Cultura Tres | |
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 Left to right: Juanma de Ferrari Montoya, Jerry Vergara Cevallos, Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr, Alejandro Londono Montoya | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Maracay, Venezuela |
| Genres | Thrash metal, sludge metal, psychedelic rock, progressive rock |
| Years active | 2006–present |
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Cultura Tres is a band that started in Maracay, Venezuela in 2006.[1] The band was formed by brothers Alejandro and Juanma Montoya.
During the band's time making sludge-doom music, guitarist brothers Alejandro and Juanma Montoya produced independent releases. In its early years, the band toured Europe, Japan and South-America, and was listed as a "Discovery of the month" for Metal Hammer UK.[2] Burrn, a Japanese magazine, described the band as "Tool meets South American rock", and praised the band's "dark, gloomy riffs with swelling groove".[3]
In a review in Metal Underground, the band's self-released album El Mal Del Bien (2011) was praised as "a memorable album", receiving 4/5 or "excellent" on the publication's rating system.[4]
In 2019, the Montoya brothers' friend Paulo Jr. (bass player of Sepultura) joined the band.[5][6] Soon after, the first demo sessions took place in a studio in Amsterdam.[1] The resulting style retained elements of the band's psychedelic-sludgy past, but incorporated Paulo's influence.[5]
During the following three years and despite the pandemic, Cultura Tres worked on an album. Drummers Alonso Milano Mendoza and Jerry Vergara joined the band as studio musicians to record Camino de Brujos ("Trail of Witches"), an album that explored new and old musical textures.[7] Camino de Brujos was released in 2023 through Outono / Universal Music Group in the Americas and in the rest of the world through AJM / Bloodblast.[7] The record received praise for its tone in Bass Magazine.[7]
After touring in late 2023, the band performed at large music festivals across South America and Europe, including 'Bloodstock Open Air' in the UK and 'Summer Breeze Open Air' in Brazil.[8]
The addition of Henrique Pucci, a Brazilian drummer, completes Cultura Tres’ new line-up. The band is preparing their follow-up album, scheduled for release in February 2025.[citation needed]
- ^ a b "AN NCS INTERVIEW: CULTURA TRES". NO CLEAN SINGING. 3 December 2019.
- ^ https://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=72672
- ^ https://www.reverbnation.com/culturatres/press
- ^ https://www.metalunderground.com/reviews/details.cfm?releaseid=4508
- ^ a b Deaux, Jon (27 February 2023). "CULTURA TRES (feat. SEPULTURA's Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr.'s) unleash the new single "The Land"".
- ^ Kennelty, Greg (26 November 2022). "SEPULTURA Bassist Joins CULTURA TRES, Band Announces New Album Camino De Brujos". Metal Injection.
- ^ a b c "Cultura Tres Release New Album 'Camino de Brujos'". Bass Magazine. 19 April 2023.
- ^ https://www.reverbnation.com/culturatres/shows