Brujeria (US), Criminal (CL) • 09.03 • Paavli Kultuurivabrik

Damn.Loud Agency presents the notorious cult band of deathgrind, BRUJERIA, on 9 March at Paavli Kultuurivabrik. Also performing: CRIMINAL (CL).

BRUJERIA (US)

Decades before Breaking Bad, Narcos or Mayans M.C., BRUJERIA brought the world of cartels, drug trafficking, violence and ritual murder into death grind. Formed in Mexico in 1989 and wrapped in mystery from the start, the band blends death metal, grindcore and the Mexican tradition of the corrido, a form of storytelling about history, everyday life and characters living on the other side of the law. Their early albums Matando Güeros (1993), Raza Odiada (1995) and Brujerizmo (2000) became classics of extreme metal, while the band’s hidden identity, bandanas, sarapes and balaclavas made BRUJERIA one of the most mystical collectives in metal.

CRIMINAL (CL)

Formed in 1991 in Santiago, Chile, CRIMINAL is one of the best-known metal bands in Latin America. The collective grew out of the remains of the cult band Pentagram and helped shape the region’s extreme metal scene. It played its first live show as the support act for Kreator, at a time when Kreator became the first international metal band to play in Chile. The band’s early albums Victimized (1994) and Dead Soul (1997) became important underground records, followed by Cancer, No Gods No Masters, Sicario and White Hell. Sacrificio, released in 2021 on Metal Blade Records, added the next chapter to their discography.

Over the decades CRIMINAL has toured South and North America and Europe, shared the stage with bands such as Lamb of God, Brujeria and Six Feet Under, and played festivals including Wacken Open Air, Bloodstock and Summer Breeze. One of the biggest moments of their career came in Santiago, where they opened for Metallica in front of 55,000 people.