OS GNOSTICISM NASCERAM EM SETEMBRO DE 1994, COM A FORMAÇÃO INICIAL CONSTITUIDA POR PAULO COSTA, PAULO REBELO, JOÃO DÂMASO, JOÃO AGUIAR, PEDRO RODRIGUES E PEDRO NUNO. ESTE ULTIMO SAIU DA BANDA AINDA ANTES DA PRIMEIRA ACTUAÇÃO, SENDO SUBSTITUIDO POR UM NOVO BAIXISTA, RUI ANJOS, QUE FACILMENTE SE INTEGROU.
A PRIMEIRA ACTUAÇÃO FOI EM 29 DE JUNHO DE 1995 E FOI NOTORIA A ACEITAÇÃO DO PÚBLICO, COMO DA IMPRENSA LOCAL.
EM JANEIRO DE 1996, PASSOU A FAZER PARTE DA BANDA ROMINA SOUSA, QUE INICIALMENTE FAZIA APENAS SEGUNDA VOZ. A MESMA ACABOU POR SE TORNAR VOCALISTA EFECTIVA DA BANDA, ACOMPANHANDO ASSIM JOÃO AGUIAR NAS VOCALIZAÇÕES DE TODOS OS TEMAS.
NO ANO DE 1996, APÓS PARTICIPAÇÕES EM FESTIVAIS COM ALGUMA RELEVÂNCIA NA REALIDAE AÇOREANA, NOMEADAMENTE "NOVAS ONDAS 96" E "ROCK DE GARAGEM 96", OS GNOSTICISM FORAM CONSIDERADOS UMA BANDA COM UM FUTURO PROMISSOR A NIVEL NACIONAL.
EM 1997 A BANDA ENTRA EM ESTUDIO PARA GRAVAR UMA DEMO-TAPE, PARA FAZER PROMOÇÃO, TANTO A NIVEL NACIONAL COMO INTERNACIONAL. "THY QUEST WILL NEVER END" FOI LANÇADA COM UMA INTRO E DOIS TEMAS ("FRUIT OF PASSION" E "THY QUEST WILL NEVER END"). FOI RODADA EM ENUMERAS RÁDIOS E FOI REFERIDA EM REVISTAS E FANZINES, TENDO TIDO EXCELENTES CRÍTICAS, SENDO MESMO CONSIDERADA POR ALGUNS COMO UMA DAS MELHORES BANDAS PORTUGUESAS DO GÉNERO.
NO VERÃO DE 1997, OS GNOSTICISM GANHAM A SEGUNDA EDIÇÃO DO CONCURSO "ROCK DE GARAGEM '97". RECEBERAM OS SEGUITES PREMIOS: 1ª MELHOR BANDA, MELHOR BANDA EM PALCO, MELHOR GUITARRA SOLO, MELHOR TECLAS, MELHOR BAIXISTA E MELHOR BATERISTA.
TRÊS MESES MAIS TARDE, SAI DO PROJECTO PAULO COSTA E É SUBSTITUIDO POR MARCO SOUSA, OCUPANDO ASSIM O LUGAR DE GUITARRA SOLO.
EM DEZEMBRO DO MESMO ANO, A REVISTA "AÇORJOVEM" EDITA UMA COMPILAÇÃO COM 10 BANDAS REGIONAIS, NA QUAL OS GNOSTICISM FORAM REPRESENTADOS COM O TEMA "FRUIT OF PASSION".
A REVISTA "PROMÚSICA" LANÇOU, NA SUA EDIÇÃO DE OUTUBRO DE 1998, UM CD COM UMA COMPILAÇÃO DE BANDAS DE METAL NACIONAL, NA QUAL PARTICIPARAM OS GNOSTICISM COM O TEMA "FRUIT OF PASSION".
OS GNOSTICISM ACABARAM A SUA CARREIRA EM 1998.
English:
THE GNOSTICISM BAND WAS BORN IN SEPTEMBER OF 1994, WITH PAULO COSTA, PAULO REBELO, JOÃO DÂMASO, JOÃO AGUIAR, PEDRO RODRIGUES AND PEDRO NUNO AS MEMBERS. PEDRO NUNO LEFT THE BAND BEFORE THE FIRST SHOW AND WAS REPLASED BY RUI ANJOS.
THE FIRST SHOW WAS IN 29 OF JUNE OF 1995 AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PUBLIC AND LOCAL PRESS WAS GREAT.
IN JANUARY OF 1996, ROMINA SOUSA STARTED WORKING WITH THE BAND, MAKING SECOND VOICE. SHE FINISHED TO BECOME A EFFECTIVE MEMBER OF THE BAND, WORKING WITH JOÃO AGUIAR IN THE VOCALIZATIONS OF ALL THE SONGS.
IN THE YEAR OF 1996, AFTER PARTICIPATION IN FESTIVALS WITH SOME RELEVANCE IN THE AZOREAN REALITY, SUCH AS “NOVAS ONDAS 96” AND “ROCK DE GARAGEM 96”, GNOSTICISM WAS CONSIDERED A BAND WITH A PROMISING FUTURE IN PORTUGAL.
IN 1997 THE BAND GOES TO STUDIO TO RECORD A DEMO-TAPE, TO MAKE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION OF THE BAND. “THY QUEST WILL NEVER END” WAS REALESED WITH ONE INTRO AND TWO SONGS (“FRUIT OF PASSION” AND “THY QUEST WILL NEVER END”). IT WAS PLAYED IN MANY RADIO STATIONS AND WAS SUBJECT OF MAGAZINES AND FANZINES, HAVING A GREAT FEEDBACK, BEING CONSIDERED FOR SOME AS ONE OF THE BEST PORTUGUESE METAL BANDS.
IN THE 97 SUMMER, GNOSTICISM WON THE SECOND EDITION OF “ROCK DE GARAGEM '97”. THEY RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING AWARDS: FIRST BAND, BETTER BAND IN STAGE, BETTER SOLO GUITAR PLAYER, BETTER KEYBOARD PLAYER, BETTER BASS PLAYER AND BETTER DRUMMER.
THREE MONTHS LATER, PAULO COSTA LEFT THE BAND AND WAS REPLASED BY MARCO SOUSA.
IN DECEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR, MAGAZINE “AÇORJOVEM” MAGAZINE RELEASES A COMPILATION WITH 10 REGIONAL BANDS, GNOSTICISM WAS REPRESENTED WITH “FRUIT OF PASSION”.
THE “PROMÚSICA” MAGAZINE RELEASED, IN THE OCTOBER EDITION OF 1998, A COMPACT DISC WITH A COMPILATION OF NATIONAL METAL BANDS, GNOSTICISM PARTICIPATED WITH “FRUIT OF PASSION”.
Hey thanks for accepting our request, we hope you like our music. See you on a Gwydion show! Our merchandise is available for sale, to order send mail to: shop@gwydion.org or do it in our myspace.
First of all a warm thank you to you for all the support and friendship you shared with us over time.
We have just finishing up recording and mixing of the new song and the filming of our new videoclip. Now we will show you the process of the making of this new videoclip in a mini series about it. The first part is already online, more are to come. Check them out in our video section. And leave a comment there if you like what you see.
With the best regards and the best wishes for the week,
Horatio of ROZENCRANTZ
Now you can watch us recording our new song in the studio. Check it out in our video section!
Your interest and support is highly appreciated. And here we vome with news:
Our new EP "ROMANCER" is released NOW!
And we just entered the Bullets of the GERMAN ALTERNATIVE CHARTS!
We will have a few more live shows this year, too:
BOCHUM, GERMANY - November 22nd, 2008 (record release party & showcase)
ERFURT, GERMANY - November 28th, 2008
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - December 26th, 2008
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - December 28th, 2008
Saudações, ainda aguardo um álbum a sério dos gnosticism, isso é para quando, o metal nacional e internacional só tem a ganhar convosco! Thy quest will never end, and so as mine! Cumprimentos
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