''Romance'' is the second album by Chilean metal band

Dorso Dorso is a Chilean metal band. Common themes in the band's music are horror film creatures, hyperbolic sexual fetishes and Chilean myths. The band's frontman, Rodrigo Cuadra, became a TV presenter in the 1990s. History Early years (1984� ...

. In this album the band experienced the same elements of the last album that made them famous in the ''underground scene''. Here

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focuses on a conceptual history, taking its best

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, away from the ''heavy riffs'' and

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. Romance for many is considered one of the most creative of

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, stand alongside conceptual works as Pichanga of Congress and even heights of

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, Cuadra groups they admire.

Trama

''Romance'' is about the story of a medieval lord name ''Reytec'' which falls for a soul that lives Mater name in medieval mansion. In itself the story moves away from Gore and type Lovecraft stories that flooded the group's creations as much as in the previous recording and rear of Romance.

Track listing

*All music and arrangements by Dorso, except where noted. All lyrics by Rodrigo Cuadra. # Andante Gore 2:53 (Music: Cuadra) # Madre de las Tinieblas 9:22 # Proclamación 12:46 # En el Jardín 0:44 # Psicópata Peligroso 8:59 # Reytec 6:19 # Romance 9:26 # Ave Dorsal 2:37 (Music: Cuadra) # La Ira de la Triada 9:48 # Romance II 9:03 # El Harem 2:42

Personnel

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, bass and

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* Gamal Eltit - Acoustic and Electric

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s * Eduardo Topelberg -

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