The release date of the of the new album „Viento Divino“ by the Spanish Heavy Metal Band ZARPA on CD is May 17th, 2019. The pre-order phase will start on May 3rd, 2019 in Pure Steel Webshop.
The Spanish Heavy Metal veterans ZARPA has rocked the Iberian Peninsula since the late 70s. Even after forty years, the guys from Valencia continue their chosen course and still deliver traditional Heavy Metal with Spanish lyrics.
"Viento Divino" is the first album on Pure Steel after the 2016 album "Dispuestos para atacar", after several releases were released on their own. Also the new work supplies finest Iberian Steel made by people, who still know how to Rock.
If you expect ZARPA, you'll get ZARPA; a recipe that has paid off for decades.
TRACKLIST:
1. Al Despertar
2. Centinelas De La Tierra
3. Corazon De Dragon
4. Yo Contra El Mundo
5. La Bestia
6. Viento Divino
7. El Dia Final
8. Los Ojos De Ibrahim
9. La Caja De Pandora
10. Tiempo de Luchar
Total Playing Time: 47:49 min
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LINEUP
Vicente Feijóo – vocals, guitars
Serafín Mendoza – guitars
Vicente Romero – bass
Bienvenido Godoy – drums
BIOGRAPHY
ZARPA was formed by Vicente Feijoo in Mislata (Valencia), who was both singer and lead-guitarist of the band. Vicente is a kind of allrounder, who has a very good voice, is a superb guitarist and, moreover, is a good painter, who designs and paints all the cover-artworks himself.
ZARPA may never have been as famous as their countrymen BARON ROJO, OBUS and ANGELES DEL INFIERNO, for who it was much easier to become known in Spain’s capital city Madrid. But nevertheless, ZARPA could get quite al lot of fame by touring the country and playing a lot of gigs.
ZARPA’s first LP “Los Cuatros Jinetes del Apocalipsis” was released in 1978 by a small local label. Vicente’s brother Eduardo played the bass and Javier Hervias the drums. The same line-up recorded the next two albums “Angeles o Demonios” (1983) and “Herederos de un Imperio” (1985), which both can be counted among the most influential 80ies-Metal-LPs in Spain. Another album, which was produced 1986 in Geneve, “En Ruta hacia Europa”, could not be released because of very high production costs.
Vicente composed and produced a solo-album in 1996 “Solar Signs”, which unfortunately was very commercial and had a weak singer, Franck Ronin from France, so it had no chance on the market. After this failure, Vicente came back to ZARPA and released a great comeback-album in 2002: “Luchadores de la Paz”. Rafa Játiva (Ex-SABLE) was playing the guitar, Vicente Romero the bass and Manolo Cascales the drums.
The band then met the German label Karthago Records and signed a contract for their next CDs. In 2004 their next album “Infierno” was released, the cover-artwork again painted by Vicente himself. There was also a collectors-LP-edition in black, red and green (very rare!) vinyl.
The cooperation with Karthago Records was very positive for ZARPA and Vicente; he designed and painted several cover-artworks for other Karthago-bands. In 2007 the next album, “El Yunque contra el Martillo” was released, with Bienvenido Godoy now playing the drums.
This line-up also recorded the next album, “Iberia”, in 2009. This album contains an extra DVD with ZARPA’s live-concert for their 30th anniversary! In 2009 ZARPA came to Germany to play at the Swordbrothers-Festival at Andernach and to promote their album.
DISCOGRAPHY
Los 4 jinetes del apocalípsis - 1978
¿Ángeles o demonios? - 1983
Herederos de un imperio - 1984
Zeta - 2000
Luchadores de la paz - 2002
En ruta hacia Europa - 2003
Infierno - 2003
El yunque contra el martillo - 2007
Iberia - 2009
Como una locomotora - 2012
Progreso - 2012
Las puertas del tiempo - 2012
Zarpasaurio - 2012
Bestias del poder - 2014
Canciones para el libro prohibido - 1° parte - 2015
Canciones para el libro prohibido - 2° parte - 2015
Dispuestos para atacar - 2016
Expulsados del Edén - 2017
Castigados al exilio - 2017
En la alambrada - 2018
Viento Divino - 2019