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Brujeria - Mextremist! Greatest Hits

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If you haven't picked up one of their other albums, this is the one to get. Mextremist! is jam packed with a lovely assortment of tracks including a couple live tracks, re-mixes and a few extra special suprises. These masked men (wink wink) sing about satan & death & drugs (oh mY!) and it's sometimes tounge-in-cheek.. but there are also a lot of politics in thier death metal grooves. If you are into heavy you won't be dissapointed.

Now, this is what I call a carreer making heavy metal, and in general good music.
Why do I say a career in Heavy Metal, since it shows the origins of a "band" or "project" if you will, until they get really good at what they do and you can see the progress of it thru these songs.
Why do I say good music? Since once you get to understand the lyrics, it opens a whole new world to you. it shows you things you never heard of and tells you things you never knew existed, that's waht music is all about... and records like this do a good job at it.
If you can't understand what they are saying, the riffs and beats of the album are well worth the money.
If you do, well, enjoy and learn, since there are not too many records like this being done now a days.

For fans of early supultura,fear factory,napalmdeath,origin, &,slayer...Brujeria, brings an mexican industrial,death,grind album even a lil thrash all mix in just one sound! It's realy amazing how it turns out! For fans of nothing but strictly pure metal that makes you proud even if you don't understand the words! Brujeria, plays , extreme metal at it's best! The best song ? "machetazos" that's my fav track...Buy it!!!

The enigmatic Brujeria return with a significant compilation of select tracks from their out-of-print 7"s and unreleased alternate versions of cuts from their full-lengths on Roadrunner and Kool Arrow - though fret not, vinylheads, because this disc does not collect every single track from those classic platters. "Seis Seis Seis," "Santa Lucía," "Sacrificio," and the very Godflesh-y "Papa Capado" (the whole of their 1990 debut 7", Demoniaco! on Nemesis; also included [except "Papa Capado"] on their 1993 debut full-length, Matando Güeros on Roadrunner) show Brujeria's signature grindcore, primitive by today's metal standards but innovative at the time because of frontman Juan Brujo's gruff death vocals sung entirely en Español - which is what enthralled millions to the band in the first place, along with the blatant Fear Factory-inspired guitar riffage. Their 7" from 1992, Machetazos! on Alternative Tentacles, is represented by the dense, growly death of "Machetazos," "Molestando Niños Muertos," "Padre Nuestro," "Castigo Del Brujo," and "Christo De La Roca" (also included [except "Padre Nuestro"] on Matando Güeros). The 1997 re-recording of "Matando Güeros" (taken from the Marijuana 7" on Chupacabra) is particularly prime here with its lyrical addition of O.J. Simpson, and the live "Hechando Chingasos" gives a small taste of their onstage command. The speedy "Poseido" could be an unused track from the Matando Güeros sessions, while "Narco-Peda," possibly an extra track from last year's Brujerizmo album, combines their later bulldozer riffs with vocals rap-delivered à la Anthrax's "Bring The Noise" collaboration with Public Enemy. The newer "Brujo Cirujano" and the manic "Asesino" focus on faster tempos due to their later black-metal affiliations via Cradle Of Filth and Dimmu Borgir. The eroding industrial tones of "Seran Mios Para Siempre - Fantasma Remix" has foreboding spoken-word vocals, while the flaccid "Mecosario - Pinche Peach Torsido Remix" is a bit excessive. Sporting samples from "Pura De Venta" (the intro to Matando Güeros), the techno "Marijuana - Escobar Remix" by DJ Juju is at least more interesting than "Don Quixote Marijuana" (from Kool Arrow's Spanglish 101 comp), thankfully not included here. But the original version of "Marijuana" is thrown in as a hidden track; this humorously twisted take on the dance hit "Macarena" first surfaced as a stopgap release between full-lengths. The CD-ROM features are worth the price of the disc alone: a Mexican news report on the band's inherent evil; the video for "Don Quixote Marijuana"; footage of the band and the introduction of the Mextremist Street Team by the only unmasked member. Indeed, Mextremist Hits should satisfy all Brujeria fans and especially completists, though first-timers should search out the 1993 full-length Raza Odiada on Roadrunner and the ultra-rare El Patron 7" on Alternative Tentacles.

Brujeria is simply one of the best Mexican Bands of all time. The Hardcore metal sound and the mexican language blends awesome with this power house style of metal. That is why Brujeria is simply the best mexican metal band of ALL TIME.

The fact that this band exists is a travesty! There are talented musicians out there and this band didn't find any of them! Simply put... I've heard more melodic sounds from a deaf raccoon that was set on fire while being swung by the tail! How does a band like this exist? Too bad there isn't a negative star rating!! To call this crap music is an injustice!!!!