A.N.I.M.A.L.
Poder Latino
(1998)
Genre: Alternative
Metal, Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Rap Metal, Hardcore Punk
I remember
when I was a teen, and I had an alternative rock band that was making the
transition to an alternative metal band and this album came out, really paving the way for
metal bands back then
out
of the blue we had place to welcoming
use to play thanks to these guys. This album was a commercial success here in Argentina and made it to the
mainstream. I remember many of friends that weren’t metal heads buying this
album, so this band real
has the merit of being a fundamental element in our small metal movement.
Vocals and Lyrics: Andres
Gimenez finally establishes his vocal style, and he shows a good use of melody.
And as a treat Leon Gieco who is an old school rock/folkore singer is on the last
track. Listening to this album in detail, I realized that my lead singer in my
first band real used to copy ANIMAL’s lead singer, and still does. 8
Instrumentation:
Guitar: The
Guitar is a Riff chugging machine.
Bass:
Crovalan does good job, but the colossal bass solo on track six is Robert
Trujillo (Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves and Metallica) that’s is
guest on the album, it was a letdown to find out Corvalan didn’t play that
solo.
Drums: The
Drums have a super groove 7.1
Melody and/or
Structure: As a said before Gimenez does a good integrating melody in some
tracks, and the Riffs are great. 9
Sound, Production and Feeling:
This album was produced by Max Calavera (Sepultura and Soulfly) at indigo ranch were Korn and Limp Bizkit made
their first albums, so you can hear their basic sounds in this album, but it’s
little to conservative in the heaviness. 8
Songs: It’s probably their
best album from start to finish, and you have 2 covers from the Ramones and
Body Count. 12
The Bad:Nothing
Originality: They are the
first Metal band to break into to the mainstream hear in Argentina and that were
able to tour abroad10
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