Mindflow
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Mindflow is a progressive metal
band from Brazil. The band was founded in 2003, and they released their first album, Just the Two of Us... Me and Them
, the following year. This album turned out to become a great success and has been the record company's bestseller for more than two years, and still is. Their second album, Mind Over Body, was released in 2006. The band's third and most recent album, Destructive Device, was released in 2008.
Since 2004, MindFlow have completed two European tours, one in Asia
, and another in North America
. They have made appearances at many festivals such as the 2nd Duryu Rock and Sports Festival in South Korea
. In Spain
, the group appeared at the Prog Metal Fest, a multi-venue festival that visited four cities: Madrid
, Palencia
, Barcelona
and Girona
. Still on the European scene, MindFlow played at the Metal Heart Festival in Norway
, at the Cambridge Rock Festival in England
and performed at a show in Belgium
, Spirit of 66. In the United States
alone, they have performed in 10 more shows, including the Monsters of Rock; the Texas Mad Festival; and the Blastzone Festival. In Brazil, the group has appeared all over the country, at such events as the Live'N'Louder Rock Fest 2006, at the Skol Area, Anhembi, São Paulo - Latin America's biggest rock festival - and have already played in the stages of some Brazilian venues such as the Directv Music Hall (now the Citibank Music Hall), the Via Funchal and the Victoria Hall.
Their third album Destructive Device was produced by Ben Grosse
(Marilyn Mason, Slipknot, Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Sevendust) and was recorded and mixed both in Brazil and Los Angeles
. Grosse recorded parts of the album (specifically the bass, drums and keyboards) at "Mosh Studios" in São Paulo, and moved the project to "The Mix Room" in Los Angeles where the vocals, guitar and mixing were completed.
Mindflow has recently announced a new album, titled 365.
(Alternate Reality Game
) created by the band MindFlow. The game situates the participants as detectives in a pursue of a dangerous serial killer
.
ARG is a type of game that combines fictional situations with reality, making use of media channels from the real world. "Follow Your Instinct" takes place in websites, e-mails, phone calls, and among other media sources.
More than 3,000 people participated in the first edition of "Follow Your Instinct" that lasted 1 year and 3 months. The clues were all over the place from musical passages, emails, websites, mysterious recordings, photos and especially in a comic booklet that came with the disc of the band.
In its album Destructive Device MindFlow’s saga continues with: FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCT 2.0 – J.A.C.K. The new website of the band has become an Intelligence Agency and the disc is now the portfolio of evidence of new crimes of the serial killer including a poster for the start of the investigation.
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band from Brazil. The band was founded in 2003, and they released their first album, Just the Two of Us... Me and Them
Just the Two of Us... Me and Them
Just the Two of Us... Me and Them is the debut album of the Brazilian Progressive metal group Mindflow, and was released in 2004, in over 60 countries. It immediately received a massive response, especially in Brazil, and is still today the record company's best selling album.Just the Two of Us....
, the following year. This album turned out to become a great success and has been the record company's bestseller for more than two years, and still is. Their second album, Mind Over Body, was released in 2006. The band's third and most recent album, Destructive Device, was released in 2008.
Biography
In 2006, a new project, "Mind Over Body" was released and conceived as a "Flow of Consciousnes".Since 2004, MindFlow have completed two European tours, one in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, and another in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. They have made appearances at many festivals such as the 2nd Duryu Rock and Sports Festival in South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. In Spain
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...
, the group appeared at the Prog Metal Fest, a multi-venue festival that visited four cities: 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...
, Palencia
Palencia
Palencia is a city south of Tierra de Campos, in north-northwest Spain, the capital of the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon...
, Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
and Girona
Girona
Girona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...
. Still on the European scene, MindFlow played at the Metal Heart Festival in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, at the Cambridge Rock Festival in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and performed at a show in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, Spirit of 66. In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
alone, they have performed in 10 more shows, including the Monsters of Rock; the Texas Mad Festival; and the Blastzone Festival. In Brazil, the group has appeared all over the country, at such events as the Live'N'Louder Rock Fest 2006, at the Skol Area, Anhembi, São Paulo - Latin America's biggest rock festival - and have already played in the stages of some Brazilian venues such as the Directv Music Hall (now the Citibank Music Hall), the Via Funchal and the Victoria Hall.
Their third album Destructive Device was produced by Ben Grosse
Ben Grosse
Ben Grosse is an American record producer and mixer, who has worked on numerous albums. He currently works with a staff at his own studio, The Mix Room, in Burbank, California...
(Marilyn Mason, Slipknot, Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Sevendust) and was recorded and mixed both in Brazil and Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. Grosse recorded parts of the album (specifically the bass, drums and keyboards) at "Mosh Studios" in São Paulo, and moved the project to "The Mix Room" in Los Angeles where the vocals, guitar and mixing were completed.
Mindflow has recently announced a new album, titled 365.
GAME Follow Your Instinct
"Follow Your Instinct" is an ARGARG
-Computing:* Argument, specifically Parameter , in computer science, the input for a subroutine-Culture:* Aragonese language , a Romance language now spoken in a number of local varieties by between 10,000 and 30,000 people over the valleys of the Aragón River, Sobrarbe and Ribagorza in Aragon*...
(Alternate Reality Game
Alternate reality game
An alternate reality game is an interactive narrative that uses the real world as a platform, often involving multiple media and game elements, to tell a story that may be affected by participants' ideas or actions....
) created by the band MindFlow. The game situates the participants as detectives in a pursue of a dangerous serial killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
.
ARG is a type of game that combines fictional situations with reality, making use of media channels from the real world. "Follow Your Instinct" takes place in websites, e-mails, phone calls, and among other media sources.
More than 3,000 people participated in the first edition of "Follow Your Instinct" that lasted 1 year and 3 months. The clues were all over the place from musical passages, emails, websites, mysterious recordings, photos and especially in a comic booklet that came with the disc of the band.
In its album Destructive Device MindFlow’s saga continues with: FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCT 2.0 – J.A.C.K. The new website of the band has become an Intelligence Agency and the disc is now the portfolio of evidence of new crimes of the serial killer including a poster for the start of the investigation.
Band members
- Danilo Herbert – lead vocals
- Miguel Spada – keyboards, backing vocals
- Rafael Pensado – drums, backing vocals
- Ricardo Winandy – bass
- Rodrigo Hidalgo – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Albums
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Just the Two of Us... Me and Them Just the Two of Us... Me and Them Just the Two of Us... Me and Them is the debut album of the Brazilian Progressive metal group Mindflow, and was released in 2004, in over 60 countries. It immediately received a massive response, especially in Brazil, and is still today the record company's best selling album.Just the Two of Us.... |
| 2006 | Mind Over Body |
| 2008 | Destructive Device |
| 2011 | With Bare Hands |