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We’re pleased to bring you the premiere of Granada’s new album Sincronizado (listen below), which is scheduled to be officially released on June 23rd through Satanath Records‘ sub-label Symbol Of Domination (Belarus). You can purchase the album here.

The band commented on the album: “Life is a cycle where we are born and die synchronized with nature, but it is as if we were constantly struggling to break that bond. Consumerism and greed blinds us and transforms us into our worst enemies.”

Granada was formed in the year 2008 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Founded by Guillermo Estévez (vocals and guitar), the band´s debut show was in 2010 with Black Dahlia Murder (USA), and continued with a series of shows in every possible venue in Buenos Aires and the rest of Argentina. With 03 full lengths and one EP, the band has crossed the border by touring the neighboring countries and achieving huge admiration from the audiences of all over the world.

The band’s fourth album Sincronizado, arrays a violent sound that amalgams old school speed and modern, aggressive thrash metal with hard groove influences and bipolar aggressive singing.

http://newnoisemagazine.com/stream-granada-sincronizado

The song you’re about to hear doesn’t follow the path you probably think it’s going to follow from the way it begins, and the variations in its course are one reason it’s so appealing (but not the only reason).

The name of the song is “Almas Vendidas” and it comes from the new fourth album by the Argentinian band Granada. Entitled Sincronizado, it will be released on June 23rd by Satanath Records‘ sub-label Symbol of Domination.

The variations in the song include the interweaving of stylistic ingredients, including thrash, hardcore, groove, and more. At the outset, it moves like a big juggernaut, propelled by body-moving rhythms and heavy riffs, and it’s also damned catchy right from the start. But then the song starts twisting and turning, with the band changing pace and time signatures and dealing out some eye-opening bass and guitar performances, along with razor-sharp drumming that also changes almost from moment to moment.

And along the way you also get a face-melter of a solo, changes in the vocals as well, and a good dose of headbanging before the song ends.

http://www.nocleansinging.com/2017/06/22/an-ncs-premiere-granada-almas-vendidas/

The band’s remarks on the track are as follows: “Solve” or “solutio” refers to the breaking down of elements and “Coagula” refers to their coming together. In the process of transmuting base metal into gold or arriving at the Philosopher’s stone, this contained both literal and hidden meaning. Solve et Coagula expresses transmutation from base to a finer state, the perpetual goal of spiritual growth and human evolution.

http://metalriot.com/news/hear-granada-from-argentinas-pummeling-new-song-solve-et-coagula/

Granada comments on the title track video: "Taxidermy is the preserving of an animal's body via stuffing or mounting for the purpose of display or study. In the official video, we shot a real Taxidermist working for us, trying to communicate that the process of recording and album or song, or even playing it live is similar to Taxidermy."

http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=135497

Os argentinos do Granada acabaram de lançar seu quarto disco de inéditas, trazendo mais um bom registro de Thrash Metal e Hardcore. A banda está na estrada desde 2008 e já chegaram a realizar alguns shows fora de seu país, incluindo turnês no México. Suas letras em espanhol abordam temas que vão de ganância até as dificuldades sociais vividas em países pobres, como os da América Latina. Para retratar toda essa raiva, o vocal vem em tom de protesto, que evidencia o lado Hardcore da banda quando somados aos grooves.

A parte musical em si, é carregada em riffs de Thrash Metal. São nítidas as influências de Pantera e Machine Head como em “Mensaje Oculto”, esta que ainda tem um solo bem ao estilo Sepultura. Músicas como “Provocación” e “La Cosecha”, começam com um belo duo de guitarras alternando bases que são propicias para bater cabeça. A bateria acompanha as guitarras, sendo bem versátil com seus momentos de bumbos duplos e viradas bem rápidas.

Destaque para a instrumental “Mas Allá De La Muerte”, que fecha o disco com uma mudança brusca na sonoridade. Ela se inicia com um som descoordenado de piano que logo abre espaço para as guitarras e um solo. A música alterna partes bem rápidas com partes arrastadas e tem um clima bem soturno em toda sua duração. Sem dúvida é uma das melhores músicas, que dá um show de riffs e palhetadas, terminando com um solo na linha de Tom Morello.

Mesmo que a banda mostre diversas influências em seu som, ela apresenta uma identidade própria com bastante maturidade. “Sincronizado” é mais uma prova que a música pesada na América Latina possui um grande potencial além de uma sonoridade única.

http://metalnalata.com.br/site/granada-sincronizado-2017/

It is obvious that metal is not restricted to one language alone. But not all the languages get their respected attention, due to some narrow-minded people restricting their musical taste to a language that they are familiar with. It hurts to say, but I was one among the narrow-minded people until I found some Icelandic black metal bands. From there my knowledge widened as I got a spoon each of Russian, Latin and German metal music.

Now here I am to share an Argentinian thrash/groove metal band, Granada, who sing in Spanish. Ever since their formation in the year 2008 the band has released albums having immense brutality and complexity. The band played their first show alongside death metal virtuosos The Black Dahlia Murder which in my opinion is fortunate. Playing thrash metal with a tinge of groove and hardcore characteristics, these Argentinians released their latest album, Sincronizado (the Spanish word for “synchronized”) earlier in 2017.

Here is what the band had to say about their album:

Life is a cycle where we are born and die synchronized with nature, but it is as if we were constantly struggling to break that bond. Consumerism and greed blinds us and transforms us into our worst enemies.

Let us find out whether we could do synchronised headbanging to their songs.

Songs have immense adrenaline and aggressiveness; their musical essence is somewhat similar to that of old school thrash metal acts as their instrumentation showcases thick guitar riffs intertwined with thunderous drumming. However, the band does have a different approach for the vocals. Hardcore-esque vocal works which ranges from high scream false chord to death metal-esque growls. Apart from the vocals and instrumentation, it’s the production that is essential to identify whether or not the band is good at what they are doing.

It’s very much safe to say that Granada have perfect production. Not so polished/not so raw production is rather rare to find nowadays as most of the bands prefer to take up polished production since they are easier to work with and obviously sounds better, but in reality it destroys the versatility of the song. For instance if the band took up clean production for drums, the drummer won’t be able to utilise his skins to produce variant samples as the computer restricts the music to a single tone.

The album is very versatile as we have a lots of different experiences altogether. From the raw aggressiveness of the title track, “Sincronizado”, to memorable guitar passages in the instrumental track “Mas Alla de la Muerte”, the album has everything to take thrash/groove metal by storm.

The most interesting song on this album is “Solve Et Coagula”, as the song has splendid sound and a hidden meaning to portray. When it comes to the sound, it is pretty much their original thrashy and groovy hardcore instead having some complex and perplexing time signatures at transitions. However, the song sounds perfect as the midway solo adds an extra point. Moving onto the “hidden meaning”, here is what the band said about this track:

“Solve’ or ‘solutio’ refers to the breaking down of elements and ‘Coagula’ refers to their coming together. In the process of transmuting base metal into gold or arriving at the philosopher’s stone, this contained both literal and hidden meaning. ‘Solve et Coagula’ expresses transmutation from base.

Overall the album turned out to be better than I expected as I had some doubts whether or not they would achieve their amalgamation properly, since I have seen a lot of bands fail whilst experimenting with the harsh hardcore genre and thrash. However, the album does require some attention on executing the transitions since some of them are perplexing and sounds out of place (not a huge complaint).

Granada might end up being one among the prolific number of metal acts to emerge out of Argentina. Be sure to keep your eyes on them.

http://www.moshville.co.uk/reviews/album-review/2017/08/review-granada-sincronizado/

Released in June, Sincronizado is one of two promotional videos Granada filmed for their most recent release. The second video for La Serpiente was released this month. The Buenos Aires band got started opening for Black Dahlia Murder as their first performance. In 2010 they released a demo (Tocá Metal, Cagón) which was followed by a steady string of full lengths (Historias in 2012, Apocalyptic Metal in 2013, Prisionego in 2015 and Sincronizado in 2017). As you may have surmised, Granada write their lyrics entirely in Spanish. This is nothing new for South American metal but here it sounds as volatile as the first bands to do so. As Granada was founded by two guitarists (Manuel "Manolo" Mauriño and Guillermo "Guille" Estevez who is also the band’s vocalist) the crunch and groove is laid forward with gratuitous vehemence from the earliest notes. The dual guitars’ cutting, scraping production goes further to express how caustic the band is capable of being. The drums played by Marcos Edwards are more foundational than usual in pushing this cut forward and while Matias Brandauer’s bass is mostly in the background it offers many absorbing variations on the riffs. Edwards and Brandauer played together in another BA thrash band called Khumeia. This band leaned closer to thrash-death metal as opposed to the thrash-groove of Mauriño and Estevez, so those two dole out much brutal heaviness as the rhythm section. The chorus is fetching with a memorable hook. To offer some words about the video, it shows the band playing in a shady setting and fleeting images of what appears to be a deranged taxidermist and his test subjects. It’s unclear who this taxidermist is or what his purpose as shown in the video is, but these scenes rely more on implied violence than outright gore. This video and the video for La Serpiente are at Granada’s Youube site linked above.

http://aeafanzine.blogspot.ru/2017/07/video-review-granada-sincronizado.html

"Sincronizado" è il nuovo lavoro della band argentina "Granada", full-lenght uscito il 6 giugno 2017, prodotto dal cantante e chitarrista della band "Guillermo Estévez" nello studio di registrazione "El Pie". La formazione comprende anche il secondo chitarrista Manolo Maurino, Marcos Edwards alla batteria e Matias Brandauer al basso. Il loro stile hardcore con diversi accenni trash metal e non solo si può già notare dalla prima traccia "Poseso". Il brano si apre con una formula narrata in lingua latina per liberare un corpo impossessato da un demone, subito dopo la batteria e la chitarra ritmica precedono in maniera cadenzata una vigorosa cavalcata in pieno stile trash con l'aggiunta di un urlo demoniaco che rafforza il concetto introduttivo; successivamente nel ritornello la chitarra e la batteria rallentano e acquisiscono un approccio più alternative metal, anche se la doppia cassa riveste un ruolo di piano. La voce graffiata questa volta si fa melodica seppur aggressiva.

La struttura del brano è caratterizzata da due ritornelli e da veloci blast beat che rendono il brano decisamente più "hard". "Sincronizado", la title track presenta un bridge che si discosta stilisticamente dalla traccia precedente infatti ci sono diversi breakdown di batteria, riff di chitarra che procedono serrati e voce scream sovrapposta che fanno chiaramente pensare ad un approccio decisamente metalcore/deathcore. Per il resto la sezione ritmica presenta una tessitura più varia e progressiva. "Mensaje Oculto" viene introdotta da un rullante molto vigoroso, segue un blastbeat molto marcato e un assolo di chitarra tecnico e rapido. La voce mantiene un suono decisamente "harsh" e quasi gridato, tipico dell'hardcorre. "Provocaciòn" è fino ad ora la traccia più progressiva e variegata nella struttura ritmica, strumentale e compositiva infatti il cantante Guillermo alterna molto bene voce harsh con scream alti e filtrati, il chitarrista Manolo esegue riff duri e crudi alternati da brevi scale armoniche per poi abbandonarsi in un assolo decisamente veloce e cromatico in pieno stile technical death della durata di pochi secondi.

"Solve et Coagula" presenta uno stile più deathcore, ma anche più progressive del solito, infatti dopo i primi breakdown e una parte decisamente tecnica con scale quasi arabeggianti che fa nuovamente pensare ad un death metal tecnico, si può notare un brevissimo cambio di rotta decisamente inaspettato caratterizzato da un solo di chitarra hard rock, un basso più complesso e fluido e una batteria decisamente lenta e classica. "La Cosecha" presenta un interessante contrasto tra un riff di chitarra in tremolo picking veloce e ripetuto su poche nute e un groove di batteria cadenzato e scandito. Anche questo brano presenta venature prog e technical, diverse dalla traccia precedente sopratutto per una maggiore pesantezza e robustezza delle parti ritmiche. Guillermo alterna scream con growl fino ad'ora assente. Un'ulteriore novità risiede nell'outro in cui Manolo rivela con maggiore rilievo le sue abilità virtuosistiche infatti esegue un assolo di chitarra classica decisamente spagnoleggiante e complesso. "La Serpiente" si discosta dalle tracce precedenti per alcuni riff di chitarra più melodici e rock affiancati da un blast beat di batteria decisamente power metal. Molto bella l'idea di introdurre una parte vocale con più voci sovrapposte che evolve in un canto pulito, seguito da una struttura più nu metal con melodie leggermente spagnole simili quasi allo stile della band "Ill Nino". "Prohibido Por La Luz" rappresenta un ritorno allo stile più trash e hardcore delle tracce iniziali. Anche qui Guillermo esegue cambi di voce notevoli, dal growl allo scream, fino ad un timbro vocale mai usato, graffiato ma possente molto simile stilisticamente a quello di Phil Anselmo. L'album si conclude con "Mas Allà De La Muerte", traccia singolare per diversi aspetti tra cui il pianoforte leggermente detonato simile ad un carion che introduce un solo di chitarra leggermente spagnolo ma da un approccio abbastanza hard rock. La chitarra inoltre continua ad eseguire note molto alte al limite dell'udibile rallentando progressivamente la velocità di esecuzione, come se tutta la tensione e il vigore lasciassero spazio ad una rassegnazione di fondo abbastanza evidente. Giunto al termine della recensione, considero "Sincronizado" come un valido album in cui la vena creativa e compositiva risulta fresca e dinamica, sopratutto nella seconda parte con influenze trash, hardcore, alternative e hard rock inserite progressivamente senza far perdere punti all'ascolto. Una nota di merito va non solo al cantante che si è occupato anche della produzione dell'intero album, compito per niente facile, ma anche agli altri componenti che hanno dato il massimo delle loro abilità.

https://www.insane-voices-labirynth.it/satanath-records/recensioni/granada/

No solo nosotros en la península tenemos a GRANADA, si no que desde el otro lado del charco nos llega este grupo de nombre homónimo de furioso thrash metal.

Granada es un grupo formado en el año 2007, cuya génesis recae en Guillermo Estévez (Voz líder y guitarra) compartiendo escenario desde su nacimiento con grupos como los americanos Black Dahlia Murder (USA) dándose a recorrer la extensa geografía Argentina.

Ya el año 2010 editan su primer EP “Tocá Metal Cagón”, (genial titulo, jejeje) y a posteriori en el año 2012 sacan el disco “Historias”, ambos producidos por Guillermo Estévez en el “Estudio Blacktape“. Sin tiempo para reposar entran en agosto de 2012, junto con el productor Alejandro Taranto, para grabar su álbum experimental titulado “Apocalyptic Metal”.

Seguirían en el 2015 compartiendo con todos sus seguidores un video de 1 hora, sobre los 7 años ya recorridos de la banda, y en abril de 2015 comienzan la composición y pre-producción de su nuevo disco “PRISIONEGO”, grabado entre los estudios Romaphonic y Estudio Blacktape, producido de nuevo por Guillermo Estévez, y mezclado y masterizado por Martín Pomares.

Como siempre, y a pesar de la proximidad idiomática, las fronteras físicas nos impiden conocer el desarrollo de un grupo que lleva a sus espaldas recorrido y experiencia sobrada, intensa y que se demuestra en este disco “Sincronizado” que vamos a presentar.

El sonido thrash de Granada, es sin duda un sonido old school, rasposo y en ocasiones crudo y denso, deudor, a mi parecer de grupos como Sacred Reich o Death Angel, el grupo se permite muy pocas licencias en su sonido (prácticamente uno solo en el tema “La cosecha” en el que meten un interludio final delicioso a base de guitarra española flamenca). La idea es de conformar un asalto a degüello, con cortes afilados como cuchillas e intensamente pensados para dejarte las vértebras.

Curiosamente, y en las primeras escuchas, no puedo decir que el disco me entrase, por no decir que directamente no me gustó. Esto es algo que me pasa en ocasiones, y que no dejo que me ciegue, porque grandes discos que luego me han flipado, no me han entrado a la primera. Sin embargo, y a pesar de todo, este disco no va a pasar a mi colección de favoritos indiscutibles del Thrash, pero no puedo decir que sea un mal disco, ni que no me haya gustado.

Para mi el disco tiene la técnica precisa, la garra, la tonalidad rasposa y la velocidad infinita que requiere este genero, pero para mi gusto, en su desarrollo general es, para mi gusto, demasiado lineal. Es decir, no puedo decir que este mal hecho, ni mucho menos, pero no me sorprende.

Y es que en el mundillo del thrash hay gente que evoluciona, o busca algo distintivo en su sonido, y no lo termino de encontrar en este disco.

Por otra parte, y obviando esto, es un disco salvaje, pensado para dejarte las vértebras en movimientos espasmódicos (por ejemplo la rítmica y el sonido contenido pero brutal de “Prohibido por la luz”, uno de mis cortes predilectos del disco, al estilo, en las rítmicas al “ST. Anger”, que me encanta, es toda una demostración de intenciones). Dudo que el grupo no haya buscado hacer un disco que parta en dos al oyente. Por otra parte, y teniendo en cuenta que el disco es brutal, le falta un punto de sonido en la producción para terminar de crujiente y contundente. Por eso, quizás, no tenga un tema predilecto… quizás un corte como “Mas Allá De La Muerte” suena brutal y super técnica, uno de los cortes mas “experimetales”, con grandes armonías y tono crudo, en las que destaca la contundencia rítmica, y la melodía del bajo, lo que demuestra que el grupo tiene bagaje con los instrumentos. El primer corte salvaje como es “Poseso” es otro momento de catarsis “headbanger” uno de los momentos mas conseguidos. También me gusta la fuerza de “Sincronizado” un corte old school de cadencia contenida y cortante y un riff destacable, parecido en esencia a otro corte como es “Provocación”. Si destaco el tono atmosférico denso y perturbado de “Solve Et Coagula” tema que consigue el grupo a que el oyente tenga escalofríos en su escucha; uno de los cortes mas personales, y por tanto mejores del disco. “La Cosecha” como ya he comentado antes, también me gusta por su tono old school cargado y macabro, crujiente y marcadamente escorado hacia estilos mas duros, y sobre todo por su interludio melódico. Otro corte que me ha enganchado es “La Serpiente” directo y sin ambages, pero con un estribillo en segundo plano adictivo sin duda. Tampoco me disgusta la melodía inherente de “Almas vendidas” un corte adictivo gracias a la buena estructura de su estribillo y de su melodía distintiva.

En general, un disco que no me demuestra, en general, nada nuevo, pero si dejamos de lado el concepto evolución, es un trabajo que tiene la fuerza y los huevos suficientes, a la par de una atmósfera brutal y cortante, para hacer que disfrutes de un buen rato de headbanging convulso y brutal de thrash metal.

http://zombiewarmanagement.com/granada-sincronizado-satanath-records/

Se há uma banda norte-americana que teve um impacto profundo na sonoridade do metal da América Latina, essa banda é Pantera. O thrash com groove surge um pouco por todo o lado e da Argentina temos os Granada que em pouco menos de uma década chegam ao seu quarto álbum evidenciando uma regularidade assinalável e uma energia que não esmorece. Felizmente a banda não entra pelos caminhos mais desinteressantes do Groove e consegue apresentar bons riffs que vão além do "chugga chugga" e bem coloridos com bons solos de guitarra. Cantado em castelhano, este é álbum que recomendamos para aqueles que só gostam de thrash em inglês. Vão ficar com outra opinião. Garantido.

http://radiowom.blogspot.ru/

This Argentinian thrash metal band is crossover in a way that I haven’t heard in a long time. I reviewed a previous release of theirs and as far as I can remember I liked it. I must have because I like this new one. There is a hc feel to the thrash that they play. The mosh parts are heavy as hell. And there is an attitude that makes me think back to early crossover bands from the late 80s/early 90s. The fact that they sing in Spanish gives this an exotic touch. But everything about this screams classic crossover. As much as I am bombarded with modern day crossover I am not really ready to let this old school variant go just yet.

http://battlehelm.com/reviews/granada-sincronizado/

Het Argentijnse crossover gezelschap Granada brengt hierbij hun zesde album uit. Nog steeds gaan ze fel tekeer tegen allerlei onrecht in de wereld, en uiteraard in hun moedertaal. Waar bij hun vorig album ‘Prisionego’ crossover primeerde, gaan ze het nu wat meer opzoeken richting deathcore. Dat is vooral te horen in de zangstijl dat een pak meer schreeuwen en brullen laat horen. De agressieve elementen domineren de meer ritmische en dat steekt de easy listening van pure crossover toch wat achteruit. Door al dat gebeuk hoor je muzikaal niet echt een uitdaging. Je zou je als luisteraar nog wat kunnen vereenzelvigen met de boze teksten, maar die worden integraal in het Spaans gezongen waardoor de niet Spaanstaligen wat op hun honger blijven zitten. Niet slecht in hun genre maar zo speciaal klinkt het allemaal niet.

http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/nl/reviews/view/id/36258

"Life is a cycle where we are born and die synchronized with nature, but it is as if we were constantly struggling to break that bond, consumerism and greed blinds us and trasforms us into our worst enemies"

After Ordem Satânica, All My Sins and Gökböri, here you are another band that sung in their not English mother tongue: Granada. From Argentina, they are a prolific band able to release, from their foundation in 2008, even 4 full-lenght albums from 2012 to 2017, included the last one named "Sincronizado". I received it 3 months ago by Aleksey of the Russian label Satanath Records, the parent label of Symbol of Domination (from Belarus) that released this "Sincronizado".

This album will torment your fuckin' ears through 10 songs in which there is a dynamic and inventive thrash metal full of anger able to crush you with a very good alternation between fast and slow tempos (these ones even with arpeggios), showing also some dissonant riffs, often a guitar solo a song also played wth a rocking vibe (like the one in "Solve et Coagula"), the wild and unpredictable drumming of Marcos Edwards, and a singer by name of Guillerme "Guille" Estevez that ranges from evil and disturbed screams (as in "La Serpiente", and it isn't a case considering the title of this song!) to some growls and without forgetting unfrequent clean vocals ("Almas Vendidas"). Besides all this, there is a long instrumental track (almost 5 minutes of lenght) titled "Más allá de la muerte", that ends the album with the two guitarists that here have a lot fun playing many guitar solos while its intro and outro are dominated by a totally delirious piano.

But the inventiveness of Granada is partly due to the fact that they love to mix their thrash metal with various influences mainly coming from punk/hardcore (in fact, their label dub their sound as "thrash metal/hardcore"), groove metal (already listenable in the second mid-tempo track "Sincronizado"...but don't expect the usual boring attempts to clone Pantera!) and, in a less frequent way, death metal (the same growling vocals and some riffs here and there). And you have to combine all this with a certain dark atmosphere, as you can already understand through the same song titles like "Poseso" ("Possessed") and "La Serpiente" ("The Serpent"), but translating these impressions also musically speaking. Consequently, a song like "Poseso" is a notable example of this because of its violence, wickedness and the sick and really possessed vocals by Guillermo. I have to say that just "Poseso" is my favorite song...but shame because my favorite song is only the first one of the album!

So, these are my conclusions: Granada have created an album rich of winning ideas knowing how also to combine an old-school thrash metal approach à la Nuclear Assault with a more modern one à la Machine Head, various influences, some dark feelings, and don't forget a good song more focused on the melodies like "Almas Vendidas". So, if you want an intense but imaginative thrash metal, do a favor for yourself and give a chance to "Sincronizado"...and don't care if you will understand absolutely nothing about the lyrical themes sung in Spanish! And for the skeptics, I suggest to watch the videoclips that Granada shot for the titletrack and "La Serpiente"!

http://timpaniallospiedo.blogspot.ru/2017/12/granada-sincronizado-symbol-of.html

Si torna in Argentina per parlarvi dell’ultima uscita targata Granada, thrash metal band di Buenos Aires già protagonista sulle pagine della nostra webzine un anno fa in occasione dell’uscita del precedente Prisionego.

Licenziato dalla Symbol of Domination Prod., quest’ultimo lavoro non cambia di una virgola la proposta del gruppo, che si aggira per i meandri metallici tra thrash metal e hardcore, con testi di denuncia politica e sociale e un sound che non lascia scampo, offrendo un rabbioso metallo cantato in lingua madre con qualche passo nel groove, così da rendere ancora più potente l’impatto .

Un carro armato che sputa rabbia, i Granada targati Sincronizado sono questo, prendere o lasciare, con la lingua madre che rientra nell’attitudine underground del gruppo ed uno sguardo al thrash metal statunitense inebriato dal crossover, in uso a cavallo dei due millenni.

Meno panteriano del predecessore, Sincronizado è un terremotante album di thrash metal moderno, dalle ispirazioni punk/hardcore, quindi immaginatevi Nailbomb, Pro Pain e i Machine Head del sottovalutato The Burning Red, miscelati con attitudine e spirito preso in prestito dalla scena hardcore.

Dieci brani ed altrettante prese di posizione sulle barricate, dieci cariche contro il sistema, atti di denuncia e mitragliate nel fondo schiena, mentre il fumo degli incendi si fa più spesso e le vetrine si infrangono sotto i colpi delle varie Poseso, Sincronizado o La Cosecha.

Per gli amanti del genere i Granada sono una garanzia di sfogo, si schiaccia il tasto play e si parte all’assalto senza se e senza ma.

http://metaleyes.iyezine.com/granada-sincronizado/

Бам! Бум! Опс! SODP100!!! Ура! Поздравки лейблу.

Я так понимаю, что вот как раз этот альбом очень категорически характеризует контору Symbol Of Domination - саблейбл Satanath Records, потому что эклектичнось сабжа на хорошем уровне, в добром смысле. А я насколько понимаю издательскую политику SOD – это как раз выкидывать в свет то, что на грани, то, что пересекает рубежи, то, что шквально миксуется в итоге.

Sincronizado - это второй релиз Granada, который издается на SOD. Только сейчас, как я понял, уклон пошел в хард-кор, итого в треш-хардкор, эдакий кроссовер.

Я сначала было закручинился, а потом - нет, потому что вспомнил, что Гранада вытворяла в 16 году. «Тотальный треш, обогащенный ураном — тире вокальными способностями своего певца, очень свободно распространяет свои идеи — быстрая отработка, пули в цель и ищи новые мишени. Здесь много треков, которые развиваются поболее 3 минут. Ожесточенная гитар... " Ну и так далее.

Да и вообще, - трэш хардкор - это такая гранат(д)а что любо - дорого. Так что, тому, кому не хватает адреналина — плиз, подставляйте карманы, насыпайте диски. Они есть.

В самую наипервейшую очередь я хочу акцентировать ваше внимание, дамы и господа, на вокалисте. Как и в прошлый раз. Но вот нынче по иным параметрам. Джиллермо - такой певец, который справляется с самыми разными стилями: - классный трешевый харш, звериный гроул и оголтелый хардкор вокал, причем кто-то там еще запрессован у него на бэках, (он же сам, наверное). И это все звучит настолько свежо и непосредственно, что сносит с мест все не прибитое в помещении. Так что парабеллум)) (para bellum), господа, не иначе. Его включенность в материал делает ему честь как музыканту, и я для себя скажу, - он во многом «тащит» материал. По эмоциональности и динамизму у него в консерватории были, возможно, самые высшие оценки. Ну и на сладкое. В некоторых местах Джиллермо включает макаберный (злобноиронический) блэковый скрим (!!!). В отпаде! (И чистый вокал имеется ))) ).

Но надо отдать должное и другим музыкантам. Остальные трое наводят на почтенное собрание инструментальной жути, как и полагается хорошей дэтовой команде (Стоп! Я сказал: дэтовой?). Ага. Ибо здесь есть добрейшие куски дэто треша, смачные, залитые острым аргентинским соусом для музыкальных блюд. Таким, который заценят истинные знатоки межстилевого разнообразия. Так что неминуемо приписываю к альбому тэг дэто-треш. Так есть.

Аргентинского танго здесь только не хватает — подумалось, а так много чего здесь инклюзивно собралось. Гранада понимает, что сейчас фэна нужно удивить, и потому наши гитаристы взялись за свои топоры оч серьезно и претенциозно. Дабы искромсать этот мир. И команда работает над созиданием разнообразного, широкоформатного материала, не ограничивая себя рамками, а наоборот - давая волю своей креативному началу. И там, где вначале прозреваешь трешак - грубый и как полагается - бесноватый, тут же прорастает изысканная гитарная шикарная отработка и ритм-секция готова на все, лишь бы забить низкочастотными бомбами вулканы струнного извержения.

Тут есть даже легкое пиликающее пианино, которое поначалу накрывается пледом гитарного накатывающего звука, и семиструнка (надеюсь) всласть дает такой концерт, что впадаешь в ступор, спровоцированный артистическими возможностями музыкантов.

Вот вам и треш хардкоре ). Что вы, - это гораздо больше, и, не побоюсь этого слова, - «монументальней». Аргентинцы могут. Так точно.

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I Granada sono un gruppo nato nel 2008 con all'attivo quattro full-length e un EP, autori di un thrash/groove con sfumature hardcore. Il disco protagonista di questa recensione sarà proprio l'ultimo: “Sincronizado”.

Uscito a Giugno del 2017 per "Symbol of Domination Prod.", con una durata abbastanza corta, di appena 37 minuti, cantato interamente in madrelingua e composto di dieci tracce. Il disco si apre con “Poseso”, traccia che non lascia spazio all'immaginazione: violenza, violenza e ancora violenza!

Si prosegue sullo stesso stile con la traccia seguente, “Sincronizado”, che è anche la title track dell'album, violenta anch'essa. Continuiamo con la terza traccia, "Mensaje Oculto", che presenta una intro parlata, seguita da un ritmo più lento delle precedenti ma pronta a una brusca accelerata dopo pochi secondi, destinata però a ritornare al ritmo di inizio traccia continuando su questo stile fino alla fine della canzone.

“Provocacion”: così si chiama la traccia che segue continuando sulla falsa riga di “Mensaje Oculto”. Continuando troviamo "Solve et Coagula", che riprende un po' di violenza come nelle prime tracce, con un leggero rallentamento nel ritornello.

Siamo ora giunti alla metà del disco e continuiamo con "La Cosecha", che parte veloce con riff tipicamente thrash e si assesta su questo ritmo molto tirato.

Rimangono altre quattro tracce, "La Serpiente", "Almas Vendidas", "Prohibido Por La Luz", e "Mas Alla De La Muerte", di cui tre sono sullo stile dei precedenti pezzi. La traccia conclusiva è diversa, inizia con un intro di piano, completamente strumentale e si chiude così come si apre: con un pianoforte.

La copertina è molto semplice, una persona che tiene in mano un bambino fa pensare ad una madre col proprio figlio, circondati da due teschi ai lati nella parte superiore dell'immagine.

Disco semplice e senza troppi fronzoli, diretto, violento e da pogo, consigliato agli amanti del thrash senza troppi tecnicismi.

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Esta más que claro que los porteños de Granada están para grandes cosas. “Sincronizado” es ya su quinto trabajo discográfico, en el cual siguen dando cuenta de su muy particular metal moderno, siempre con el sello ruso SOD brindándoles su apoyo.

Debo admitir que su anterior trabajo (“Prisionego”, 2016) solo había entrado y salido por mis oídos, pero este disco me ha llamado más la atención, más allá de que es un thrash moderno, con toques groove 90’s, algo de metalcore, con riffs a lo Lamb Of God o Shadows Fall.

A lo largo de toda la placa, Granada deja entrever una saludable intención amateur, esa furia y rabia adolescente que ninguna banda debiese perder, hasta por momentos animándose al hardcore, palpable en las voces siempre efectivas de Guillermo Estévez.

No me sorprende para nada esto de Granada, es lógico si evaluamos toda su carrera desde 2008 a esta parte, demostrando lo excelentes músicos que son y teniendo esa virtud para cambiar y crear un disco redondo y musical como “Sincronizado”, un disco que me cae simpático, y seguramente con el cual levantaran el nivel que los hará una banda más grande y con nuevos seguidores.

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Siamo ora giunti alla metà del disco e continuiamo con "La Cosecha", che parte veloce con riff tipicamente thrash e si assesta su questo ritmo molto tirato.

La copertina è molto semplice, una persona che tiene in mano un bambino fa pensare ad una madre col proprio figlio, circondati da due teschi ai lati nella parte superiore dell'immagine.

Disco semplice e senza troppi fronzoli, diretto, violento e da pogo, consigliato agli amanti del thrash senza troppi tecnicismi.

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Слушая этот альбом, я подумал, какие же все-таки молодцы эти парни из группы Granada. Со своим четвертым альбомом они, возможно, и не рванули вверх, сметая все на своем пути в иерархии музыкального олимпа, но как минимум заочно хорошенько пнули пару задниц. Видимо, все достаточно просто - за 10 лет существования ребята записали уже 4 альбома, последний из которых как раз "Sincronizado". Ну, что можно о нем сказать? Дерзкий и молниеносный альбом, наполненный качевой и бодрой музыкой, вобравший в себя лучшее, что могли бы предложить за последние лет 15 Sepultura, Lamb Of God, Ill Nino и прочие представители тяжелой около-альтернативы. Пусть играют Granada вроде бы трэш/грув-металл, но в их материале угадывается веяние прыгучей альтернативной музыки, а родной испанский язык придает максимальную степень экзотического колорита, одновременно прибавляя уже упомянутой дерзости и даже какого-то партизанского бунтарства. Во всем, что есть на этом альбоме, чувствуется масштабный опыт и потом и кровью наработанный профессионализм. Я не слышал предыдущие релизы группы, сабж стал для меня знакомством с ней, но создалось впечатление скрупулезной работы над, возможно, прошлыми ошибками. Так или иначе, получилось очень эффектно и драйвово, в меру разнообразно и насыщенно. Но опять сказалась латиноамериканская вторичность, и энергичный материал "Sincronizado" вышел в свет уже устаревшим. А лет 10-15 назад сабж могли выпустить кто угодно из тех, кто был в те времена на слуху - от Shadows Fall до уже порядком подзабытых Crisis. Так или иначе, зная о том, что альбом длится всего-то 37 минут, я в какой-то момент поймал себя на мысли, что не хотел бы, чтобы он заканчивался - настолько остался впечатленным. И в итоге я даже не знаю, кому его посоветовать, потому что он настолько размыт по музыкальной стилистике, насколько крут в своей реализации. В общем, если вы любите бодрый трэш-металл, но считаете, что последние работы Ill Nino не больше чем откровенная лабуда, то Granada помогут вам ненадолго забыть о коллективе Криштиану Мачадо. Хотя бы на те же 37 минут.

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