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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Dorso
| name = Dorso
| image = Dorso.jpg|thumb|200px|right|
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| caption = Dorso comprising: [[Rodrigo Cuadra|Rodrigo "Pera" Cuadra]], Alvaro Soms, Gamal Eltit, Fran Muñoz
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| origin = [[Santiago]], Chile
| 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]]
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| alias =
| years_active = 1984–present
| origin = [[Santiago]], [[Chile]]
| label = [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]], Inferno
| genre = [[Speed metal|Speed]]/[[thrash metal]], [[death metal]], [[black metal]], [[progressive metal]], [[goregrind]]
| years_active = 1984&ndash;present
| website = {{URL|dorso.cl}}
| label = [[BMG]] {{citation needed|date=September 2012}}<br />Inferno Records {{citation needed|date=September 2012}}
| associated_acts =
| website = [http://www.dorso.cl official website]
| current_members = [[Rodrigo Cuadra|Rodrigo "Pera" Cuadra]]<br />Gamal Eltit<br />Álvaro Soms<br />Fran Muñoz
| current_members = [[Rodrigo Cuadra|Rodrigo "Pera" Cuadra]]<br />Gamal Eltit<br />Álvaro Soms<br />Fran Muñoz
| past_members =
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'''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>
'''Dorso''' is a [[thrash metal]] band from Chile's long history and prestige.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} Among his musical influences include [[Gong (band)|Gong]], [[King Crimson]], [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], [[Magma (band)|Magma]], and [[Frank Zappa]]. Regarding thematic stories inspired by Lovecraft, horror movies and whatever story you can imagine bizarre, monstrous allegories, using black humor and allusions to witchcraft. Most of their lyrics are composed in Castilian language, but is often used as a resource Spanglish lyrics. Since its inception the musical theme has varied [[speed metal|speed]]/[[thrash metal]] in the 1980s and including [[progressive metal|progressive]] [[rhythms]], [[grindcore]], [[jazz]] and the use of recordings from classic [[horror films]].{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}


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


== History ==
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===Early years (1984—1988)===
Since its inception, ''[[Rodrigo Cuadra]]'' joined in the music of his band a complement composition and sound, with stories and legends of mythological origin, dreams of cosmic horror, lots of blood, the bizarre and the absurd, the end in every sense, gore film, teachers of science fiction H. P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe and the musical [[antithesis]] of [[death metal]] band [[Cannibal Corpse]] and the progressive rock group Genesis, two of his artistic inspirations. One of the curiosities is that Back when he was in the jump from [[progressive rock]] to [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] were experiencing between these 2 genera, unconsciously advanced to a genre that years later would be known. The [[progressive metal]], this experiment can be noticed instantly the song ''Zeus''.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}


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=== Early years (1984–1988) ===
''Dorso'' ran 1984 and made their first appearances in the gym Manuel Square Nunoa in [[Santiago]]. Whether as a guest or organizer of the event, the band always provided with new elements to the show. ''Pera Cuadra'' masks on stage and some other cover sets the tone of the early repertoire. To dust off the memory lane was not unusual, for example, interpret Back "Come to the Sabbath", the classic [[Mercyful Fate]] 1984, as a way of paying tribute to another musical reference.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}
''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 [[B movie|gore films]] for inspiration.


''Dorso'' made its first public gig in a [[Ñuñoa]] gym in 1984, with a setlist of [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] covers and original songs.
Other founders of cosmic monster metalhead, when it was a prank Back teenager, are the brothers ''Mauricio'' and ''Marcelo Castillo'' ([[guitar]] and [[drums]]), Gonzalo Lara ([[drums]]) and Bernardo Riquelme ([[percussion]]). The songs "Expelido del vientre", "Parajes de lo desconocido" and "Fantasías del bosque" represented the first attempt musical group recorded their first demo, ''Parajes de lo desconocido''. Two years later, the demo ''Guerra de criaturas'' (1987) was recorded and distributed as semi between supporters of the trio, consisting of Rodrigo Cuadra ([[Bass guitar|bass]] and [[vocals]]), Jamal Eltit ([[guitar]]) and Jaime Palma (drums).{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}


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.
===Golden Age (1989—1995)===
The first album, "[[Bajo una luna Cámbrica]]" (1989) includes the songs "Hidra" and "Cíclope" ''Guerra de Criaturas'' demo and "Expelido del Vientre" the ''Parajes de lo desconocido'' demo.


=== 1989–1995 ===
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The second album, "[[Romance (Dorso album)|Romance]]" (1990) is considered by many as one of the best of the band.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}
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]].


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The second album, ''[[Romance (Dorso album)|Romance]]'' (1990) is considered by many as one of the best of the band.<ref name="absenta" />
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<blockquote>Romance was in a moment of great pretension, wanted to do something along conceptual advantage that we were with BMG and they put us unrestricted study, we wanted to make that record symphonic, but also Metal, there did "Romance".
says: ''Rodrigo "Pera" Cuadra''</blockquote>{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}


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{{quote|''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 [[Sony BMG|BMG]] at the time, which gave us very few restrictions. We wanted this album to be symphonic, yet metal.|''Rodrigo "Pera" Cuadra''<ref name="absenta" />}}
[[File:Dorso foto recolecciones02.jpg|thumb|Dorso.]]
Until then, Dorso worked as a trio, with Eltit on [[guitars]], Eduardo Topelberg on [[drums]] (replacing Jaime Palma) and Cuadra on [[Bass guitar|bass]] and [[vocals]]. Romance After the release of the first differences arose within the band. This led to the removal of Eltit and Topelberg, leaving the group on hold.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}


Contrary to rumors of separation, the group added two new members, Marcelo Naves, ex-[[drummer]] ''Nimrod'' and [[guitarist]] Álvaro Soms, which was initiated and the contemporary stage of the group. The result would be the most successful album performed by the trio. ''[[El Espanto Surge de la Tumba]]'' (1993) had considerable success, insisting on elements of [[jazz]] and [[progressive rock]], but adds the film gore or black humor and macabre as new themes.
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.
The album ''[[Big Monster Aventura]]'' (1995) represents some continuity of his predecessor. The clip that names the album had an outstanding rotation on MTV and songs like "Gran chango", "Transformed in cocodrile" and "Gracias, oh! seres de cochayuyo" became classics of the group.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}


===Dorso now (since 1998)===
=== Dorso now (since 1998) ===
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.
With the new line was launched ''[[Disco Blood]]'' (1998), with themes of cosmic horror, and influential [[science fiction film]] and [[Horror film|horror]] of the 1950s to the 1970s. This album could be classified within the [[Thrash metal|thrash]]/[[groove metal]], and is one of the higher quality of the band.


In 2008 the band released ''Espacium'', and in 2012 ''Recolecciones Macabras del Campo Chileno'', featuring for the first time some [[doom metal|doom]] and [[black metal]] elements, with lyrical themes revolving around Chilean [[myths]] and [[legend]]s.
In 2002 and 2005 the group released the live albums "[[Lari live!]]" and "Unplugged Cósmico", respectively, and after a creative break that also included the return of ''Gamal Eltit'' on [[guitar]], the group resumed their discography with a new album "[[Espacium]]" (2008).


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== Band members ==
In 2012 they will launch a new work entitled ''Recolecciones Macabras del Campo Chileno'' whose pre-release was the September 30, 2011. In this production, Dorso combines all the mystical spirit of national folklore and country sound with the power of [[doom metal|doom]], [[black metal|black]] and [[death metal]], and also portray the sinister legends abound around the field throughout Chile. will double disc version will vinyl.


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=== Current lineup ===
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==Band members==
*[[Rodrigo Cuadra|Rodrigo "Pera" Cuadra]] – vocals and bass, bass overdrive, synths, keyboards, percussion, acoustic guitar <small>(since 1984)</small>
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;Current lineup
*[[Rodrigo Cuadra|Rodrigo "Pera" Cuadra]] — [[vocals]] and [[Bass guitar|bass]], bass overdrive, [[synths]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[percussion]], [[acoustic guitar]] <small>(since 1984)</small>
*Gamal Eltit – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, lute, percussion, programming, backing vocals <small>(1984–1991, since 2001)</small>
*Gamal Eltit — [[rhythm guitar]], [[lead guitar]], [[lute]], percussion, [[programming (music)|programming]], [[background vocals]] <small>(1984-1991, since 2001)</small>
*Álvaro Soms – lead guitar <small>(since 1991)</small>
*Álvaro Soms — lead guitar <small>(since 1991)</small>
*Fran Muñoz – drums, percussion <small>(since 2008)</small>
*Francisco Muñoz — drums, percussion <small>(since 2008)</small>


;Former members
=== Former members ===
*Mauricio Castillo — [[lead guitar]] <small>(1984)</small>
*Mauricio Castillo – lead guitar <small>(1984)</small>
*Alvaro Cuadra — [[rhythm guitar]] <small>(1986)</small>
*Alvaro Cuadra – rhythm guitar <small>(1986)</small>
*Claudio Alfaro — [[bass guitar|bass]] <small>(1984)</small>
*Claudio Alfaro – bass <small>(1984)</small>
*Juan Francisco Cueto — bass <small>(1995)</small>
*Juan Francisco Cueto – bass <small>(1995)</small>
*Marcelo Castillo — [[drums]], [[percussion]] <small>(1984)</small>
*Marcelo Castillo – drums, percussion <small>(1984)</small>
*Gonzalo Lara — drums, percussion <small>(1984)</small>
*Gonzalo Lara – drums, percussion <small>(1984)</small>
*Jaime Palma — drums, percussion <small>(1984-1989)</small>
*Jaime Palma – drums, percussion <small>(1984–1989)</small>
*Rafael Alfaro — drums, percussion <small>(1989)</small>
*Rafael Alfaro – drums, percussion <small>(1989)</small>
*Juan Coderch — drums, percussion <small>(1989)</small>
*Juan Coderch – drums, percussion <small>(1989)</small>
*Eduardo Topelberg — drums, percussion, [[background vocals]] <small>(1989-1991)</small>
*Eduardo Topelberg – drums, percussion, backing vocals <small>(1989–1991)</small>
*Marcelo Naves — drums, percussion <small>(1991-2008)</small>
*Marcelo Naves – drums, percussion <small>(1991–2008)</small>
*Bernardo Riquelme — percussion <small>(1984)</small>
*Bernardo Riquelme – percussion <small>(1984)</small>


==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)
* ''[[El Espanto Surge de la Tumba]]'' (1993)
* ''[[El Espanto Surge de la Tumba]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Big Monster Aventura]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Big Monster Aventura]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Disco Blood]]'' (1998)
* ''Disco Blood'' (1998)
* ''[[Espacium]]'' (2008)
* ''Espacium'' (2008)
* ''Recolecciones Macabras del Campo Chileno'' (2012)
* ''Recolecciones Macabras del Campo Chileno'' (2012)
* ''Gore and Roll'' (2019)


==Other albums==
=== Demos ===
* ''Parajes de lo Desconocido'' (1985)
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* ''Gallinazeous Death SQVAD'' (pronounced Squad) (1989)
* ''Guerra de Criaturas'' (1987)

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

=== Other albums ===
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* ''Gallinazeous Death SQVAD'' (pronounced "Squad") (1989)
* ''Sangre Eterna'' (2002)
* ''Sangre Eterna'' (2002)
* ''El Huésped'' (2005)
* ''El Huésped'' (2005)


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


==References==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Speed metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Speed metal musical groups]]
[[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.
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