Unreal (Ill Niño song)

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"Unreal"
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Single by Ill Niño
from the album Revolution Revolución
ReleasedNovember 4, 2002
Format CD single
Genre
Length3:33
Label Roadrunner
Songwriter(s) Christian Machado, Marc Rizzo, Dave Chavarri
Producer(s) St. Germain, Dave Chavarri
Ill Niño singles chronology
"What Comes Around"
(2002)
"Unreal"
(2002)
"How Can I Live"
(2003)

"Unreal" is a song by American metal band Ill Niño. The song was released as the band's third and final single from their debut album Revolution Revolución .

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock, and acid rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. The genre's lyrics and performance styles are sometimes associated with aggression and machismo.

Ill Niño American band

Ill Niño is an American heavy metal band formed in New Jersey in 1999 by founder/drummer Dave Chavarri. Ill Niño developed their own unique style known to fans of the band as "Latin metal". They have released 7 studio albums, 2 EPs, and 1 greatest hits album, selling over 2 million albums worldwide.

<i>Revolution Revolución</i> 2001 studio album by Ill Niño

Revolution Revolución is the debut album by the American nu metal band Ill Niño. It has sold over 375,000 copies in the United States.

Contents

Music video

The song's official music video shows the band performing the song live. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Unreal" (Reborn Mix)3:33
2."Eye for an Eye" (live; Soulfly cover)3:55
3."What Comes Around" (Spanish version)3:46

Chart positions

Chart (2002)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart [2] 126
UK Rock Chart [3] 15

Personnel

Marc Rizzo American musician

Marc Rizzo is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist of metal band Soulfly and formerly of Ill Niño. He has featured on eight Soulfly albums to date: Prophecy, Dark Ages, Conquer, Omen, Enslaved, Savages, Archangel, and Ritual. He has also released four solo instrumental albums; Colossal Myopia, The Ultimate Devotion, Legionnaire, and Rotation. Rizzo is also a member of Cavalera Conspiracy, a side project with the co-founders of Sepultura, Max and Igor Cavalera. The band released their debut album Inflikted in 2008, Blunt Force Trauma in 2011 and Pandemonium in 2014. In March 2015, it was announced that Rizzo was playing guitar for Misfits. His only show with the band so far took place at Dutch Comic Con. In June 2016, he joined Dead by Wednesday as a second guitarist.

Dave Chavarri Peruvian musician

Dave Chavarri is the founder, producer, manager, and drummer for the band Ill Niño, and a member of Terror Universal. He is also the former drummer for bands Ill Nino, Soulfly, Pro-Pain, M.O.D., Merauder and Lȧȧz Rockit. Chavarri is the owner of C.I.A Management, whose roster includes Ill Niño, Terror Universal, and others.

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References

  1. "Ill Nino - Unreal [OFFICIAL VIDEO]". YouTube . Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  2. Peak chart positions for albums on the UK Rock Chart in the United Kingdom:

    The Official Charts Company, also referred to as Official Charts is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, including the UK Singles Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the UK Singles Downloads Chart and the UK Album Downloads Chart, as well as genre-specific and music video charts. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Millward Brown, and claims to cover 99% of the singles market and 95% of the album market, and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week.

  3. "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 (10 November 2002 – 16 November 2002)". Official Charts Company . Retrieved February 9, 2016.