or it is nothing new that the Mexican singer Cristian Castro (who is now based in Argentina) always liked metal, not for nothing in his solo albums of Latin and melodic pop every now and then he sneaks in the odd song where the riff and the machaque are protagonists as he did in, for example,
“El Camino del Alma” (1994) in the songs “Con esa morena” and “No te vas”. Furthermore, his devotion to Maynard James Keenan and Adam Jones Tool’s band is known (he tattooed the band’s logo on his back, LOL), Black Sabbath, Machine Head or Coal Chamber as he himself declared on more than one occasion, but It is his solo career that sells thousands of records and with which he attracts a multitude of fans as well as with which he is also multi-award-winning. However, this did not stop him and to get rid of the desire to riff and play heavy rock, he created La Esfinge in 2013 and adopted the nickname Lugh Draculea for this project and just a year later he released “El canto de la muerte” (2014) with a style clearly influenced by metal but with a very marked alternative vein, which was followed by some presentations that same year, but starting in 2015 the shows were reduced until it was left aside given the singer’s busy schedule and his always contractual commitments. . It wasn’t until 2018 that Cristian announced that he was working on a second album, which was recorded intermittently over the past year. This year he not only collaborated with my Argentine compatriots Asspera making a metal version of “Lloviendo Estrellas” but also began to recruit musicians for the new formation since it no longer has Alexei Torres and David Avilés who accompanied Cristian in the sessions. recording, and thus entered the guitarist Ignacio “Chowy” Fernandez (Pronoia), the keyboardist Alejandro Graf (Barilari, Jezabel, Domination), the bassist Ruido Barilari (Son of Adrián Barilari from Rata Blanca) and the drummer Alan Fritzler (Octafonic, Barro). On October 20, “La Cruel Cantora” was finally released and immediately afterwards the band did 2 presentation shows at the end of last month at the Vorterix Theater. If you ask me personally, I must say that it is a good second job that can be listened to and enjoyed.
Mi sueño ha de morir
Lobos
Grand prix fórmula 1
El brutal Caín
Hedonismo Evolución
Moiras
Malfarium
Cuarta dimensión
Príncipes siniestros
Las consecuencias
La cruel cantora
A un punto divino