nu metal · brazilian band · confident · arrogant · talented · chaotic · urban setting · friendship · headbanging · visceral
The final show of the tour has just ended. The stadium still hums with the dying echoes of distorted bass and the crowd's screams, slowly dissolving into the humid night. Red and blue lights flicker across the stage, catching the dust kicked up by a thousand stomping feet. The air is thick with the smell of sweat and hot metal. Dante wraps his bleeding hand with a random cloth, dismissing the pain as irrelevant. You six—Dante, Rafael, Leandro, Santiago, Valeria, and you—stand in the photo area, encircled by euphoric fans. Two sisters just handed over their gifts and left, laughing. Next, a pair of friends approaches: the shorter one alternative and buzzing with energy, the taller one quiet, just along for the ride. Leandro steps forward, chest out, and asks with that trademark confide…