Tarantula (band)
Portuguese power metal band
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Tarantula is a Portuguese power metal band established in 1981, and ranked as one of the first power metal bands. Active ever since, Tarantula has played many concerts throughout Europe with a larger emphasis in Portugal and Germany. The current members of the band are Jorge Marques (vocals), Paulo Barros (guitar), José Aguiar (bass) and Luís Barros (drums).
Members
Jorge Marques (vocals) - Jorge is the singer of Tarantula since 1989. He is also a painter and a plastic artist.[1] His first band was the Portuguese thrash metal band Web.
Paulo Barros (guitars) - Paulo is a Portuguese guitarist and one of the founders of the band. As a solo artist Paulo has played in the 1980s and 1990s in several European countries.[2]
Luís Barros (drums) - Luis along with his brother Paulo Barros is one of the founding members of the band. Luís is also a producer and a recording engineer and has been is in charge of recording, mixing and producing many of the bands records since their inception.[3] Luís owns and runs the recording studio Rec'n'Roll where many relatively successful metal and rock bands have recorded.[4]
José Aguiar (bass) - José is the bass player of Tarantula since 1994. Before Tarantula he was a member of the Portuguese rock band Roxigénio.[5]
Discography
Studio albums
- 1987: Tarantula
- 1990: Kingdom of Lusitania
- 1993: III
- 1995: Freedom’s Call
- 1998: Light Beyond the Dark
- 2000: Dream Maker
- 2005: Metalmorphosis
- 2010: Spiral of Fear
- 2021: Thunder Tunes From Lusitania
Tributes
- 2001: 20 Anos de Tarantula – Tributo
Paulo Barros discography
Studio albums
- 1997: Vintage
- 2003: Gemini
- 2007: K:arma 7
- 2015: 4
- 2018: More Humanity Please