Alfonso Pinzón
Alfonso Pinzón (born November 27, 1972) is a Spanish metal band drummer. He is known for his work in the bands Dia de los Meurtos and Agony[1] and for co-founding the Festival del Diablo in Colombia.
Career
Pinzón cofounded the Colombian thrash band Agony in 1992, and performed as a drummer in the band.[3] Agony performed several times in Colombia's Rock al Parque festival and released an album entitled Millennium. The band moved to Los Angeles in 1999 and played in bars and clubs.[4] In 2005, with Agony in hiatus, Pinzon cofounded the Los Angeles extreme metal band Dia De Los Muertos with Andres Jaramillo and also served as drummer in that band.[5]
In 2007 the band Agony reactivated, and Pinzón performed with them as the headlined the Rock al Parque festival.[6]
Pinzón produced most of the band's recordings. He also produced two albums for the American black metal band Inquisition: Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm (2011) and Obscure Verses for the Multiverse (2013).
In 2014, still living in the United States, Pinzón and his band released an album, No Money, No Fiesta;[7] that year Pinzón also co-founded the Festival del Diablo in Bogota, Colombia, with Jan Pablo Chaparro.[8][9][10]
With Dia de los Muertos, Pinzón performed at the Rock al Parque in Colombia; in 2016 the band released an EP.[11]
Pinzon continued to co-organize and perform in the Festival del Diablo as recently as 2017.[12][13][8] That year he wrote an article in Rolling Stone magazine about Byzantine rock music.
Discography
with Agony
- Agony (1994)
- Live All The Time (1995)
- Millennium (1996)
- Reborn (2002)
- The Devil's Breath (2009)
with Dia de los Muertos
with Battle Dagorath
- Eternal Throne
with Sin Salida
- Yo Me Llamo Hardcore (2012)
- El Propio (EP) (2013)
Albums produced
- Inquisition - Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm (2011)
- Inquisition - Obscure Verses for the Multiverse (2013)
References
- "Dia De Los Muertos: Satanico Dramatico". Sea of Tranquility, December 6, 2011. Reviewer: Pete Pardo
- “Queremos que Festival del Diablo sea una meca de peregrinación metalera” . El Telégrafo, Luis Fernando Fonseca - 13 October de 2017
- "Live review: Ankla, Dia de los Muertos, Soulbleed at the Whisky, May 17.". Metal Jazz, May 19, 2011
- "Entrevista con Agony / Día de los Muertos (26-V-2013)". Chronicas Estigias, January 8, 2014 by Daniel Meléndez
- Garry Sharpe-Young (2005). New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Zonda Books Limited. pp. 38–. ISBN 978-0-9582684-0-0.
- "La banda de metal Agony regresa hoy en el cierre del primer día de Rock al Parque 2007". El Tiempo, November 2, 2007.
- "Entrevista exclusiva con Alfonso Pinzon, baterista de DIA DE LOS MUERTOS". El Santuario del Rock website.
- "Festival del Diablo, Lo que Oculta el Maligno!". Metal Live, 13 October 2017
- "Hay miedo de asociar una marca con un evento de rock". Revista Arcadia, 2017/08/15 Laura Isabel Rivera
- "FESTIVAL DEL DIABLO 2017" Archived 2017-12-19 at the Wayback Machine. Headbangers Latin America, Nov 25, 2017
- "70000 Tons of metal: entrevista a Día De Los Muertos ". Radionica, Andrés Durán Ángel Lunes, 8 August 2016
- "HARDCORE Y PUNK EN EL FESTIVAL DEL DIABLO " Radionica, Iván Samudio, 27 November 2017
- "Alfonso Pinzón: «La curaduría debe ser el pilar de los festivales» ". Cartonpiedra. 13 October 2017 Luis Fernando Fonseca
- "DIA DE LOS MUERTOS: Satanico Dramatico (Album Review)". Metal Assault, Andrew Bansal
- " Dia De Los Muertos: No Money No Fiesta". Metal Rules, Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz