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When you hear that a band is filled with five Latinos then you assume that they are a Salsa band or something of that nature but what you are getting from these guys actually sounds like it is coming out of a Boston-area basement or a dark castle somewhere in Norway. Enter Heartache and Bloodloss with a brash mix of dramatically charged metallic hardcore that is attempting to subvert the general clichs that plague their genre. This Los Angeles based band, coming from the same scene that gave birth to many bands, have no need for make-up or womens pants. All they care about is making quality heavy music and having a good time while doing it. The Spring of 2003 saw Tony Pancake Ibarra, Joel Perez and Ricardo Cabrera aligning to become the original founding members that would help to lay the groundwork of the bands sound. What can be found emitting from their recorded material is a harshly sweet sonic assault that can be seen as them successfully marrying their mutual love for modern hardcore, all things metal and the DIY attitude/swagger of punk into a brutal barrage which keeps becoming as progressively diverse as their taste in music. With influences as sundry as The Cure, the complete works of Glenn Danzig and film composer John Williams; Heartache is looking to add an element of sincerity that is essentially being sucked out as the music industry begins to take notice of what is happening in the underground. Within three short years, they have managed to tour as well as open for the varied likes of bands as accessible as Hawthrone Heights and Adair while still managing to hold their own with other intense acts like Scars of Tomorrow or The Warriors. Through these exciting times, various line up changes have helped to shape the group which now includes the likes of Jonathan Sandoval and Angel Macias. There are no brass knuckles or capitals Xs to hide behind, just simply their raw and unadulterated heart that is exposed in every note of their music.