Luis Mariutti

Luis Mariutti is one of the most important bassists in the history of Brazilian heavy metal, and his path is inseparable from that of the two bands that carried the genre beyond the country's borders. He joined Viper in the late 1980s, alongside his brother Hugo Mariutti and Andre Matos, and in 1991 was among the founders of Angra. He played bass on the band's first four albums — Angels Cry (1993), Holy Land (1996), Fireworks (1998) and the run that preceded the split — the period in which Angra built its international reputation. His style is marked by melodic lines that converse with the guitar rather than merely underpinning the harmony, an inheritance from the fusion and Brazilian music that were always part of the group's vocabulary. In 2000 he left Angra together with Andre Matos and Ricardo Confessori, and the following year the three formed Shaman, where he stayed through the records that defined the band. He also accompanied Andre Matos on his solo career from 2006, sustaining to the end one of the longest musical partnerships in Brazilian metal. His presence across all three line-ups — Viper, Angra and Shaman — makes him one of the few musicians to have crossed every decisive phase of that lineage.