Tag: mexico city

The Christian Metal Scene lost one its giants last week. Abel Gomez, founding member (guitar and vocals) died in his sleep Friday, September 18th, of natural causes. He died way too young and will be missed by family, friends, and fans alike. While I never met Abel personally, we did correspond by email over the years and even traded music from time to time. Lament was quite possibly the most famous and most prominent Christian metal band from Mexico, coming to us from the Mexico City area.… Continued →

Mexico City’s Meekness have a new track out for digital download. The extreme noise genre (and all its ridiculously named subgenres: harsh noise wall, power electronics, noisecore, gorenoise, etc.) is a tough genre to get into. It’s even arguable whether it could be called music. While we won’t debate that here, suffice it to say that Meekness definitely offer something fresh and original to the genre. As impossible as it sounds they mix influences from synth-driven new wave, hip-hop beats, 80s industrial, grindcore and noise to form something entirely unique.… Continued →