''Reason'' is the second studio album by the Brazilian heavy metal band

Shaman Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into ...

, first released in 2005. "Innocence" was released as the band's first single.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by

André Matos Andre Coelho Matos (; 14 September 1971 – 8 June 2019) was a Brazilian singer and musician. He was involved in the heavy metal music, heavy metal bands Viper (band), Viper, Angra (band), Angra, Shaman (band), Shaman and Symfonia. Since 2006, ...

, except "More" (lyrics by

Andrew Eldritch Andrew Eldritch (born Andrew William Harvey Taylor, 15 May 1959) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist and only remaining original member of the Sisters of Mercy, a band that emerged from the British post-punk s ...

Personnel

Shaaman *

– vocals, piano, keyboards *

Hugo Mariutti Hugo Mariutti (born 18 December 1975) is a Brazilian musician, best known as the guitarist of Henceforth, Viper and Andre Matos' solo band and also as the guitarist of Shaman, in which he plays with his brother Luis Mariutti, who is also the fo ...

– guitars * Luís Mariutti – bass *

Ricardo Confessori Ricardo Confessori (born January 25, 1969) is a Brazilian drummer and a former member of the Brazilian power metal band Angra. After leaving the Brazilian thrash metal band Korzus, Confessori was invited for assume the post of drummer of Angra ...

– drums Additional personnel * Miro – keyboard arrangements and programming, sound effects * Junior Rossetti – keyboards, sound effects * Fabio Ribeiro – organ * Marcus Viana – violin, cello, Indian dioruba, rabbab * Helder Araujo – sitar,

tabla A ''tabla'' is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments a ...

s *

Amanda Somerville Amanda Somerville (born March 7, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who resides in Wolfsburg, Germany. She is known primarily for her work with many European symphonic metal bands. Biography Personal life Somerville was ...

– backing vocals, narration, vocal coaching * The São Paulo State Symphony Ensamble: ** Svetlana Terechkova, Andrea Campos Misiuk, Soraya Landim, Matthew Thomas Thorpe, Camila Tamae Yasuca, Cesar Augusto Miranda – violins ** Svetlana Bogatyreva, Tania Campos Kier – violas ** Douglas Kier, Wilson Sampaio – cellos Production *

Sascha Paeth Sascha Paeth (born 9 September 1970) is a German guitarist, bassist, record producer and mixer known for working with heavy metal bands such as Avantasia, Edguy, Angra, Shaman, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, After Forever and Epica. He owns the ...

– producer, engineer, mixing, mastering *Philip Colodetti – co-producer, engineer, mastering *Glenn Zolotar, Ricardo Nagata, Luizinho Mazzei, Eduardo Avellar, Evandro Lopez – engineers

References

{{Authority control 2005 albums Shaman (Brazilian band) albums AFM Records albums