P.E.O.R

P.E.O.R — the name standing for 'Por El Odio Reacción' (Reaction Through Hate) — are a crossover thrash and death metal band from Rosario, Argentina's second-largest city and a place with a long, scrappy DIY metal tradition. Formed in 2015 and built around the core of Gonzalo Gamboa (vocals and bass), Alejandro Laudanno (guitar), Lucas Manzón (guitar), and Gonzalo Acevedo (drums), the band hit their stride quickly with two substantial releases that showcase a command of the crossover thrash idiom laced with genuine death metal ferocity. Their 2015 debut, 'Por El Odio Reacción,' announced the band as a serious proposition: twelve tracks of accelerated, hardcore-influenced thrash with death metal overtones, clocking in around thirty minutes of barely controlled aggression. The album even includes a cover of Argentine rock legends SUMO, a nod to the broad musical literacy that underpins their sound. Their 2017 follow-up, 'Exterminio de Almas,' went deeper and darker — thirteen tracks recorded between June and July 2017 at 312 Estudio, with mixing and mastering by Juancho Huerta at Auditiva Records. The album opens with a Charles Bukowski quote and unfolds as a bleak social commentary, with lyrics addressing hypocrisy, institutional corruption, and systemic disillusionment — themes that resonate acutely in Argentina's turbulent political climate. The production has the controlled rawness ideal for the genre, and the dual-guitar attack from Laudanno and Manzón gives the songs a punishing, layered quality. Rosario's metal scene has always operated somewhat in the shadow of Buenos Aires but tends to breed tighter-knit, more fiercely independent bands as a result — P.E.O.R fit that mold precisely, building their audience through relentless live work in the region and connections with the broader Argentine thrash underground.