LABERINTO

A powerful, energetic Metal Hardcore band is born,The band gains local popularity by performing at the most important venues. The sounds of the city of Caracas start oozing into their music with traditional instruments. This chemistry leads to a whole new mixture. Metalatino has come into existence!

LABERINTO CARACAS-VENEZUELA 1989 till 1992: A powerful, energetic Metal Hardcore band is born,The band gains local popularity by performing at the most important venues. The sounds of the city of Caracas start oozing into their music with traditional instruments. This chemistry leads to a whole new mixture. Metalatino has come into existence! AMSTERDAM-HOLLAND 1992: The band moved their home base to Europe leaving everything behind. They started traveling around Europe, and finally chose Amsterdam as the best city to continue their dreams. Although Amsterdam had the right vibes for Laberinto and improved their creativity notoriously, guitarist Richard decided to leave the band and go back to Venezuela. Later bass player Ruben made the same decision. Gregorio was living in Amsterdam at that time, and took the place of Ruben. The band has now only 4 members. 1994: The band managed to perform in the local venues, surprising the Amsterdam music scene. After an appearance on local television, they joined VIP Agency, who booked them in clubs around the country. Laberinto thought that adding an extra percussionist ,Miguel Padron is now the fifth member of Laberinto. 1995: The CD "LABERINTO", was released and the first international steps took the band to Italy, Hungary, Germany and Switzerland. Europe has been infected with their fusion of multi cultural percussion with high quality Hardcore Metal. Highlights are the ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL in Budapest, the WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival in Germany (where they created a powerful atmosphere for 10.000 surprised visitors), and an extensive tour around the Dutch club circuit, with an average of two shows a week. 1996: Their second CD(by Mascot Records), "PRIORITY", is released. TV specials (TMF / VPRO), Radio specials (100th Bad Grrl, together with Dub War and Channel Zero, live show)Holland, Switzerland, Great Britain, Denmark and Belgium have met Laberinto. 1997: Laberinto had the privilege of opening the third day of the world famous DYNAMO OPEN AIR Festival in Eindhoven - Holland. Their sound was the reason why streams of hung-over youths got out of bed into the pouring rain on that legendary spring morning. They shared stage with famous bands like CRADLE OF FILTH, TESTAMENT, MARILYN MANSON, HELMET, TIAMAT, LIMP BIZKIT, KORN, MACHINE HEAD, SICK OF IT ALL and EXODUS. They featured on WDR ROCKPALAST, a festival that is broadcasted on and organized by the leading German TV station WDR. They shared stage with artist like THE OFFSPRING and H-BLOCK. At THE BOREC TRINEC FESTIVAL in the Czech Republic they won over 20.000 people. They also play at the legendary show at the yearly BIZARRE FESTIVALin Köln - Germany, where Laberinto shared the stage with bands like FAITH NO MORE, SKUNK ANANSIE, RAMMSTEIN, FOO FIGHTHER,INCUBUS. Back in Holland, the Amsterdam audience gave to LABERINTO a warm welcome back a little later at a smashing show at THE ESCAPE Theatre as the yearly Amsterdam UITMARKT (opening festival of the Amsterdam cultural season). Marco Toro got an endorsement by REMO Drums and Percussion. 1998: "FREAKEAO" is released in April and is baptized at the Escape Theatre. After an intense Dutch tour in The Dutch A clubs they went on tour to new European territories very successfully. Highlights are their first show in Spain on the ALEN GALICIA Festival and where they shared stage with JUNKIE XL, MOONSPELL and NAPALM DEATH, and also a great festival in the French MULHOUSE, where the show was recorded and broadcasted live on Internet. 1999: In Venezuela. National TV made a Laberinto special. Back in Holland Laberinto performed at the METROPOLIS FESTIVAL in Rotterdam, visited by 10.000 people. The guys had a great time meeting bands from South America like TODOS TUS MUERTOS, OZOMATLI, LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES, and other Latin bands like They played for the second time the TRICNEC FESTIVAL in the Czech Republic, this time as headliners. A huge crowd went insane again on the Metalatino rhythms. They shared stage with bands like KING DIAMOND and THE GATERING. In October they played at the prestigious festival "ROCK AL PARQUE" in Bogotá Colombia, in front of 100.000 people. On their way back to Holland from Colombia, the guys stopped for a while in Caracas and appeared on TV program "EL GARAGE". They also gave a press conference at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. Marco Toro got an endorsement by ZILDJIAN Cymbals. Gregorio got an endorsement by ARIA Bassguitars. 2000: In March they recorded a live album at a sold out concert at Amsterdam's famous concert hall MELKWEG. For the occasion, the band was extended with a horn section arranged and conducted by Venezuelan trombone player CHEO ROMERO (Desorden Público) and extra percussionists and keyboards. The album was released in October and became their last release with Mascot Records. The band worked on their new studio album, "ANOTHER STYLE", produced by the famous Attie Bauw (Scorpions, Rob Halford and The Gathering). The album presentation was celebrated with a show in the Melkweg, supported by AGRESION from Venezuela and RATOS DE PORAO from Brazil. 2001: The Video Clip "NEIGHBOURHOOD" is released, featuring DEF P from Dutch rap act OSDORP POSSE. After several gigs in the Dutch circuit, the band had a successful tour playing at the most important venues in Switzerland and Austria. Highlights are the A2A Festival in Amsterdam and AUW MOK Festival in Sittard. The 6 th of December LABERINTO celebrated their 10 th anniversary in The Netherlands with a concert called DECADE IN HOLLAND at Amsterdam's famous concert hall MELKWEG. DECADE IN HOLLAND'' MELKWEG 6 DEC 2002 2003 : The band played at some summer festivals and prepared in the rehearsal room for the final recording session for their 6th album! The album will be released by the Dutch label BOOMBAX RECORDS. The official release will be at concert hall MELKWEG in Amsterdam. In November, after all the hard work, the album "DECADA" was released! On this album the Laberinto guys express all their experiences, adventures and memories for the last 10 years they have been outside their motherland. This production was made by Laberinto and co-produced by Lourenz Bood. 2004 : At the end of February Marco Toro and Gregorio go to Venezuela to promote DECADA. They appear on capital radio stations and on the TV program INTERACTIVO on PUMA TV (National cable TV). In the meantime, back in Amsterdam, Pablo Minoli, decided to leave the band for personal matters. Venezuelan guitar player ABEL CAÑIZALES (Stratus, Cronos, Radio Clip). His first performance was at the "Headway Festival" on April 4th, where Laberinto was closing the event together with American band Watch Tower. The new video clip "Come Closer" is released and is being broadcasted on TV program ROCK ZONE (MTV Europe). In May Laberinto started touring together with legendary Dutch rap act OSDORP POSSE, where Laberinto will be mixing up OP's songs with their peculiar Metalatino style at some summer festivals across Holland and Belgium (like big event NJOY FESTIVAL on the 12 th of June).The Laberinto & Osdorp Posse summer tour comes to an end on the 9 th of October with a full house concert at P60 in Amstelveen. Currently both bands are in serious discussions about the possibility of making an album together. 2005 Laberinto played as special guests for Osdorp Posse's 15 th anniversary DVD box presentation on February the 25 th at Melkweg, Amsterdam. After playing their own set they joined Osdorp Posse at the end of the evening for an amazing performance. This DVD box includes some great extracts of both bands working together. There is also an audio CD included in the box which contains three songs featuring Laberinto, meant as a preview for the Osdorp Posse Laberinto album that will be released in 2006.

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