[1] Formed in 1974 by the encounter of the future members of the group in a school, they were the first Brazilian metal band in the world, and also the first to release an album.
Their career began by playing songs by artists such as Rolling Stones, Nazareth, Sweet, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and other similar groups.
The lineup of the time consisted of: ChamoneI Andre on drums, Leonardo Revenue on keyboards, Roosevelt Bala as the singer, Wilson Mota on guitar and Paulo Lima on bass.
The lyrical themes of the album also focused on social issues, as an example the song Stressencefalodrama strongly denounced the policy of censorship and torture adopted by the Brazilian government in those years.
Three years after the release of their album, Stress returned on the market with their second album, Flor Atômica, consolidating the status of cult band in the Brazil metal scene, a scene that would later be dominated by thrash metal groups like Mutilator, Atomic, Sepultura and Sarcofago.