The overabundance of international shows and festivals that Buenos Aires has experienced – which usually represent an excessive budget for the large crowds that are usually called upon “The best audience in the world”– had its consequence in 2025 this Tuesday in Parque Sarmiento Loserville, the festival that tours the world thanks to nu metal’s biggest hooligan, Limp Bizkit.
On a day of bad weather – full sun and 25 degrees – the audience approached the Saavedra venue early on Tuesday at 5 p.m.: The reputation of seeing the first international act wasn’t so bad: the ghetto metal group Killing Squad.
The good arrangement of the sound columns at the level of the mangrullo (which would be “center field”) gave a pleasant feeling of restraint despite the large space in which the entire audience would be. Audience, which continued to arrive slowly but without pause, Wearing t-shirts and tattoos of groups from the golden era of nu metal (Limp Bizkit, of course, but also Deftones, Korn, Slipknot, etc.) and even groups that contributed to the creation of this scene (Faith No More, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primus and others).
Once it’s ready Slay Squad’s thunderous set (with more noise than crazy) entered the stage the most unnoticed and exciting artist of the day, Riff Raff.
As the sun made its inexorable journey towards the horizon, the good musical news began to take over the stage with the performance South African Ecca vandal. Her proposal oscillates in the eclectic values that the alternative scene has offered since the ’90s, but the most interesting thing is how the trio – she on vocals, the very complete drummer Dan Maio and the multi-instrumentalist Luke Webb – It covers all corners of that spectrum with total coherence, from hip-hop to punk rock to rustic and visceral electronica..
This conceptual effort leads to A 100% solid and entertaining show, brutal introduction letter in front of an attentively watching audience.
Quite In the show of veterans and newcomers to these countries, 311, some effort and concentration were missing. To get the negative part out of the way, let’s put it this way For the band’s fans, who had waited three decades for this debut, it was a disappointment.the fact that they made it very tedious and unnecessary Medley percussive in Applied Science This eliminated the opportunity to listen to another classic as the performance time was too short. only 45 minutes, very little considering the long careers of the Omaha players.
Aside from the fact that the great Tim Mahoney’s guitar was a bit quiet, 311 delivered a seamless show that burst the hearts of those who had waited so long for them. The thing is, there wasn’t a band in the scene that treated melodies and vocal harmonies in this way in a radical rap-rock context, nor was there anyone who embraced the Caribbean influence (mainly reggae, but also salsa and soca recordings) and psychedelic influence (Mahoney is a big fan of Santana and Jerry García, which is pleasingly evident in his playing) so brilliantly.
It will always be a mystery that this is such a band for domestic consumption in the US, but definitely It should be celebrated that they have finally arrived in Buenos AiresThere were many who flashed immortal pieces with their eyes closed and bodies electrified Dejected, freaking out, beautiful catastrophe either Creatures (for a while).
Following the order of the grid, bullet for My Valentine the band was selected Replace the absent Yungblud, whose announcement had raised great expectations due to its current popularity.
So The friendly Welsh people were well up to the task and mastered their songs perfectly.including several hits and many other shots of thrash metal adrenaline and pop hooks in the voices.
Time hasn’t turned Limp Bizkit into technobut he gave Fred Durst a cool dad aura that makes him endearing. Great, superficial and a bit stupid in the 90s. Now aware, enterprising and intelligent. While he caused trouble at Woodstock 99 and turned the festival into truly dangerous chaos, it was the first thing he did that Tuesday Ask the public to let you know “if there’s something wrong down there. You tell us and we’ll stop the machine.”“.
After an emotional tribute to the band’s historic bassist, Sam Riverswho recently passed away (in October of this year), the band started their show. If Loserville were a wedding, the Limp Bizkit show would be the Rio Carnival: one hit after another, party atmosphere and complete lack of inhibition which had two high peaks.
On the one hand, the successful version of sabotage from Beastie Boys next to Ecca Vandal and on the other hand, the contribution of a fan named Alan, who rIn “Full Nelson” he went down on par with Durst.but he did it with an enthusiasm and excitement that Durst didn’t even have in 1997. wonderful moment.
Although the band boasts an undeniable level of professionalism, They were slightly lower than at the 2024 Lollapalooza show, which is logical given Rivers’ deathstill very close. Definitely by force Stainless hits and very solid performances (especially those of Wes Borland, a guitarist with character and a lot of chicha and DJ Lethal, master and lord of the trays) The quintet did not fail in its mission: Anyone who went in search of the maximalist dose of rap-metal that the Florida band has to offer returned home with a full heart and certainly woke up smiling today.
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