# Any Good Spanish Metal? (Rock) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-spanish-metal-rock/307039 "2005-06-05T20:39:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-spanish-metal-rock/307039/1 "2005-06-05T20:39:37Z")
I’ve been listening to different kinds of metal/rock, and it’d be good to get some suggestions for Spanish metal bands. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-spanish-metal-rock/307039/2 "2005-06-05T20:45:30Z")
Not sure about metal per se, but there is a Spanish band (not sure from where – mayvbe Spain? Mexico? Argentina") called (IIRC) _Apocalipsis_ which plays Mettalica songs in a classical string quartet format. Not exactly what you had in mind, I’m sure! But if you can find an Apocalipsis fan (or swebsite?), they’ll give you the scoop on the real stuff. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-spanish-metal-rock/307039/3 "2005-06-05T20:53:07Z")
Oops – make that _Apocaliptica_. Their website (may have links to what you’re after): [http://www.apocalyptica.com/releases/metallica.php](http://www.apocalyptica.com/releases/metallica.php) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-spanish-metal-rock/307039/4 "2005-06-05T20:55:04Z")
Oops again – turns out my Mexican friends are wrong, Apocalyptica is actually from _Finland_! So just ignore me. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-spanish-metal-rock/307039/5 "2005-06-05T22:07:13Z")
I’m looking for something like how Rammstein is German, and Gackt and Miyavi are Japanese. That type of music style. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-spanish-metal-rock/307039/6 "2005-06-05T22:22:01Z")
Hmm… closest I know is _Molotov_, from Mexico. You could also try _Puya_, from Puerto Rico. I know there must be other bands in that genre in Spanish, but it’s been a while since I was fully up to date in that area. I know many rock/pop rock/moody rock bands/singers, but right now… metal metal, those are the two I can think come the closest. Also, _some_ of Robi (Draco) Rosa’s composition may fall under the metal umbrella, but not all. His songs tend to be dark and moody, though I think he has a few in Vagabundo where he is screeching and yelling. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-spanish-metal-rock/307039/7 "2005-06-05T23:05:15Z")
I just remembered a metal band from Mexico – a friend down there claims that they rock. They are called **Rata Blanca** , meaning “White Rat”. Molotov was mentioned. They’re good, but their biggest hit has homophobic lyrics, so I wouldn’t go there if I were you. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-spanish-metal-rock/307039/8 "2005-06-05T23:10:11Z")
Here’s a Rata Blanca website: [http://www.reonda.com/artistas/rata\_blanca/](http://www.reonda.com/artistas/rata_blanca/) It’s in Spanish, but you can see from their album covers that they’re definitely what you’re looking for. Unless by “Spanish” you meant “from Spain” – because it turns out that Rata Blanca is from Argentina (though, as I said, popular throughout Latin America, including Mexico). ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-spanish-metal-rock/307039/9 "2005-06-05T23:14:36Z")
I’m curious Kelly, which hit? Molotov has had a few, and from what I can remember of the lyrics, they were not homophobic. Offensive? Yes, sure… homophobic… not sure. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-spanish-metal-rock/307039/10 "2005-06-05T23:18:19Z")
> [@KarlGrenze](#): > > I’m curious Kelly, which hit? Molotov has had a few, and from what I can remember of the lyrics, they were not homophobic. > > Offensive? Yes, sure… homophobic… not sure. At least when I was down there (1996 to 2004, off and on), their biggest hit was called “Puto” – which means (at least in Mexico) “faggot”. The chorus includes the line “kill the queer” (quuer = _marecon_", IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-spanish-metal-rock/307039/11 "2005-06-06T00:16:04Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > At least when I was down there (1996 to 2004, off and on), their biggest hit was called “Puto” – which means (at least in Mexico) “faggot”. The chorus includes the line “kill the queer” (quuer = _marecon_", IIRC. Yeow… I like the Rata Blanca suggestion. I’ll check them out. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-spanish-metal-rock/307039/12 "2005-06-06T00:59:05Z")
[Sepultura](http://sepultura.uol.com.br/v6/) is from Brazil. Not quite what you’re looking for I know, but it’s close, and they’re a pretty kick-ass metal band anyway. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-spanish-metal-rock/307039/13 "2005-06-06T01:11:41Z")
I’m kinda surprised that no one has mentioned Brujeria yet, as they’re pretty famous. I’d recommend _Brujerizmo_ as a starting point, and if you’re looking for a good laugh, pick up their _Marijuana_ EP. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-spanish-metal-rock/307039/14 "2005-06-06T01:54:49Z")
[Here’s some info about Puya](http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/puya.htmlhttp://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/puya.html) . Yea, I remember Puto… See, that word for me does not mean queer, so that meaning was lost on me. 😉 I do remember the words “matarile al maricón”, but then, I’ve heard that word used to call someone a coward. The song is offensive, in the way that it used words used to call gays to insult cowards, but not in the way that it is advocating violence to gays. At least that’s what I took from it, and how another friend (who heard Molotov far more than I did) also got it. And it’s just one song from their first album, and they’ve had other hits since then.