CH’ASKA

CHASKA is a band formed in Arequipa, Peru in 2002.
The first live performance was in June 2002, in Arequipa. In December 2002, CHASKA won a band contest obtaining as prize the recording of two unreleased tracks.
In February 2003, CHASKA released a demo entitled with the same name of the band, including two tracks: "Sweet Lover" and "Imperio Caído". The demo allows the band to play in different Peruvian cities like Tacna, Mollendo, Puno, Juliaca, Cusco and Lima. Besides, in early 2005, the band played in Arica, Chile, and also was invited to be an opening act to the Brazilian band Sepultura in La Paz, Bolivia.
In the middle of 2007, CHASKA presented in its site on MySpace and in a promotional CD, two new tracks: "Bicolour Cannibalism" and "Tuta Ch'aska", as advance of its debut album, Pururauca.
Years later, the band released it's debut full-length CD entitled "Pururauca", this album was produced by ourselves and the Peruvian indie label, Mythic Metal Productions.
The Pururauca album allowed the band to play in other Peruvian cities like Ayacucho, Huancayo and Cajamarca. Also, the band shared the stage with well known bands like: Death Angel, Lacrimas Profundere, Mortal Sin, etc.
CHASKA could be described as a folk metal band, because the band mixes heavy music with some folk elements from Peru.
"Ch'aska" is a Quechua word used by the Incas to name the most shining star in the sky. This word is associated especially with the planet Venus.
* Quechua: Ancestral language of the Incas. Still spoken in the Andean regions of Peru and other South American countries.