Dragonauta is Doom metal from Flores, Buenos Aires, presenting members from Los Natas, Eight Hands For Kali, Santoro, Solodolor, Gallo De Riña and more.

The history says that Dragonauta appeared in 1999 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It wasn't easy at all for a band that lives in a country with no tradition in doom metal, but time and doom goes on and after a few changes in the original line-up this days we find El Topo Armetta (vocals, bass), Daniel Libedinsky (guitar), Ale Gomez (guitar) and Ariel Solito (drums) presenting their latest record, Cruz Invertida, recorded at Abasto Studios in 2009 by Pato Claypole. These 10 songs, recorded on 2" tape without a digital audio workstation, are the best example of what's cooking in the Latin American doom metal scene today...

Dragonauta may have had strong connections with the style of Black Sabbath but this isn't apparent on their released albums. Where Sabbath had a strong foundation built on blues, Dragonauta pulls some style and atmosphere from the less bluesy parts of Cathedral and other contemporary doom bands while maintaining an original sound related to Yob, Goatsnake, EHG, Buzzoven, and Black Flag...

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