Mexican Metal

Infernal Conjuration – Infernale Metallum Mortis Review

By Mark Z. on June 21, 2019 in 2019, Death Metal, Iron Bonehead Productions, Mexican Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, 22 comments

“Barring pre-Hero Bölzer, I’ve never seen a band without a full-length generate as much passion as Sadistic Intent. The southern California death metal band formed in 1987 and have released little more than four EPs in their career, yet they’re still earning high slots at festivals and seem to be adored by a lot of people. It’s a testament to the quality of their music, I suppose, and I must admit their musty take on early Morbid Angel has tickled my fancy on more than one occasion. Yet their sporadic and limited output generates an obvious demand for more music in the style, and that’s where Infernal Conjuration come in.” Infernal overkill.

Hellnite – Midnight Terrors Review

By Treble Yell on February 17, 2019 in Hardcore, Mexican Metal, Reviews, Sliptrick Records, Thrash Metal, Hardcore, Thrash Metal, 32 comments

“During their halcyon years Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax loomed large over the thrash landscape, basking in success and spawning a fanbase so large it defied a horizon. But there existed a tier below the A and B-listers, bands like Allegiance, Heathen and Xentrix who eked out a modest existence built on solid albums supported by a coterie of eager followers. This is not a vein you’d expect a modern thrash band to mine for inspiration, yet that is exactly where Hellnite have chosen to strike their pickaxe with their debut album, Midnight Terrors.” Mine the medium.

Sacrocurse – Gnostic Holocaust Review

By Saunders on November 2, 2017 in 2017, Black Metal, Death Metal, Iron Bonehead Productions, Mexican Metal, Reviews, Turkish Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, 37 comments

“Sacrocurse’s 2014 debut Unholier Master holds a special place in my heart, but not for obvious reasons. If you’ll allow me to indulge in some selfish personal reflection. Unholier Master represented my first published piece here at Angry Metal Guy, so naturally, it has conjured up pleasant feelings of nostalgia as I prepare to sink my teeth into the band’s sophomore LP, Gnostic Holocaust.” And the AMG bathrooms have sparkled ever since.

Acrania – Fearless [Things You Might Have Missed 2015]

By Kronos on January 11, 2016 in Mexican Metal, Progressive Death, Things You Might Have Missed 2015, Thrash Metal, Unsigned Bands, 42 comments

“Acrania is so fresh it makes Genghis Tron look like Bloodbath and so fun it makes Revocation look like the National Society of Accountants.” Accountants are nowhere near as much fun as lawyers.

Majestic Downfall – …When Dead Review

By Saunders on August 11, 2015 in Death Metal, Doom Metal, Mexican Metal, Pulverised Records, Reviews, Death Metal, Doom Metal, 6 comments

I don’t know of many downfalls that could be described as majestic, nor had I previously crossed paths with these Mexican mercenaries, the brainchild of Jacobo Córdova from Zombiefication and various other underground bands. Perusing their background I discovered Majestic Downfall have been kicking round the traps for the best part of a decade, with …When Dead marking their fourth Long Player. Doom and death go together like ebony and ivory.

Hacavitz – Darkness Beyond Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on March 2, 2015 in 2015, Black Metal, Dark Descent Records, Mexican Metal, Reviews, Black Metal, 4 comments

“Being that I had money and nothing else to do, I purchased the sophomore release [Katun] of Mexican blackened-death metallers Hacavitz.” Money and idle hands lead to poor musical choices. Always.

Sacrocurse – Unholier Master Review

By Saunders on August 17, 2014 in 2014, Black Metal, Death Metal, Hells Headbangers Records, Mexican Metal, Reviews, Thrash Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal, 0 comments

“Following a stint on highly respected underground metal label Iron Bonehead productions for the release of their Sulphur Blessing demo, Mexican/Turkish duo Sacrocurse have fittingly landed on the Hells Headbangers roster for their debut full length, entitled Unholier Master. Band members LZ (drums) and Zolrak Montes (guitars, vocals), the latter a member of long running Texan act Nodens, craft a suitably primal slab of bestial blackened death, wielding their respective instruments like crude and primitive weapons of war as they hack and hammer through ten violent cuts in an appropriately concise 32-minute running time.” Metal Rule #346: You aren’t extreme unless you have “sacro” in your band name. New probationary scribe L. Saunders reports on how the proper prefix helped these Mexican metallers in their quest for brutal conquest.

Serocs – The Next Review

By Dr. Fisting on September 22, 2013 in 2013, Death Metal, Mexican Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, 4 comments

Serocs began back in 2009 as a one-man operation, founded by Mexico-based guitarist Antonio Freyre. After a couple of EP releases, their debut full-length Oneirology finally surfaced a year ago. In the short time since then, Serocs has become a multi-national death metal conglomerate, with Freyre recruiting members of Vile, Monstrosity and Lecherous Nocturne (not to mention a whole shitload of guest appearances). For all the tech-death credentials of this group, the result is heavy on the “death” and short on “tech.” Mexican death metal is a special beast and Mr. Fisting knows his Mexican death!

Dies Irae – Secret Veils of Passion Review

By Angry Metal Guy on January 9, 2012 in 1.0, 2012, American Metal, Chaos Records, Gothic Metal, Mexican Metal, Reviews, Melodic Death Metal, Post-Metal, 17 comments

So, last year (also known as last week) we introduced this thing called the “Top Records We Wish We Could Unhear” and I’ve already gotten to my first nomination for the year of 2012. Dies Irae (no, not that one, the Mexican one) is apparently an old melodic death metal band that has remade itself in the image of “post-metal” (no, not that kind of post metal, the kind from 1999) and got themselves signed by Chaos Records, who otherwise have pretty good taste in bands. Secret Veils of Passion is, therefore, the first of the band’s new, updated versions of itself and it is a remarkable record to behold. But no, not that kind of remarkable. Think more like: I am remarking upon

Yaotl Mictlan – Dentro del Manto Gris de Chaac Review

By Angry Metal Guy on February 26, 2011 in 2011, 4.0, American Metal, Black Metal, Candlelight, Reviews, 2 comments

One little-known, but easily knowable, fact about Angry Metal Guy is that he (I, I guess we’re going in third person today) is a big history buff. In other reviews I (OK, back to first person now) have frequently referred to the history of whatever it is that said band is writing about and I truly enjoy it when bands look backwards to their own cultural history for influence. Why form a band and copy the Norwegians and Swedes who did the same? Look at your own world, look at your own culture and build up from there! The band Yaotl Mictlan has probably not read this blog to get this idea, but they have the same idea that I do. Drawing on hundreds of years of history and hundreds more of oppression, Yaotl Mictlan is writing black metal with folk undertones that is strongly influenced by the history of the Mayans, the pre-Hispanic-conquest people of Mexico, who have never really disappeared, even if their ancient empire collapsed.