Resistentes: Resistentes | The Experience That Adds Up
(RGS Music – 2024)
I came across this album by accident. While browsing around a bit, I found that Resistentes is a band formed by musicians with a long trajectory in Metal and Rock in Argentina, and that in itself, encouraged me to keep this album. When I put it in my cd player, I realized that we are really talking about something serious. Quality is not something you can find at every moment, but Resistentes is perhaps one of the most interesting things I have found lately.
The band is formed by musicians with a lot of experience in the scene. José Velocet on guitar and vocals (Ex Velocet, current IAN and Entre El Cielo Y El Infierno), Walter Scasso on bass (Ex Cruel Adicción and Logos, current Entre El Cielo Y El Infierno), Ricky “El Griego” Alonso on drums (Ex Alakran, Pappo and JAF) and Mariano “Chino” Barret on the other guitar (ex Alakran and ex IAN). As you can see, there is no lack of quality and experience here, so it is no coincidence that Resistentes has all those ingredients that make a good combo and a good band. Sound, songs and attitude.
The path of Resistentes goes more on the side of melodic Hard Rock, than Metal itself, and what stands out the most are the songs that this work contains and the atmosphere it achieves. There is a good balance between riffs and melodies and each composition that integrates this record has its own weight and quality. Am I exaggerating? Well, maybe yes, but what plays in Resistentes’ favor is that its sound is seamless, and the album itself has a unique and well thought out structure, which keeps it away from being simply an experiment of loose songs that have no logic. That’s where the album’s production comes into play as well, and it’s one of the many positive points.
“Animal”, the first track has that share of hooky Hard Rock that gets you hooked with the band from the very first moment. Next we have one of the best songs, “El Mejor Lugar Del Mundo” with an excellent chorus and structure. “Angel” is one of those ballads to listen to on an endless road while driving through some paradisiacal place. With “Podras”, Resistentes returns to a more hard rock sound with a hooky and strident riff, while with “N.E.E.D. (Nacido En El Desierto)” we have another good composition. For “Pirañas” the sound is much more overdriven and mid-tempo. “Cuando El Viento Sople” is another well-crafted ballad, mediated with a great guitar solo. “De Pie” and ‘Realidad’ close this great album.
I like the permanent interplay of different guitar sounds in each song, while the guitar solos, without being grandiloquent, fulfill what each song proposes. The base between the bass and drums are also very good, and that is where the management, recording, mixing and production coincide to achieve a sound that really hits, and strong, and even achieving a unity throughout the album that makes, plain and simple, a good job.
The graphic part, perhaps, is what we liked the least. The cover doesn’t tell us much, although I think that as a first album, Resistentes chose to simply portray the band’s logo. The inner envelope contains the lyrics, plus some photos of the band and other technical data. It does the job.
For a first album, I think it’s an excellent first step. How far Resistentes will go is unknown. It has the songs, a good line-up, experience and everything we think a good band should have. The rest is a matter of destiny.
To get in touch with the band, you can enter https://www.facebook.com/Resistentes.ok and follow them, and thus be attentive to the news.
We’ve also included one of the band’s official music videos and one of the singles from this album so you can listen to them and judge for yourselves.
