Las Ratas

Island: Tenerife
Career: Active since 1993

In brief

Las Ratas is a Tenerife band that emerged in early 1993, known for its mix of hardcore, metal and rap and its appearance at Festimad 2012.

Group history

Las Ratas emerged in early 1993 and by 2012 had accumulated twenty years of activity. They recorded more than one hundred performances in the archipelago, concerts as support for international and Spanish acts, and their participation in Festimad 2012 through the Canarias Crea programme.

Why it matters

Las Ratas matters because it represents the crossover line of Tenerife alternative music, where hardcore, metal and rap coexisted with festival and venue circuits. Its presence at Festimad with institutional support shows how an island band with a hard sound could project itself towards mainland spaces.

Style and repertoire

Their sound is a mix of hardcore, metal and rap. That combination places the group within 1990s and 2000s crossover aesthetics, with a strong rhythm section, dense guitars and vocals close to the energy of rap and hardcore.

Transmission and legacy

Transmission comes through concerts, festivals and the memory of a hard-music scene that shared audiences with punk, metal and urban crossover. The entry expands the catalogue towards neighbourhood and venue sounds that rarely appear in narratives centred on song or folklore.