Edguy - Monuments- Live In Brazil 2004 -2017- -... -

Brazil never just listened to Edguy. It lived them. From the sweaty, cramped clubs of São Paulo in 2004 to the roaring festival fields of Rock in Rio 2017, the country carved itself into the band’s history as a wild, untamable beast of passion. And somewhere, in the hard drives of die-hard fans and bootleggers, existed the myth of Monuments —a fan-assembled audio-visual time capsule spanning thirteen years of chaos, capes, and cachaça.

“Para todos que cantaram até perder a voz. Para Edguy. Até o próximo monumento.” (“For everyone who sang until they lost their voice. For Edguy. Until the next monument.”) Edguy - Monuments- Live in Brazil 2004 -2017- -...

That night, a fan named Rodrigo held a MiniDisc recorder above his head. He captured Tobi’s improvised Portuguese: “Vocês são loucos!” (You are crazy!). The crowd roared back: “EDGUY! EDGUY!” That recording would become the seed of Monuments —Track 1: “Tears of a Mandrake” (Live 2004, with a 3-minute crowd singalong). Brazil never just listened to Edguy

The setlist was a fan-voted monster: “Vain Glory Opera,” “King of Fools,” “Superheroes,” “The Piper Never Dies.” During the last song, “Avantasia” (yes, the Avantasia song, but Edguy played it as a tribute to themselves), Tobi stopped singing. He just held the mic out. The crowd sang every word—in perfect English, with a Portuguese accent. And somewhere, in the hard drives of die-hard

Edguy – Monuments – Live in Brazil 2004–2017: The Unreleased Chronicles