Steadfast in tradition Mexico is a country where ancestry is revered and family is everything and honour is wasn’t at the highest price. This year has seen Britain decide to alienate itself entirely from the European Union, Trump take to an ever growing potential presidency and human civilisation as a whole becoming more detached by the day owing to the enabler of social media. Known for their fierce traditions Mexico as a country are one of passion of true fierce conviction. Known as “the promised land” to many Mexicans the struggle to enter the world of the American Dream daily for those wanting escape particularly with an idiot like Trump deciding to want to build a wall.
[tracklist]
- Pocho Aztlan
- No Aceptan Imitaciones
- Profecia Del Anticristo
- Angel De La Frontera
- Plata O Plomo
- Satongo
- Isla De La Fantasia
- Bruja
- Mexico Campeon
- Culpan La Mujer
- Codigos
- Debilador
- California Uber Aztlan
[/tracklist][details]
[length]46:00[/length]
[record_label]Nuclear Blast Records[/record_label]
[release_date]September 16th 2016[/release_date]
[/details]Unique in their delivery Brujeria are bred from English grind roots made up of guitarist Shane Embury for one along with the scouse grump Jeff Walker responsible for some of the most vicious riffs in Metal. “Mexico Campeon” shows the band fierce patriotic edge shine through whereas the likes of “Culpan La Mujer” bring the blade like sharpness back to grind, showing that behind the somewhat gimmicky connotations of having a band supposedly all Mexican yet is made up of a scouser and a Brummie, it’s hardly continental but it does rip. After the rousing speech from our jefe Brujo were brought into the main crux of “Codigos” who boot stomping groove ensures you’ll not forget it soon made all the more poignant by the choir emulating the sounds of lost souls from Mexico’s untouched victims of crime. “Plata O Plomo” exploring this idea of bribery or blood that the drug cartels employ with destructive force behind.
Not needing a degree to decipher some of Brujo and co’s messages the point can be out across from the intonation of the man’s voice against the squeaky sounds of “si señor!“. All out aggression of “Debilador” wouldn’t be for the faint of heart with the incandescent shouts hurled out to sound almost direct to the listener. Though it is somewhat let down by its slower section after the chorus. “Satongo” would conjure señor Satan himself with potentially the albums best track shredding through with Napalm Death style blasts. A somewhat clumsily put together semi cover of Dead Kennedy’s “California Uber Aztlan” sounds as though the guys had a couple of tequilas when recording it which somehow works. Given it that drunken stumble let’s it understand its place in the albums flow.
Sixteen years after their previous release the world has changed as has music. Brujeria have out together a deadly set of songs that will of course satisfy the diehard fans but for those seeking something a little more interesting perhaps give it a miss. By no means does this mean that it is a bad record, far from it, the formula is is somewhat tried and tested and works well with the Mexican spin adding a little difference but it’s far from a masterpiece.
[verdict]Maybe[/verdict]
[why]If you fancy learning Spanish in the most violent and deadly classroom Jan the world then look no further than Brujeria. Well put together Death Metal that fans will love but is not quite a masterpiece.[/why]
