--- title: "Transmetal" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/transmetal" genre: "Death Metal" country: "Mexico" formed: 1987 --- # Transmetal **Transmetal** is a death metal band, from Mexico, active 1987 to present. Transmetal is an extreme metal band formed in Ciudad Azteca, Ecatepec, Mexico in 1987 by brothers Javier, Juan, and Lorenzo Partida. They are known as one of the most important metal bands in Latin America. Their most well known song is "Killers" from the Desear un Funeral EP (1989), which is a cover of French band Killers. They are also known for their 1993 album El infierno de Dante recorded at Morrisound Studios, with Scott Burns as the producer. It also featured Glen Benton on choruses. The album almost sold 100.000 copies and got them regularly featured on MTV. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmetal_(band) ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | Transmetal | | Genre | Death Metal | | Parent genre | Death Metal | | Origin | Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico | | Formed | 1987 | | Releases in catalog | 30 | ## Genres [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal) ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1988 | [Muerto en la cruz](https://themetalnet.com/album/c15a1f3e-af38-35b5-a2bd-0fc0c8f5e481) | Album | | 1989 | [Desear un funeral](https://themetalnet.com/album/a266adf2-e753-4ffa-8a54-2db9e4f4d790) | EP | | 1990 | [Sepelio en el mar](https://themetalnet.com/album/a03836a3-fbae-3ef9-add8-45d1a2417e9b) | Album | | 1991 | [Zona muerta](https://themetalnet.com/album/d09c0c0b-bf5a-3054-bc9f-86616d97b8a8) | Album | | 1992 | [Burial at Sea](https://themetalnet.com/album/e8686eee-38a9-3baa-849a-863747ab1fcb) | Album | | 1993 | [Crónicas de dolor](https://themetalnet.com/album/475eb08e-9faa-3a9b-99d5-3aeba324862e) | Album | | 1993 | [El infierno de Dante](https://themetalnet.com/album/e780bb65-c598-3094-a23b-10623058f674) | Album | | 1996 | [El llamado de la hembra](https://themetalnet.com/album/0933ab8b-7f91-37f6-a64c-28ae553ccf94) | Album | | 1996 | [México bárbaro](https://themetalnet.com/album/53a00252-c489-3084-a316-446c040697ff) | Album | | 1998 | [Las alas del emperador](https://themetalnet.com/album/378180fb-8296-3453-a630-2f0cebdad4ed) | Album | | 2001 | [Debajo de los cielos púrpura](https://themetalnet.com/album/b739bee5-0c83-3dc1-924c-ec3d7ac85679) | Album | | 2001 | [Tristeza de Lucifer](https://themetalnet.com/album/edbe0bba-2981-3236-af27-bbf16998d7a4) | Album | | 2002 | [El amor supremo](https://themetalnet.com/album/60bfdf1d-59a0-3554-9eba-4bca7c3c8463) | Album | | 2004 | [17 Years Down in Hell](https://themetalnet.com/album/ba299d86-377e-39e1-8cb1-ed15229986b3) | Album | | 2004 | [Lo podrido corona la inmensidad](https://themetalnet.com/album/c1c9c778-0688-3739-b310-6b288abcebea) | Album | | 2004 | [Temple de acero](https://themetalnet.com/album/a619d13e-c2fd-37b0-afa6-0b5929955ac5) | Album | | 2006 | [El despertar de la adversidad](https://themetalnet.com/album/56a23d0f-732a-3605-8f7d-8b9fc6093158) | Album | | 2006 | [Progresión neurótica](https://themetalnet.com/album/9dafac2b-00f7-3a2b-a2ae-ecc72771a53b) | Album | | 2007 | [20 años ondeando la bandera del metal](https://themetalnet.com/album/ba9a5029-19b8-304c-bb16-fecbb1db43d8) | Album | | 2008 | [Odyssey in the Flesh](https://themetalnet.com/album/9175a05d-eaa8-4444-bbf7-f3d5123daf86) | Album | | 2011 | [Decadencia en la modernidad](https://themetalnet.com/album/b782e86a-15fe-4f55-9fdc-cde7e4ade73f) | Album | | 2012 | [Indestructible](https://themetalnet.com/album/8118f5ce-1e33-47a1-8f30-02599cf5d70e) | Album | | 2013 | [Clásicos](https://themetalnet.com/album/a60d95db-f4da-49e9-bafa-4f934c6f8b29) | Album | | 2014 | [Peregrinación a la cabeza de Cristo](https://themetalnet.com/album/bd255331-38b2-491b-8a9e-708c77083e23) | Album | | 2017 | [El Trigésimo Mandamiento](https://themetalnet.com/album/75a012e7-e2c5-4c7b-aa4e-2fcf41ac4c3f) | Album | | 2019 | [Maldito rock and roll](https://themetalnet.com/album/6c27c289-5496-484a-bb69-f26dfcaac9f7) | Album | | 2020 | [Demiurgo](https://themetalnet.com/album/52e15f13-4b24-4a1a-8ace-e136f8aaf500) | Album | | 2022 | [Adiós Satanás](https://themetalnet.com/album/5d1b0ce6-dab9-4dd2-9c8a-32d4c73a22cc) | Album | | 2023 | [Lápidas sin epitafios](https://themetalnet.com/album/fe686271-fddf-4315-89ef-a92d792857f6) | Album | | 2025 | [En la cima de la podredumbre](https://themetalnet.com/album/feda1fa8-f8f9-4fae-9d08-cb1627157bee) | Album | ## Related bands - [Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/death) (listened together) - [Slayer](https://themetalnet.com/band/slayer) (listened together) - [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together) - [Carcass](https://themetalnet.com/band/carcass) (listened together) - [Napalm Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/napalm-death) (listened together) - [Vader](https://themetalnet.com/band/vader) (listened together) - [Suicidal Tendencies](https://themetalnet.com/band/suicidal-tendencies) (listened together) - [Children of Bodom](https://themetalnet.com/band/children-of-bodom) (listened together) - [Arch Enemy](https://themetalnet.com/band/arch-enemy) (listened together) - [DragonForce](https://themetalnet.com/band/dragonforce) (listened together) - [Fear Factory](https://themetalnet.com/band/fear-factory) (listened together) - [Therion](https://themetalnet.com/band/therion) (listened together) ## Official and external links - metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Transmetal/1770 - spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5r1YlvQfX1TfuSRWzEEPlT - bandcamp: https://transmetal.bandcamp.com/ - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transmetalband/ - facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TransmetalOficial - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/16397 - apple music: https://music.apple.com/mx/artist/293365550 --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/transmetal](https://themetalnet.com/band/transmetal). 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