RAICES TORCIDAS

Raices Torcidas
RAICES TORCIDAS : Death Metal.
.. 1998 San Salvador, El Salvador, Central America.
Drago Zeledon guitar and frontman initiated the band. In June, 2000 Walter and Carlos left the band, just before recording their first studio album, period in which the band remained inactive. At the end of 2000, Drago was recruited by the brutal death metal band Kabak, which recorded “cronicas del Quirofano” album, at the beginning of 2001; by May 2001, Rodrigo Fatality, Kabak’s drummer and voice (frontman of Finnish band called Kataplexia actually) was hired as a studio musician for recording the drum samples for the first Raices Tordicas independent album called Evolucion, released on December 2001.
In the same year, new members joined the band. Diego Flamenco on drums (former member of Luna de sangre, Odio Urbano and garrote local bands), Edwin Cruz on bass (former member of Instinto) and on May 2002, Ricardo Peraza joins on rhythm guitar and samplings (former member of Witchcraft, Nocturnal Avernus and Cangrena Renal). Together, they began the “Evoulcion De Las Maquinas 2002” tour, in collaboration with the El Salvador Rocker’s Club and its actual president, Mr. Edwin Marinero, touring most of the Central America region, with shows on Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua, during the “Central America Independent Fest”, sharing the stage with international bands. By the end of 2002, Rices Torcidas began the pre-production material of what became their second album called Virus.
In January 2003, Raices Torcidas was nominated as Best Metal Band in the Subterranica Metal Awards, El Salvador Music Awards, playing live in such event. In February 2003, Raices Torcidas began new plans to release their second album.
In April 2003, the band enters studio again for the making of their second album entitled Virus, which is co-produced by Nocturnal Entertainment Productions of El Salvador, During July 2003, they began touring again with the Finnish band Deep Red, in the Central American Tour entitled “Brutales Masacres”, icluding Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. During this tour, Mr. Eduardo Borja (member of Maruta actually) joins the band as backing vocals.
By September 2003, Raices Torcidas goes into a deep reorganization, due the personal musical interests within their members, with a more aggressive Brutal Death Metal Industrial tendency.
By January 2004, Raices Torcidas is nominated again as Best Metal Band and Best Album in the Subterranica El Salvador Music Awards and in February 2004, they inject a brutal metal dosis to the audience in Metalfest. They began preparations for their third production, which will be called DIGITAL.
New changes arrive, Ricardo Peraza leaves the band, and Eduardo Borja takes his place as a guitarist and second voice.
In 2004, the band had many problems because of all the band member’s jobs , reason why the band didn’t make the respective tour , The live shows activity got difficult and that caused problems to the third production called DIGITAL.
In November of that same year, Eduardo Borja leaves the band; with out its fourth element, the band limped, but Drago, Edwin and Diego decided to keep the original line up.
In January 2005, the band started the new production called DIGITAL METAL FLESH, and if everything happens according to their plans, this material is going to come out in the beginning of 2006.
In August 2005, Rodrigo fatality decide to produce RT’s third album and to record it under Jani’s loikas hand at “CURSED STUDIOS”, in Finland.(studio where Deep Red and Kataplexia have recorded before) And after one month of recording sessions, the band was satisfied with the new material, and besides the two prior albums this one is totally in English (to make the expansion of the band easier) but the bands always keeps its name in Spanish “RAICES TORCIDAS”
Among other projects the band wants to create the animation of “RAICES TORCIDAS”, story that will continue the saga of DIGITAL METAL FLESH (CHAPTER III) and it is going to be available on the band’s web site www.raicestorcidas.net.
In January of 2006, Edwin Cruz leaves the band; Ciro Rotten Bass (Bass) and Jorge Grind (Guitar) (former member..s of Kabak) joins on.
The band did their first video High Tech Weapons (part of the new album) and DVD to include it with the new material. And that is how the search of a new record deal begins.
In November of 2006, Jorge Grind leaves the band; Anto Mirr (former member of Symbolic) takes his place.
In January 2007 the band do a deal with American Line Production, for the distribution of Digital Metal Flesh album in 2007.
In May 07 Annto leave the band, in June Rafa Pacheco (Ex Criptorium MEX) take his place.February 08, Rafa and Diego leave the band, Jorge Grind come back in the guitars, and Edd Lobo take the drummer place.now RT have a solid and the best integration of members.
July 07 are the tour in C.A. to the presentation of the new album DMF.