Asesino (Spanish for "assassin" or "murderer") is an American

deathgrind Grindcore is an extreme fusion genre of heavy metal and hardcore punk that originated in the mid-1980s, drawing inspiration from abrasive-sounding musical styles, such as thrashcore, crust punk, hardcore punk, extreme metal, and industrial. ...

supergroup Supergroup or super group may refer to: * Supergroup (music), a music group formed by artists who are already notable or respected in their fields * Supergroup (physics), a generalization of groups, used in the study of supersymmetry * Supergroup ...

and a side project of

Fear Factory Fear Factory is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1989. Throughout the band's career, they have released ten full-length albums and have evolved through a succession of sounds, all in their main style of industrial metal. ...

guitarist

Dino Cazares Dino Cazares (born in 1966) is an American musician, known for being the guitarist and one of the co-founders of industrial metal band Fear Factory. He is also the co-founder of the metal bands Divine Heresy, Asesino, and Brujeria. Cazares pop ...

. The band has featured members of

Brujeria Various types of witchcraft and occult religious practices exist in Latin American and Afro-Caribbean cultures, known in Spanish as (pronounced ). Influenced by indigenous religion, Catholicism, and European witchcraft, the purpose may range ...

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 ...

Sadistic Intent Sadistic Intent is a death metal band from Los Angeles. Biography After the demise of Los Angeles, California's Devastation, which formed in 1986, Sadistic Intent began in 1987. The band quickly changed its line-up, then released a few rehears ...

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, and Static-X. Asesino sometimes play

Slayer Slayer was an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California. The band was formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. Slayer's fast and aggressive musical style ...

covers live, most notably " Angel of Death" and "

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". As with

, the lyrics are sung entirely in Spanish and with the same subject matter of death, violence and perversion. Guitarist Asesino describes the band as "the new Brujeria." Asesino also has the tendency of making satirical comments during the show, and when playing

songs, change the original lyrics to something more fitting. Asesino made a guest appearance as a group of Mexican doctors in episode 57 of ''

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'' on

Adult Swim Adult Swim (AS; stylized as

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Members

*Asesino (

) – guitars (2002–present) *Maldito X (

Tony Campos Antonio Campos (born March 8, 1973) is an American musician. He is the current bassist for industrial metal bands Static-X and Fear Factory and the vocalist and bassist for Asesino. He is a former bassist for metal bands Prong, Soulfly, Minis ...

) – bass, vocals (2002–present) *Sadístico (

Emilio Márquez Emilio Márquez is an American drummer who currently plays in Asesino, Engrave, Coffin Texts, and Possessed. He was also the former drummer for Brainstorm (Los Angeles) and Sadistic Intent (1996–2010). Márquez, along with fellow Asesino mem ...

) – drums (2002–present)

Former members

*Greñudo ( Raymond Herrera) – drums (on ''Corridos de Muerte'') (2002) *Sepulculo (

Andreas Kisser Andreas Rudolf Kisser (; born 24 August 1968) is a Brazilian musician, best known for being the lead guitarist for the metal band Sepultura. He has been featured on every Sepultura release since their second album, ''Schizophrenia''. Additionally, ...

) – guitars (on ''Cristo Satanico'') (2006)

Timeline

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Discography

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Corridos de Muerte ''Corridos de Muerte'' (Tales of Death) is the debut album by deathgrind band Asesino, first released in 2002. It was re-released in 2005 with a bonus DVD. The opening sample of "Asesino" comes from the Spanish movie The Day of the Beast, while ...

'' (2002) *''

Cristo Satánico ''Cristo Satánico'' (Satanic Christ) is the second album released by deathgrind band Asesino. Track listing Personnel Asesino *Asesino (Dino Cazares) – rhythm guitar, production *Maldito X (Tony Campos) – bass, vocals *El Sadistico ( Em ...

'' (2006)

External links

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