''Espíritu Combativo'' ( es, Combative spirit) is the debut album by Argentine

thrash metal Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . ...

band

Malón ''Malón'' (from the Mapudungun ''maleu,'' to inflict damage to the enemy) is the name given to plunder raids carried out by Mapuche warriors, who rode horses into Spanish, Chilean and Argentine territories from the 17th to the 19th centuries, as ...

; it was released in 1995.

Reception

''Espíritu combativo'' was selected as the Argentine album of the year by the readers of the '' Madhouse'' magazine. They also included three songs in the top six songs of the year: "Castigador por herencia" (ranked #2), "Malón Mestizo" (ranked #3) and "Síntoma de la infección" (ranked #5, in a tie with "Sentir Indiano" by Almafuerte). It was also ranked #1 in the art cover, and the Argentine videoclip for "Castigador por Herencia".

Track list

# Malón mestizo # Culto siniestro # Síntoma de la infección # Castigador por herencia # Cancha de lodo # Espíritu combativo # Ciegos del mundo # Gatillo fácil # Mendigos # Fábula del avestruz y el jabalí

Personnel

Claudio O'Connor Claudio Alberto Castro, also known as Claudio O'Connor (born April 28, 1963 in Llavallol, Buenos Aires Province) is a thrash metal, groove metal and hard rock vocalist from Argentina. Nowadays he's lead singer of his own band O'Connor and Mal ...

- Singer * Antonio Romano - Guitarist *

Claudio Strunz Claudio Strunz (born November 11, 1966) is an Argentine thrash metal drummer. He has worked in Heinkel, Hermética, Malón and Simbiosis. Biography Claudio Strunz, born in La Tablada, began his career in Heinkel, a band that would be renamed Jer ...

- drummer *

Karlos Cuadrado Karlos may refer to * Karlos (name) *Juan Karlos Juan Karlos (commonly stylized in all lowercase) is a Filipino rock band from Manila, Philippines, consisting of lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter Juan Karlos Labajo, ...

- bassist

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Espiritu Combativo 1995 albums Malón (band) albums EMI Latin albums