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 Gabriel Hidalgo (born April 5, 1981, in Bufallo, New York) is an Chilean guitarist. He has been a guitar player for many Chilean bands, such as Witchblade, Fahrenheit, Six Magics, Barouh, Dethroner and Sadism. He also leads his instrumental metal project “Hidalgo” and founded “Violent Passion Surrogate” with his long time friend Sergio Domínguez (former lead singer of Six Magics).

Biography
Hidalgo started playing guitar at the age of 14, mainly self-taught. He studied “Musica y Sonido” at UNIACC University in 2004 and later in 2010 he attended the Los Angeles Recording School, where he got his Pro Tools Certificate. Aside from playing and teaching guitar, Gabriel also does some audio engineering work.

Equipment
Gabriel has been an Ibanez Guitars endorser since 2003, mainly focusing on the RG series, playing mostly 6 and 7 strings with extended range scale (http://www.ibanez.com/artist/artist_detail.php?area=3&cat_id=1&artist_id=86). Gabriel is also a featured Randall artist, and has been using the Randall Thrasher and Satan models (http://www.randallamplifiers.com/artists/)

Discography

 * With Witchblade
 * I (2001)


 * With Six Magics
 * The Secrets of and Island (2003)
 * Behind the Sorrow  (2008)


 * With Hidalgo
 * Infragilis  (2007)
 * Yupaychay  (2009)
 * Lancuyen  (2015)


 * With Sadism
 * The Ocularis Domination  (2014)
 * Alliance  (2015)
 * Al-Azif  (2016) – EP


 * With Violent Passion Surrogate
 * Violent Passion Surrogate  (2016) – EP
 * Rhizomorphic  (2017)


 * With Barouh
 * Inevitable  (2015) – EP


 * With The Inferno Doll
 * Dollmination  (2015) –


 * With Birds of Prey
 * Birds of Prey  (2010)