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Matando Güeros
Studio album by Brujeria
Released	July 6, 1993
Genre	Grindcore
Length	33:00
Label	Roadrunner Records
Producer	Brujeria
Brujeria chronology
Matando Güeros (1993) Raza Odiada (1995)

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Matando Güeros (Killing Whites) is the debut album by the band Brujeria. "Güero" is a Mexican-Spanish slang term for a blonde or light skinned/haired person. The album talks mostly about controversial topics in Mexico like drug trafficking, satanic rituals, sexuality, migration, illegal border crossing, and Anti-Americanism (like the title song, that talks about a revenge killing-spree against the White Americans that mistreated the indigenous Mexican narrator).

Album information

The front cover depicts a person out of shot holding up a severed head, which was taken from Mexican Shocking and Sensationalistic/Yellow journalistic newspaper ¡Peligro! The album was banned in many places due to its cover and content. This head, nicknamed "Coco Loco", has been taken by the band as a mascot and logo. Track 16 to 19 are taken from the Machetazos single; "Matando Güeros" was on the Gummo soundtrack.

Critical reception

Heavy Metal: The Music And Its Culture placed the album on its "100 Definitive Metal Albums" list.

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Brujeria. (1993 Roadblock Music ASCAP/Machetazos Music ASCAP)

1. "Pura de Venta" – 0:42 ("Pure for Sale")
2. "Leyes Narcos" – 1:10 ("Narco Laws")
3. "Sacrificio" – 1:16 ("Sacrifice")
4. "Santa Lucía" – 0:43 ("Saint Lucia")
5. "Matando Güeros" – 2:25 ("Killing Whites")
6. "Seis Seis Seis" – 1:19 ("Six Six Six")
7. "Cruza la Frontera" – 1:44 ("Cross the Border")
8. "Greñudos Locos" – 1:28 ("Long-Haired Maniacs")
9. "Chingo de Mecos" – 1:16 ("Fuckload of Cum")
10. "Narcos Satánicos" – 1:50 ("Satanic Narcos")
11. "Desperado" – 2:42 ("Desperado")
12. "Culeros" – 0:52 ("Assholes")
13. "Misas Negras (Sacrificio III)" – 1:21 ("Black Masses ")
14. "Chinga Tu Madre" – 3:11 ("Go Fuck Yourself")
15. "Verga del Brujo / Están Chingados" – 3:43 ("Warlock's Cock / You Are Fucked")
16. "Molestando Niños Muertos" – 2:57 ("Molesting Dead Children")
17. "Machetazos (Sacrificio II)" – 1:27 ("Machete Attack ")
18. "Castigo del Brujo" – 1:44 ("Punishment of the Warlock")
19. "Cristo de la Roca" – 1:14 ("Christ of the Stone")

Personnel

Brujeria

• Juan Brujo - vocals
• Asesino - guitars
• Hongo - guitars, additional bass
• Güero Sin Fe - bass, additional guitars
• Fantasma - additional bass, backing vocals
• Pinche Peach - samples, backing vocals
• Greñudo - drums

Additional personnel

• Hozicon Jr. - direction

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Brujeria".
3. Suarez, Gary (August 22, 2018). "Brujeria's Gory Deathgrind Debut Inspired a Generation of Latinx Metalheads".
4. ^ "Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives - Home". The Metal Archives. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
5. Weinstein, Deena (August 5, 2009). Heavy Metal: The Music And Its Culture. Hachette Books. ISBN 9780786751037 – via Google Books.

• Brujeria (band) albums
• 1993 debut albums
• Roadrunner Records albums
• Obscenity controversies in music