Cruz De Ferro

From the center of Portugal, with Portugal in the center. This is the matrix of the Cross. Epic heavy metal where theheroic national memory resonates. At the beginning of this year, the Cruz de Ferro undertake a new attack with theEP "Leao dos Mares", five new compositions that promise not to defraud those who have been with them in the lastdecade and to join a good number of new fighters.The band from Torres Novas, in the district of Santarem, again evokes important figures in the History of Portugal,some not always remembered for the remarkable achievements of centuries gone by. This is the case of Afonso deAlbuquerque, the Leao dos Mares, who gives the name to this new campaign by the Ribatejo quartet. Governor ofPortuguese India at the turn of the 15th century, the Great of Goa was so feared in the oceans as a diplomat ofexcellence. "Leao dos Mares" is anticipated by the theme that gives it its name in a video clip already available.In this work recorded by producer Arlindo Cardoso and guitarist Ricardo Pombo at Southern Studios, reference ismade to another character from the beginnings of Portuguese identity - Gonalo Mendes da Maia, tutor of AfonsoHenriques himself. Legend has it that the "Lidador" was already 90 years old when he defeated the Moors on abattlefront in Beja. The theme that closes this new and triumphant EP by Cruz de Ferro reveals the band in arhythmic ride in the style of some Amon Amarth, exhausting the last turns of the disc to the sound of thePortuguese guitar.