“Aztlán is all about Chicanos, power, and being fucking relentless,” says Nate Rebolledo, Xibalba’s frontman.
Xibalba is perhaps the heaviest band out of Los Angeles since Slayer. The members are from all over the city, and the band’s insanely raw and powerfully relentless sound has led them to have a loyal base of fans since forming in 2006.
To celebrate their newest E.P., Aztlán, the five-piece band threw a free show at 1st Street Billiards in Boyle Heights on Friday, January 13. The show doubled as a music video shoot for Desmadre, another emerging hardcore band out of Los Angeles. Hundreds of punks and fans of aggressive music showed up to support.
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