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" will be released on October 4th and will be available on all platforms. Pre-order it HERE:

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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

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