Soldiers of Sunrise is the first album by Brazilian heavy metal band Viper, released by Rock Brigade Records in 1987. It was re-released by Massacre Records in 1992 and re-released again in 1997 by Paradoxx Music in a 2-in-1 edition with the Theatre of Fate album. In 2013, through WikiMetal, a new edition was released, including the six songs of the Killera Sword demo tape as bonus tracks.
In a 2013 interview, when commenting on the recording of the album, vocalist Andre Matos said:
Track listing "Knights of Destruction" — 3:12 (Pit Passarell) "Nightmares" — 3:36 (Andre Matos, Cássio Audi, Felipe Machado, Pit Passarell, Yves Passarell) "The Whipper" — 3:10 (Andre Matos, Cássio Audi, Felipe Machado, Pit Passarell, Yves Passarell) "Wings of the Evil" — 3:55 (Pit Passarell) "H.R." — 3:15 (Felipe Machado, Pit Passarell) "Soldiers of Sunrise" — 6:52 (Andre Matos, Cássio Audi, Felipe Machado, Pit Passarell, Yves Passarell) "Signs of the Night" — 3:30 (Pit Passarell, Yves Passarell) "Killera (Princess of Hell)" — 2:38 (Pit Passarell, Yves Passarell) "Law of the Sword" — 4:29 (Felipe Machado, Pit Passarell)
Bonus tracks (WikiMetal Edition): 10. "Law of the Sword" Demo (Felipe Machado, Pit Passarell) 11. "Signs of the Night" Demo (Pit Passarell, Yves Passarell) 12. "Nightmares" Demo (Andre Matos, Cássio Audi, Felipe Machado, Pit Passarell, Yves Passarell) 13. "H.R." Demo (Felipe Machado, Pit Passarell) 14. "The Whipper" Demo (Andre Matos, Cássio Audi, Felipe Machado, Pit Passarell, Yves Passarell) 15. "Killera (Princess Of Hell)" Demo (Pit Passarell, Yves Passarell)
Credits André Matos — lead vocals Pit Passarell — bass guitar & backing vocals Yves Passarell — lead guitar Felipe Machado — lead guitar Cassio Audi — drums
OBS: Val Santos was the drummer during most of the tour for this album. Felipe Machado played at the first show of the tour at Teatro Rio Branco and traveled the next day to finish high school in the US, returning a year later at the end of the tour, before the band starts working on the next album Theatre of Fate. During his absence was replaced by War Kings guitarist Rodrigo for some of the shows.
References
External links Viper official site