Revolution Revolución Explained

Revolution Revolución
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ill Niño
Cover:	Ill Niño.jpg
Released:	September 18, 2001
Recorded:	November 2000–February 2001
Studio:	Showplace Studios, Dover, New Jersey
Label:	Roadrunner
Prev Title:	Ill Niño EP
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Confession
Next Year:	2003

Revolution Revolución is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Ill Niño. It has sold over 430,00 copies worldwide.^[1] It was the only album to feature guitarist Marc Rizzo, who left the band in 2003 to join Soulfly, and percussionist Roger Vasquez, who also left in 2003 and was replaced by Daniel Couto for the second album, Confession. The album was recorded from November 2000 to February 2001.^{[2] [3]}

Reception

Q magazine gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and said, "South American nu-metal with a strong Latin undercurrent... frontman Christian Marchado is equally adept at venting his spleen in English and Spanish."^[4] Allmusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and said, "This is an excellent debut for fans who lean more to the cerebral side of modern metallic endeavors."

Track listing

• The album was re-released on October 22, 2002. Two multimedia tracks were also included:

1. "What Comes Around" (Videoclip)
2. "Unreal" (Videoclip)

The track "Liar" is played in the credits of the game Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter for the Xbox 360.

Credits

Ill Niño

• Dave Chavarri ― drums
• Cristian Machado ― vocals
• Jardel Paisante ― guitar
• Lazaro Pina ― bass guitar
• Marc Rizzo ― guitar
• Roger Vasquez ― percussion

Additional musicians

• Omar Clavijo ― programming, samples
• DJ Skratch ― turntables
• Krztoff ― keyboards, synthesizers
• Mark Hunter ― additional vocals

Production

• Dave Chavarri – producer, engineer, additional sample and scratch direction
• Ill Niño – co-producer
• Cristian Machado – additional production, additional sample and scratch direction
• Steve Regina – mixing, additional production
• Rob Caggiano – mixing, additional production
• Eddie Wohl – mixing, additional production
• Henri Martinez – assistant engineer
• Laz Pina – additional engineering
• Carl Nappa – digital editing, additional engineering
• Matt James – additional vocal production, additional digital editing
• George Marino - mastering

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-09-22 . ILL NIÑO Announces Upcoming Dates with Metal Kings MEGADETH and BIOHAZARD . 2024-05-26 . ROCK LINES MAGAZINE . en-US.
2. Web site: Anon. . November 13, 2000 . The Future of Roadrunner . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20001120042800/http://www.roadrun.com:80/future/future.html . 2000-11-20 . 2024-06-02 . roadrun.com.
3. Web site: February 6, 2001 . Ill Nino Finish Tracking Of Roadrunner Debut . https://web.archive.org/web/20040530054521/http://www.shoutweb.com/news.phtml?keywords=Ill%20Nino%20 . May 30, 2004 . June 2, 2024 . Shoutweb.
4. Summer/01, p.104