A to Z 2k18: I is for Ill Niño

Band:  Ill Niño
Song:  If You Still Hate Me
Album:  Revolution Revolucion (2001)
Genre:  Nu-Metal
Language:  Strong

I would be remiss if I went the whole way through the A to Z without dropping my absolute favorite genre of music, Nu-Metal.  Nu-Metal has so much energy to it, and there's so many bands that do it well.

Granted, Nu-Metal is the garbage Metal genre for a reason.  There's a lot of bands (Ill Niño included to a point) that just don't commit to the genre much.  The main acts that made things work were people like Korn and Slipknot who have evolved their sounds past what Nu-Metal used to be.  The iconic sound is probably best encapsulated by Limp Bizkit (one of my all time favorite bands), though there's all kinds of little sound styles.

Ill Niño has a rather cool sound going on.  They have a latin vibe that not many bands in the Metal community have.  A lot of people think they're from South America, but they're actually from Jersey.  Fun fact of the day.  While most of their albums don't really grab me, Revolution Revolucion is just a wonderfully aggressive work of art.  It just exists to work up a crowd and get things going, which is my favorite thing about Nu-Metal.

It's just a good time, probably not if you don't like Metal though.  Song's only 3 minutes long though, so it's not too much out of your day, ya know?

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