Album Review: Mettavolution by Rodrigo y Gabriela

The story of Rodrigo y Gabriela's big break almost sounds made up. In 2006, a year in which "thrash metal / instrumental flamenco / acoustic covers" was something you might actually have seen on the MySpace page of a band trying to steal a second glance with facetious tags, the duo emerged delivering a genuine fusion of all those things with dead-serious eyes and the bona fides to back it up. Their self-titled second studio album from that year--complete with covers of Metallica and Led Zeppelin standards--debuted at No.

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