In 1996, when Marco Bührer lived on the countryside of Paraná, more precisely in Irati, and the band was only a power trio, with Marco on the bass and vocals, Arthur Pöttker on the electric guitar and Eduardo Teixeira on the drums, you can say that this was the embryo of Beltane. Soon, in 1997, the lead singer Marco moved to Ponta Grossa/PR, moving the band along to the city. Ponta Grossa was a bigger city with a present Heavy Metal scene in the state, contributing, at the time, for the band’s growth..

It didn’t take long and Marco was in all the city’s metal concerts and knew everyone from the scene. In one of these concerts Marco met the guitarist Ricardo Marques, which was playing with his band, Illusion, at the time, of which Marcelo Ferrasa and Koshiro Kato were also members. They played mostly covers from Hard Rock, Heavy and Progressive Metal. When Illusion ended, Marco, without thinking twice, asked Ricardo to join him on Beltane. He accepted promptly and brought the drummer Marcelo together.

         In the end of 1998, the lead singer Marco also carried the part of bass player and thought thoroughly on dedicating himself only to the vocals. The ex-bas player from Illusion, Koshiro Kato, was the most obvious choice, seen as he already played with Marcelo and Ricardo. With this formation, the band recorded their first demo/ep “The ritual has begun…” in 2000, which granted them lots of fans and recognition in the national underground scene.

      In 2002, after several changes in the band’s formation, Deni Ribas and Claiton Langner joined Beltane, bringing new compositions and a new blood to the band. With this new formation the band begins the recording sessions of their album, but without Deni which left momentarily the band for several reasons. So, Ricardo decides to take on all the electric guitars for the album’s recording. Unfortunately, for personal reasons, Ricardo Marques decides to leave the band just at the end of the recording sessions at late 2004. An old friend of Marcelo and Marco, the guitarist A. Anhaia of the band Shadow Mask, was invited to substitute Ricardo and finish the recording sessions in studio.

         Recently, the album “The wheel of Sabbaths” was released in March 2006, and with the return of Deni Ribas the band is currently working on the promotion of the new album, preparing several events in and outside from the state of Paraná.