Luchando por el Metal is the first studio album by Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 heavy metal band

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 V8

V8 (band)

V8 was an Argentine heavy metal band created in 1979, one of the first notable Argentine bands of that genre. After its dissolution former members have continued their careers starting other heavy metal bands, Hermética, Horcas, Rata Blanca, Logos and Almafuerte.-Biography:In the beginning of the...

, released in March 1983 (see 1983 in music

1983 in music

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At the time the album was released, the genre was very popular, and this album became second in popularity, only behind Riff

Riff (band)

Riff is a R&B vocal group from New Jersey, formed while its members were in high school. The ensemble began under the name Playboys in the late 1980s, with a style strongly influenced by doo wop....

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The biggest hits of the albums were: "Destrucción", "Brigadas Metálicas" y "Hiena De Metal", this one with Pappo

Pappo

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's participation.

Track listing

1. "Destrucción"
2. "Parcas Sangrientas"
3. "Si Puedes Vencer al Temor"
4. "Angeles de las Tinieblas"
5. "Tiempos Metálicos"
6. "Muy Cansado Estoy"
7. "Brigadas Metálicas"
8. "Torturador"
9. "Hiena De Metal"

Personnel

• Ricardo Iorio
  Ricardo Iorio
  Ricardo Iorio is an Argentine heavy metal musician who participated in various of the most important metal bands in the country....
  
   — Bass Guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , Backing Vocals
• Osvaldo Civile — Lead Guitar
  Guitar
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• Alberto Zamarbide — Lead vocals
  Singing
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• Gustavo Rowek — drums
  Drum kit
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• Pappo
  Pappo
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   — Rhythm Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
   and vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  ("Hiena De Metal")