''Revolution Revolución'' is the debut album by the American
heavy metal band
Ill Niño
Ill Niño (Spanish for "ill child"; stylized as ill niño) is an American nu metal band formed in Union City, New Jersey, in 1998 by drummer Dave Chavarri, who remains the band's sole original member. They have released seven studio albums, two ...
. It has sold over 430,00 copies worldwide. It was the only album to feature guitarist
Marc Rizzo, who left the band in 2003 to join
Soulfly
Soulfly is an American heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1997. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera, who formed the band after he left the Brazilian group in 1996. To date the band has release ...
, and percussionist Roger Vasquez, who also left in 2003 and was replaced by Daniel Couto for the second album, ''
Confession
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''. The album was recorded from November 2000 to February 2001.
Reception
''
Q'' magazine gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and said, "South American nu-metal with a strong Latin undercurrent... frontman Christian Marchado is equally adept at venting his spleen in English and Spanish."
[Summer/01, p.104] Allmusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and said, "This is an excellent debut for fans who lean more to the cerebral side of modern metallic endeavors."
Track listing
* The album was re-released on October 22, 2002. Two multimedia tracks were also included:
# "What Comes Around" (Videoclip)
# "Unreal" (Videoclip)
The track "Liar" is played in the credits of the game ''
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter'' for the
Xbox 360
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.
Credits
Ill Niño
*
Dave Chavarri ― drums
*
Cristian Machado ― vocals
* Jardel Paisante ― guitar
* Lazaro Pina ― bass guitar
*
Marc Rizzo ― guitar
* Roger Vasquez ― percussion
Additional musicians
* Omar Clavijo ― programming, samples
* DJ Skratch ― turntables
* Krztoff ― keyboards, synthesizers
*
Mark Hunter ― additional vocals
Production
* Dave Chavarri – producer, engineer, additional sample and scratch direction
* Ill Niño – co-producer
* Cristian Machado – additional production, additional sample and scratch direction
* Steve Regina – mixing, additional production
*
Rob Caggiano
Robert Caggiano (born November 7, 1974) is an American guitarist and record producer. Caggiano is known as the lead guitarist of the Danish rock band Volbeat from 2013 to 2023 and of thrash metal band Anthrax from 2001–2005 and 2007–2013. ...
– mixing, additional production
*
Eddie Wohl – mixing, additional production
* Henri Martinez – assistant engineer
* Laz Pina – additional engineering
* Carl Nappa – digital editing, additional engineering
* Matt James – additional vocal production, additional digital editing
*
George Marino - mastering
Charts
References
2001 debut albums
Ill Niño albums
Roadrunner Records albums
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