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An early mention of the term comes from critic Robert Christgau, who referred to Carlos Santana's music from the 1970s as "Latin-metal pop," making it a possible forerunner in the genre. [1] Latin metal started in the 1970s and 1980s, originating in many countries of Latin America, thanks to the increasing worldwide popularity of heavy metal ...
Latin metal is a genre of metal music with Latin origins, influences, and instrumentation, such as Spanish vocals, Latin percussion and rhythm such as Salsa rhythm. Prominent bands in this genre include A.N.I.M.A.L., Ill Niño, Nonpoint, and Soulfly.
This is a list of music genres and styles. Music can be described in terms of many genres and styles. Classifications are often arbitrary, and may be disputed and closely related forms often overlap. Larger genres and styles comprise more specific sub-categories.
Funk melody – a fusion genre of funk carioca and Latin freestyle. Funk metal – a style of funk rock and a form of alternative metal that fuses funk with heavy metal music. Funk ostentação – a Brazilian music style created in São Paulo in 2008.
Latin jazz – jazz that incorporates rhythms from Latin music. Latin metal – a genre of heavy metal with Latin origins, influences, and instrumentation, such as Spanish vocals, Latin percussion, and rhythm such as Salsa rhythm. Latin music – catch-all term for Spanish- and Portuguese-language popular music.
Ill Niño (Spanish for "ill child"; stylized as ill niño) is an American nu metal band formed in Union City, New Jersey, in 1998 by drummer Dave Chavarri, who is the sole remaining original member of the band. They have released seven studio albums, two EPs and one compilation album, totaling in over 1.3 million worldwide album sales.
The band's music has been categorized as Latin alternative, [17] hardcore, [18] hard rock, [17] heavy metal, [19] Latin metal, [20] progressive metal [1] [21] [22] and rock en español. [23] Though sometimes categorized as nu metal , this is contested by Latin Music: Musicians, Genres, and Themes , which says that Puya is not a part of this ...
Tumulto, Arena Movediza and Millantún were between heavy metal and hard rock styles. The heyday of the Nu metal genre also expanded to Chile, generating a much more aggressive, raw and less commercial variant that was locally known as "Aggro Metal". Since the beginning of the new millennium several bands, like 2X, Rekiem and Rey Chocolate, got ...