Yurei is the solo project of composer & guitarist Gabriel Castro from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Started in Ontario, Canada in 2014 , Yurei is a balance of dense video game-inspired soundscapes and heavy grooves. With a strong focus on melody and emotion, Yurei mixes traditional progressive metal with elements of jazz/fusion, ambient/experimental and even latin.
Yurei’s first full-length record “Saudade” is out now. Listen to an exclusive premiere of “Saudade” via Metal Injection HERE: https://metalinjection.net/av/new-music/yurei-teams-up-with-fallujah-last-chance-to-reason-members-for-maximum-shred
The albums is available for purchase HERE: https://ffm.to/saudadeyurei
Yurei has collaborated with many musicians to date such as Michael Lessard (The Contortionist), Evan Sammons and Chris Corey (Last Chance to Reason), and Scott Carstairs (Fallujah), to name a few. After a remote collaboration with Evan Sammons for a 2015 EP, Yurei made the trek to his studio in Maine to his their first full-length record. With Sammons producing/engineering and Grammy award nominee Jamie King (Between the Buried and Me) mixing and mastering, Yurei created a work that evokes the drama of Final Fantasy, while remaining grounded in a feeling of longing and nostalgia or “Saudade,” a term from Gabriel’s home of Brazil, which also serves as the album’s title.
“Saudade” Track Listing:
1. Prelude
2. Continue
3. Risen (Feat Poh Hock)
4. Memoria
5. Anima (Feat Evan Sammons)
6. Insomnium IV. Saudade
7. Dark Matter (Feat. Scott Carstairs)
8. Forest of Waters
