UNDERGROUND A&R REPORT

Arrival - Que Asi Sea

Singing in a foreign language can throw you off if you don't know that language. I've often thought about that all these years when foreign bands sing in Anglish. I would think, they know it well enough to sing it, I can barely follow theirs. Even today I don't know if that pointed at the time to still felt after effects of WWII, or the laziness of most of my people to learn other languages. Arrival from Argentina sing in Spanish, but most of all they perform in the universal language, music. While their highly melodic metal was perfected in Europe, the Latin American marks here are reflective and bold. Epic, tightly executed metal, tonally precise vocalings, and plenty of classic hard rock riffage does this band make. Their take on Deep Purple's Burn is like a shot out of the blue, I probably hadn't listened to that song in 10 years, and I used to wear Purple albums out. The other three songs on the EP show this is indeed a good metal band with much potential. For a full length, a bit more off the known metal path might serve them well. However they come, Arrival are gaining some name in the world. This first release after their 2006 demo, shows the band growing and getting strong. Contact: http:// www.myspace.com/arrivalheavy, Luciano (011) 1563561580, Mariano (011) 1563786887, Claudio (011) 1561088979, Marcos (011)1561878431

This review will appear in next week's new Underground Sound - http://undergroundrecords.org/sound/