If I have to start this story from the beginning, I will start when pastor Miro Cristo wanted to start an underground church in the region of Paraíba Valley (Vale do Paraíba Paulista). The process took a time, but in August, with the blessing of pastor Batista ( Crash Church São Paulo / Antidemon) the community called Crash Church Vale do Paraíba had its first meeting which took place at the events area of Serpente de Metal , a Christian Motorcycle Club in Caçapava, led by pastor Ricardo Cobra.
Pastor Miro Cristo then shares his idea of bringing the band Antidemon to play in the region, once this is the band of the long-time pastor of the sister church in São Paulo city and bringing the band would be a good start for
the community also giving an opportunity to share the gospel with some attendees also through the Metal Bible in Portuguese.
Initially it didn't look so difficult, a place was to be decided, some people would go after financial support to bring the band and make it a free event, the Serpente de Metal's band
Oxy's would open the event and DJ Shadow (Bruno Alves dos Santos) would take care of pre show music.
As it was hard to find an available place, a decision was made to hold the concert in the events area of Serpente de Metal on November 8 (Saturday), the only possible date for the band until the end of the year, but one day after publishing the official banner on social media pastor Ricardo Cobra tells the group he found out that another event had been organised by another motorcycle club in the town for the same day and there is a serious deal which there can't be two events on the same day, motorcycle clubs should support each other's events instead, so pastor Cobra had to call the concert off and it was a shocking surprise to all involved.
As it was hard to find an available place, a decision was made to hold the concert in the events area of Serpente de Metal on November 8 (Saturday), the only possible date for the band until the end of the year, but one day after publishing the official banner on social media pastor Ricardo Cobra tells the group he found out that another event had been organised by another motorcycle club in the town for the same day and there is a serious deal which there can't be two events on the same day, motorcycle clubs should support each other's events instead, so pastor Cobra had to call the concert off and it was a shocking surprise to all involved.
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| The cancelled banner |
While some wanted to give up, some others wanted to find a solution (specially because supporters had helped financially). But to keep the concert, the group would have to work hard (and pray harder) because it wouldn't be easy
to change everything at that point. After one agonising day, God provided the solution: Antidemon would play at the other event that was planned to happen on the same day (which had been published earlier). At first it seemed it
wouldn't be possible to include Antidemon in the lineup of bands but after talking to the organiser directly he was positive to the idea. After some talks, it was decided, Antidemon would be part of the lineup of Tattoo Rock
Garage, an event organised by Jason Persifal, a tattoo artist which was celebrating his 35th business anniversary. It would start at 10am and finishes at 10pm with food trucks, classic cars, sweets and other items being sold in
a closed street with a huge stage for bands and professional sound supported by the Municipality of Caçapava. To all this, some said that what seemed to be a problem, it was actually a provision from God to take the band to a
more strategic and more structured event (once Serpente de Metal has only a basic sound system).
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| Tattoo Rock Garage's banner now with Antidemon's logo on the right (red) |
Everything seemed to be fine when one day before the festival an alert is received in all cellphones in the region warning about the consequences of a cyclone which hit the south of Brazil (a very unusual event). The alert would
go on saying that citizens had better remain home on Saturday, November 8 (the day of the event).
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| The SMS reads: "⚠️ Severe Alert Civil Defense: Conditions for rain and strong wind gusts in the next few hours and throughout Saturday, 8. Avoid open areas and seek shelter if necessary" |
During the night from Friday to Saturday the city of
Taubaté (neighbour to Caçapava) had a strong thunderstorm with gusty winds
. One more time people needed to pray harder. The next morning was grey and rainy but as the event started the weather started to clear up and the rain stopped, even the sun came out at some point. During the whole time of event
it didn't rain but 1 or 2 hours after the end of the event, the rain returned. God showed his power!
An interview with Antidemon (pastor Antonio Carlos Batista) after the band played
Video showing some details of how it was
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