{"id":4722,"date":"2016-05-01T11:27:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T09:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=4722"},"modified":"2016-04-26T11:30:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T09:30:40","slug":"avulsed-death-metal-made-in-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/avulsed-death-metal-made-in-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Avulsed: Death Metal made in Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Heavy Metal<\/strong> has been a relevant musical genre in Spain since its creation in the 1970s. From then until nowadays, a lot of local bands have arisen, some of which became internationally famous such as Ob\u00fas and Bar\u00f3n Rojo. Furthermore, while some variants of Metal are less popular than some others (for example, Spanish Black Metal bands are very rare while there are a lot of classic Heavy Metal ones), there are notable\u00a0bands of a variety of subgenres: Warcry play Power Metal, Saurom play Folk Metal, Angelus Apatrida play Thrash Metal&#8230; Like Black Metal, <strong>Death Metal<\/strong> seems to not be quite popular in Spain: there are very few bands that play this kind of music, the most popular\u00a0being\u00a0Madrid-based <strong>Avulsed<\/strong>, which is similar to Cannibal Corpse and Six Feet Under.Members,<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/avulsed-death-metal-made-in-madrid\/#members-albums-and-style\" title=\"Members, albums and style\">Members, albums and style<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/avulsed-death-metal-made-in-madrid\/#live\" title=\"Live\">Live<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/avulsed-death-metal-made-in-madrid\/#what-are-they-up-to-nowadays\" title=\"What are they up to nowadays?\">What are they up to nowadays?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"members-albums-and-style\"><\/span>Members, albums and style<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/6301049721_0fef78ff44_z.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4824\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4824 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/6301049721_0fef78ff44_z-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"6301049721_0fef78ff44_z\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/6301049721_0fef78ff44_z-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/6301049721_0fef78ff44_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Like most bands of this genre, <strong>Avulsed<\/strong> are characterised by a chilling guttural voice, frantic playing, heavy percussion and lyrics about death and gore. The members of the band, who all have an intimidating and aggressive appearance, are the following: Dave Rotten on vocals, guitarists Jose &#8220;Cabra&#8221; and Juancar, bass player Tana and Arjan van der Wijst on drums. The covers of their <strong>albums<\/strong> usually feature gruesome imagery and the titles of their <strong>albums<\/strong> also make it evident that their music is\u00a0on the extreme side. To name a few, you have <strong><i>Carnivoracity<\/i><\/strong> (1994), <strong><i>Eminence<\/i><i> in <\/i><i>Putrescence<\/i><\/strong> (1996), and <i><strong>Ritual Zombi<\/strong> <\/i>(2013). In short, if you are easily shocked, this may not be the most appropriate band for you. Otherwise, you might really enjoy their <strong>music<\/strong> even if you are not into this variant of<strong> Metal<\/strong>. Since 1991, the year in which <strong>Avulsed<\/strong> was founded, they have released five demos, six full-length albums, two live DVDs, four EPs and three compilations and have participated in three split albums. They usually sing in English and write their own music even though they have produced two <strong>covers<\/strong> of <strong>classic Metal songs<\/strong>: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kIjuDiEkhQI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Neon Knights<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0by Black Sabbath and the <strong>Metal<\/strong> anthem &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1VATOdXxVwQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ace of Spades<\/a>&#8221; by Mot\u00f6rhead.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"live\"><\/span>Live<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/22487300204_4d43e0a184_z.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4727\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4727 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/22487300204_4d43e0a184_z-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"22487300204_4d43e0a184_z\" width=\"280\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/22487300204_4d43e0a184_z-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/22487300204_4d43e0a184_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a>Avulsed are really intense and impressive <strong>live<\/strong>. They put on a lot of energy into playing and the voice sounds just like in the <strong>albums<\/strong>. They have toured overseas (in South America, Australia and some Asian countries) and have shared the <strong>stage<\/strong> with both underground and famous <strong>bands<\/strong> in a number of festivals such as Death Feast Open Air (Germany, 2008), Night Fest Metal 7 (Belgium, 2010) and Killtown Deathfest (Denmark, 2011). They are known for being close with their fans: they have a facebook page with which they interact with their fans and last year they gave a <strong>free concert<\/strong> in Parla (a town from Madrid) in which the audience got to pick the<strong> songs<\/strong> they played.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what-are-they-up-to-nowadays\"><\/span>What are they up to nowadays?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Right now, they are recording a<strong> double album<\/strong> that will be titled\u00a0<i>Deathgeneration,<\/i>\u00a0will be a compilation of their best tracks to celebrate the band&#8217;s 25th anniversary and will feature seventeen guest singers! They will give a <strong>concert<\/strong> in Madrid on November the 19th so, if you happen to be in the city this day, don&#8217;t miss the opportunity of seeing <strong>live<\/strong> this extraordinary <strong>band<\/strong>! You will find more information about their <strong>music<\/strong> and tour dates at their <a href=\"http:\/\/deathmetal.biz\/avulsed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">official webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-center kksr-disabled\"\n    data-id=\"4722\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\"><\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavy Metal has been a relevant musical genre in Spain since its creation in the 1970s. 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