MALON
Malón was formed in 1995, after the separation of Hermética. Claudio O’Connor, Antonio Romano and Claudio Strunz continued as a group under the name Malón, and as a bass player they took Karlos Cuadrado, who had already accompanied Antonio Romano in the group Cerbero.
A couple of months later they get to play in Obras, as Machine Head opening band.
The first disc, Espiritu Combativo, included a video clip of the song “Sintoma de la Infección”, and another of “Castigador por Herencia””, something that had never done in Hermética. This allowed the band to reach international projection to be spread by the program Headbangers Ball of MTV, that also included them in a compiled record.
They also participated in the second date of the festival Monsters Of Rock in Argentina in 1995, with Ozzy Osbourne, Faith No More, Paradise Lost and White Rat (Alice Cooper, Megadeth, Clawfinger, Theraphy and Logos were the previous day).
The second album, “Justicia O Resistencia”, indicated a change of music style. While it was generally maintained, as well as the lyrics, it was now much closer to the Pantera and Fear Factory Groove Metal. He was followed by Resistencia Viva, a live record.
The group split in early 1998. Claudio O’Connor started a solo project (although he initially intended to maintain a parallel project to Malon), and Claudio Strunz formed the group Simbiosis, while Antonio Romano and Carlos Kuadrado reunited Cerbero next to Willy Caballero, although under the name of Visceral.
Malón met in 1999, with all its members, for a benefit recital.
In 2001 a temporary reunion takes place, but O’Connor, the original vocalist, refused to participate, reason why enters the band the vocalist Eduardo Ezcurra. This training publishes an EP titled The EP, but neither the album nor the reunion is successful, reason why the band separates again.
In 2011, Malón meets with his original line-up, performing concerts again in Argentina, South, Central and North America. Among these concerts are the ones performed at Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, in which the band recorded the most anticipated and 360 ° return CD, in 2011 and 2012 respectively. In October 2015 they presented at the famous Luna Park Stadium their new studio album called “New World Order”.
The band is one of the most important in Latin America, with competitions of thousands of fans in the countries of Central America and the Carabiean, being one of the bands that sing Metal in Spanish more important of the world.