Birth name Chris Valagao Name Chris Valagao Also known as The Heathen Role Musician | Occupation(s) Singer Years active 1992–present | |
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Labels Hevydevy, Century Media Associated acts Zimmers Hole, Devin Townsend, Strapping Young Lad, Tenet, West of Hell Genres Heavy metal, Speed metal, Thrash metal Albums Punky Bruster – Cooked o, When You Were Shouting, Legion of Flames, Bound by Fire Similar Byron Stroud, Jed Simon, Gene Hoglan, Devin Townsend | ||
Record label Century Media Records Music group Zimmers Hole (Since 1991) | ||
Chris "The Heathen" Valagao is a heavy metal musician, best known as the front man for Canadian speed/thrash metal band Zimmers Hole. He is of Portuguese and Norwegian heritage.
Contents
- Background
- Nicknames
- Discography
- With Zimmers Hole
- With Strapping Young Lad
- With Devin Townsend
- With Mechanism
- With West of Hell
- References
Background
Valagao is the founding front man (along with Jed Simon and Byron Stroud from Strapping Young Lad and drummer Steve Wheeler) for Canadian speed/thrash metal band Zimmers Hole. He has recorded 3 albums with the band. During his career, Valagao has performed backing vocals on almost all of Devin Townsend's and Strapping Young Lad's albums. During that time he has built a strong friendship with Townsend.
In 2012, Valagao joined traditional heavy metal group West of Hell and released the debut album Spiral Empire. West of Hell followed up with a headlining tour across Canada and New Zealand in support for the album.
Nicknames
During his career, Valagao has adopted several "nicknames", most notably "The Heathen". Other nicknames include:
Discography
Valagao has performed on the following albums.