Ignotus is a hair thrash melodic metal band from Panama. The musical style of the band has elements like a mix of melodyc voices and powerfull growls in the choirs, loud and amazing guitar riffs, influenced by bands like Metallica, Megadeth, Sepultura, Alice in Chains and Heroes del Silencio, among others. The word "Ignotus" is a latin word that means "unknown" and represents the underground spirit of the band member's way of thinking, and the fact of making music from the heart and guts, not just of being popular,sell outs, comercial or mainstream, and thats the goal of the band: the integrity of music.
Ignotus was born in 2000 when two cousins, David (rithm guitar and lead vocals at the time) and Joseph(lead guitar) both woke up in a morning with the idea of making music way different than most of the people are used to listen in Panama. After a few musical ideas and a lot of practice, they assembled the first lineup of the band, including Victor Castillo (also former member of the alternative rock band F...kstars) on the bass and Arturo Wong on the drums and went to Porkshop Studios to record the very first single of the band called "Pesadilla". The song was heard in rock radio stations and received good reception for a young band in Panama's underground scene. After Victor and Arturo left the band, David and Joseph performed with some other local musicians , and finally along came Camilo Broce to play the rithm guitar, former instrument played by David, and eventually, came Oscar Mendoza to do the drums and Samuel Tejeira to do the bass. With the three new members, Ignotus released "Laws of hell", single recorded at Constantino Castro Studios. It also became the very first videoclip of the band, seen on tv rock show "Rocktambulo" of 23 channel. In addition, Laws of hell were several weeks in top 5 charts of the radio show "Voltaje 3". Just a few days after the shooting of the videoclip, Samuel left the band for no reason, leaving the lineup with four members: with David on lead vocals and bass, because they were not able to find a new bassplayer, Joseph and Camilo on the guitars and Oscar doing the drums. After a few gigs with such lineup, and then not qualified to finals in the battle of bands of panamarock.com in 2007,Oscar and Joseph left the band for personal reasons, and Ignotus became one guitarrist band, but still with the same spirit and will of making some metal noises. Now Camilo plays the guitar,as well as he does backing vocals, David plays the bass guitar as well as he is the lead singer and Hilderarn is actually the brand new drummer.
After a few years of absence in the rock scene of Panama, Ignotus released their brand new single called "You don't miss me",recorded at Constantino Castro studios, with more melodies in heavy riffs and new vocals arrengements, becoming the new style of the band.
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