CHARRUA

HISTORY : CHARRUA , thrash death metal band from Montevideo, Uruguay. The band’s story started a long time ago when Pablo Magallanes (founder/ guitarist ex-Senda Negra and Requiem Aeternum ) inspired from several thrashmetal and death metal genres decided to quit his previous bands to set up a new artistic project that would be known as CHARRUA later on. Bassist Luis ” El peruano ” D.Angelo (ex-Chopper and Alto Voltaje) with Marcello Borzacconi (Drums) and Adrian Lema (vocals) joined the guitarist to complete the first line up in 1999. They played together almost 4 years and recorded the first demo "Abre tu Mente" and in the year 2002 the second one EP "CHARRUA".Later after several line-up changes , various auditions and sharing the ideas with friends the current line-up came forward. 2007 Charrua announced as new members the drummer Alvaro de Leon, Gaston Fernandez (vocals) and Jeison Launaz (second guitar ) Early 2008 the new lineup was completed by Maximiliano Caballero on bass. Together they create their vision of the future of extreme metal from Uruguay. A symbiosis of death, thrash and black metal merged with progressive elements and technical as well as compositional demand. The band completed their third Demo " BLOODY VISIONS OF LIFE. "