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Happens this weekend, December 09th, 10th and 11th, in the city of Lages/SC, south of Brazil, the seventh edition of Orquidea Rock Festival.
The event has turned one of the most important of the Santa Catarina state and this year will present 30 Brazilian bands from different styles and locations. The festival also counts with a camping area and so much interaction with nature.
The Brazilian heavy rockers of KAPPA CRUCIS were confirmed as one of the headliners of the festival. The band plays on the Saturday, December 10th, second day.
Formed back in early nineties in the city of Apiai, among the southern mountais of Sao Paulo state, KAPPA CRUCIS combines elements from hard rock, progressive rock, southern rock, heavy metal and have turned a "cult" name in the Brazilian underground scene.
Before its debut album, KAPPA CRUCIS got famous for its excellent demos. Works such as Algol - The Demon Star (1997), Ignition (2002) and Steel Egg (2004) conquered the journalists. The main music critics in Brazil has always been full of praise to KAPPA CRUCIS. "One of the best bands I've heard in recent months," said Eduardo de Souza Bonadia in review about the demo Steel Egg. "The quartet conveys an authenticity and, above all, an enviable rapport," published Antonio Carlos Monteiro in February 2000.
KAPPA CRUCIS first official album came to be completed in a time when the band was already well known to the press and public, had several years of road, five demo works and several concerts and festival appearances.
Released in August 2009, Jewel Box gathered compositions of the band's entire career plus unreleased songs. The album was mastered at Novalis Studios in Fort Myers, Florida, United States.
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