User:Emansousa

Filipe Sousa (born on September 13th, 1984; in Madeira Island, Portugal) is an heavy metal guitarist. He was the former member (guitar and vocals) of Aftermoon (heavy metal) and Reign Carnation (thrash metal). He joined the Portuguese melodic death metal band Shadowsphere in August 2003 as a solo/lead/rhythm guitarist. In the autumn of 2005 he started the recording of the Shadowsphere second album "Hellbound Heart". In the last two years he was dedicated to the DarkTour, the tour of the first album "Darklands". Shadowsphere have played with bands like Moonspell (POR), Ramp (POR), Tarantula (POR), Primordial (IRL), Decapitated (POL), Nightrage (SUE/GRE) and many others, during the DarkTour only in Portugal. The second album will be released in the beginning of 2006. The album was recorded in Floyd Studios and will be mastered by Dan Swano (Bloodbath, Nightingale, Edge Of Sanity,...) in Sweden. Filipe as participated as a bass player in a Portuguese thrash metal band called Hematoma during their Till The End Tour between March and May of 2004. He entered in the University of Lisbon, Portugal, at the age of 18, in Instituto Superior Técnico where he's taking the degree course in Environmental Engineering.

Filipe uses:

BCRich Warlock (w/ Floyd Rose) DiMarzio Evolution (Neck/Bridge) pickups Marshall / Hughes & Kettner Amplification RotoSounds (RotoReds) and Ernie Ball (Power Slinky) 11-48 Strings Dunlop 2.00mm Picks