THE BAND

Biography

Wells Valley is a post-metal trio from Lisbon, Portugal, established in October 2011.
The band’s distinctive sound draw from avant-garde, sludge, doom, industrial and psychedelic Metal.

The group features guitarist and vocalist Filipe Correia from the experimental death-metal band Concealment, the drummer and producer Pedro Mau from the progressive-metal/hardcore band Kneel, and bassist Pedro Lopes.

Swarm of the Lotus, Trypticon, Nine Inch Nails, Converge, Neurosis and Blut Aus Nord are key influences to their sound.

The first studio release “Matter As Regent” consists in six extended length tracks which combines a bleak dense atmosphere with the heaviness of doom/sludge monolithic riffing. (See Reviews)

Wells Valley’s lyrical themes invoke subjects like occult, mysticism, theology and human condition.

FILIPE CORREIA

Guitars / Vocals

Birth:

February 21nd 1979, Lisboa – Portugal.

Hometown:

Sintra, Portugal.

Biography:

1994 – 1995 – Dust (first band)
1995 – ∞ – Concealment
2000 – 2006 – Mut3
2011 – ∞ – Wells Valley
2015 – ∞ – Vaee Solis

First album ever:

Queen “Night At The Opera”

Top 10 Albums:

1. Voivod – Dimension Hatross
2. Ved Buens Ende – Written In Waters
3. Converge – Jane Doe
4. Godflesh – Us And Them
5. Blut Aus Nord – Work Which Transcends God
6. Pyramids – Pyramids
7. Neurosis – Times Of Grace
8. Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
9. King Crimson – Discipline
10. Deathspell Omega – Fas Ite Maledicti In Ignem Aeternum

MAU

Drums

Birth:

September 12nd 1980, Portalegre – Portugal.

Hometown:

Ponte de Sor, Portugal.

Biography:

1999 – 2001 – Wind Scream (first band)
1999 – 2002 – Z.U.M.E.
1999 – 2003 – Ponte de Sor City Hall’s orchestra (percussionist)
1999 – 2004 – Ponte de Sor City Hall’s orchestra (drummer)
1999 – 2002 – Trust No One
2002 – 2008 – Kneeldown
2011 – ∞ – Kneel
2011 – ∞ – Wells Valley

First album ever:

AC/DC “Back In Black”

Top 10 Albums:

1. Meshuggah – Chaosphere
2. Megadeth – Rust In Peace
3. Sepultura – Chaos AD
4. Refused – The Shape Of Punk To Come
5. Pantera – Far Beyond Driven
6. Ken Mode – Venerable
7. Converge – Axe To Fall
8. As We Draw – Mirages
9. Concealment – Leak
10. 2 Ton Predator – Demon Dealer

PEDRO LOPES

Bass

Birth:

September 20th 1979, Lisbon – Portugal.

Biography:

1996 – 1999 – Smoking Green (first band)
2000 – 2006 – Mut3
2007 – 2008 – Smearsync
2011 – ∞ Wells Valley

First album ever:

Iron Maiden “A Real Live One” (1993)

Top 10 Albums:

1. Iron Maiden – Seventh son of a seventh sun
2. Black Sabbath – Dehumanizer
3. My Dying Bride – The Angel and the Dark River
4. Nine Inch Nails – Downward Spiral
5. Pantera – Vulgar display of power
6. Tool – Aenema
7. Deftones – White Pony
8. Stone Temple Pilots – Core
9. Nirvana – In Utero
10. Soungarden – Superunknown