# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aquiles-priester
# Generated: 2026-09-02T21:19:22.516Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aquiles-priester"
name: "Aquiles Priester"
slug: "aquiles-priester"
description: "Aquiles Priester is a Brazilian drummer, clinician, educator, and producer. He is currently the drummer of Brazilian power metal band Hangar, and progressive metal bands Midas Fate and Noturnall. As a tour drummer, Priester has played with Paul Di'Anno, Vinnie Moore, Tony MacAlpine, W.A.S.P. and DragonForce. From 2001 to 2008, he was the drummer of Angra, recording three albums which were certified gold."
tagline: "Brazilian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aquiles_Priester_Cropped_-Aquiles_Priester_El_SALVADOR.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1971-06-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           67.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.30901333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  180
  category: null
totalFollowers: 234000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/aquilespriester"
    handle:    "aquilespriester"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/aquilespriester/"
    handle:    "aquilespriester"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/aquilespriester"
    handle:    "aquilespriester"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wFKXKv5OTFwArHRijC9W6"
    handle:    "0wFKXKv5OTFwArHRijC9W6"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://aquilespriester.com/ingt/bio.html"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1utebUjgkx4SaoUumGQqw"
    handle:    "@aquilespriester1971"
    followers: 234000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "اكويليس بريستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquiles_Priester"
    title: "Aquiles Priester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquiles_Priester"
    title: "Aquiles Priester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquiles_Priester"
    title: "Aquiles Priester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "آکیلس پریستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquiles_Priester"
    title: "Aquiles Priester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquiles_Priester"
    title: "Aquiles Priester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquiles_Priester"
    title: "Aquiles Priester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "アキレス・プリースター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquiles_Priester"
    title: "Aquiles Priester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquiles_Priester"
    title: "Aquiles Priester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5ac279c2-4623-487a-ad16-de031d1b364e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2262003"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump