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Nervosa
HOW BRAZILIAN GUITARIST PRIKA AMARAL REBUILT HER THRIVING THRASH-METAL JUGGERNAUT FROM THE GROUND UP AND JUMPED HEAD FIRST INTO PERPETUAL CHAOS
By Gregory Adams
Nervosa guitarist Prika Amaral (with her Kramer Nite-V) performs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 4, 2019
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DESPITE THE DAMNED worldview poking through Nervosa’s new Perpetual Chaos, founding guitarist Prika Amaral is at least finding herself in good company as the world burns around her. But while this fourth full-length builds off the savage thrash dynamics the outfit have been delivering since forming in 2010, a major lineup shift at the start of 2020 forced the Sao Paolo, Brazilbased Amaral to rebuild the band from the ground up.