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Kiko Loureiro (born on June 16, 1972 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian guitarist who has worked with such bands as Angra, Silent Moon, and Blezqi Zatzas.

Loureiro began studying music and playing acoustic guitar at age 11. Inspired by artists like Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, and Randy Rhoads, he moved to the electric guitar at 13 and by 16 had already joined two bands, Legalize and A Chave, and was playing in nightclubs in São Paulo. At 19, he helped found Brazilian power metal band Angra, with whom he still plays.

Due to the increase in popularity of power metal, Loureiro has become quite successful, both playing in Angra and as a solo artist. He is known for his skill on the guitar, having written columns for and appeared on the cover of the magazines Cover Guitarra, Guitar & Bass, and Young Guitar.

In addition to his rock/metal achievements, Loureiro has also done the guitars on several eurobeat songs in collaboration with Dave Rodgers, including “Fevernova”, “Ring of Fire” and “The Road is on Fire”.

He speaks Japanese, French and English in addition to his native Portuguese.

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guitar virtuoso, instrumental, progressive metal, jazz, metal
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1	Havana full track	127
2	Ojos Verdes full track	110
3	Samba da Elisa full track	106
4	Arcos da Lapa full track	101
5	Realidade Paralela full track	97
6	Enfermo full track	93
7	Camino a Casa full track	90
8	No Gravity full track	88
9	Recuerdos full track	85
10	Monday Mourning full track	80
11	Escaping full track	79
12	Feijão de Corda full track	74
12	Dilemma full track	74
14	Endangered Species full track	73
15	Moment Of Truth full track	68

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PowerAknel wrote:
Saturday evening

he is .. guitar man

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Synthesizer_ wrote:
24 days ago

<3

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mahbouvier02 wrote:
28 days ago

love <3

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vlk wrote:
December 2008

Beatiful melodies.

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BillFishy wrote:
November 2008

Check Bill Psarras music at : www.last.fm/music/Bill+Psarras , please ! Thank you!

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[deleted-user] wrote:
November 2008

One of the better metal guitarist solo careers... Love Angra, Love Kiko! He speaks many languages!
lukaslinker wrote:
October 2008

Yoshizenhow, Kiko Loureiro is really great, but don't you agree with me that Bittencourt's album will be a little better than these ones of Loureiro? I'm not saying that Loureiro's album is not great, but Bittencourt sings in his albums too, and his voice is really nice, so I think the one of Bittencourt will be just a little better than Loureiro's albums.

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DreamXime wrote:
October 2008

I love this man! Is one of the greatest guitarrists of this world!!!

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guilerbh wrote:
October 2008

incrível

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IsadoraKako wrote:
October 2008

Amo esse cara!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Roxane91 wrote:
October 2008

Kiko kicks ass!! :D

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akohn wrote:
October 2008

Incrível.. técnica

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ZayneKita wrote:
September 2008

dude this guy does alot of crazy modal chord progessions. i dont even have to play his music to hear that. its good and Obvious! Good shit

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Argaalofthemyst wrote:
September 2008

Hell yes! I had no idea that this dude had a solo project! He is one of the best guitarists ever in my opinion.

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Yoshizenhow wrote:
September 2008

Rafael Bittencourt is doing his first solo album; will it be as good as these ones? I doubt it, actually

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Oma-Art wrote:
September 2008

Kiko One of my best Guitarists !

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florianblaschke wrote:
September 2008

MusicBrainz has Recuerdos 4:41, bonus 2:41. I have Recuerdos is 4:37, no bonus. So you have Recuerdos 4:41, no bonus? Weird.

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__van wrote:
August 2008

@Hidden Track -- The length is 2:40, maybe after Recuerdos, my disc come with the track out of it. Recuerdos has 4:41 here.

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kidofthecentury wrote:
July 2008

Yeah, but better than current Angra, since Rebirth. BTW, I saw him again, now playing his solo stuff last night in Santiago and I must say once again KIKO'S THE BEST. It was just too much.

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Kira_Sakuya wrote:
June 2008

"kidofthecentury said: Kiko > Angra." Totally agree.

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