Latin metal (, ) is a subgenre of heavy metal music with

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origins, influences, and instrumentation, such as

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vocals,

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and rhythm such as Salsa rhythm. Some South American bands also add influences and instrumentations borrowed from world music and ethnic music, relating to musical traditions of the indigenous people of America.

History

An early mention of the term comes from critic Robert Christgau, who referred to Carlos Santana's music from the 1970s as "Latin-metal pop," making it a possible forerunner in the genre. Latin metal started in the 1970s and 1980s, originating in many countries of Latin America, thanks to the increasing worldwide popularity of heavy metal and heavy rock from Europe (obviously including

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, with bands such as Baron Rojo and Angeles del Infierno singing in

and reaching international success in the 1980s) and United States. It may also have profited from the "Latin explosion" in the United States of the 1990s, though some critics contend that the gap between

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-style pop and metal is too great for Latin metal to have profited greatly. Still, record companies in the 1990s sought to profit from the rise of Latin pop, as evidenced from the ''Metalo'' compilation of Latin metal bands by the Grita! Records label, which included songs by

Ill Niño Ill Niño (stylized as ill niño) is an American metal band formed in Union City, New Jersey, in 1998 by drummer and percussionist Dave Chavarri. They have released seven studio albums, two EPs and one compilation album, totaling in over 1.3 mi ...

and Puya, and bands from the 1990s such as

Sepultura Sepultura (, "grave")Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 17. is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte. Formed in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera,Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 16. the band was a major force in the groove metal, thra ...

and

Soulfly Soulfly is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1997, and later based out of Phoenix, Arizona. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera, who formed the band after he left the Brazilian group in 19 ...

are cited as predecessors in the genre. In the United States,

is probably the best-known exponent of the genre; their first two albums (with "philosophical and bilingual lyrics" about such topics as growing up fatherless) were commercially successful and got them strong radio play in for instance the

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area.

Latin metal bands

México

* Acrania

Argentina

* A.N.I.M.A.L.

España

* Vita Imana * Hora Zulu (mixed with Flamenco)

United States

* Ankla *

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A death metal band from Los Angeles *

- A heavy metal band from New Jersey whose 2001 debut album

Revolution Revolución ''Revolution Revolución'' is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Ill Niño. It has sold over 375,000 copies in the United States. It was the only album to feature guitarist Marc Rizzo, who left the band in 2003 to join Soulfly, and ...

was seminal in the development of the genre. *

Marc Rizzo Marc Rizzo (born August 2, 1977) is an American musician, best known as the former lead guitarist of metal band Soulfly. He has featured on eight Soulfly albums: ''Prophecy'', '' Dark Ages'', '' Conquer'', ''Omen'', '' Enslaved'', '' Savages'' ...

Puerto Rico

* Puya

References

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