A confession: I do not speak a word of Spanish. (No, wait,
\nthat’s not completely true; I know a couple of words, including one
\nor two vulgarities some buddies of mine taught me in high school.)
\nHaving been convinced by my high school guidance counselor that
\nLatin was the way to go (and, boy, has
\nthat<\/i> come in handy the last 10 years), I skipped out on a
\nreal chance to become bilingual.<\/p>\n
So I might not be the most qualified person to review
\nMetalo<\/i>, a compilation of Latin metal bands that was recently
\nreleased. But what I lack in comprehension I can make up for in
\nappreciation of the music – and this collection is pretty good.<\/p>\n
The quality occasionally shifts from superb to midrange; one
\ninclusion, “Pirates” from Armored Saint (featuring the late Dave
\nPritchard), sounds like it was an unproduced demo. (I could be
\nright; this is the first time this song has ever been released.)
\nBut for the most part, it is the playing and the delivery of the
\nvocals that make this disc one to savor.<\/p>\n
Chances are
\nMetalo<\/i> will be an introduction to many of these bands. Two
\nof these bands – Puya and Pissing Razors – have been reviewed here
\npreviously. A third band, Ratos De Porao, I became familiar with
\nwhile in college radio, but I admit it’s been some time since I
\ndusted off any of their cassettes that I own.<\/p>\n
Otherwise, I’m willing to bet that this will be the first time
\nyou’ve heard bands like Brujeria (“La Migra (Cruza La Frontera
\nII)”), Criminal (“Hijos De La Miseria”), Lodo y Astalto (“El
\nMonstruo”) or Raimundos (“Rapante”). The latter group, according to
\nthe press release, is featured with a song made up of obscenities –
\nproof positive that I’ve got to learn another language to increase
\nmy vocabulary.<\/p>\n
What sets
\nMetalo<\/i> apart from a lot of today’s metal isn’t the
\nintermixing of languages (and there are some English vocals on this
\ndisc), it’s the intensity of the performances. Oh, it’s not that
\nsome bands out there today aren’t putting their all into it, but
\nit’s that these groups on
\nMetalo<\/i> are out not only to entertain their countrymen and
\nwomen, but also to be the standard-bearers for a new genre of
\nmetal. And, with almost no exception, it proves to be an
\ninteresting journey.<\/p>\n
While I think you’d get more out of
\nMetalo<\/i> if you spoke Spanish, even people like me who don’t
\nknow the language can enjoy the music and the vocal rhythms
\ncreated.
\nMetalo<\/i> proves that there is more to metal than what exists
\nin the borders of the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5827],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-39348","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-various-artists","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39348"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}