Transmetal

Transmetal
General information
origin	Yurécuaro , Mexico
Genre (s)	Thrash metal
founding	1987 as Temple de Acero
Website	http://www.myspace.com/transmetal
Current occupation
Electric bass	Lorenzo Partida Bravo
Drums	Javier Partida Bravo
Electric guitar	Juan Partida Bravo
Electric guitar, vocals	Chris Menpart
former members
Electric guitar, vocals	Alberto Pimentel
Electric guitar, vocals	Juan Carlos Camarena
singing	Alejandro González
Electric guitar	Ernesto Torres
Electric guitar	Antonio Tenorio
singing	Bruno B.
singing	Arturo Huizar
singing	Leonardo Camacho
singing	Alejandro González

Transmetal is a Mexican thrash metal band from Yurécuaro , which was founded in 1987 under the name Temple de Acero . The band has already performed with groups such as Slayer , Sodom , Kreator , Death , Malevolent Creation , Sepultura , Demolition Hammer , Obituary , Destruction , Devastation , Sacred Reich , Napalm Death , Dark Angel , Nuclear Assault , Testament , Morbid Angel , Deicide , Cannibal Corpse , Overkill , Sadus , Monstrosity and Unleashed .

history

The band was founded in January 1987 by siblings Juan Partida Bravo (electric guitar), Lorenzo Partida Bravo (electric bass) and Javier Partida Bravo (drums) under the name Temple de Acero. In 1988 the debut album Muerto en la Cruz was released , on which guitarist and singer Alberto Pimentel could be heard. The album was produced by Eric Meyer (Dark Angel). In 1990 the second album Sepelio en el Mar followed, before Pimentel left the band and founded the band Leprosy (then still under the name Leprosy). Alejandro González joined the band as a new singer, whereupon Juan Carlos Camarena joined the band as guitarist and singer. In 1991 a tour of Mexico followed with Sacred Reich, Napalm Death and Sepultura. In May 1992 the band performed at the Mexican Mosh Festival together with Sick of It All , Deicide and Nuclear Assault. In the same year González and Camarena left the band again, so that Pimentel returned as a singer. A tour of Mexico followed in October with Mortuary and Inquisidor . In March 1993 the group performed again at the Mexican Mosh Festival, where groups such as Monstrosity, Kreator and Overkill also played. In June 1994 the band performed in Spain on the Monstruos de Rock together with Rata Blanca and Angeles del Infierno . Pimentel also resigned to go back to leprosy. Arturo Huizar joined the band as a new singer, before singer Mauricio Torres and guitarist Ernesto Torres joined the band in February 1998. After the album Tristeza de Lucifer had been released, a tour of South America followed. In the following years, the post of singer and guitarist changed several times and the band released other albums.

style

The band is one of the most important representatives of the Mexican Thrash Metal scene, whereby the vocals of the English-language songs are mainly characterized by the strong accent.

Discography

• Velocidad, Desecho y Metal (Demo, 1987, self-published)
• Muerto en la Cruz (album, 1988, Avanzada Metallica )
• Desear un Funeral (EP, 1989, Avanzada Metalica)
• Sepelio en el Mar (Album, 1990, Discos y Cintas Denver )
• Zona Muerta (Album, 1991, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• Amanecer en el Mausuleo (Album, 1992, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• En Vivo Vol. 1 (Live Album, 1992, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• En Vivo Vol. 2 (Live Album, 1992, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• Burial at Sea (album, 1992, Grind Core Records )
• Cronicas de Dolor (album, 1993, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• El Infierno de Dante (Album, 1993, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• Dante's Inferno (album, 1993, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• Estalla Tu Cerebro 1 (Split- VHS with Khafra , Next and Garrobos , 1993, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• Veloz y Devastador Metal (compilation, 1995, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• El Llamado de la Hembra (Album, 1996, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• Mexico Barbaro (album, 1996, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• Las Alas del Emperador (Album, 1999, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• Transmetal XIII Años (DVD, 1999, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• XIII Años en Vivo Primera Parte (Live Album, 2000, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• XIII Años en Vivo Segunda Parte (Live Album, 2000, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• XIII Años En Vivo + Videocompilación (DVD, 2000, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• XIII Años En Vivo Primera Parte (VHS, 2000, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• XIII Años En Vivo Segunda Parte (VHS, 2000, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• Debajo de los Cielos Purpura (Album, 2001, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• Tristeza de Lucifer (Album, 2002, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• El Amor Supremo (Album, 2002, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• Lo Podrido Corona La Inmensidad (Album, 2004, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• 17 Years Down in Hell (Compilation, 2004, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• Temple De Acero (album, 2004, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• El Despertar de la Adversidad (Album, 2006, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• Progression Neurotica (Album, 2006, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• Batalla por el Infierno (Compilation, 2007, Teyers Records )
• 20 Años Ondeando La Bandera Del Metal (Album, 2007, Discos y Cintas Denver)
• En Vivo Desde Tijuana, Mex. (Live album, 2008, Regimental Records )
• Odyssey in the Flesh (Album, 2008, Felony 1 Records )
• Decadencia En La Modernidad (Album, 2011, La Mazakuata Records )
• Renovación desde las Ruinas (DVD, 2011, La Mazakuata Records)
• Indestructible (album, 2012, La Mazakuata Records)

Web links

• Myspace page of the band

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Info , accessed on February 16, 2013.
2. ↑ Garry Sharpe-Young : AZ of Thrash Metal . Cherry Red Books, London 2002, ISBN 1-901447-09-X , pp. 401 f .
3. ↑ TRANSMETAL - Burial At Sea , accessed on February 16, 2013.