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Hijos de Cain

Nashville, TN  USA
October 11, 1999
Ongoing venture since 1991. Released a self-distributed tape called "5 Siglos de Miseria" in 1992. A compilation CD called 1991-1994 was released in Spain's Basati Diskak records. New CD "Cristales Rotos" out now on their own label Rojo y Negro Records
Band/artist history
Ongoing venture since 1991. Released a self-distributed tape called "5 Siglos de Miseria" in 1992. A compilation CD called 1991-1994 was released in Spain's Basati Diskak records. New CD "Cristales Rotos" out now on their own label Rojo y Negro Records
Have you performed in front of an audience?
Yes. Everywhere we can get a gig. Love it. Everytime when we play out.
Your musical influences
killing joke, big black, godflesh, ministry, unsane, neurosis, head of david, lard, tool
What equipment do you use?
if a tell you it wouldn't be a secret would it?
Anything else?
"digital distorted dadaisms" - Jorge Luis Medina, El Vocero. A band "at war with it's sound" - Crack Emcee "full of noise, energy, rhythm" - Boricuas Bestiales fanzine "Most Impressive" - Darth Vader "Ever wondered how Hendrix may have sounded with a 'hard-core' band? Hijos have to be the most innovative band I have listened to so far at mp3. 'Arritmia' has an awesome presence, forcing you to take notice. The heavily effected vocal is obviously inspired by the hard-core genre but this is anything but derivative. This is evident from the 2 songs ('Fix' is also on the site) at mp3.com. My best compliment would be to say that this is genre-less music. i.e. It's totally original and definitely worth checking out." Rating: 4/5 Reviewed by Ken Foster (Ripperzine E-zine, UK, http://www.blackpoolblue.demon.co.uk/ripper.html) "The exact type of guitars i like in a song. heavy, driving, remorseless (i should have been a metal fan). i really got into hijos de cain's arritmia for this reason. it's such a merciless, fierce song with pounding drums and driving guitar. it's actually quite simple, nothing complicated in regard to song structure but what is there is put together so well and so aggressively. i quite liked and am duly impressed. in the song fix hijos de cain takes a much more industrial approach with distorted vocals but they still retain that ragged, but clean, heavy metal edge that they seem to do so well. it's unfortunate that there were only 2 mp3s to review. hijos de cain could be a very promising industrial metal band. nice." Reviewed by Sal (Raw 42 Monthly E-zine, Canada, http://www.ward42.com/raw) Hyper-aggressive beats and relentless riffs grind away without apparent remorse for the aural damage they may cause. - Elise Lurker (Listen.com) Mark James Murphy said: "I almost exercised my option to duck out of reviewing this song - I may not be the best qualified. Negative-themed industrial metal isn't my bag, baby. in fact, I once sang on an album by The Jealous Grandmothers, a band that parodied this kind of thing. For it's genre, the song seems appropriately tight, angry and angst inducing. The production is on the slightly thin and trebly side, and assaults the ears like a sword being sharpened...however, that may be intentional. The vocals are drowned in shredding effects, which is definitely intentional. Listening to this made me feel bad, mad for the writers who seem to have lived through some serious scrapes and are venting their pain through this music. If you're into industrial metal, your opinion of this may be much higher...they have certainly succeeded in putting a lot of negativity into the song."
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