current_members years_active alias label image_size article_title past_members background genre origin name
ricardo confessori 2000 -- present shaaman -lrb- 2000-2006 -rrb- scarlet -lrb- -rrb- only use for images smaller than 220 pixels shaman -lrb- band -rrb-
 thiago mariutti luís mariutti andre matos bianchi léo mancini fernando quesada junior carelli hugo group_or_band power metal , progressive metal são paulo city , são paulo , brazil shaman
shaman -lrb- band -rrb-

shaman , originally known as shaaman , is a brazilian progressive/power metal band assembled in 2000 by three musicians who left the band angra - andre matos , luis mariutti and ricardo confessori .
the band was completed with guitar player hugo mariutti -lrb- luis ' younger brother - both of them also play in another band called henceforth -rrb- .
shaman changed its name to shaaman due to legal reasons , but the issue was solved and they renamed it back to shaman .
in october 2006 , andre matos officially left the band along with the mariutti brothers .
confessori is currently reforming the band .
