Watch: ANGRA Joined by KIKO LOUREIRO, EDU FALASCHI And LOUDNESS’s AKIRA TAKASAKI For Cover Of DEEP PURPLE’s ‘Burn’ At FULL METAL JAPAN
ANGRA were joined onstage by former members Kiko Loureiro and Edu Falaschi, alongside LOUDNESS guitarist Akira Takasaki, to perform Deep Purple’s “Burn” at Full Metal Japan 2026 in Yokohama. The collaboration brought together musicians from different chapters of ANGRA’s history and a leading figure in Japanese metal.
The 25 October set also included songs from across ANGRA’s catalogue, covers of Queen’s “Teo Torriatte” and Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights”, and closed with “Carry On”. The two-day festival featured Michael Schenker Group, Stratovarius, Powerwolf and Pretty Maids. ANGRA recently welcomed vocalist Alírio Netto, while Loureiro and Falaschi had also reunited with the band at Brazil’s Bangers Open Air in April.
In short
- ANGRA performed Deep Purple’s “Burn” with Kiko Loureiro, Edu Falaschi and Akira Takasaki.
- The performance took place at Full Metal Japan in Yokohama on 25 October.
- The set mixed ANGRA songs with covers of Queen and Kate Bush.
Explained simply
ANGRA are a Brazilian heavy metal band formed in 1991. Their history includes several line-ups: Kiko Loureiro played guitar with the band for many years, while Edu Falaschi was its singer from 2001 to 2012; both later left. Alírio Netto is ANGRA’s current vocalist.
LOUDNESS are a Japanese heavy metal band, and Akira Takasaki is their guitarist and a founding member. Deep Purple are a British rock band whose 1974 song “Burn” is a well-known example of hard rock. Full Metal Japan is a metal festival held in Yokohama, bringing together bands and musicians from Japan and abroad.
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