Matando güeros

Brujeria emerged as a metal band for "la raza", a grindcore metal band with their lyrics in spanish, as most of the Latin American metal bands sung in english (and they still do, anyway). By this fact, it should not be surprising that anything in this record wasn't previously done musically, although their imagery and lyrical issues really gave Brujeria a whole goddamn identity of their own. Most of the people could think this band is just a joke, because of this thing of the masks and the nicknames, but their Napalm Death, Carcass inspired grindcore is really effective.

Well, if Shane Embury (sorry, it's Hongo hehehe) participated of the creation of this album (and most of Brujeria's material), it's quite simple to realize the similitude between Matando Güeros and the early Napalm Death material (Scum, From Enslaved to Obliteration, etc). Musically, this album is really good, well played and with an acceptable production. The typical grindcore musicianship. Juan Brujo's vocals are just a Latin version of Lee Dorrian or Jeff Walker, with some elements of his own. Nothing new or spectacular, but this album has some glorious moments: Leyes Narcos, Sacrificio, Seis Seis Seis, the thrasher instrumental piece Chinga Tu Madre and of course the classic title track, Matando Güeros, are pure grindcore pieces that surely will convince you of buying this album. Apart from the mentioned fast grindcore songs, Brujeria develops some really macabre pieces, like Narcos Satánicos, Verga Del Brujo / Están Chingados, or Culeros, slower pieces, but darker, deeper and with great demonic riffs.


OK, Brujeria has nothing new, so don't expect a progressive avant-garde album while listening to Matando Güeros. This could be dangerous, but Brujeria acomplished the fundamental goal for bands who don't want to introduce anything new: conviction. Brujeria believes at 100% in what they do, and that gets reflected on their disciplined extreme metal, which seems to be a joke, but is extremely serious.

Don't be "culero", buy this album! Viva la raza!