CABEZA

Their debut album has more to share with (prog) metal than anything else. And to listen to some metal rock sung in Spanish is not a thrilling experience. The mood is at times punkish, at times very heavy (''Lo Que Se Ve No es Real'', ''Cortapescuezos'' or ''Y El Barco?'') but as I have said mostly metal-oriented (''Introducción''? 44El Hombre Al Que?'').

Vocals are generally very weak, without expression and rather noisy. One of the most achieved song is ''Talismán''. A fine and structured composition which combines quieter passages with more rocking ones. At least one does not have to bear these loudly and dispensable shouts (although some parts of this song are digging again in these territories).

Some songs really lead nowhere (''Dios No Existe''). The band is even showing some sense of humour with '' Creo firmemente en la reencarnación y en mi próxima vida seré una hamburguesa con queso'' which means: ''I strongly believe in reincarnation and I'll be converted into a cheeseburger in my next life''! At least, the atmosphere of this song is more peaceful but again vocals are damned weak.

I'm afraid that I won't rate this work pretty high. Heavy-metal rock sung in Spanish. That's basically it. I just don't like this album. One star. For metal heads only.

An album released in 1994. It sounds like 1994 because it has soaked up the sounds from that era. The opening track sounds like Rush anno Fly By Night. And there is a lot of early Rush on this album. But the likes of Nirvana, the grunge band led by Kurt Cobain, and Soundgarden also shines through. A bit what today is called post rock also shines through. Most of all, the band sounds like something that has crashed through the door. In full flight that is. Pez makes a lot of noise on this album and very little of this noise has any structure, let alone meaning. The guitar solos are unstructured. The vocals pretty horrible. The bass and drums hangs around and is very loose. In short; this is not an album I want to listen to again to be honest. The album is a free download from their homepage so feel free to discover it yourself.

1.75 stars