Biography
In 2007 Bruno joined the band as the new drummer and Tião switched to guitar/vox. This change gave a new strength to the band and they recorded their first demo – “Tuned to Thrash”. To promote this demo they did several local shows where they would gain their first stage experience.
The first album “Religion Blindness” was released in 2009 and received extremely good reviews by the audience and local and foreign press. Shortly after the album release the guitar player André leaves the band, being immediately replaced by P.B.. Throughout 2010, after many shows in Portugal and countries like Ireland, USA and Germany, Prayers of Sanity shared the stage with some renown bands like: Destruction (GER), Municipal Waste (USA), Bonded by Blood (USA), Gama Bomb (IRL), Toxic Holocaust (USA), and many more…
Prayers of Sanity also played in some major events like: Wacken Open Air (as the first winners of the Wacken Metal Battle Portugal), Slaughter by the Water (USA), Vagos Open Air, Festival Ilha do Ermal, SWR, GDL, Moita Metal Fest, and more…
In 2012 the second album “Confrontations” was released and at the same time they suffered another line up change with the departure of P.B. and the arrival of Angelo. To promote the album the band goes on tour through Portugal and Spain with the band Andralls (Brazil). At the end of the same year the band suffers another loss with the departure of Bruno and is forced to search for a new drummer while continuing to promote the album with Artur as a session drummer.
In the middle of 2014 Artur joined Prayers of Sanity as a permanent member and Angelo left the band. At this moment the band decides to continue with a new format as a trio and begins a process of adaptation and writing the material for their third album: “Face of the Unknown”.
“Face of the Unknown” was released in 2017 by Rastilho Records, with a lot of good reviews. Many shows and gigs after, they solidified their position in the national metal ranks and once again are called “One of the best metal bands from Portugal”.
In 2019 the composition process of their 4th album “Doctrine of Misanthropy” begins, also to be released via Rastilho Records. Recording, mixing and mastering of the album was completed in mid 2020 but due to COVID19 pandemic, its release was pushed to June 2021. After its release. the excellent reviews around the world are noticeable
Now, they are working on new songs, new touring opportunities and international and local shows, to demonstrate that thrash-metal is totally alive.
