Black Cross
Sexta-Feira 13 (Demo)
1986
Heavy Metal Black Metal
Tracklist:
01 - Heavy Metal
02 - Genocidio
03 - Sexta feira 13
04 - Minotauro
05 - Chamamento Para A Morte
06 - Genocidio (Live)
Coming from Barreiro and born in 1985, Black Cross was one of the first portuguese heavy metal bands, with hints of black metal, the band was originally formed by João Ramos (bass,ex-Airforce), Paulo Henrique (guitar), Filipe Bombas (drums) and rehearsed for a while abdicating vocal part because they were not able to find someone who would fit the genre they wanted. The group will go through several suitors, such as Toninho (Asgarth), Joaquim (the first singer of the group) or Ginha, but no definitive singer. However, because the wait was too long, Paulo Henrique left the band. At that time, the simultaneous entry of Joaquim as vocalist, guitars will be temporarily handled by Toninho, guitarist of Asgarth wich later will be replaced by João Relâmpago (Angel Sinner). Finally a new singer, Rui Subtil, will be the permanent singer. With the new singer they record a demo with three themes -"Genocide", "Heavy Metal" and "Sexta-Feira 13". The influences were noticeable and are detected traces of Manowar. Some would even consider in the first national band of metal in the Venom black Metal style. They ended their activities in 1988.
