Víctor García

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Víctor García


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Víctor García
Born = Birth date and age|1970|6|5|mf=y Brisbane, Australia
Origin = Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Genre = Power metal, Heavy metal
Instrument = Vocals, guitar
Years_active = 1987–present
Label = Avispa
Associated_acts = WarCry Avalanch
URL = [http://www.warcry.as www.warcry.as]

Víctor García (born June 5, 1970 in Brisbane, Australia) is the lead vocalist and songwriter for the power metal band WarCry. He is the central figure and sole original member of WarCry and a former Avalanch lead vocalist, being considered one of the best Spanish metal singers. García has often cited that his biggest and most important influences are Stryper, Manowar, and Virgin Steele.

Biography

Early days

Víctor García discovers his passion for metal music around 1987, after listening to Europe's "Final Countdown", and some other bands like Bon Jovi. In 1992 he acquired his own guitar and created a band with some friends, named War-Cry. In 1994, Asturian power metal band Avalanch asked García to joined them as rhythm guitarist. They recorded a demo and gave some concerts in various localities around Asturias. After leaving Avalanch in February, 1996, he reformed the group, now as WarCry. this time acting as songwriter and lead singer, and recorded the demo "Demon 97"

Avalanch

In 1998 Avalanch expelled their lead vocalist Juan Lozano in the middle of the tour in support of "La Llama Eterna", and invited García to re-join them as lead vocalist. García tried to keep working with both bands, but finally decided to break up War-Cry and go up with his work on Avalanch. Now as the new Avalanch front man, they recorded "Llanto De Un Héroe" in 1999 where he received songwriting credits on two songs, "Por mi Libertad" and "Aquí Estaré". After the successful tour on support of the album, Avalanch recorded their first live work, entitled "Días De Gloria" and released on 2000. The band was going through a great moment, and entered the studio in late 2000 to record "El Ángel Caído", with the vocals contribution of Leo Jiménez (of Saratoga fame) in the song "Las Ruinas del Edén". The album was released in 2001 and became the band's most successful and acclaimed album. García along with Avalanch drummer Alberto Ardines decided to release an album aside from the band with the songs they had been composing in their spare time. Both members were later expelled from Avalanch with the the excuse that they were working on a project behind the band's back.cite web|title=Interview with WarCry|author=|publisher=maxmetal.net|date=2003-03-14|url=http://www.maxmetal.net/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=19&page=1
accessdate=2008-05-29] Víctor García replied he showed many songs for the albums, but only two were recorded, "Aquí Estaré" and "Por Mi Libertad", becoming "Aquí Estaré", one of the band's hymns, so he decided "to release a couple of songs, but never with the idea of leaving Avalanch."

WarCry

At the end of the tour on support of "El Ángel Caído", Víctor García and Avalanch's drummer decided to record an album with the songs they had composed in their spare time. Most of which had been written during the 1990s with lyrics in English. The pair translated the lyrics into Spanishcite web|title=Interview with WarCry|author=|publisher=maxmetal.net|date=2003-03-14|url=http://www.maxmetal.net/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=19&page=1
accessdate=2008-05-29] and produced the album themselves, with Victor singing as well as playing bass guitar, rhythm guitar, and keyboards. Fernando Mon, who had previously worked for Avalanch, and Pablo García of Relative Silence, collaborated on the album by recording guitar solos. Upon learning of Víctor and Ardines' project, Avalanch disapproved of it and expelled them from the band. García stated that he presented many of his song ideas to Avalanch, but received writing credit on only two released songs: "Aquí Estaré" and "Por Mi Libertad". "Aquí Estaré" had barely been accepted by the band but went on to become one of Avalanch's most popular songs, and so he decided "to release a couple of songs, but never with the idea of leaving Avalanch."cite web|title=Living the Present|last=Tur|first=Juan|publisher=rocktrip.net|url=http://rocktrip.net/reportajes%2025.htm|accessdate=2008-04-29] After being expelled from Avalanch, García showed Ardines the name and logo of WarCry. Ardines felt that those were "fantastic", and that they should continue working on their new musical project using the WarCry name as they already had an "open path". They were joined by Pablo García and Fernando Mon, and recorded their debut album "WarCry" which was released in April 2002. Shortly after the album's recording they were joined by bassist Alvaro Jardón, formerly of Darna. The album received several positive reviews. WarCry started composing new songs instead of touring in support of the album, so that they would have a larger repertoire to perform.

WarCry's second album, "El Sello De Los Tiempos", was released in December 2002 through Avispa. Receiving better critics than the debut album. The band performed their first live concert on December 13, 2002 in Avilés, Asturias as the start of their "El Sello De Los Tiempos" tour. The tour lasted a year, during which WarCry played with many other heavy metal acts such as Moonspell, Saratoga, Barón Rojo, Sepultura, and Rage. [cite web|title=WarCry - Derrame Rock Festival|author=|publisher=warcry.as|date=2003-10-05|url=http://www.warcry.as/conciertos/historialsell/derramerock.htm|accessdate=2008-06-27] [cite web|title=WarCry - Bike Rock Festival|author=|publisher=warcry.as|date=2003-07-11|url=http://www.warcry.as/conciertos/historialsell/bikerock.htm|accessdate=2008-06-01] Jardón left the band following the tour,cite web|title=Alvaro Jardón leaves WarCry|author=|publisher=maxmetal.net|date=2003-12-16|url=http://www.maxmetal.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=287|accessdate=2008-04-04] citing musical and personal issues.

In August 2003 they began recording a third album, produced by Víctor García and Ardines with the collaboration of Slaven Kolak. The album, "Alea Jacta Est", was mixed and edited in the band's own recording studio Jaus Records, and was released on January 1, 2004 through Avispa Music. [cite web|url=http://warcry.as/english/sections/discografia/alea/inicio.htm|last=|first=|title=en icon "Alea Jacta Est" - credits|publisher = warcry.as|date=2004-01-01|accessdate= 2008-04-02] It was their first album to include writing contributions from each band member (with the exception of Ardines), as Víctor García had written all of the songs on the previous two albums. "Alea Jacta Est" reached #3 on the FNAC sales list within twelve days of its release. On the first concert for the tour, WarCry officially presented Roberto García, formerly of Avalanch, as their new bassist. [cite web|url=http://www.maxmetal.net/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=348|last=|first=|title=Roberto García, WarCry's new bassist|publisher = maxmetal.net|date=2004-02-04|accessdate= 2008-04-30]

Discography

Avalanch

* 1999 — "Llanto De Un Héroe"
* 2000 — "Días De Gloria" [live]
* 2001 — "El Ángel Caído"

Tributes

* 1999 — "Transilvania 666" (Iron Maiden)
* 2000 — "The Attack of the Dragons" (Queen)
* 2000 — "Metal Gods" (Judas Priest)

WarCry

* 2002 — "WarCry"
* 2002 — "El Sello De Los Tiempos"
* 2004 — "Alea Jacta Est"
* 2005 — "¿Dónde Está La Luz?"
* 2006 — "Directo A La Luz" [live]
* 2006 — "La Quinta Esencia"
* 2008 — "Revolución"

Collaborations

* "Mixture?" (Relative Silence) (2002)
* "El Retorno Del Rey" (Nörthwind) (2002)
* "Rara Avis" (2002)
* "Sombras Del Este" (Saurom Lamderth) (2002)
* "Senda Del Destino" (Rivendel Lords) (2003)
* "Belfast" (Mägo De Oz) (2004)
* "Destino" (Black Blood) (2004)
* "Brecha" (2005)
* "Gaia II - La Voz Dormida" (Mägo De Oz) (2005)

References

External links

* [http://www.warcry.as WarCry] — official website
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