Cultura Tres

Cultura Tres is a sludge metal/progrock band from Maracay, Venezuela. The sound of the band is often described as a unique mix between sludge metal, psychedelic metal, as well as doom and South American influences.[1][2][3][4] The band formed in 2006, and has released one EP and three albums. Cultura Tres has often been interviewed in American and European media about their South American roots, and their D.I.Y. ethic in producing their audio-visuals: the band members record, mix and master their own albums, and film and edit their own video clips.[5][6][7][8]

Cultura Tres
Left to right: Juanma de Ferrari, Darell Laclé, Alejandro Londoño and Benoit Martiny
Background information
OriginMaracay, Venezuela
GenresPost Metal, Sludge Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock
Years active2006 (2006)–present
Members
  • Alejandro Londoño Montoya
  • Juanma de Ferrari Montoya
  • Alonso Milano Mendoza
Past members
  • Marcel Capell
  • Darell Laclé
  • David Abbink
  • Benoit Martiny

Cultura Tres has become Latin America's most recognized and perhaps strangest brother to the sludge metal movement. With its roots firmly in Venezuela, this four-piece independently developed a distinctive sound, an avant-garde mix of metal, seventies rock, doom, psychedelia and South American folk. As natural as their sound came to Cultura Tres, as surprising it was for listeners outside their continent, who discovered their unconventional music when the band burst upon the international underground scene with debut album La Cura in 2008.

Live footage of Cultura Tres

Even the musicians themselves could not have predicted the turns their music would take since the band's inception: the harsh sound of their 2007 EP Seis came closer to metal than to the nightmarish soundscapes they would later produce. Although frontman Alejandro Londoño had been instrumental in South America's very first doom release in 1992 (being a founding member of the pioneering Epitafio), it took a while before such roots would nestle themselves in the creative process of Cultura Tres. The first influences that would define their uniquely haunting sound came through dreams that inspired the most memorable songs of debut album La Cura. This album and the related video imagery attracted the worldwide attention of underground and mainstream media alike, and launched the band on an 18-month tour through South America, Europe and Japan.

Cultura Tres 2017

Members

Current members

  • Alejandro Londoño Montoya – guitar and vocals
  • Juanma de Ferrari Montoya – guitar and backing vocals
  • Alonso Milano Mendoza – bass – drums (2008 – current)
Former members
  • Marcel Capell – bass (2007)
  • Darrell Laclé – bass (2007 – 2008 – 2017 – 2018)
  • David Abbink – drums (2007–2013)
  • Benoit Martiny – drums (2014–2018)

Discography
  • Seis – 2007 (EP)
  • La Cura – 2008 (album)
  • El Mal Del Bien – 2011 (album)
  • Rezando Al Miedo – 2013 (album)
  • La Secta – 2017 (album)

References
  1. "Cultura Tres – 'Rezando Al Miedo' Album Review | Sonic Abuse". Web.archive.org. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  2. "Cultura Tres – Rezando al Miedo". Metalbandcamp.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. "The Obelisk: London Desertfest & Roadburn 2012 Adventure, Pt. 8". The Obelisk. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  4. "DOOMMANTIA – Doom Metal Reviews: Cultura Tres – El Mal Del Bien ..." Web.archive.org. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  5. "DOOMMANTIA – Doom Metal Reviews: South American Sickness – Interview with CULTURA TRES ..." Web.archive.org. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  6. "Interview – Cultura Tres". M3event.wordpress.com. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  8. McKibbin, Tom (28 August 2011). "Cultura Tres Interview". Thesleepingshaman.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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