Puya

Puya

Musical Group

Forfans of metal, nu-metal and crossover music who appreciate latin rhythms and experimental genre fusion.
2 Reviews 1 Definitions 2 Charts

The Profile

Puya is a Puerto Rican band known for blending heavy metal and hardcore with Latin rhythms such as salsa and merengue, often using Spanglish lyrics.

Per the DeBaser reviews, Puya originated under the name Whisker Biscuit, became known by the late 1990s, opened for acts like Kiss, Sepultura, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Slipknot, and are noted for brass instruments, percussion and genre-mixing.

Puya are celebrated in these DeBaser reviews for blending metal and hardcore with salsa, merengue and other Latin rhythms. Both reviews praise the band's originality and the albums Fundamental and Union. Recommended for listeners who enjoy genre-bending, rhythmic heavy music.

Notable Quotes

❝ Well, these Puya are original. They hail from Puerto Rico and offer us hardcore that is at times heavy but with rhythms ranging from salsa and merengue to funk.

❝ Puya breaks the barriers, positioning themselves in no man’s land, which at the same time is everyone’s land—theirs, ours who listen to them, satisfied.