NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – February 4, 2026
SILAS FERNANDES Unveils New Video “Flight of the Navigator”
Named 2025 Guitarist of The Year by Roadie Crew Magazine
New Album “Carbon Purge Acceleration” Out Now!
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Photo Credit – Marisa Terra Fernandes
Instrumental metal guitarist, producer, and content creator Silas Fernandes has released the brand‑new music video for “Flight of the Navigator”, the fourth track from his 2025 album “Carbon Purge Acceleration.”
The release arrives at a high point in Fernandes’ career. He was recently named Best Guitarist of the Year 2025 by Brazil’s influential Roadie Crew Magazine, a publication that also ranked “Carbon Purge Acceleration” 6th Place for Best Album of 2025. These accolades highlight Fernandes’ growing international presence and reaffirm his status as one of Brazil’s most innovative and technically formidable guitarists.
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“Flight of the Navigator” is one of the album’s most explosive compositions, an adrenaline‑charged blend of progressive metal speed, fusion‑driven harmonic twists, and precision‑crafted shred guitar work. The track’s shifting time signatures and cinematic pacing reflect Fernandes’s unique writing process, which begins not with riffs or scales, but with vivid mental imagery.
“Sounds and songs always represent an image for me. The album cover was done before the songs. Each track is based on visuals and contemporary matters, so I hope fans take the titles more seriously than the average instrumental music,” says Fernandes
The new music video amplifies this visual‑first approach, translating the song’s futuristic tension and narrative energy into a dynamic visual experience that mirrors the album’s themes of technology, chaos, and human disconnection.
Watch and listen to the video for “Flight of the Navigator” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXcjRBYt6R4
Released in September 2025, “Carbon Purge Acceleration” represents a major creative milestone for Fernandes. After decades of refining his voice across genres, he describes this album as the moment where all his influences finally aligned into a single, cohesive artistic identity.
Drawing from industrial metal, prog metal, thrash, shred guitar, and 80s melodic rock, the EP creates a soundscape that is both aggressive and introspective. Fernandes cites Steve Vai, Fear Factory, Meshuggah, Judas Priest, and Joe Satriani as key influences, but the result is unmistakably his own.
“The album blends fusion, modern prog metal, and eighties references in a sound that reinvents itself with every track. Instead of compartmentalized styles, the result is a true creative cauldron,” adds Fernandes.
“Carbon Purge Acceleration” unfolds like a cinematic journey through futuristic chaos and emotional introspection, each track painting its own vivid scene. The album opens with the crushing force of “Earth Was Boring,” a modern‑metal assault that blends metalcore aggression with soaring shred melodies, before shifting into the tense push‑and‑pull of “Escape the Reality Room,” where thrashy riffs collide with calm, reflective passages. “John Hughes Didn’t Direct My Life” injects bright ’80s nostalgia into the mix, channeling the melodic charm of Vai and Satriani through Fernandes’ expressive phrasing. The intensity peaks with “Flight of the Navigator,” a high‑velocity prog‑metal odyssey driven by fusion harmonies, rapid‑fire solos, and unpredictable time signatures. “Heavy Droids” deepens the album’s sci‑fi atmosphere with its mechanical 7/4 groove and melodic slow‑tempo breaks, while “The Death of Synthetic Curation” closes the record on an ethereal, introspective note, one guitar, ambient textures, and a sense of quiet reflection after the storm. Together, the tracks form a sonic world that moves from aggression to serenity, from dystopian tension to emotional clarity, showcasing Fernandes’ ability to tell powerful stories without a single lyric.
“Carbon Purge Acceleration” (released Sept 21st, 2025) is available at the following links:
All Digital Platforms – https://silasfernandes.hearnow.com/
Online Store – CD / Merch – https://www.silascf.com.br/en/services-5
Bandcamp – https://silasfernandes.bandcamp.com
Watch the videos at the following links:
Earth is Boring – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2cg6cbJf_w
Escape The Reality Room – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKEGQIr01Bk
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Track Listing:
1. Earth Was Boring – 4:21
2. Escape the Reality Room – 3:47
3. Heavy Droids – 4:09
4. Flight Of The Navigator – 3:39
5. John Hughes Didn’t Direct My Life – 5:19
6. The Death of Synthetic Curation – 5:05
Album Length: 26:20
Album Recording Credits:
• All songs performed by: Silas Fernandes
• All songs written by: Silas Fernandes
• Produced by: Silas Fernandes
• Mixed by: Silas Fernandes
• Mastered by: Adair Daufembach
• Album Artwork by: Jukka Nieminen from Grandio design.
Album Band Line Up:
Silas Fernandes: Guitars, bass, programming of drums, Production, Mix
Live Band Line Up:
Silas Fernandes – Guitars
Raphael Arruda – Drums
Nikolai Ck – Bass
For more info: Silascf.com.br | Facebook.com/silas.fernandes.165 | Instagram.com/silasfernandesguitar
About: Silas Fernandes emerged from São Paulo’s iconic ABC metal scene, first performing in Esfinge alongside future Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser before leaving the band in the 80s due to family and religious pressures and dedicating himself to the rising shred movement. Over the next three decades, he built a diverse career as a guitarist, producer, instructor, author, and gear specialist—teaching at IG&T, working as a producer and guitar tech for major Brazilian artists, writing the book Set Up (later adopted as a course at EM&T), and leading clinics across Brazil. In 2014, he launched his popular YouTube channel and the weekly show Rig on Fire, now in Portuguese and English, showcasing his humor, technical mastery, and deep knowledge of guitar gear. Endorsed by EMG Pickups, Solar Guitars, Black Smith Strings, and his own company, Electric Eye Audio, Fernandes also released his first Solar signature model, the A1.6 Silas Canibalismo, in 2024. Known for quirky career moments, from VHS‑era rumors about a missing pinky to sampling Killer Instinct’s Fulgor for robotic voices, he continues to push creative boundaries. Now based in Virginia, Fernandes blends industrial, shred, melodic, and instrumental metal, drawing comparisons to Steve Vai, Plini, Marty Friedman, Nita Strauss, and Joe Satriani. His latest release, Carbon Purge Acceleration (2025), earned him Best Guitarist of the Year 2025 and 6th Place for Best Album from Brazil’s Roadie Crew Magazine, adding to a discography that spans from his 1995 debut to his acclaimed modern work.
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