Long-running South American metallers CULTURA TRES, whose current lineup includes SEPULTURA bassist Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr., were joined by SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser on stage this past Tuesday, April 30 at La Iglesia in São Paulo, Brazil for a performance of the SEPULTURA classic “Territory”. Fan-filmed video of the concert, which also served as Paulo‘s 55th-birthday celebration, can be seen below.
CULTURA TRES‘s latest album, “Camino De Brujos”, was released in April 2023 via Universal Music in the Americas and Bloodblast in the rest of the world.
CULTURA TRES is led by brothers Juanma Montoya and Alejandro, who previously stated about “Camino De Brujos”: “Something we’ve learnt while listening to Andy Wallace‘s albums (he is God in our little world) is that if you can’t imagine the band performing while you listen to a recording then you are just listening to a computer. And we are not interested in letting fans hear a computer… We’d rather invite them to hear four people playing their hearts out on a record. This record.”
Added Paulo: “In 2019 after hearing about the plans for a new CULTURA TRES, I offered Ale and Juanma to join the band.
“The music is very organic. There are a lot of influences from the ’90s and a little bit of hardcore as well. Personally [for this album], I got inspired by the bass players who I’ loved the most back in the ’70s.”
In the studio, CULTURA TRES explored new ideas and found a musical common ground. The resulting style retained elements of the psychedelic-sludgy past, but incorporated the groove of a more metal oriented vibe that Paulo brought in with his SEPULTURA influence.
Alejandro said: “The album title ‘Camino De Brujos’ can be roughly translated as ‘Trail Of Witches’. Do you remember the little story about letting your subconscious make artistic choices? Well, this is one of the best examples. ‘Camino De Brujos’ is the main line sang on top of a nasty slow riff. The song is filled with tribal ritual percussion, typical from South America’s black magic practices. The phrase didn’t only end up being the only lyrics sang on the song but it also gave the name and identity to the album.”
“Camino De Brujos” was recorded by Juan M. De Ferrari Montoya and Alonso Milano Mendoza at AJM Sound Studios, Amsterdam (NL) and at Reborn Studios, Artesa de Segre (SP). Alejandro Londono Montoya took care of the missing and the mastering at AJM Sound Studios in Amsterdam. The artwork was created by Damian Michaels.
CULTURA TRES is:
Alejandro Londono Montoya – guitar, vocals
Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr. – bass
Juan M de Ferrari Montoya – guitar
Jerry Vergara Cevallos – drums