Raza De Odio - La Nueva Alarma

*=Staff's pick	La Nueva Alarma Raza De Odio* Destroy Malafama Otra Vez Matando Güeros* Vente pa´ Madrid* Mienten* Una Luz Odiados* United Forces* El Tiempo*

Genre	Tribal Thrash Metal	Zanna	Vocals
Tracks	12	Lopez	Guitar
Runningtime	40 Min.	Paco	Guitar
Label	Scarlet Records	El Sergento	Bass
Release	04 Oct. 2004	Peso	Drums
Country	Italy	-	Keyboards
Similar artists	Sepultura, Soulfly

This was something fun and unexpected that landed in my stereo. Italian band Raza De Odio that mix thrash metal with Latin and tribal rhythms in a splendid fashion. And for the first time it can actually be said that this is something new and groundbreaking, at least in my ears. Raza De Odio features members from bands like Necrodeath and Sadist and this is both aggressive and rhythmic with roots in the thrash metal mostly hailing from bands in the vain of Slayer and Sepultura.

It didn't take long before I found my favourite tracks on this album and one of the first was Odiados. Now we are talking about brutal Slayer in the verses leading up to a flamenco guitar break, on with the slaughtering verses to the next flamenco break, and then slaughter a bit more and finally to a typical furious Slayer break. It's an amazing idea to be mixing Slayer with flamenco and making it sound really great as these guys do, how cool isn't that? Raza De Odio have gathered much from the tribal kind of thrash that Sepultura produces but they are taking it a step further. More tribal rhythms and adding Latin music with the brilliant addition of flamenco guitar and tribal percussion makes their music come to life more than Sepultura and without compromising with the aggression.

According to themselves they are influenced by bands like Brujeria, Soulfly Ill Niño, Sepultura and Slayer, and to those I would also like to add Kreator. It took me a bit of thinking but then it struck me, former Sadist vocalist Zanna is very close vocally to Mille from Kreator, and with the last track El Tiempo the Kreator influences are evident. Of the twelve tracks on their debut album there are three covers, and usually I would have thought that it is at least two too many. And even though I haven't actually heard any of the original version of the cover tracks I don't think they are better as originals, not by the great way Raza De Odio handles them. Vente pa' Madrid is an incredibly good track, a cover of the flamenco group Ketama that kicks some serious flamenco butt, a perfect mix of flamenco and thrash. The other covers are Matando güeros by Brujeria and United Forces from S.O.D.

Raza De Odio ought to be one helluva live act even if they only bring along half of the intensity they display on La Nueva Alarma. They are mixing English with Italian vocals (or is it Spanish?), and even if I don't understand shit when they are not singing in English it doesn't stop me from loving what I hear.

Production	Vocals	Compositions
6	7	8

Summary
7 chalices of 10 - Thomas