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Puya By Vinnie Apicella |
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They slammed on the scene with their ground-breaking "Fundamental," a couple years back and defied the odds of combining Hard-Core aggression with Latin rhythms and crushing North American stages playing with the likes of Fear Factory and System of a Down. Now their follow up combines the traditional elements first fostered on their debut with an extra degree of musicality and soulfulness without the sacrifice of intensity. For the uninitiated, many song characterizations feature thrash-fit fast tracks, infused with break beats, sprinkled with Salsa dance seasonings with prideful lyrics in a primal setting, organically grown and well nourished. Quick comparisons would follow the Nu-Metal, Aggro-intensity of the big name Roadrunner acts, Soul Fly, Sepultura with the Hard-Core exploits of a straight outta Brooklyn Biohazard-type with an extra ounce of funk flavorings spotlighting tracks like "Erizo, "Numbed," Si Aja," often mixing in Spanish/English vocal interplay and wrought with rage, with the latter track particularly pointing toward a 1970's styled Cheech & Chong theme music "Low Rider" spread with kickin' chorus. The first go round proved them more than just the Puerto Rican-bred novelty act, this time they've pulled out all the stops and for just the sophomore release, have made some impressive developments that by comparison with "Fundamental" take the more disciplined approach if sometimes tangled route to reach the gold-strewn beach of success-further reasons to stay tuned toward the end include "Matter of Time," which in riff alone puts anything Metallica's done the past ten years to shame, and the evil stepbrother of "Fundamental's" "Oasis" hit, "Pa' Ti Pa' Mi" and the monstrous closing title track!
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