Rock in Transition To Democracy 1990-2000
In the 1990s several bands and new styles became part of Chilean music identity. Groups like Joe Vasconcellos, Los Tetas, Tiro de Gracia, Profetas y Frenéticos, Chancho en Piedra, Lucybell, Pánico, Elso Tumbay, Gondwana, Panteras Negras, La Pozze Latina, Criminal, Dorso, Mamma Soul, Makiza, Javiera y Los Imposibles, Nicole, Santo Barrio made Chilean rock fully diverse. Internationally Los Tres and La Ley were among the most important groups of the decade. Both bands made very successful MTV Unplugged concerts and records, and La Ley won a Grammy Award and a Latin Grammy Award twice.
Throughout the nineties many death metal bands appeared from the end of the thrash metal scene such as Coprofago, Totten Korps, Bewitched, Sadism, Torturer, Undercroft, and Atomic Aggressor. Traditional heavy metal with bands included Inquisicion and Blodden-Wedd.
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