Artist description " YOU WILL BE BITTEN BY VAMPYRA AND YOU WILL BECOME ONE OF US ."

Music Style GOTHIC METAL

Musical Influences MEGADETH , THE CURE,IRON MAIDEN , QUEENSRYCHE

Artist History THE BAND STARTED IN THE WINTER OF 1997 WHEN GUITAR PLAYER ROBERTO ALVA , AND JOSSELO VILLARREAL BEGAN WRITTING THE SONGS THAT WOULD BECOME THE "VAMPYRA E.P." THE FIRST SONG EVER WRITTEN WAS "ANGELS IN PAIN" A MELODY THAT DESCRIBED THE TORMENTED CHILDHOOD THAT THEY ENDURED , BUT ROBERTO HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE MUSIC SINCE 1994 . IN THAT TIME THE GUYS WERE ALSO THINKING OF A NAME FOR THE BAND , THE NAMES IN LINE WERE : "NIGHT-ANGEL" , "ANGELS IN PAIN" AND "OUIJA" ROBERTO WANTED TO PUT A DARK TOUCH THAT WOULD INFLUENCE NOT ONLY THE BAND'S MUSIC , BUT ALSO THEIR STYLE AND IMAGE . IN A OUIJA BOARD SESSION , AFTER HOURS AND HOURS OF TRYING TO COME OUT WITH A NAME,OUR GUYS WERE REVEALED TO THE NAME THAT WOULD BE THEIR CALLING CARD . THE NAME WAS "VAMPYRA". IN 1999 ROBERTO PUSHED THE BAND INTO THE STUDIO TO CUT THEIR FIRST DEMO AT THAT TIME ROBERTO'S BROTHER VAREK JOINNED THE BAND AS A DRUMMER . ROBERTO WANTED TO MAKE A RECORD BEFORE THE MILLENIUM , BECAUSE OF A PROMISE THAT HE MADE TO HIMSELF 10 YEARS BEFORE , VAMPYRA RECORDED THEIR FIRST DEMO 3 DAYS BEFORE THE YEAR 2000 . THE FIRST DEMO INCLUDED THE NOW CLASSIC SONG "ANGELS IN PAIN" AND ALSO FEATURED ANOTHER SONG CALLED "THE DEVIL LOOKS LIKE YOU" SIX MONTHS LATER VAMPYRA ARRIVED TO MP3.COM AND STARTED TO SPREAD LIKE WILD FIRE . ALMOST A YEAR AFTER THE DEMO WAS MADE THE BAND WAS IN FACT ON TOP OF ALICE COOPER , AND CRADLE OF FILTH IN THE METAL CHARTS , AND THE #1 BAND IN THE U.S.A IN THE GOTHIC METAL CHARTS . TAKEN THAT AS AN INCENTIVE THE NOW LEADER OF THE BAND MR. ALVA DECIDED THAT IT WAS INDEED TIME TO RECORD AN E.P. AND FINISH THE FIRST TWO SONGS . IN 2001 VAMPYRA BEGAN THEIR MOST DANGEROUS ADVENTURE YET TO ACTUALLY COMPROMISE TO DEDICATE A 100% TO THEIR CAUSE .IN JANUARY 2001 THEIR E.P. SAGA BEGAN THEY WENT INTO THE STUDIO AND STARTED RECORDING WITH THE HELP OF PRODUCER RUBEN RODRIGUEZ WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE GUITAR AND BACKUP VOCALS FOR THE WELL KNOWN DEATH METAL BAND "MALEFICENT" . THE SESSION WAS LONG AND AT SOME POINT DIFFICULT, INNER FIGHTING OVER THE CONTROL OF THE RECORDING WAS STRESFULL , AND AT SOME POINT THREE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND REFUSED TO RECORD ONE OF THE TRACKS .AT THE END THE TOUGHEST MAN STOUD. THIS TRACK WAS A SONG THAT WAS A COMBINATIONS OF ALVA'S PASSION FOR HEAVY METAL AND SPANISH FLAMENCO , THE SONG A STORY DESCRIBING THE TRAGEDY PAINTED BY PABLO PICASSO IN HIS MASTERPIECE "GUERNICA" . AFTER THE RECORD WAS COMPLETED THE BAND AND PARTICULARY ALVA WERE PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DRAINED .THIS WHERE VERY HARD TIMES FOR THE BAND NOW $20,000 U.S. DOLLARS IN DEBT . IN MARCH OF 2002 VAMPYRA PACKED THEIR BAGS AND WENT TO TAKE THEIR FRESH-OUT-OF-THE-BOX E.P. TO RECORD LABEL A&R'S IN THE NOW FAMOUS N.Y.C. CONVENTION IN HOUSTON TX. THE PLACE WAS FULL WITH R&B AND HIP HOP ACTS , BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS IN TREND NOW DAYS . EVEN SO THE BAND MANAGED TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION AMONGST THE OTHER MUSICIANS .ALSO THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE BAND REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A MEMBER HOLDING THEM BACK . FINALLY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2002 AFTER TOO MANY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BAND AND SINGER JOSSELO , THEY DECIDED TO PART WAYS . TWO WEEKS LATER THE BAND WAS BOOKED TO PLAY IN THE NOW EXTINCT CLUB STRUTTERS IN SAN ANTONIO. THAT WAS THE FIRST LIVE APPEREANCE OF THE BAND AS A TRIO, THE SHOW WAS A SUCCESS, EVEN DOUGH THERE WAS NO STEADY SINGER BECAUSE THE VOCALS WERE BEEN THROWN BACK AND FORWARD BETWEEN ROBERTO AND BASS PLAYER CAIN . NOVEMBER 21ST THE BAND APPEARS IN THE "SIN 13" AT THIS POINT ROBERTO BECOMES VAMPYRA'S SINGER, AND LONG TIME FRIEND RUBEN RODRIGUEZ IS ASKED TO FILL IN FOR RYTHM GUITAR . THE SHOW WAS A COMPLETE SUCCESS AND THE BAND IS NOW MORE READY THAN EVER TO GO OUT THERE AND TERRORIZE THE SCENE . VAMPYRA'S FUTURE SEEMS BRIGHT , WITH PLANS OF RECORD A FULL ALBUM AND FINALLY GET THE FOUR FIRST SONGS RIGHT ONCE AND FOR ALL .BUT MOST IMPORTANTLLY GET OUT THERE AND PLAY FOR THEIR EVERGROWING FANBASE .THE RECORD DEAL WILL COME EVENTUALY , BECAUSE THIS GUYS HAVE TALENT AND THEY CANNOT BE DENIED OF SUCCSESS. -METAL IS UNDEAD- -AL MONROY-

Group Members ROBERTO ALVA ( GUITAR )CAIN (BASS)VAREK (DRUMS)

Instruments GUITAR,BASS & DRUMS .

Albums ( THE DEMO ) (THE E.P.)

Press Reviews THE BAND'S FIRST DEMO DID EXTREMELY GOOD ON THE CHARTS , AT ONE POINT THEY WERE BATTLING WITH SOME OF TODAYS HOTTEST ACTS , SUCH AS ALICE COOPER AND EANGLAND'S " CRADLE OF FILTH " . VAMPYRA'S FIRST DEMO HAS BROKEN THROUGH THE BARRIERS OF LANGUAGE AND DISTANCE , FROM PAKISTAN TO NORWAY, FROM MEXICO TO GERMANY VAMPYRA HAS MADE A MARK IN THE UNDERGROUND SCENE . MANY FANS COULD HEAR THE BAND'S POTENTIAL FROM THE BEGINNING AND THEN AGAIN SOME OTHERS NEEDED HELP TO SEE THE BAND'S VISION AND TALENT , DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE DEMO DID NOT DO ANY JUSTICE TO THE BAND , WITH THE RELEASE OF THE E.P. PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE AND HEAR THE ESCENCE OF THE BAND AND GET A GLIMPSE AT THE REAL " VAMPYRA " . BE READY ...

Additional Info THE

Location San Antonio, Texas - USA

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