Matando Güeros (Killing Whites) is the debut album by the band Brujeria.[2][3] "Güero" is a Mexican-Spanish slang term for a blonde or light skinned/haired person. The album talks mostly about controversial topics in Mexico like drug trafficking, satanic rituals, sexuality, migration, illegal border crossing, and Anti-Americanism (like the title song, that talks about a revenge killing-spree against the White Americans that mistreated the indigenous Mexican narrator).

Matando Güeros
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 6, 1993
GenreGrindcore
Length33:00
LabelRoadrunner Records
ProducerBrujeria
Brujeria chronology
Matando Güeros
(1993)
Raza Odiada
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Album information

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The front cover depicts a person out of shot holding up a severed head, which was taken from Mexican Shocking and Sensationalistic/Yellow journalistic newspaper ¡Peligro! The album was banned in many places due to its cover and content.[4] This head, nicknamed "Coco Loco", has been taken by the band as a mascot and logo.[4] Track 16 to 19 are taken from the Machetazos single; "Matando Güeros" was on the Gummo soundtrack.

Critical reception

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Heavy Metal: The Music And Its Culture placed the album on its "100 Definitive Metal Albums" list.[5]

Track listing

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All songs written and arranged by Brujeria. (1993 Roadblock Music ASCAP/Machetazos Music ASCAP)

  1. "Pura de Venta" – 0:42 ("Pure for Sale")
  2. "Leyes Narcos" – 1:10 ("Narco Laws")
  3. "Sacrificio" – 1:16 ("Sacrifice")
  4. "Santa Lucía" – 0:43 ("Saint Lucia")
  5. "Matando Güeros" – 2:25 ("Killing Whites")
  6. "Seis Seis Seis" – 1:19 ("Six Six Six")
  7. "Cruza la Frontera" – 1:44 ("Cross the Border")
  8. "Greñudos Locos" – 1:28 ("Long-Haired Maniacs")
  9. "Chingo de Mecos" – 1:16 ("Fuckload of Cum")
  10. "Narcos Satánicos" – 1:50 ("Satanic Narcos")
  11. "Desperado" – 2:42 ("Desperado")
  12. "Culeros" – 0:52 ("Assholes")
  13. "Misas Negras (Sacrificio III)" – 1:21 ("Black Masses [Sacrifice III]")
  14. "Chinga Tu Madre" – 3:11 ("Go Fuck Yourself")
  15. "Verga del Brujo / Están Chingados" – 3:43 ("Warlock's Cock / You Are Fucked")
  16. "Molestando Niños Muertos" – 2:57 ("Molesting Dead Children")
  17. "Machetazos (Sacrificio II)" – 1:27 ("Machete Attack [Sacrifice II]")
  18. "Castigo del Brujo" – 1:44 ("Punishment of the Warlock")
  19. "Cristo de la Roca" – 1:14 ("Christ of the Stone")

Personnel

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Brujeria

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  • Juan Brujo - vocals
  • Asesino - guitars
  • Hongo - guitars, additional bass
  • Güero Sin Fe - bass, additional guitars
  • Fantasma - additional bass, backing vocals
  • Pinche Peach - samples, backing vocals
  • Greñudo - drums

Additional personnel

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  • Hozicon Jr. - direction

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Brujeria".
  3. ^ Suarez, Gary (August 22, 2018). "Brujeria's Gory Deathgrind Debut Inspired a Generation of Latinx Metalheads".
  4. ^ a b "Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives - Home". The Metal Archives. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  5. ^ Weinstein, Deena (August 5, 2009). Heavy Metal: The Music And Its Culture. Hachette Books. ISBN 9780786751037 – via Google Books.