Vera Cruz

Vera Cruz is the third solo album by Brazilian heavy metal singer Edu Falaschi, the first with all-new material, released initially on May 12, 2021 in Japan via MS Metal Records, digitally to the rest of the world on May 18, 2021. The album was then released physically, first in Brazil on May 31, 2021 and then to the rest of the world on June 15, 2021. Released to celebrate the 30 years of his career, it is a concept album that tells an adventure story between Brazil and Portugal around the time of the discovery of Brazil and that features several guests, such as Elba Ramalho and Max Cavalera (who hadn't guest performed in the past 25 years). Background Vera Cruz is the first solo album featuring new material only by Falaschi (outside of his project Almah). It comes after two cover albums (Moonlight (2016) and Ballads (2017)), one EP featuring two new songs and some live performances (The Glory of Sacred Truth) and one live release (Temple of Shadows – In Concert) in which he performed Temple of Shadows in its entirety (an album he had released in 2004 with his now former band Angra. It is a work in which he recovers some vocal techniques he used to apply in his time with Angra, but which he temporarily lost due to voice issues. Production The album was created at a cost of approximately R$ 100,000, recorded in November 2020 at Nas Nuvens studios in Rio de Janeiro and produced by Falaschi himself alongside Roberto Barros and vocalist Thiago Bianchi (ex-Shaman).