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Ill Nino
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Jonathan Mariante
Ill Nino are one of
several bands who took their cue from Sepultura,
combining elements of "World music" with metal/hard rock. In
Ill Nino's
case, they use Spanish/Latin music, with Spanish style guitar and
Latino-style percussion, such as hand-beaten drums, as the band
members are Latino-American in origin, even singing in Spanish in some
places, and integrate it into their aggressive hard rock music. In
fact, the closing track, "With You", is basically an entirely
Latin
music track. It is a ballad played on Spanish guitar, and is a
mournful, sad little tune. The rest of their music is very aggressive
and angry, in the vein of Slipknot, Rage Against The Machine, and
Pantera. They also use elements of "nu metal", such as rapping
and
scratching in some songs. The scratching was done by a DJ named "DJ
Skratch". Original, huh? Unfortunately, I also have the same to say
about the rest of the band. While they are reasonably good musicians,
and their music packs a mean punch, they really just sound like so much
other stuff out there today, and all their songs kind of sound the same,
aside from the aforementioned "With You". Aside from the use
of Latin
music, which they really only add sprinkles of anyway, they are not
really doing anything new, and it just seems like they are trying to
ride the coat tails of what is the flavor of the month. They are
talented enough to stand alone, so they really should try something more
original.
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