A La Luz is the first live album by the Spanish power metal band WarCry, recorded in Madrid, Spain on November 5, 2005 in the music hall "Divino Aqualung" to a crowd of over 2,500 people. In the concert WarCry played various songs from every album released to that point...
(2006) - La Quinta EsenciaLa Quinta EsenciaLa Quinta Esencia is the fifth studio album by the power metal band WarCry, released on December 18, 2006 , and distributed through Avispa Music...
(2006)
Projects and collaborations
- Fake Intermisión (2001–2003)
- Thánatos (Working in concerts)
- Trashnos - Tiempo (2001)
Personal information
- Name: Manuel Ramil.
- Birthplace: AresAres, SpainAres is a municipality in the comarca of Ferrol, in the province of A Coruña, in north-western Spain.Once a year, Ares celebrates the Corpus Christi....
A CoruñaA CoruñaA Coruña or La Coruña is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second-largest city in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country...
, SpainSpainSpain , 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...
. - Date Of Birth: March/08/1978.
- Instrument: Keyboard.
- In SauzeSauzeSauze is an alternative/power metal band from Asturias, Spain. The band was formed in 2008 after the departure of the ex-WarCry members Alberto Ardines, Fernando Mon, and Manuel Ramil, along with ex-Hard Spirit Toni Amboaje.-History:...
: 2008–present. - Influences: Dream TheaterDream TheaterDream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...
, Yngwie Malmsteen, Symphony XSymphony XSymphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey.Founded in 1994 by guitarist Michael Romeo, their albums The Divine Wings of Tragedy and V: The New Mythology Suite have given the band considerable attention within the progressive metal community...
, KamelotKamelotKamelot is an American symphonic power metal band from Tampa, Florida. The band was formed by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991. Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album Siége Perilous, and shared song-writing duties with Youngblood until his departure in April 2011.As of 2010,...
. - Formations: SauzeSauzeSauze is an alternative/power metal band from Asturias, Spain. The band was formed in 2008 after the departure of the ex-WarCry members Alberto Ardines, Fernando Mon, and Manuel Ramil, along with ex-Hard Spirit Toni Amboaje.-History:...
, WarCry, Fake Intermisión, Torquemada. - First CD: Cassette - Yngwie Malmsteen - Odyssey/WhitesnakeWhitesnakeWhitesnake are an English rock band, founded in 1978 by David Coverdale after his departure from his previous band, Deep Purple. The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple, but by the mid 1980s they had moved to a more commercial hard rock style...
-1987Whitesnake (album)Tracks 12-15 taken from Live: In the Shadow of the Blues-20th Anniversary Edition DVD:-Singles:*"Here I Go Again" *"Is This Love"*"Still of the Night"*"Crying in the Rain" *"Give Me All Your Love"-Personnel:...
Faves
- Band: Dream TheaterDream TheaterDream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...
. - Drink: BeerBeerBeer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...
. - Food: Italian Food.
- Film: AmadeusAmadeus (film)Amadeus is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the...
. - Nonmusical Likings: Go To The Movies, Spend Time With His Family, And His 3 Crazy Nephews.
- Song: "The Spirit Carries On" - Dream TheaterDream TheaterDream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...
. - Concert: Dream TheaterDream TheaterDream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...
Oporto (June 17, 2002) - Keyboardist: Jordan RudessJordan RudessJordan Rudess is an American keyboardist best known as a member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater and the progressive rock supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment.-Biography:...