Chris "The Heathen" Valagao Mina is a Canadian singer best known as the frontman for the thrash metal band Zimmers Hole.[1]

Biography

Valagao Mina is of Portuguese and Norwegian heritage. He is the frontman and a founding member (along with Jed Simon and Byron Stroud from Strapping Young Lad and drummer Steve Wheeler) of the comedic thrash metal band Zimmers Hole.[1] He has recorded three albums with the band.[2] He has also performed backing vocals on several of Devin Townsend's and Strapping Young Lad's albums. During that time, he has built a strong friendship with Townsend.[1] In 2012, Valagao Mina joined traditional heavy metal group West of Hell and released the debut album Spiral Empire. They followed up with a headlining tour across Canada and New Zealand in support for the album.[1]

Valagao Mina is an accomplished SPFX artist and pyrotechnician for film and television, director and producer of many music videos and a builder of custom motorcycles. He has worked on special effects for the films Monkey Beach and Detective Knight: Redemption.[3]

During his career, Valagao Mina has adopted several nicknames, most notably "The Heathen". Other nicknames include "Dr. Heathen Hooch", "E.Val" and "Lorde of Ass-Fire"

Discography

With Zimmers Hole

With Strapping Young Lad

With Devin Townsend

With Mechanism

  • Inspired Horrific (2009)

With West of Hell

  • Spiral Empire (2012)

With Memorain

  • Evolution (2012)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Chris Valagao Interview". Guitarhoo!. Guitarhoo.com. January 19, 2014. Archived from the original on February 20, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  2. ^ "MTV article on Chris Valagao Mina". MTV. April 11, 2008. Archived from the original on April 14, 2008.
  3. ^ "Chris Valagao". IMDB.com. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Valagao
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