BLACK PANTERA

Having performed at major festivals both in Brazil and internationally, the power trio from Minas Gerais, Black Pantera, featuring Charles da Gama (vocals and guitar), Chaene da Gama (bass and vocals), and Rodrigo Pancho (drums), will be one of the standout acts at Bangers Open Air 2025. Currently on tour with their album Perpétuo, the band, formed in Uberaba in 2014, made their debut with Project Black Pantera (2015), followed by Agressão (2019) and Ascensão (2022). During this time, they also released the EP Capítulo Negro (2020), featuring reinterpretations of songs by Jorge Aragão, O Rappa, and Farofa Carioca.

With Perpétuo, the power trio continues their crossover sound, but this time, they’ve incorporated percussion instruments, forging a deeper connection to their ancestral roots and embracing a more tribal aesthetic. The result is an Afro-Latin album full of rhythm and poetry, a call for unity, as demonstrated in tracks like “Provérbios,” where they sing the chorus in Spanish.

Both sonically and conceptually, Perpétuo expands on what the band explored in Ascensão, enriching their sound with more styles and instruments while staying true to their essence. The album’s core theme is ancestry. “We’ve been thinking a lot about this theme, about how we become eternal through our blood, our struggle, and our ancestry. These are songs that reflect this idea of the legacy we all carry on,” said Chaene.

Not by chance, there’s a track dedicated to Chaene and Charles’s mother, “Tradução,” which quotes a line from Brazilian rapper Mano Brown, “Ratatatá preciso evitar/Que algum safado ou sistema façam a minha mãe chorar,” addressing the struggles of mothers and the racism they face. Additionally, Black Pantera tackles the attempted coup in Brazil with “Sem Anistia,” narrates a racist police encounter in the surprising funk/hardcore track “Fudeu,” and addresses the debt owed for centuries of slavery in “Promissória.”