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Cello Dias

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"Marcelo Dias" redirects here. For the footballer, see Marcelo Díaz.
Cello Dias
Cello Dias at Against All Will photo shoot session
Cello Dias at Against All Will photo shoot session
Background information
Birth nameMarcelo Dias
Also known asMarcello D. Rapp, Cello Dias
OriginSão Caetano do Sul, Brazil
GenresAlternative rock, hard rock, heavy metal, nu metal
InstrumentBass guitar
Years active1988–present
Websiteagainstallwill.com

Marcelo "Cello" Dias is a Brazilian musician. He is the bass guitarist of Against All Will and the former bass guitarist of Soulfly.

Biography

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The Mist

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Dias began his career in 1988 playing bass guitar for the Brazilian thrash metal band The Mist, which had just changed its name from Mayhem following a number of line-up changes. On the band's first album, Phantasmagoria, released in 1989, they most notably used their Chakal singer Vladimir Korg on vocals and boasted a twin guitar line-up displaying a progressive mix of aggressive thrash and gothic atmosphere. For the second album, The Hangman Tree in 1991, the former Sepultura guitarist Jairo Guedz took over full guitar duties for the band, reducing it to a four-piece while further expanding the unique sound of the first album. Korg left after the second album, further reducing the line-up to a trio for which Marcelo took over vocals for the third album, Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, released in 1993, which showed the band adopting a more contemporary groove metal sound. Following this release, Dias left the band and was replaced by Cassiano Gobbet on both bass guitar and vocals for the final album, Gottverlassenin 1995, before splitting up in 1997.

Soulfly

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Following this, Dias (a.k.a. Marcello D. Rapp) found international fame as the bass guitar player for the metal veteran band Soulfly. His collaborations in the band's first three albums (Soulfly, Primitive and 3) were essential and indeed established his professional level earning him certified RIAA gold records in the US as well in other countries, selling more than two million copies worldwide.

Soulfly incorporated many styles of metal with Brazilian tribal and world music. Dias's first three studio albums entered on the US Billboard 200, with a peak position at number 32 for the second album, Primitive.[1] The band's first album, Soulfly, was certified gold by the RIAA.[2]

Abloom

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Dias with his bandmates Mikey Doling, Roy Mayorga and One Side Zero's Jasan Radford and Levon Sultanian, formed Abloom. Performing shows from California to New York, they quickly achieved national status for an unsigned band. With System of a Down bass guitarist's Shavo Odadjian as their executive producer, they recorded a full-length album on their own, with an open agenda to negotiate any future deals. Abloom is no longer active.

Against All Will

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Main article: Against All Will

Dias' current band, Against All Will, consists of Puddle of Mudd's main songwriter Jimmy Allen on guitars, Jeff Current (Seven Story Drop) on vocals and Phillip Gonyea (Instinct of Aggression) on drums. The band finished its independent album, A Rhyme & Reason, in December 2009 and performed shows throughout the US in spring 2010.

In 2005, Dias appeared as one of the bass guitar players on the Roadrunner United compilation CD, The All-Star Sessions,[3] with Fear Factory's guitarist Dino Cazares, Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour), Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) and many others.

Equipment

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Discography

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Albums

  • 1989: The Mist – Phantasmagoria (Cogumelo Records)
  • 1991: The Mist – The Hangman Tree (Cogumelo Records)
  • 1993: The Mist – Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust (Cogumelo Records)
  • 1998: Soulfly – Soulfly (Roadrunner Records)
  • 2000: Soulfly – Primitive (Roadrunner Records)
  • 2002: Soulfly – 3 (Roadrunner Records)
  • 2004: Abloom – Abloom (independent)
  • 2009: Agony – The Devil's Breath (independent)

Singles

Videos

Guest participations

References

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  1. ^ "Top Music Charts – Hot 100 – Billboard 200 – Music Genre Sales". Billboard Music Charts. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
  2. ^ "GOLD AND PLATINUM – Searchable Database". RIAA. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
  3. ^ "ROADRUNNER "ALL- STARS" ALBUM, A CELEBRATION OF LABEL'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY". Roadrunner Records. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  4. ^ "ESP SIGNATURE SERIES GUITARS: MARCELO DIAS". Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Fernandes Guitars: Artists". Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2009.


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