ILL NINO – Epidemia
- Posted on 05-10-2012
Ill Nino is a six piece metal act that incorporates an interesting cocktail of Latin beats, alternative clean singing with psychotic screams, and obvious nu-metal / groove rhythms that motivate frantic audience action. Founded in 1998, they’ve sold a few million copies of their previous five studio albums and gained support slots on Ozzfest and the Jagermeister tours to build up their profile. Expect high pitch guitar squeals, low end pumping bass, dual drumming/ percussion movements, and build ups/ transitions where the large money riff/ breakdowns occur in songs like "The Depression", "La Epidemia" and "Death Wants More" for this sixth album "Epidemia".
There are commercial aspects to "Time Won’t Save You" with the clean, hypnotic verses and chorus along with this addictive, jackhammer riff that keeps reverberating in my head along with some cool Latin acoustic guitar parts during the conclusion- and with "Forgive Me Father" as the follow up I don’t see many Ill Nino fans thinking the sextet have lost any of their modern songwriting abilities. The aspect that helps the band stick out from their contemporaries is the prominent use of Latin percussion and drum motives in songs like "Demi-God" and "Invisible People"- taking what Soulfly does to another dimension because their dual drumming/ percussion play isn’t purely from a tribal platform.
10 songs in an economical 37 minutes- "Epidemia" gets the job done if you are into this style of quick hitting riffs and powerful, groove-oriented rhythms.