Jump to content

Dorso: Difference between revisions

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
→Discography: add section
 
(9 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 8: Line 8:
| alias =
| alias =
| origin = [[Santiago]], Chile
| origin = [[Santiago]], Chile
| genre = [[Thrash metal]], [[progressive metal]], [[groove metal]], [[extreme metal]], [[avant-garde metal]]
| genre = [[Speed metal]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith-Engelhardt |first=Joe |date=9 November 2020 |title=30 metal bands who pioneered heavy music in Latin America |url=https://www.altpress.com/latin-metal-bands/ |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]}}</ref> [[thrash metal]], [[progressive metal]], [[extreme metal]], [[avant-garde metal]]
| years_active = 1984–present
| years_active = 1984–present
| label = [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]], Inferno
| label = [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]], Inferno
Line 16: Line 16:
}}
}}


'''Dorso''' is a [[heavy metal music|metal]] band from Chile.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://santiagotimes.cl/metal-chiles-favorite-music-genre/|title=Metal: Chile's favorite music genre?|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=[[The Santiago Times]]|date=22 June 2013|accessdate=2 February 2015}}</ref> While initially a [[speed metal]] band, their musical style has been variously described as [[progressive metal]], [[grindcore]] and [[jazz]]. Common themes in band's music are horror film creatures, hyperbolic [[sexual fetishes]] and Chilean [[myths]].<ref name="absenta">{{cite news|url=http://www.absentamusical.com/2011/02/entrevista-rodrigo-pera-cuadra.html|title=Entrevista a Rodrigo Pera Cuadra|access-date=25 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210054642/http://www.absentamusical.com/2011/02/entrevista-rodrigo-pera-cuadra.html|archive-date=10 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
'''Dorso''' is a Chilean [[heavy metal music|metal]] band.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://santiagotimes.cl/metal-chiles-favorite-music-genre/|title=Metal: Chile's favorite music genre?|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=[[The Santiago Times]]|date=22 June 2013|accessdate=2 February 2015}}</ref> Common themes in the band's music are horror film creatures, hyperbolic [[sexual fetishes]] and Chilean [[myths]].<ref name="absenta">{{cite news|url=http://www.absentamusical.com/2011/02/entrevista-rodrigo-pera-cuadra.html|title=Entrevista a Rodrigo Pera Cuadra|access-date=25 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210054642/http://www.absentamusical.com/2011/02/entrevista-rodrigo-pera-cuadra.html|archive-date=10 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>


The band's frontman, [[Rodrigo Cuadra]], became a TV presenter in the 1990s.
The band's frontman, [[Rodrigo Cuadra]], became a TV presenter in the 1990s.
Line 30: Line 30:


=== 1989–1995 ===
=== 1989–1995 ===
Their first album, ''Bajo una luna cámbrica'', was released in 1989. It featured an eclectic blend of [[prog rock]]-inspired [[thrash metal]], retrospectively described as [[progressive metal]], odd time signatures and traditional [[speed metal]].
Their first album, ''Bajo una luna cámbrica'', was released in 1989. It featured an eclectic blend of [[prog rock]]-inspired [[thrash metal]], retrospectively described as [[progressive metal]], [[odd time signature]]s and traditional [[speed metal]].


The second album, ''[[Romance (Dorso album)|Romance]]'' (1990) is considered by many as one of the best of the band.<ref name="absenta" />
The second album, ''[[Romance (Dorso album)|Romance]]'' (1990) is considered by many as one of the best of the band.<ref name="absenta" />
Line 68: Line 68:


== Discography ==
== Discography ==
===Albums===
{{Main|Dorso discography}}
* ''Bajo una luna Cámbrica'' (1989)
* ''Bajo una luna Cámbrica'' (1989)
* ''[[Romance (Dorso album)|Romance]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Romance (Dorso album)|Romance]]'' (1990)
Line 77: Line 77:
* ''Recolecciones Macabras del Campo Chileno'' (2012)
* ''Recolecciones Macabras del Campo Chileno'' (2012)
* ''Gore and Roll'' (2019)
* ''Gore and Roll'' (2019)

=== Demos ===
* ''Parajes de lo Desconocido'' (1985)
* ''Guerra de Criaturas'' (1987)

=== Live albums ===
* ''Lari la live!'' (2002)
* ''Unplugged Cósmico'' (2005)


=== Other albums ===
=== Other albums ===
Line 92: Line 100:
[[Category:Chilean thrash metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Chilean thrash metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Chilean death metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Chilean death metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Goregrind musical groups]]
[[Category:Groove metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Groove metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Progressive metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Progressive metal musical groups]]

Latest revision as of 05:44, 4 September 2024

Dorso
OriginSantiago, Chile
GenresSpeed metal,[1] thrash metal, progressive metal, extreme metal, avant-garde metal
Years active1984–present
LabelsBMG, Inferno
MembersRodrigo "Pera" Cuadra
Gamal Eltit
Álvaro Soms
Fran Muñoz
Websitedorso.cl

Dorso is a Chilean metal band.[2] Common themes in the band's music are horror film creatures, hyperbolic sexual fetishes and Chilean myths.[3]

The band's frontman, Rodrigo Cuadra, became a TV presenter in the 1990s.

History

[edit]

Early years (1984–1988)

[edit]

Dorso was formed in 1984 by Rodrigo Cuadra, who was 17 at the time. His vision for the band was for it to be a musical synthesis of extreme metal and progressive rock, drawing extensively from dark fantasy literature and gore films for inspiration.

Dorso made its first public gig in a Ñuñoa gym in 1984, with a setlist of heavy metal covers and original songs.

By the time of the release of their first demo, Parajes de lo Desconocido (1985), Dorso was a trio led by its original frontman and two new hires, Gamal Eltit in guitars and Jaime Palma in drums.

1989–1995

[edit]

Their first album, Bajo una luna cámbrica, was released in 1989. It featured an eclectic blend of prog rock-inspired thrash metal, retrospectively described as progressive metal, odd time signatures and traditional speed metal.

The second album, Romance (1990) is considered by many as one of the best of the band.[3]

Romance was a moment of great pretension. We wanted to do something long and conceptual. We took advantage of the fact that we were signed with BMG at the time, which gave us very few restrictions. We wanted this album to be symphonic, yet metal.

— Rodrigo "Pera" Cuadra[3]

Eltit and the newly hired drummer Eduardo Topelberg left the band citing musical disagreements after recording Romance. Two new members joined the band, ex-Nimrod Marcelo Naves in drums and guitarist Alvaro Soms. This line-up went on to record Dorso's best-selling album to date, El Espanto Surge de la Tumba (1993). The album's heavy use of Spanglish, black humor and bilingual puns, as well as Soms' distinctive riff-writing became the defining characteristics of the band's sound.

Their next album, Big Monsters Aventura was released to some success in 1995, with the eponymous song being featured on MTV's Headbangers Ball. This album featured more goregrind elements than its predecessor.

Dorso now (since 1998)

[edit]

Following the release Disco Blood in 1998, the band went on to release two live albums followed by a short hiatus and the return of Eltit in guitars.

In 2008 the band released Espacium, and in 2012 Recolecciones Macabras del Campo Chileno, featuring for the first time some doom and black metal elements, with lyrical themes revolving around Chilean myths and legends.

Band members

[edit]

Current lineup

[edit]
  • Rodrigo "Pera" Cuadra – vocals and bass, bass overdrive, synths, keyboards, percussion, acoustic guitar (since 1984)
  • Gamal Eltit – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, lute, percussion, programming, backing vocals (1984–1991, since 2001)
  • Álvaro Soms – lead guitar (since 1991)
  • Fran Muñoz – drums, percussion (since 2008)

Former members

[edit]
  • Mauricio Castillo – lead guitar (1984)
  • Alvaro Cuadra – rhythm guitar (1986)
  • Claudio Alfaro – bass (1984)
  • Juan Francisco Cueto – bass (1995)
  • Marcelo Castillo – drums, percussion (1984)
  • Gonzalo Lara – drums, percussion (1984)
  • Jaime Palma – drums, percussion (1984–1989)
  • Rafael Alfaro – drums, percussion (1989)
  • Juan Coderch – drums, percussion (1989)
  • Eduardo Topelberg – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1989–1991)
  • Marcelo Naves – drums, percussion (1991–2008)
  • Bernardo Riquelme – percussion (1984)

Discography

[edit]

Albums

[edit]

Demos

[edit]
  • Parajes de lo Desconocido (1985)
  • Guerra de Criaturas (1987)

Live albums

[edit]
  • Lari la live! (2002)
  • Unplugged Cósmico (2005)

Other albums

[edit]
  • Gallinazeous Death SQVAD (pronounced "Squad") (1989)
  • Sangre Eterna (2002)
  • El Huésped (2005)

Note: Both items are included as bonus tracks on Espacium (2008).

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Smith-Engelhardt, Joe (9 November 2020). "30 metal bands who pioneered heavy music in Latin America". Alternative Press. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Metal: Chile's favorite music genre?". The Santiago Times. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Entrevista a Rodrigo Pera Cuadra". Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dorso&oldid=1243938154"