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One of the formost of Venezualan Metal bands. ARKANGEL’s history traces back through the 1977 act POWER AGE, a band unit comprising Paul Gillman on lead vocals, Freddy Marshall on guitar the Picozzi brothers Giancarlo and Giorgio on guitar and drums respectively and bass player Rogelio Gutiérrez.

For the debut eponymous album, recorded in just three days, ARKANGEL’s line-up was made up of the Picozzis, Gillman, Marshall and bassist Breno Díaz, the latter having been introduced just before the name switch from POWER AGE to ARKANGEL. The 1982 follow up ‘Rock Nacional’ combined new studio recordings with live tracks recorded in Caracas in February of 1982. The third album ‘Represion Latinoamericana’ saw the addition of keyboard player Mickey Tedeschi. During 1984 Paul Gillman, credited simply as GILLMAN, issued the solo album 'Levantate Y Pelea'.

ARKANGEL lost the services of Gillman but with Giancarlo Picozzi taking over the lead vocal role committed two tracks ‘Parte Di Mi’ and ‘Conmigo Estarás’ to the 1987 ‘La Respuesta’ compilation album...