Thursday, August 26, 2010

Illuminati - Demo

A mysterious band named after a shadowy secret society sent to me by a donor who wished to remain anonymous? Sign me up!! This is what I love about punk rock. These relatively unknown bands playing kick ass music that maybe 500 people on this planet have heard. Definitely a cool feeling. I seriously don't know ANYTHING about this band, and googling illuminati turns up conspiracy theories and metal....and Tom Hanks. If you know where Illuminati is from or anything about them, let me know in the comments. Thanks!

Anyways, based on the song titles and the vocals I'm assuming this band is from Spain. It has a definite European screamo/punk vibe to it with a bit more of a rocking straight forward style. Super cool. Vocally it sounds alot like Birds & Wires, musically think Raein meets 12XU....or La Quiete meets Hot Snakes. Don't take either of those descriptions too seriously though. Anyways, really cool record that I can almost guarantee a lot of people haven't heard.
~AB

6 comments:

  1. Super jams. This demo is so great. I wish we knew more.

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  2. Illuminati was a chilean band that had a very short time on the scene (1 year?) around 2002 or 2003.. they were from Santiago and the vocalist had another band called "Redencion 911" with more punk lyrics focused on criticize the system and the way of life that people commonly have

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  4. Now the mystery has shifted to just WHO is this Anonymous character...

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  5. check out www.amorylucha.org .... the Illuminati demo was released on CD-R.

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  6. Tape re-issue here:
    https://artesyoficios.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2003

    Enjoy!

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