ATONEMENTPORTUGAL

About ATONEMENTPORTUGAL

ATONEMENT is a Melodic Black Metal band from Portugal formed in 1997. ATONEMENT, a Melodic Black Metal band from the suburbs of Figueira da Foz - Portugal, started to build up its dream in August 1997 with only four elements - Mário Vilas (guitars), Rui Galo (vocals), Pedro Vilas (drums) and Gualdino Galo (guitars).
Later that same year a bass player (Nuno Fontes) and two keyboard players (Ana Penicheiro and Diana Gomes) joined the original group.
With only three months of existence the first concerts started to take place mostly live performances in private parties.
As time went on, ATONEMENT lost one of its members, Ana Penicheiro (keyboards). This shook the band's structure slightly but the problem was overcome and the group manage to row against the stream.
A year passed and ATONEMENT released its first Demo CD, entitled "The Rehearsals", with 6 tracks, recorded in the rehearsal room. They received good reaction from the audience as well as from radio stations and specialized magazines.
Afterwards there "rained" invitations to live performances, interviews and lots of letters from fans all over the country and Brazil.
When all seemed to go well, the "house of cards" started to collapse. Pr