Transmetal

Ciudad Azteca, Mexico City's TRANSMETAL, centred upon the erstwhile TEMPLE DE ACERO sibling Partida triumvirate of guitarist Juan, bassist Lorenzo and drummer Javier, is amongst the very biggest of Mexican Rock acts, having performed in Mexico, the United States, El Salvador, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The studs n’ leather bedecked TRANSMETAL, founded during January 1987, have stuck to their Thrash / Speed Metal stance over nearly twenty Spanish language albums. Upon their formation TRANSMETAL was fronted by vocalist Alberto Pimentel, who featured on the 1988 debut ‘Muerto En La Cruz’, produced by DARK ANGEL’s Eric Meyer, and the follow up ‘Desear Un Funeral’. On June 18th 1989 the group opened for DEATH at the Naucalpan Arena Lopez Mateos. In 1990 Pimentel departed to found LEPROSSY. Alejandro González of ILLUSION, and subsequently frontman for ARKHE, would fill the vacancy before Juan Carlos Camarena took the role of second guitarist. The band featured on the high profile ‘New Titans Over Mexico’ tour of 1991, these shows sharing billing with SACRED REICH in January, KREATOR in July and SEPULTURA in December. On May 3rd 1992 TRANSMETAL supported OVERKILL at the Arena A. Lopez Mateos in Tlanepantla then appeared as part of the ‘Mexican Mosh’ festival alongside SICK OF IT ALL, DEICIDE and NUCLEAR ASSAULT. The album that year, 'Amanecer En El Mausoleu', featured a cover version of 'Killers' by French band KILLERS. On November 8th the band scored the high profile support to BLACK SABBATH's concert at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City. 1992 witnessed the departure of these latest two recruits and Alberto Pimental resumed activities with the band on a stand in basis.