Brujeria
In reality, the mysterious Los Angeles, USA based Brujeria is an extreme death metal side project for Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares and his friends and colleagues. The band name comes from the black magic which some Mexican drug dealers use to inspire fear in religious locals. The publicity surrounding the release of MATANDOS GUEROS painted a similar picture, alleging that the band were in fact seven psychotic Mexican drug barons, Satanists to a man, led by vocalist Juan Brujo, and featuring three bassists (Guero Sin Fe, Fantasma, Hongo) for a particularly heavy bottom end. The line-up was completed by Asesino on guitar, Grenudo on drums and the mysterious Jr Hozicon/Director Diabolico. The original album cover featured a photograph of a severed head, allegedly that of another Mexican drug dealer, but it was relegated to the inner sleeve and replaced by a black sleeve which warned of the graphic nature of this and other photographs contained therein. The album itself was a fierce collection of short songs which echoed early Napalm Death and Carcass in style, with lyrics growled exclusively in Spanish, and seemed to offer a similar purpose to that served by Stormtroopers Of Death on the New York hardcore scene by adding a touch of humour and parody to the death/grind network with its deliberately grandiose approach. Meanwhile, suspected contributors such as Cazares, Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell, and Faith No More bassist Bill Gould continued to fearfully deny any involvement.