Review by UnhinderedbyTalent for Brujeria - Matando güeros (1993)

I have made some great discoveries using this site and Matando güeros rates as perhaps one of my favourites.  My experience of the grindcore scene is limited to my Carcass albums and the occasional blast of Napalm Death.  As I get older, I feel the need to discover more of the branches of metal that I have neglected to pay too much attention to all the more and as a result encounter a lot of shite.  Sites like this give me great filters and can lead to some pretty neat finds.

Boasting a line up of multi-tudinous "stars" of the metal scene, with Dino Cazares of Fear Factory fame on guitars (he was in the band for 16 years), Shane Embury of Napalm Death fame on bass and additional guitars, on more bass and guitars is Faith No More's Billy Gould and the legendary former Dead Kennedy's vocalist Eric Reed Boucher narrates and is a founding member of the band also.  What a fucking line-up!

As you would expect for the genre and the talent on display the album is a fucking blast from start to finish and just sounds like a bunch of guys hanging out at one of their houses jamming in the basement or garage and having a great time doing so.  It is nineteen tracks of pure shit off a shovel intensity that covers thirty two minutes run time and slaps you silly during the process.  Literally no fucks are given on this record and I love it for that one fact alone.  You can feel the relaxed nature to the whole delivery.  It is unapologetic for the bastard child that it is and just wants you to come along for the ride.

Standout moments are the riffs that chop away at the listener throughout the record but Molestando niños muertos sounds like they loosened up the bass strings to the point were they are slapping the living hell out of the fretboard, creating a raw and filthy sounding roar that planes the skin off your face if you sit too close to the speakers.  It is more like a shockwave than a simple reverb.

This is entertaining for me no matter what I am doing.  Whether it is working and being unable to focus too much on an album or simply just sat drinking in my garden treating the neighbours to some Mexican based grindcore it is just like a soundtrack that fits my life brilliantly.