User:Carloszema

Carlos Zema, Brazilian singer, the oldest of 3 kids from an Italian-Brazilian family. Zema was born in Goiânia (03/24/1979), in the central State of Brazil called Goiás, where the capital of Brazil, Brasília-DF, was built.

Zema has been all over the world, participating of numerous Hard Rock and Heavy Metal projects. He was selected by magazine readers in Brazil to be the Top 10 best singer of all times, in 2004 and 2007 by the Brazilian magazines Roadie Crew and Rock Brigade. He also has been a part of 6 bands, various other projects and has recorded 17 albums during his career. His 7th project called Z7, has been placed in really good hands, the great talent and very well known producer, the virtuoso guitarist Stu Marshall, is going to produce and record the album, which is going to start being produced in march of 2012.

Zema started his career in 1993, with a band called “Agazzy”. In 1994, Carlos moved on, changing a few members of that band that was when him and some friends formed “Nemesis”, which was the band that formed, after a few months, the band “Heaven´s Guardian” (Carlos Zema - vocals, Ericsson Marin – guitars and backing vocals, Alexandre Salino – drums, Bernardo Borghetti - bass-guitar and backing vocals, and Luiz Maurício - guitars and backing vocals). The band was voted the best band of 2004 in Brazil, by the News Paper “Diário da Manhã” and played in really big Festivals, some of them, for over 100,000 people. After “Heaven´s Guardian” was created, the band hit the road for a long journey, and played around the globe together since then. The band has played with big names along their career together, such as: Megadeth, Saxon, Shaman, Angra, Blind Guardian, Sepultura, O Rappa, Dr. Sin, Sonata Arctica, Overkill, Raimundos, etc…, the band also had just a few changes on the line-up, along all these years together (Murilo Rassi – bass guitar, Fabiano Fernandes – bass guitar and backing vocals, Paulo Martins – drums).

Zema was the former singer, and also worked with Heaven´s Guardian for 12 long and glorious years, until 2007, when he was invited to join a project with his friend Bobby Williamson called “Outworld” (Rusty Cooley – guitars, Bobby Williamson – Keys, Matt Smith – drums, Shawn Kascak – bass guitar), the album Weltschmerz – 2008 which was released by the French Label called Replica Records and featured at the charts in Europe for a long time. Carlos Zema with also “Outworld” has won the worldwide band contest FAMECAST, Top 100, Top 50, Top 25, Top 10 and finally went live, broadcasted throughout the world, in the finals of the TV show, that was where they won the 2008 season contest for the Metal Stage.

Carlos Zema, has always been a very productive singer. During all this time he had a few projects, one of them was called “Vougan” from Brazil (GZus – bass guitar and backing vocals, Hugo Santiago – guitar and backing vocals, Acácio Carvalho – drums, all of them, former members of the band Dark Avenger,and Felipe Moreira – Keys), Vougan was together for a few years. They have recorded 2 albums together (Silent Souls – 2006 and Mind Exceeding – 2007) with those albums, especially in Japan, they have reached a great following, they were rated 8.5 by the Japanese Magazine Burrn!, they also have hit the road to a Pan American tour in 2008, where they have played with big names of Rock worldwide, such as Stryper, Saxon, Skid Row, After Forever, LA Guns, Warrant, Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies, Fuse, Winger, Twisted Sister, etc.

Zema was also part of the American project called “Coldera” (Bill Hudson – guitar “Cellador, Circle II Circle, etc…”, John Slaughter – guitar and backing vocals “Skindustry”, Adam Sagan – drums “Into Eternity, Skindustry, ” and Adrian Lambert – bass guitar “Dragon force”). Still in 2008, Zema has gotten together with his friends from Coldera and the worldwide known, fabulous guitar player and producer Vernon Neily, that has put together a Stevie Wonder tribute, so the band got the song “Superstition” as a modern version for the tribute, which was the first song chosen by the label to play on the radio.

Also in 2008, Zema was invited by your friend, the spectacular guitarist Luis Maldonalle to sing on of the tracks of the album with the band.

The drummer Heleno Vale writer and mind of the project SoulSpell, invited Carlos Zema to be a part of this wonderful project, which has gained assistance from Roland Grapow (Helloween, Masterplan), Zak Stevens and Jon Oliva (Savatage), Blaze Bayley (Iron Maiden), Tim Ripper Owens (Judas Priest, Iced Earth), Edu Falaschi (Angra) and Nando Fernandes (Hangar). The second album, “The Labyrinth of Truths” was then released in 2010.

Also in 2010, Carlos Zema has been invited to participate in two tracks of the fantastic Project written and leaded by the great Australian guitar player and producer Stu Marshall, called Empires of Eden. In one of the tracks, written by Carlos Zema “Rising” has reached the best rates in the music scene. The project also had the singers: Michael Vescera, Zak Stevens, Steve Grimmett, Mike Zoias, Louie Gorgievski, Chris Ninni, Mike Zoias.

Quotes:

“Carlos Zema is a great metal voice and a very promising young singer…” Hansi Kürsch - Blind Guardian.

"Carlos sings with authority and passion, it was a pleasure to have him on my recording project and we will do more together" Vernon Neilly - CEO/PRES., Boosweet Enterprises LLC

“Carlos Zema is a GREAT singer and and GREAT front man! Any band would be lucky to have him as their lead singer.” David Shankle - DSG/David Shankle Group/Holland/Manowar.

“... Carlos has helped me a lot with the Project, He has an excellent voice tone and versatility, his voice is strong and incomparable...” Heleno Vale – SoulSpell.

Discography:

Roll of Thunder (Demo Tape) - 1997 - Heaven´s Guardian. Roll of Thunder (CD) - 1999 - Heaven´s Guardian. Strava (CD) - 2001 - Heaven´s Guardian. D.O.L.L. (CD) - 2004 - Heaven´s Guardian. GOPOP Compilation (CD) - 2004 - Heaven´s Guardian. Live at Gyn Arena (LIVE - CD) - 2005 - Heaven´s Guardian. X years on the Road (LIVE - DVD) - 2007 - Heaven´s Guardian. Silent Souls (CD) - 2005 - Vougan. Mind Exceeding (CD) - 2007 - Vougan. Weltschmerz (CD) - 2008 - Outworld. The Kill Vol. II, compilation (CD) - 2007 - Outworld. Phobia, special guest (CD) - 2007 - InBleeding. Tribute to Stevie Wonder, song Superstition (CD) – 2008 - Coldera. Threat (CD) - 2008 - Virus. Reborn in Fire (CD) - 2010 - Empires of Eden. The Labyrinth of Truths, special guest (CD) - 2010 - SoulSpell. The Metal Worker (CD) - 2012 - Metal Mike. Super Metal - Edition Z - 2013 - Immortal Guardian Revolution Part I - 2014 - Immortal Guardian

Band website: www.immortalguardian.net

Band Facebook: www.facebook.com/igmetal www.facebook.com/carloszemaband

Youtube links: https://www.youtube.com/user/Zemaout https://www.youtube.com/user/immortalguardianband