The Medina Grooves

Every now and then, an artist attempts to combine styles that are traditionally classed as being polar opposite. That being said, the choice to merge such genres as heavy metal and reggae is generally frowned upon and prejudged, often referred to as sounding "unnatural" or "forced". Enter The Medina Grooves.....Created in 2011 and born into reality in 2014, The Medina Grooves project is the brainchild of Marcos Medina Rivera (guitar/vocals), current Skinlab guitarist and formerly of latin heavyweights Iratetion. The line-up also boasts Carlos Pagan (Motograter/Fracture) on guitar, Jacob Muhle (ex-Reaping Asmodeia) on bass, Gustavo Kolndorfer from Brazil on lead guitar, Pedro Ghork Lopez (Iratetion/Cultura Sur) from Venezuela on latin tribal percussion and Ryan Ball (ex-Crisis) on drums. The hybrid style of music created by The Medina Grooves has previously been called "ViolentReggae" or "HeavyRasta", but we believe our sounds transcends all genres, from the beautiful to the extreme. We are based out of Denver, CO and recently completed recording our debut EP "The Dreadlist" with renown producer Ahrue Luster (Ill Niño/ex-Machine Head) at Illustrious Studios, and is scheduled for an early 2017 release....