Formed in São Paulo in 2003, Ancesttral has as members Alexandre Grunheidt (vocal and guitar), Renato Canonico (bass), Leonardo Brito (guitar) and Billy Houster (drums). The band, which has a clear and very direct sound, puts the heavy tune at first place.They have released their EP – “Helleluiah” and now they are getting ready to record their debut album. The references come from names as Metallica and White Zombie, but due to the musical background of the musicians, it is clearly noticed some influence of the 80’s and 90’s Trash Metal, having Metal Church, Testament and Slayer as great names. The inicial ideia of forming the group came from the union of Alexandre Grunheidt and the drummer Fabrício Ravelli (ex Harppia) since both had already played together in Damage Inc. (Mettalica Cover). After writing some compositions, the guitarist Rafael Rocha (Damage Inc.) and the bassist Laerte Carvalho join the band and the line-up is set. Having done that, “Demolition Man” is registered as their first Demo and it is well received in the Internet as well as in the specialized media, being a highlight in the edition #58 of the magazine Roadie Crew. And that was just what was about to come with the rest of their material. However, after a few months, Fabrício Ravelli leaves the band and as a result, the band stops their work and gets back together in 2005. The proposal of Alexandre Grunheidt in that time was to record some of the compositions and after that, to look for other me

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