This is Latino USA, the Radio Journal of News and Culture.

It's Latino USA.

It's Latino USA.

I'm Maria Inojosa.

We bring you stories that are underreported, but that matter to you, overlooked by the rest of the media.

And while the country is struggling to deal with these problems,

we listen to the stories of black and Latino students,

a united Latino front, a cultural renaissance,

organizing at the forefront of the movement.

I'm Maria Inojosa. No se bayan.

Hola, Latino USA listener.

Here's a show of Los Archivos.

From Futuro Media and PRX, it's Latino USA.

I'm Maria Innojosa.

Today, the breakdown, heavy metal edition.

For all of you wondering, yes, that's a metal version of the Latino USA theme song

that our producer, Ginny Montalvo, put together just for this episode,

because we rock it like that. And that's because today we're talking about metal and the

passionate fans that metal has all over Latin America. And for this journey, I'm going to hand

things off to producers Antonia Serejido and Ginny Montalvo, who are going to take it from here.

So I'm in the studio today with producer Jeannie Montalvo.

Hello.

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