Point Of No Return (1996-2006) was a vegan straightedge political band that started
in 1996 as a side project of Self-Conviction members, in Sao Paulo,
Brazil. Since then, they were focused on the Third World struggles and
on the animal liberation fight. The band always existed as a means to
go against a system that enslaves, oppresses, tortures and destroys
individual lives as well as the entire planet. Point Of No Return first
CD, "Centelha" (Sparks), by Liberation Records, was released in 2000
and became a division line between everything that came before that
album and anything that would come later. Mixing post-Earth Crisis
metal mosh with death metal elements, "Centelha" takes this formula the
further it could go, with excellent riffs and transitions, and three
singers screaming to the world their own point of view, out of the
First World hardcore perspective. After a seven months break and a
supposed "last show" in Argentina, the band came back with a new album
in 2002, "Liberdade Imposta, Liberdade Conquistada" (Imposed Freedom,
Conquered Freedom), once again by Liberation Records. The songs were
more deep and melancholic, but also with a strong influence from bands
like Cro-Mags, Judge and Napalm Death. The lyrics, finally completely
in Portuguese, dealt about political and social issues in a more mature
and critical way, and brought out a completely new - and Brazilian -
perspective of straightedge and hardcore. The band played its last show in 2006.
Now Alexandre is @ I Shot Cyrus, B.U.S.H. and O Inimigo
Juninho is @ Discarga, Ratos de Porão and O Inimigo
Jefferson "Tigrilo" is @ Jah-Hell Kick
Luciano is @ Bandanos
Some Point of No Return videos at youtube.com:
1997 - Sao Paulo, Brazil (PONRs second show)
1999 - Sao Paulo, Brazil (Song: What Was Done)
1999 - Sao Paulo, Brazil (Song: Sparks)
2002 - Nordhausen, Germany (Song: Casa de Caboclo)
2002 - Ieper, Belgium (Song: Casa de Caboclo)
2002 - Ieper, Belgium (Song: Forca)
2002 - Pilsen, Czech Republic (Song: Resposta a Sangue e Fogo)
2003 - Sao Paulo, Brazil (Song: Pedra)
2003 - Sao Paulo, Brazil (Song: Resposta a Sangue e Fogo)
2004 - Fortaleza, Brazil (Song: Sparks)
2006 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - last show ever (Song: Tela)
2006 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - last show ever (Song: Resposta a sangue e fogo)
2006 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - last show ever (Song: Casa de caboclo)
2006 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - last show ever (Song: Pedra)
